A Darke Phantastique: Encounters with the Uncanny and Other Magical Realities

A Darke Phantastique

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A Darke Phantastique: Encounters with the Uncanny and Other Magical Realities

A Darke Phantastique

Written by Jason V. Brock
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Features ALL NEW poetry, artwork, fiction, scripts, and nonfiction.Contents:“The Beginnings of Imagination” by Ray Bradbury (Foreword)“An Abiding Darkness, A Phantastique Light” by Jason V Brock (Introduction)SECTION ONE: Magical Realities“Michael the Monster” by Paul Kane“A Darke Phantastique” by Jason V Brock“Charles Out of La-La Land” by Bruce Taylor “The Wisest Stone and the Zoo” by Nathaniel Lee “Out of the Blue, and Into the Black” by Sunni K Brock “Lizard Man Dispatches” by Ray Garton“Real Live Lobsters” by D. T. Kastn“Bittersweet Bedlam” by Samuel Marzioli “The Last Witch” by William F. NolanSECTION TWO: Lost Innocence“The Claim” by Erinn L. Kemper“Lovecraft’s Pillow” by Don Webb“Forgetting” by Misty Dahl (flash)“Birth of an Apocalypse” by Lawrence Van Hoof“Descartar” by S. J. Chambers“Apples and Peaches” by Gio Clairval“La Joie de Vivre, or Picasso and the Satyr” by Ralph Sevush“Immigrant” by Andrew S. Fuller“Timbrel and Pipe” by Melanie TemSECTION THREE: Forbidden Knowledge“Old Enough to Drink” by Lois H. Gresh“Homo Suicidus” by JG Faherty“‘In Your Dark’: Differing Strategies in Subhuman Integration Through ‘Monster Academies’ [S. Armand & J. Miller, Unpublished Manuscript]” by Jason Maurer“Transformations at the Inn of the Golden Pheasant” by Gene O’Neill“Lords of Chaos” by Wade German (poem)“The Squatters” by Nicole Cushing“Tardigrade” by Mike Allen“The Bat” by Jan Vander LaenenCovert artwork by Samuel Araya

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Pages 730
Language Eng
Publisher Cycatrix Press
Published October 1, 2014
ISBN 23213780
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Jason V. Brock

Jason V. Brock is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Jason V. Brock enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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