Octoberland

Thana Niveau's stories feature people on the edge the edge of death, the edge of sanity, the edge of reality.

In this diverse collection, two sisters leave a trail of bodies behind them as they go on the run, desperate to outrun the dark secrets of their past. A film fan is haunted by the actress whose brutal horror films he can't stop watching. A child hears a ghostly voice through the radio reciting only numbers. And a young woman revisits the place she and her brother loved above all else Octoberland the strange amusement park that tore their world apart. Horror wears many faces here, from creeping dread to apocalyptic devastation, and no one escapes its dark touch.

Contents

Introduction by Alison Littlewood
1. Going to the Sun Mountain (2015)
2. The Face (2014)
3. Xibalba (2013)
4. The Things That Aren't There (2012)
5. Worm Casts
6. The Language of the City (2016)
7. The Call of the Dreaming Moon (2014)
8. Guinea Pig Girl (2013)
9. The Queen
10. Caerdroia (2013)
11. Tentacular Spectacular (2014)
12. First and Last and Always (2012)
13. No History of Violence (2014)
14. Little Devils (2013)
15. Bad Faith (2016)
16. Made in Hong Kong
17. Wasps (2016)
18. Behind the Wall (2015)
19. Vile Earth, to Earth Resign (2014)
20. And May All Your Christmases ... (2012)
21. Two Five Seven (2015)
22. Sweeter Than to Wake
23. Death Walks En Pointe (2013)
24. The Calling of Night's Ocean (2014)
25. Octoberland