Impossible Monsters

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Impossible Monsters
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Editor Kasey Lansdale
Cover artist Timothy Truman
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Horror, short story collection
PublishedJuly 2013 Subterranean Press
Media typePrint hardcover, limited edition
Pages205
ISBN 978-1-59606-505-5

Impossible Monsters is a horror anthology edited by actress and musician Kasey Lansdale. It was published as both a limited edition and a trade hardcover by Subterranean Press in July 2013. It was Lansdale's first edited anthology. [1]

Contents

Table of contents

Reception

The reviewer at Fearnet called Impossible Monsters "refreshingly lean" and "fun to read". [2] The reviewer at Elitist Book Reviews praised its variety. [3] The Publishers Weekly reviewer wrote that Lansdale had chosen "visceral, creative pieces about ordinary people encountering the extraordinary". [4]

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References

  1. "Kasey Lansdale is Restless". County Line magazine. February 27, 2020 [June 26, 2013]. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  2. Gilliand, Blu (July 26, 2013). "Book Review: 'Impossible Monsters' Edited by Kasey Lansdale". Fearnet. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013.
  3. Steven (September 27, 2013). "Review: Impossible Monsters". Elitist Book Reviews. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
  4. "Impossible Monsters". Publishers Weekly (review). Retrieved November 12, 2023.