Uncertainties Volume IV

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"We live in Gothic times." — Angela Carter

The Gothic tale, disreputable as it is, can, more readily than the realist short story, provoke unease and jolt us from complacency.

Uncertainties is an anthology series—featuring authors from Britain, America, Canada, Australia, and the Philippines—each exploring the concept of increasingly fragmented senses of reality. These types of short stories were termed “strange tales” by Robert Aickman, called “tales of the unexpected” by Roald Dahl, and known to Shakespeare’s ill-fated Prince Mamillius as “winter’s tales”. But these are no mere ghost stories. These tales of the uncanny grapple with existential epiphanies of the modern day, when otherwise familiar landscapes become sinister and something decidedly less than certain . . .

Contents

"Foreword"
Timothy J. Jarvis

"I Seen Her"
Rebecca Lloyd

"The Birds of Nagasaki"
Lucie McKnight Hardy

"Myling Kommer"
Brian Evenson

"The Pit"
Kristine Ong Muslim

"We Pass Under"
Gary Budden

"Hand Out"
Anna Tambour

"I Serve the Lambdon Worm"
John Darnielle

"A Novel About Fan, Aged 11 Years" or "The Zoo"
Camilla Grudova

"At the Museum"
Marian Womack

"These Words, Rising from Stone"
Charles Wilkinson

"Some Girls Wander by Mistake"
Nadia Bulkin

"Reflection, Refraction, Dispersion"
Aliya Whiteley

"Primal"
D. P. Watt

"Feeding the Peat"
Claire Dean

"Biographical Notes"

"Acknowledgments"

Timothy J. Jarvis is a writer and scholar with an interest in the antic, the weird, the strange. His first novel, The Wanderer, was published by Perfect Edge Books in 2014. His short fiction has appeared in The Flower Book, The Shadow Booth Volume 1, The Scarlet Soul, Murder Ballads, and Uncertainties I, among other places. He also writes criticism and reviews, and is co-editor of Faunus, the journal of the Friends of Arthur Machen.

Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Swan River Press

Release: February 14, 2020

ISBN 13: 9781783800315

Uncertainties Volume IV

Timothy J. Jarvis

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Language: English

Pages: 208

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Swan River Press

Release: February 14, 2020

ISBN 13: 9781783800315

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May 02, 2024

A collection, as a whole, that certainly stirred my imagination; in fact the book started to OWN my imagination, and I was relieved to be given an excuse to try rebelling against it towards the end!The above is quoted from a review that is either too long or too impractical to post here. It is from my latest review of SWAN RIVER PRESS books — and there are many other such detailed and itemised reviews available of this publisher’s previous books as posted on-line under my name.
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May 02, 2024

This is one of a print run of 350 copies.Contents:vii -"Foreword" by Timothy J. Jarvis"001 - I Seen Her" by Rebecca Lloyd016 - "The Birds of Nagasaki" by Lucie McKnight Hardy028 - "Myling Kommer" by Brian Evenson045 "The Pit" by Kristine Ong Muslim048 - "We Pass Under" by Gary Budden061 - "Hand Out" Anna Tambour072 -"I Serve the Lambdon Worm" by John Darnielle073 - "A Novel (or Poem) About Fan, Aged 11 Years" or "The Zoo" Camilla Grudova084 084 - "At the Museum" by Marian Womack089 - 099 - "Thes...
Alex

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May 02, 2024

I normally read from front to back as laid out by the editor, but for this one I jumped straight “Some Girls Wander By Mistake” by Nadia Bulkin. The confluence of one of my favorite writers using that title that I have to assume is drawn from the Sisters of Mercy album. This story is effective at using erasure of female victims as the ghosts in the story. While I’m not sure I love it, my thoughts keep returning to this story.This anthology is full of ghosts of all sorts -- melancholy, grim, with...

Des Lewis

(4/5)

May 02, 2024

A collection, as a whole, that certainly stirred my imagination; in fact the book started to OWN my imagination, and I was relieved to be given an excuse to try rebelling against it towards the end!The above is quoted from a review that is either too long or too impractical to post here. It is from my latest review of SWAN RIVER PRESS books — and there are many other such detailed and itemised reviews available of this publisher’s previous books as posted on-line under my name.

Karl

This is one of a print run of 350 copies.Contents:vii -"Foreword" by Timothy J. Jarvis"001 - I Seen Her" by Rebecca Lloyd016 - "The Birds of Nagasaki" by Lucie McKnight Hardy028 - "Myling Kommer" by Brian Evenson045 "The Pit" by Kristine Ong Muslim048 - "We Pass Under" by Gary Budden061 - "Hand Out" Anna Tambour072 -"I Serve the Lambdon Worm" by John Darnielle073 - "A Novel (or Poem) About Fan, Aged 11 Years" or "The Zoo" Camilla Grudova084 084 - "At the Museum" by Marian Womack089 - 099 - "Thes...

Alex

I normally read from front to back as laid out by the editor, but for this one I jumped straight “Some Girls Wander By Mistake” by Nadia Bulkin. The confluence of one of my favorite writers using that title that I have to assume is drawn from the Sisters of Mercy album. This story is effective at using erasure of female victims as the ghosts in the story. While I’m not sure I love it, my thoughts keep returning to this story.This anthology is full of ghosts of all sorts -- melancholy, grim, with...

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Uncertainties Volume IV

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