A Natural History of Hell

A Natural History of Hell

Jeffrey Ford

Publication
July 12, 2016

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About the book

A Natural History of Hell

Cover illustration by Jeffrey Alan Love.

A book of fantastic stories about the hell on earth that is living.

Emily Dickinson takes a carriage ride with Death. A couple are invited over to a neighbor’s daughter’s exorcism. A country witch with a sea-captain’s head in a glass globe intercedes on behalf of abused and abandoned children. In July of 1915, in Hardin County, Ohio, a boy sees ghosts. Explore contemporary natural history in a baker’s dozen of exhilarating visions.

Contents:

  • The Blameless
  • Word Doll
  • The Angel Seems
  • Mount Chary Galore
  • A Natural History of Autumn
  • The Fairy Enterprise
  • The Thyme Fiend
  • The Last Triangle
  • Hibbler’s Minions
  • Rocket Ship to Hell
  • The Prelate’s Commission
  • A Terror
  • Blood Drive
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About the author

Jeffrey Ford

Jeffrey Ford is the author of the novels The Physiognomy, Memoranda, The Beyond, The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque, The Girl in the Glass, The Cosmology of the Wider World, and The Shadow Year. His short story collections are The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant, The Empire of Ice Cream, The Drowned Life, Crackpot Palace, and…

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