Tales of the dark, fantastical and delightfully strange from the best voices in Nordic fiction.

Storytelling has been a major force in the Nordic countries for thousands of years, from the epic Icelandic Sagas to best-selling crime with a noir flair. This anthology collects stories by the best names in Nordic speculative fiction, many of which are appearing in English for the first time.

Across dark dystopian sci-fi, mythical fantasy, and terrifying horror, from the rational to the eccentric, these stories combine a deep sense of place with social criticism, themes of loneliness and identity, and the concern for humanity's impact on the wilderness.

Stories by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Maria Haskins, Karin Tidbeck, Kaspar Colling Nielsen, Jakob Drud, Lene Kaaberb l, Rakel Helmsdal, Johann Thorsson, Tone Almhjell, Alexander Dan Vilhjálmsson, Tor Åge Bringsv rd, Thore Hansen, Margrét Helgadóttir, Johanna Sinisalo, Hannu Rajaniemi and Emmi Itäranta.

Here be Monsters

They lurk and crawl and fly in the shadows of our mind. We know them from ancient legends and tales whispered by the campfire. They hide under the dark bridge, in the deep woods or out on the great plains, in the drizzling rain forest or out on the foggy moor, beneath the surface, under your bed. They don't sparkle or have any interest in us except to tear us apart. They are the monsters Forgotten, unknown, misunderstood, overused, watered down. We adore them still. We want to give them a renaissance, to reestablish their dark reputation, to give them a comeback, let the world know of their real terror.

American Monsters pt 2 is the sixth volume in a coffee table book series from Fox Spirit Books with dark fiction and art about monsters from around the world, and the second of the two volumes covering the American continent.

American Monsters 2 ranges far and wide to bring together a stunning collection of stories, from the haunted, frozen woods of Northern Quebec, to the islands of the Caribbean. Drawing on a wide variety of traditions, these stories explore monstrosity in its many guises, including its human face. These stories hold up a mirror, delving into realms of fear, loss, grief, hope, love, and compassion, and showing that it is what we do when faced with the monstrous that counts.

A.C.Wise, reviewer for Apex Magazine and The Book Smugglers, author of numerous speculative short stories and the recently-published Catfish Lullaby, winner of Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic.

Here be Monsters

They lurk and crawl and fly in the shadows of our mind. We know them from ancient

legends and tales whispered by the campfire. They hide under the dark bridge, in the

deep woods or out on the great plains, in the drizzling rain forest or out on the foggy

moor, beneath the surface, under your bed. They don't sparkle or have any interest in

us except to tear us apart. They are the monsters Forgotten, unknown,

misunderstood, overused, watered down. We adore them still. We want to give them

a renaissance, to reestablish their dark reputation, to give them a comeback, let the

world know of their real terror.

Eurasian Monsters is the seventh and last volume in a coffee table book series from

Fox Spirit Books with dark fiction and art about monsters from around the world.

MORPHEUS - K.A. Teryna

DAEMONS OF THEIR TIME - Marta Magdalena Lasik

SLEEPLESS IN ENERHODAR - Yevhen Lyr

BAGATAZH - Karina Shainyan

RAPUNZEL - Vlad Arenev

NINE TONGUES TELL OF - Haralambi Markov

THE VISIT - Maria Galina

A THOUSAND CUTS - Alex Shvartsman

THE WHITEST LINEN - Daryna Stremetska

LYSA HORA - Shawn Basey

OUR LADY OF CARRION CROWS - Karolina Fedyk

VERUSKA AND THE L DV RC - Bogi Tak cs

MOUNTAIN MAID - Eldar Satta rov

THE HOUSEKEEPER - Kat Hutchson

THE SERPENT - Nata lia Osoianu

THIS IS MOSCOW, OLD MAN - Alexander Bachilo

SLEEPING BEAUTY OF ELISTA - Ekaterina Sedia