Announcing publication of ALL AMERICAN HORROR OF THE 21ST CENTURY - Wicker Park Press

New horror story collection has focus on American themes and features top-notch contributors
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Mort Castle, editor of the new book All American Horror of the 21st Century: The First Decade, 2000 -2010, has seen the short story horror genre evolve over a crucial span of ten years. He writes in the introduction to the book, “In the first decade of this century, new American voices in horror were heard and the older guard undertook horrifying (literary) experiments (many of them successful) to grow the horror genre. There were horrors in convenience stores and condominiums, monsters bred of steroid use and crack cocaine, and of course, there was 9/11, when horror invaded the security of the mundane and changed everything and every American.”

The book compiles the best short horror fiction published by magazines, anthologies, and web sites spanning the years 2000 – 2010. This prodigious collection is truly one-of-a-kind. It includes stories from National Book Award nominee Dan Chaon, rising-horror-star Jeff Jacobson, Bram Stoker Award-winner John Everson, World Fantasy Award winner Andy Duncan, and New York Times-bestselling author Tom Monteleone, among other worthies. These stories deal with “uniquely American” themes and subjects, and are written in an equally unique “American style.”

To quote Castle once again, “American horror: not just about setting, it’s about sensibility.” And the story itself is what really matters here. You have the best of the best in these pages, and authors included may have written elsewhere around other not-so-American themes, but in this case we are taking the story for what it is: All American Horror. The distinctiveness of themes and unparalleled imagination will make this anthology irresistible to readers. Nothing compares to the breadth of talent and creativity to be found here, hand-picked by a real expert in the genre and designed with the end user in mind to raise hairs and chill blood.  

MORT CASTLE is an award-winning author and writing teacher at Columbia College in Chicago. He is the author of seven novels, four fiction collections, and over 500 shorter works. Castle also edited On Writing Horror, the essential reference work for authors in the dark genre.

Advance Book Information

All American Horror of the 21st Century: The First Decade, 2000 – 2010
Edited by Mort Castle
ISBN 978-1-936679-08-9
Paperback
370 pages
Trim size: 7 ½ x 9 ¼
Price: $19.95
Publication date: October 30, 2013

To order: http://www.wickerpark-3ibooks.com/allamericanhorrorofthe21stcentury.html