A. C. Wise

When Peter Pan returns, taking her daughter Jane instead of her, Wendy must follow Peter back to Neverland and rescue Jane--and finally face the darkness at the heart of the island.

"Captain James Hook, the immortal pirate of Neverland, has died a thousand times. Drowned, stabbed by Peter Pan’s sword, eaten by the beast swimming below the depths, yet James was resurrected every time by one boy’s dark imagination. Until he found a door in the sky, an escape. And he took the chance no matter the cost. Now in London twenty-two years later, Peter Pan’s monster has found Captain Hook again, intent on revenge. But a chance encounter...

"Excerpts from a Film (1942-1987)" by A.C. Wise is a disturbing horror novelette about a young woman, who like many others, goes to Hollywood to become a star and is haunted by the murders of several other aspiring actresses. And, of her influence, rippling up through the years, on the man who "discovered" her and on film itself.

"Lewis is a town of secrets. There have long been rumors of something unnatural in the swamp, and more than one person has gone missing. Caleb struggles to solve an eerily familiar crime and finds himself face to face with another old mystery--the legend of Catfish John" --Provided by publisher.

"A group of friends discover something horrible under the trap door of the cabin they're renting. A chance encounter with a talkative night watchman while on jury duty creates havoc with a man's experience of reality. A very special club in Australia collects steering wheels salvaged from fatal car accidents. Two hikers in the Montana mountains make a gruesome discovery during their descent. A father plays seemingly innocuous games with his two sons...

"Speculative fiction imagines drastically diverse ways of being and worlds that are other than the one with which we are familiar. Queerness is a natural fit for such fiction, so one would expect it to be customarily included. That has not always been the case, but LGBTQ+ representation in science fiction and fantasy—in both short and long form—is now relatively common. Even so, most of the queer science fiction and fantasy anthologies published...

"The supernatural, the surreal, and the all-too real . . . tales of the dark. Such stories have always fascinated us, and modern authors carry on the disquieting traditions of the past while inventing imaginative new ways to unsettle us. Chosen from a wide variety of venues, these stories are as eclectic and varied as shadows. This volume of The Year's Best Dark Fantasy and Horror offers more than four hundred pages of tales from some of today's finest...

What would you do if a tornado wanted you to be its Valentine? Or if a haunted spacesuit banged on your door? When is the ideal time to turn into a tiger? Would you post a supernatural portal on Craigslist?
In these nineteen stories, the enfants terribles of fantasy have arrived. The New Voices of Fantasy captures some of the fastest-rising talents of the last five years, including Sofia Samatar, Maria Dahvana Headley, Max Gladstone, Alyssa...