Necromancies and Netherworlds: Uncanny Stories

Necromancies and Netherworlds:
Uncanny Stories

Cover of Necromancies and Netherworlds: Uncanny Stories
Author	Darrell Schweitzer, Jason Van Hollander
Illustrator	Jason Van Hollander
Cover artist	Jason Van Hollander
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Borgo Press/Wildside Press
Publication date	1999
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	168
ISBN	978-1-880448-66-3

Necromancies and Netherworlds: Uncanny Stories is a collection of dark fantasy short stories by American writer Darrell Schweitzer in collaboration with illustrator Jason Van Hollander. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by Borgo Press/Wildside Press in August 1999. It was nominated for the 2000 World Fantasy Award for Best Collection. ^[1]

Summary

The collection consists of ten works of the authors. The pieces were originally published from 1990-1996 in various speculative fiction magazines and anthologies.

Contents

• "The Crystal-Man" (from Interzone no. 111, Sep. 1996)
• "The Cloth Gods of Zhamir" (from Weird Tales v. 52, no. 4, Sum. 1991)
• "Men Without Maps" (from Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine no. 11, Win. 1991)
• "The Caravan of the Dead" (from Weirdbook no. 27, Spr. 1992)
• "The Unmaker of Men" (from Weird Tales v. 52, no. 1, Fall 1990)
• "The Magical Dilemma of Mondesir" (from Century no. 2, May/Jun. 1995)
• "The Paloverde Lodge" (from Fear no. 28, Win. 1990)
• "Those of the Air" (from Cthulhu’s Heirs: Tales of the Mythos for the New Millennium, Mar. 1994)
• "The Throwing Suit" (from The Horror Show v. 8, no. 1, Spr. 1990)
• "The Man in the White Mask" (from Worlds of Fantasy & Horror v. 1, no. 1, Sum. 1994)

Reception

The collection was reviewed by Chris Gilmore in Interzone no. 155, May 2000, and Paul Di Filippo in Asimov's Science Fiction , August 2000. ^[1]

References

1. Necromancies and Netherworlds title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database