Dark Currents

by · 2012

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A dazzling blend of science fiction, fantasy, dark fantasy and horror: a set of stories that traverses genre boundaries, linked only by their common inspiration. Contributors were given just those two words: 'Dark Currents' and then asked to let their imaginations run wild... From haunted seascapes to distant starscapes, from reality-hopping soldiers to naval battles in the ether, from the deeply poignant to the breathlessly exciting... immerse yourself in deep Dark Currents.

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1. Introduction by Ian Whates

2. The Fall of Lady Sealight - Adrian Tchaikovsky

3. The Age of Entitlement - Adam Nevill

4. Electrify Me - Tricia Sullivan

5. Alternate Currents - Rod Rees

6. The Barricade - Nina Allan

7. Things that Are Here Now - Andrew Hook

8. Loose Connections - Finn Clarke

9. Sleepless in R'lyeh - Lavie Tidhar

10. Damnation Seize my Soul - Jan Edwards

11. Home - Emma Coleman

12. A Change in the Weather - Rebecca J Payne

13. Bells Ringing Under the Sea - Sophia McDougall

14. In Tauris - Una McCormack

15. Lost Sheep - Neil Williamson

16. The Bleeding Man - Aliette de Bodard

17. George - V.C. Linde

Genre
fantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thishorrorhorrorMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 272 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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