Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4 by Eric J Guignard

Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4 by Eric J Guignard

Author of the fantastic and the bizarre, Jeffrey Ford's work has won awards and acclaim across the globe for his stories of humor, horror, and unconventional beauty. Powerful and disturbing in the best possible way (Gawker) and Intensely engaging (Publishers Weekly), Ford crosses speculative genres with literary ideals, which has earned him the World Fantasy Award (seven times), the Shirley Jackson Award (four times), the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and France's vaunted Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire.

Dark Moon Books and editor Eric J. Guignard bring you this introduction to his work, the fourth in a series of primers exploring modern masters of literary dark short fiction. Herein is a chance to discover--or learn more of--the extraordinary voice of Jeffrey Ford, as beautifully illustrated by artist Michelle Prebich.

Included within these pages are:

- Six short stories, one written exclusively for this book
- Author interview
- Complete bibliography
- Academic commentary by Michael Arnzen, PhD (former humanities chair and professor of the year, Seton Hill University)
- . and more

Enter this doorway to the vast and fantastic: Get to know Jeffrey Ford.

Table of Contents includes:

- Introduction by Eric J. Guignard
- About Jeffrey Ford
- A Natural History of Autumn (fiction)
- A Natural History of Autumn: A Commentary
- Malthusian's Zombie (fiction)
- Malthusian's Zombie: A Commentary
- Boatman's Holiday (fiction)
- Boatman's Holiday: A Commentary
- The Night Whiskey (fiction)
- The Night Whiskey: A Commentary
- A Night in the Tropics (fiction)
- A Night in the Tropics: A Commentary
- Incorruptible (fiction)
- Incorruptible: A Commentary
- Why Jeffrey Ford Matters by Michael Arnzen, PhD
- In Conversation with Jeffrey Ford
- Scratching the Surface: An Essay by Jeffrey Ford
- A Bibliography of English Language Fiction for Jeffrey Ford

Arnzen, Michael: - Michael Arnzen, gorelets.com, teaches full-time in the MFA in Writing Popular Fiction program at Seton Hill University, and has been publishing sick and funny horror for about twenty-five years. He holds four Bram Stoker Awards and is author of the novels, Grave Markings and Play Dead. You can catch up with the best of Arnzen in the recent re-release of his Bram Stoker Award-winning collection, Proverbs for Monsters from Dark Regions Press. Look for his series, 55 Ways I'd Prefer Not To Die, in The Year's Best Hardcore Horror in 2017.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781949491111
ISBN 10	1949491110
Title	Exploring Dark Short Fiction #4
Author	Eric J Guignard
Series	Exploring Dark Short Fiction
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Dark Moon Books
Year published	2019-09-09
Number of pages	236
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.