You wake up with a brutal hangover, but that can't crush your spirits: you' ve been invited to take back the drum throne for Abyss, the cult band you co-founded. It means setting aside a turbulent history with Abyss' vocalist, Austin. You aren' t sure if he' s invited you back to bury the hatchet or if he' s just desperate because infamous black metal legends Waste Doctrine are rolling through town. They've given you the opportunity to open for them and maybe, finally, get the hell out of ...

WEIRDER, WILDER, FURTHER INTO THE UNKNOWN "The only award that matters." - someone, somewhere, maybe? BRAVE NEW WEIRD returns with its second collection, showcasing the absolute best of the independent New Weird world! Featuring 23 stories previously published by some of the most dynamic independent publishers in the fields of Horror and Speculative Fiction today, forewords from the publisher and editor on the state of independent Horror; additional recommended reading; and more.

A burned-out detective trapped in a cold case finds a curious lead— the severed head of an android who cries for help in the voice of his dead wife. It has her memories. It has her personality. But is it… Elsie? Harlan's cold case takes center stage in the novella Our Bird Trills Mechanical, but desperate people willing to do whatever it takes fill the pages: people like Lucian Lucky, an augment-addicted prizefighter who must decide if the cost of winning is worth the size of the purse; or...