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The End is Weird.

In the event of cosmic fallout, it is vital that you adhere to the following:

Secure your own persona, and a backup if available. A neighbor's is acceptable.

Your skin may attempt to abscond. This is normal in these situations.

Ignore all notifications from your mobile devices. They are not to be trusted.

Pay no mind to the details of that photograph. Yes, that one.

Should your body accrue any additional limbs, please keep proper inventory; they will need to be accounted for.

Avoid celebrity advice.

Do not feed the bears.

You will feel dizzy. You will feel nausea. This will pass. Step bravely.

And most importantly:

Do not panic.

Featuring 22 stories previously published by some of the most dynamic independent publishers in the fields of Horror and Speculative Fiction today, as well as essays on the state of Horror fiction & comics, additional recommended reading and more.

Contents:

i - An Introduction to New Weird Horror - essay by Alex Woodroe
iii - Weird Pilgrimage: A Note from Publisher Matt Blairstone - essay by Matt Blairstone
1 - Banhus - (2022) - short story by M. E. Bronstein
15 - User Warning - (2022) - short story by Charlotte Ariel Finn
23 - The Bear Across the Way - (2022) - short story by Emily Rigole
29 - En el Patio de la Casa del Callejón? - (2022) - short story by Tania Chen
32 - In Haskins - (2021) - short story by Carson Winter
43 - The Imperfection - (2022) - short story by Mae Murray
56 - Blame - short story by Warren Benedetto
79 - Low Tide Jenny - (2022) - short story by Bitter Karella
84 - Machine (r)Evolution - (2022) - poem by Colleen Anderson
89 - Skin - (2022) - short story by Isha Karki
103 - Eat Your Colors - (2022) - short story by Sonora Taylor
114 - Paradise - (2022) - short story by Sloane Leong
134 - There Is No Easy Way Towards Earth - short story by Jonah Wu
142 - Notes on the Forum of the Simulacra - short story by Cadwell Turnbull
148 - Blood Calumny - (2021) - short story by Joe Koch
154 - Lemmings - (2022) - short story by Kirstyn McDermott
167 - Water Goes, Sand Remains - (2022) - short story by Jolie Toomajan
177 - The Mules - short story by Jennifer Jeanne McArdle
187 - Stage Five Clinger - (2022) - short story by Nikki R. Leigh
198 - The Day When the Last War Is Over - (2022) - short story by Sergey Gerasimov
208 - Mother; Microbes - short story by H. V. Patterson
210 - The Mythologization of Tymber Prescott in Five Selected Photos - (2022) - short story by Luciano Marano

Brave New Weird, Volume Two: The Best New Weird Horror

Brave New Weird: Book 2

Alex Woodroe

The World is Weird.

You will be discouraged from participating in it.

However, your participation is not optional.

Zip up your human suit and set sail, imbibing every perspective you can in order to perfect the persona.

Push to the outer edges. Document your travels, and forget to return.

There will be a test.

Learn what it means to be human.

Forget what it means to be human.

Learn what it means to be human.

Forget what it means to be human.

Do not panic.

Contents:

i - Rhe Underrated Art of Giving a Crap - essay by Alex Woodroe
iii - Front Toward Enemy - essay by Matt Blairstone
1 - Lullaby for the Unseen - (2023) - short story by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas
6 - In That Crumbling Home - (2022) - short story by Thomas Ha
21 - The Library Virus - (2023) - short story by Hussani Abdulrahim
29 - Show Me - short story by Patrick Malka
33 - A Balanced Breakfast - (2023) - short story by Eirik Gumeny
46 - Food Is Poison - short story by David Simmons (II)
50 - Quietus - (2023) - short story by Premee Mohamed
64 - Punctum (O Baked Alaska for You I Am a Former American) - short story by Perfect Kiss Strickoll
69 - Transmasc of the Red Death - (2023) - short story by LC von Hessen
81 - The Man Outside - (2023) - short story by Simone le Roux
89 - River Bargain Baby - (2023) - short story by K. S. Walker
96 - The Prince of Oakland - (2023) - short story by Matthew Olivas [as by M. M. Olivas]
112 - My Mother, the Exoskeleton - poem by Amitha Jagannath Knight
116 - The Sound of Children Screaming - (2023) - short story by Rachael K. Jones
129 - Endless Yearning - (2023) - short story by Judith Shadford
139 - Guest Opinion: We Must Take action Regarding the [REDACTED] High School Janitor - short story by Daniel DeRock
142 - A Box of Hair and Nail - (2023) - short story by Geneve Flynn
153 - Everything You Dump Here Ends Up in the Ocean - short story by Anemone Moss
161 - Up in the Hills, She Dreams of Her Daughter Deep in the Ground - (2023) - short story by Karlo Yeager Rodríguez
172 - Embryo - (2023) - short story by Elena Sichrovsky
179 - Our Roots Will Dry Out in the End - (2022) - short story by Ivan Zoric
185 - As the Music Plays Groovy - short story by Michael Bettendorf
192 - Family Not Going to Heaven - short story by Chris Kuriata