Praise for ZOETROPE BIZARRE by Caitlin R. KIernan

9th Mar 2025

The top half of the images is an alien with its head encased in a bulb. The bottom half is a crocodile

Speaking of Caitlín R. Kiernan, they have a big (nearly 450 pages) collection at the printer. The signed limited edition of Bright Dead Star (the aforementioned collection) will be accompanied by an original novella, Zoetrope Bizarre, with a wraparound dust jacket by Tom Canty.

Advance Praise for Zoetrope Bizarre:

“Zoetrope Bizarre is one of the best ghost stories to come along in years, if you will agree that a film can be a ghost. This phantom is no apparition on a staircase, but a kind of black hole, invisible except for the disturbing effects it has on the people who encounter it. Eerie, elusive, and genuinely strange, resonant with echoes of Aickman and Ligotti, this story is a refreshing example of Kiernan's refusal to make the easy or obvious narrative choice. I haven't been able to stop thinking about it.” 

—Nathan Ballingrud, author of North American Lake Monsters and Crypt of the Moon Spider

 

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