Ebook en oferta: The Weird, antología de Ann y Jeff VanderMeer

En estos momentos se puede adquirir en Amazon la antología The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories, editada por Ann y Jeff VanderMeer por sólo 2,99€. Se trata de una de las recopilaciones de relatos más aclamadas de los últimos años, con unos contenidos impresionantes tanto en calidad como en cantidad. 

Éstos son los relatos incluidos en la antología:

1. Alfred Kubin, “The Other Side” (excerpt), 1908 (translation, Austria)
2. F. Marion Crawford, “The Screaming Skull,” 1908
3. Algernon Blackwood, “The Willows,” 1907
4. Saki, “Sredni Vashtar,” 1910
5. M.R. James, “Casting the Runes,” 1911
6. Lord Dunsany, “How Nuth Would Have Practiced his Art,” 1912
7. Gustav Meyrink, “The Man in the Bottle,” 1912 (translation, Austria)
8. Georg Heym, “The Dissection,” 1913 (new translation by Gio Clairval, Germany)
9. Hanns Heinz Ewers, “The Spider,” 1915 (translation, Germany)
10. Rabindranath Tagore, “The Hungry Stones,” 1916 (India)
11. Luigi Ugolini, “The Vegetable Man,” 1917 (new translation by Anna and Brendan Connell, Italy; first-ever translation into English)
12. A. Merritt, “The People of the Pit,” 1918
13. Ryunosuke Akutagawa, “The Hell Screen,” 1918 (new translation, Japan)
14. Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett), “Unseen-Unfeared,” 1919
15. Franz Kafka, “In the Penal Colony,” 1919 (translation, German/Czech)
16. Stefan Grabinski, “The White Weyrak,” 1921 (translation, Poland)
17. H.F. Arnold, “The Night Wire,” 1926
18. H.P. Lovecraft, “The Dunwich Horror,” 1929
19. Margaret Irwin, “The Book,” 1930
20. Jean Ray, “The Mainz Psalter,” 1930 (translation, Belgium)
21. Jean Ray, “The Shadowy Street,” 1931 (translation, Belgium)
22. Clark Ashton Smith, “Genius Loci,” 1933
23. Hagiwara Sakutoro, “The Town of Cats,” 1935 (translation, Japan)
24. Hugh Walpole, “The Tarn,” 1936
25. Bruno Schulz, “Sanatorium at the Sign of the Hourglass,” 1937 (translation, Poland)
26. Robert Barbour Johnson, “Far Below,” 1939
27. Fritz Leiber, “Smoke Ghost,” 1941
28. Leonora Carrington, “White Rabbits,” 1941
29. Donald Wollheim, “Mimic,” 1942
30. Ray Bradbury, “The Crowd,” 1943
31. William Sansom, “The Long Sheet,” 1944
32. Jorge Luis Borges, “The Aleph,” 1945 (translation, Argentina)
33. Olympe Bhely-Quenum, “A Child in the Bush of Ghosts,” 1949 (Benin)
34. Shirley Jackson, “The Summer People,” 1950
35. Margaret St. Clair, “The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles,” 1951
36. Robert Bloch, “The Hungry House,” 1951
37. Augusto Monterroso, “Mister Taylor,” 1952 (new translation by Larry Nolen, Guatemala)
38. Amos Tutuola, “The Complete Gentleman,” 1952 (Nigeria)
39. Jerome Bixby, “It’s a Good Life,” 1953
40. Julio Cortazar, “Axolotl,” 1956 (new translation by Gio Clairval, Argentina)
41. William Sansom, “A Woman Seldom Found,” 1956
42. Charles Beaumont, “The Howling Man,” 1959
43. Mervyn Peake, “Same Time, Same Place,” 1963
44. Dino Buzzati, “The Colomber,” 1966 (new translation by Gio Clairval, Italy)
45. Michel Bernanos, “The Other Side of the Mountain,” 1967 (new translation by Gio Clairval, France)
46. Merce Rodoreda, “The Salamander,” 1967 (translation, Catalan)
