Eternal Frankenstein

Edited by Ross E. Lockhart.

Two hundred years ago, a young woman spending a “wet, ungenial summer” in a villa in Switzerland had an idea for a ghost story. What she authored, a tale of galvanism, philosophy, and the re-animated dead, has become a modern myth without rival, influencing countless works of fiction, music, and film. That woman, Mary Shelley, published her novel Frankenstein anonymously in 1818. The book sold well, and was reprinted (and properly credited) in 1823, with a further-edited, definitive edition published in 1831. Today, Frankenstein remains in print, and has become a cornerstone of popular culture.

Later this year, Word Horde will be publishing Eternal Frankenstein, a tribute to Mary Shelly and her most famous creation.

Contents:

• Amber-Rose Reed – Torso Heart Head
• Siobhan Carroll – Thermidor
• Autumn Christian – Sewn Into Her Fingers
• Rios de la Luz – Orchids by the Sea
• Edward Morris – Frankenstein Triptych
• Michael Griffin – The Human Alchemy
• Betty Rocksteady – Postpartum
• Scott R. Jones – Living
• Tiffany Scandal – They Call Me Monster
• Damien Angelica Walters – Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
• Orrin Grey – Baron von Werewolf Presents: Frankenstein Against the Phantom Planet
• Nathan Carson – Wither on the Vine, or Strickfadden’s Monster
• Anya Martin – The Un-Bride, or No Gods and Marxists
• G. D. Falksen – The New Soviet Man
• Kristi DeMeester – The Beautiful Thing We Will Become
• David Templeton – Mary Shelley’s Body