DJSturbia is home to monsters.
All kinds of monsters, from skyscraper-sized Godzilla (twice!) to the microscopic space germ known as the Andromeda Strain.
Monsters human and inhuman, from fictional psycho killers to the real-life terrorists of 9/11.
Lovecraftian horrors. Extraterrestrial insects. Giant serpents. Gargoyles and ghosts. Gunfighters and assassins. The battlefield monstrosities known as Warbirds, the alien invaders called Black Widowers, and — oh, yes — a little critter named Bob.
Classic monsters lurk here, too: That Creature from That Lagoon. That Thing from Another World. Monsters living, monsters dead … and in-between.
David J. Schow’s newest collection features his usual lucky thirteen short stories — shoot ‘em ups, horror noir, and surprises aplenty — plus, for the first time, a poison-candy sampler of thirteen additional essays covering everything from The Crow to live snake-handling.
A World Fantasy Award winner for short fiction, DJS has come to escort you into the dark suburbs of his imagination — DJSturbia.
From Publishers Weekly (Starred Review):
“This excellently chilling compilation of 13 short stories and 12 personal reminiscences covers the entire horror genre… Great writing, boundless creativity, and remarkable career recollections make this a truly wonderful compilation.”
From Booklist:
"Here be monsters—familiar monsters from comics and the big screen, deliciously hair-raising creatures fresh from the dark imagination of speculative fiction superstar Schow…Schow’s fiction affords chilling, genre-blending journeys introducing Godzilla as a big city crime boss; a tiny, vendetta-seeking creature named Bob; and an invasion by black widows that will prompt readers to sleep with the lights on."
Table of Contents:
- Now Hold Still
- After 9/11
- The Last Song You Hear
- Bloodstock
- Graveside
- Death to Decaf
- Denker’s Book
- Thirty-Eight Days Later
- Blue Amber
- We Have Always Fought Giant Monsters
- A Home in the Dark
- The Traps of Nostalgia
- A Gunfight
- The Mulholland Muse
- The Finger
- Why You’ll Never See Crow Chronicle
- Two Scoops
- Two More Scoops…of Celluloid
- Three Missing Footnotes from the Bad Time
- The Dream of a Masked Man
- The Ghosting
- Catacombs (Introduction)
- The Chili Hunters
- Faux God of the Maus Haus
- Warbirds
- Afterwordia
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