47. Claude Seignolle, “The Ghoulbird,” 1967 (new translation by Gio Clairval, France)
48. Gahan Wilson, “The Sea Was Wet As Wet Could Be,” 1967
49. Daphne Du Maurier, “Don’t Look Now,” 1971
50. Robert Aickman, “The Hospice,” 1975
51. Dennis Etchison, “It Only Comes Out at Night,” 1976
52. James Tiptree Jr. (Alice Sheldon), “The Psychologist Who Wouldn’t Do Terrible Things to Rats,” 1976
53. Eric Basso, “The Beak Doctor,” 1977
54. Jamaica Kincaid, “Mother,” 1978 (Antigua and Barbuda/US)
55. George R.R. Martin, “Sandkings,” 1979
56. Bob Leman, “Window,” 1980
57. Ramsey Campbell, “The Brood,” 1980
58. Michael Shea, “The Autopsy,” 1980
59. William Gibson/John Shirley, “The Belonging Kind,” 1981
60. M. John Harrison, “Egnaro,” 1981
61. Joanna Russ, “The Little Dirty Girl,” 1982
62. M. John Harrison, “The New Rays,” 1982
63. Premendra Mitra, “The Discovery of Telenapota,” 1984 (translation, India)
64. F. Paul Wilson, “Soft,” 1984
65. Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild,” 1984
66. Clive Barker, “In the Hills, the Cities,” 1984
67. Leena Krohn, “Tainaron,” 1985 (translation, Finland)
68. Garry Kilworth, “Hogfoot Right and Bird-hands,” 1987
69. Lucius Shepard, “Shades,” 1987
70. Harlan Ellison, “The Function of Dream Sleep,” 1988
71. Ben Okri, “Worlds That Flourish,” 1988 (Nigeria)
72. Elizabeth Hand, “The Boy in the Tree,” 1989
73. Joyce Carol Oates, “Family,” 1989
74. Poppy Z Brite, “His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood,” 1990
75. Michal Ajvaz, “The End of the Garden,” 1991 (translation, Czech)
76. Karen Joy Fowler, “The Dark,” 1991
77. Kathe Koja, “Angels in Love,” 1991
78. Haruki Murakami, “The Ice Man,” 1991 (translation, Japan)
79. Lisa Tuttle, “Replacements,” 1992
80. Marc Laidlaw, “The Diane Arbus Suicide Portfolio,” 1993
81. Steven Utley, “The Country Doctor,” 1993
82. William Browning Spenser, “The Ocean and All Its Devices,” 1994
83. Jeffrey Ford, “The Delicate,” 1994
84. Martin Simpson, “Last Rites and Resurrections,” 1994
85. Stephen King, “The Man in the Black Suit,” 1994
86. Angela Carter, “The Snow Pavilion,” 1995
87. Craig Padawer, “The Meat Garden,” 1996
88. Stepan Chapman, “The Stiff and the Stile,” 1997
89. Tanith Lee, “Yellow and Red,” 1998
90. Kelly Link, “The Specialist’s Hat,” 1998
91. Caitlin R. Kiernan, “A Redress for Andromeda,” 2000
92. Michael Chabon, “The God of Dark Laughter,” 2001
93. China Mieville, “Details,” 2002
94. Michael Cisco, “The Genius of Assassins,” 2002
95. Neil Gaiman, “Feeders and Eaters,” 2002
96. Jeff VanderMeer, “The Cage,” 2002
97. Jeffrey Ford, “The Beautiful Gelreesh,” 2003
98. Thomas Ligotti, “The Town Manager,” 2003
99. Brian Evenson, “The Brotherhood of Mutilation,” 2003
100. Mark Samuels, “The White Hands,” 2003
101. Daniel Abraham, “Flat Diana,” 2004
102. Margo Lanagan, “Singing My Sister Down,” 2005 (Australia)
103. T.M. Wright, “The People on the Island,” 2005
104. Laird Barron, “The Forest,” 2007
105. Liz Williams, “The Hide,” 2007
106. Reza Negarestani, “The Dust Enforcer,” 2008 (Iran)
107. Micaela Morrissette, “The Familiars,” 2009
108. Steve Duffy, “In the Lion’s Den,” 2009
109. Stephen Graham Jones, “Little Lambs,” 2009
110. K.J. Bishop, “Saving the Gleeful Horse,” 2010 (Australia)