The Reason Why...

From the foreword: "N. Jed Todd has penned two short narratives. In “Fight to Flight,” a young Iraq veteran seeks camaraderie and adventure with his new pastime. Instead, he finds something he needs. But like so many of our needs, its discovery comes at a price. Then, “The Scottish Play” takes place in the midst of the greatest deception of WWII, when a team of double-agents and misfit soldiers learns there are some mysteries that you can't unravel without sacrifice. This narrative borrows heavily from our original collaboration, a fact about which I couldn’t be happier."

"Jeff Oberg’s “Alabaster Throne” finds Ernie Morgan and his gang hiding out in an alabaster cave in Indian Territory. It’s a time to rest, relax, and concoct their next job. Everything is going to plan until they spot the Deputy Marshal. Fleeing deeper into the cave they find a crack in the wall leading to a world of nightmares that might prove inescapable."

"In a return to the Dreamlands, Jon Black’s story “For Want of a Lynx,” the year is 1818. A pair of unnerving discoveries lead author E.T.A. Hoffman from the comfort and sophistication of Berlin into the depths of the Harz Mountains. Those remote peaks prove only the beginning of a journey taking Hoffman and his circle of literary and scientific friends father than they imagined possible while pitting their ideas about the supernatural and the fantastic in a battle of survival against the cosmic strangeness of the universe itself."

"For my part (Anthon Draw), I’ve put down the turtle and picked up an alligator (I swear I don’t have a reptile thing) for “Woktish,” a visit to the early twentieth century and a Gulf cruise gone wrong. One man finds himself stranded, surrounded by saltwater, and slipping uncontrollably in and out of Dreaming, the pawn of forces larger than he can comprehend."

For those that have an interest in the Dreamlands and cosmic horror at its most serene, and are seeking modern takes with less of the Lovecraft baggage, this anthology is for you.

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