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Fantasy comes in all shades, from gentle tales of elves and fairies, to the blackest of horrors. Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy tends toward the darker edges, where the fantastic mixes with the horrific. With all original tales by a number of SubPress favorites, and writers new to our stable, we ve aimed to illuminate these shadowed corners, to bring into the light the creatures that venture forth from the sea, those that alter our reality to suit their sinister needs, and others who head into territory so bleak it s best left undescribed.

Table of Contents:

• The Gulf - short story by Poppy Z. Brite
• Alastair Baffle's Emporium of Wonders - (2008) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• It Washed Up - short story by Joe R. Lansdale
• The Hour of Babel - short story by Tim Powers
• Monstrous Embrace - short story by Rachel Swirsky
• The Lunatic Miss Teak - short story by Darren Speegle
• The Steam Dancer (1896) - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Penguins of the Apocalypse - novelette by William Browning Spencer
• Caverns of Mystery - short story by Kage Baker
• Face - short story by Mike Carey
• The Road to Levinshir - (2002) - short story by Patrick Rothfuss

Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy, published in 2008 to widespread critical and popular acclaim, provided a unique showcase for some of our finest practitioners of dark, disturbing fiction. This much anticipated second volume more than meets the standards set by its predecessor, offering a diverse assortment of stories guaranteed to delight, unsettle, and enthrall. Volume two proper is a full 20,000 words longer than the first installment in the series.

Table of Contents:

• Wolverton Station - short fiction by Joe Hill
• The Passion of Mother Vajpai - short fiction by Jay Lake and Shannon Page
• Not Last Night but the Night Before - short fiction by Steven R. Boyett
• Chivalrous - short fiction by Kelley Armstrong
• Smelling Danger: A Story of The Black Company - short fiction by Glen Cook
• That Dappled Thing - short fiction by William Browning Spencer
• Hydraguros - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Parthenopean Scalpel - (2010) - short story by Bruce Sterling
• A Pulp Called Joe - short fiction by David Prill
• Vampire Lake - short fiction by Norman Partridge
• A Room with a View - novelette by K. J. Parker