The Valancourt book of world horror stories

The Valancourt book of world horror stories

Book - 2020

"What if there were a whole world of great horror fiction out there you didn't know anything about, written by authors in distant lands and in foreign languages, outstanding horror stories you had no access to, written in languages you couldn't read? For an avid horror fan, what could be more horrifying than that? For this groundbreaking volume, the first of its kind, the editors of Valancourt Books have scoured the world, reading horror stories from dozens of countries in nearly twenty languages, to find some of the best contemporary international horror stories. All the foreign-language stories in this book appear here in English for the first time, while the English-language entries from countries like the Philippines are ...appearing in print in the U.S. for the first time."--Provided by publisher.

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Subjects
Horror tales.
Short stories.
Horror fiction.
Genres
Horror fiction
Short stories
Published
Richmond, Virginia : Valancourt Books 2020-2022.
Language
English
Other Authors
M. S. Corley (illustrator)
Physical Description
2 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781948405645
9781954321076
  • Volume one. Uironda / Luigi Musolino (Italy)
  • Mater Tenebrarum / Pilar Pedraza (Spain)
  • The time remaining / Attila Veres (Hungary)
  • The angle of horror / Cristina Fernández Cubas (Spain)
  • The illogical investigations of Inspector André Despérine / Michael Roch (Martinique)
  • The collector / Tanya Tynjälä (Peru)
  • Señor Ligotti / Bernardo Esquinca (Mexico)
  • Down, in their world / Flavius Ardelean (Romania)
  • Menopause / Flore Hazoumé (Ivory Coast)
  • The bones in her eyes / Christien Boomsma (Netherlands)
  • Twin shadows / Ariane Gélinas (Quebec)
  • Backstairs / Anders Fager (Sweden)
  • Pale toes / Marko Hautala (Finland)
  • Kira / Martin Steyn (South Africa)
  • Donation / Lars Ahn (Denmark)
  • Tiny women / Solange Rodríguez Pappe (Ecuador)
  • Mechanisms / Elisenda Solsona (Catalonia)
  • The house of Leuk Dawour / Bathie Ngoye Thiam (Senegal)
  • The white cormorant / Frithjof Spalder (Norway)
  • All the birds / Yvette Tan (Philippines)
  • Snapshots / José María Latorre (Spain).
  • Volume two. The recording of the will / Yavor Tsanev (Bulgaria)
  • Lucky night / Gary Victor $g (Haiti)
  • Whitebone harp / Zhang Yueran (China)
  • The war / Wojciech Gunia (Poland)
  • Screamer / Braulio Tavares (Brazil)
  • The old wound and the sun / Yasumi Tsuhara (Japan)
  • The ant / Anton Grasso (Malta)
  • The Regensburg festival / Val Votrin (Russia)
  • Mask / Bora Chung (South Korea)
  • The bell / Steinar Bragi (Iceland)
  • Shelter from the storm / Jayaprakash Satyamurthy (India)
  • Train of consequences / Roberto Causo (Brazil)
  • Dreams of ash / Mâelanie Fazi (France)
  • The nature of love / Luciano Lamberti (Argentina)
  • The grain dryer of Tammäokèula / Indrek Hargla (Estonia)
  • The runner / Viola Cadruvi (Switzerland)
  • Firstborn / Konstantinos Kellis (Greece)
  • Owolabi Olowolagba / Dare Segun Falowo (Nigeria)
  • The pallid eidolon / Stephan Friedman (Israel)
  • The footsteps of hunger / Ana Marâia Fuster Lavâin (Puerto Rico)
  • The wonders of the invisible world / Teddy Vork (Denmark)
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

This groundbreaking anthology of contemporary horror stories from around the world is an irrefutable testament to the international popularity of horror fiction as a form of literary expression. These 21 tales, most appearing in English for the first time, range in approach from the classic gothic (Spanish author Pilar Pedraza's "Mater Tenebrarum") to psychological horror (Hungarian Attila Veres's "The Time Remaining"), physical horror (Finn Marko Hautala's "Pale Toes"), quirky surrealism (Ecuadorian Solange Rodríguez Pappe's "Tiny Women), and dark absurdist satire (Dane Lars Ahm's "Donation"). Peruvian author Tanya Tynjälä riffs on Greek myth in "The Collector" while Bathie Ngoye Thiam pulls from Senegalese folklore in "The House of Leuk Dawour" and Yvette Tan employs elements of Filipino legend in "All the Birds." Among the book's outstanding selections are Swedish author Anders Fager's "Backstairs," in which a psychotherapist horribly misinterprets the terrifying reality underlying a patient's dreams, and "Down, in Their World" by Romanian Flavius Ardelean, which translates the folk legends of Transylvania into a tale of subterranean nightmares. Jenkins and Cagle cast their net wide to cull stories that would distinguish any compilation in which they appeared. This book is a must for horror fans and the start of an exciting new series. (Dec.)

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Review by Library Journal Review

Known for their updated editions of classic horror stories, editors Jenkins and Cagle have taken on a new mission, collecting contemporary, acclaimed horror authors from around the world, translating many of them into English for the first time, and adding a short introduction to each story in order to place them a context to be best enjoyed by a new, wider audience. This collection is stellar from top to bottom, but standouts include Christien Boomsma from the Netherlands with a nightmarish story of guilt spiraling out of control, and Bathie Ngoye Thiam from Senegal who brings the rab (evil spirits) from his country's oral history tradition to the page, terrifying readers near and far. VERDICT This desperately needed anthology is meticulously researched and translated, offering stories from a variety of perspectives across five continents, and representing the broad range of storytelling styles and tropes that are used by all horror storytellers regardless of nationality. Readers will be clamoring for these fresh tales by current authors they probably didn't know existed. Consider pairing it with A World of Horror edited by Eric Guignard.

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