Voice of the Stranger
Delayed to April 2023!
"Be careful: reading Eric Schaller's collection, Voice of the Stranger, opens a door to the fairy tale realm of the mythically eerie and meaningful...one that you may not find as easy to close." - Will Ludwigsen
"Fans of Angela Carter's rewriting of fairy tales will find particular delight in this skillfully written, if grisly, collection." - Kirkus Reviews
by Eric Schaller
Folk tales, legends, and even a holiday become strange and eerie thanks to Eric Schaller's imagination.
Table of Contents
I. Past Tense
The Five Cigars of Abu Ali
The Watchmaker
North of Lake Winnipesaukee
A Study in Abnormal Physiology
II. Present Tense
Smoke, Ash, and Whatever Comes After
Three Urban Folk Tales
Wildflowers
All We Inherit
Hell and a Day
III. Future Tense
Automata
Monkey Shines
Christmas in the Altai
How the Future Got Better
Red Hood
Story Notes
Eric Schaller's fiction has appeared in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Fantasy: Best of the Year, The Time Traveler's Almanac, SciFiction, Postscripts, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Polyphony, New Genre, Shadows & Tall Trees, and others. He teaches at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
Paperback, 210 pages
Interior by Ryan Vance