The Deadlands: Year One E-Book

 

The Deadlands: Year One collects short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from our amazing first year of... existence. 

Almost 400 pages of death-focused writing. 

Once you go through the checkout process, you'll get access to download the .EPUB version of this collection.

If you want the print version you can find that here (US only for now, sorry!)

Here are some of the amazing writers featured in our first year (scroll down for the full table of content).

• Alix E. Harrow
• Vajra Chandrasekera
• Arkady Martine
• Fran Wilde
• Isabel Cañas
• Suzan Palumbo
• G.V Anderson
• Shweta Narayan
• C.S.E. Cooney
• Marissa Lingen
• Maria Haskins
• Ewen Ma
• Anita Brienza
• Natalia Theodoridou
• Premee Mohamed
• R.B. Lemberg
• Leah Bobet
• Loren Rhoads
• Amanda Downum
• Richard Butner

 

 

 

The Full Table of Contents

Fiction:

PERISTALSIS, Vajra Chandrasekera 13

FEAR DEATH BY WATER, Arkady Martine

SHUCK, G.V. Anderson

BONEFIELDS, Margaret Ronald

THE GENERAL’S TURN, Premee Mohamed

TO THE (MOSTLY) LIVING, J.D. Harlock

THE SHADOWED UNDERTOWS, Natalia Theodoridou

IMMOLATUS, Lyndsie Manusos

SOMETIMES YOU GET THE BEAR, Tim Pratt

THEY CALL IT HIPSTER HEAVEN, Lauren Ring

THE KINGDOM OF THE BUTTERFLIES, Isabel Cañas

WHAT REMAINS TO WAKE, Jordan Taylor

ALL THE OPEN HIGHWAYS, Alexis Gunderson

INVISIBLE MOTELS, Jeremy Packert Burke

FROM THE ASHES FLEW THE LADYBUG, Alexandra Seidel

IN THE WINDOW, Patrick Lofgren

I HAD NEVER BEEN A CANDLE, Freydís Moon

L’HIVER EST ASSIS SUR UN BANC, Margaret Dunlap

ROOTS OF LAMENTATION, Marissa Lingen

THE AFTERTASTES, Daria Lavelle

BAYÚ, Michael Baez Arroyo

THE LONG WAY UP, Alix E. Harrow

PALE HORSEPOWER, Cara Masten DiGirolamo

MY CLOAK OF KEYS, Fran Wilde

ANIMAL SACRIFICE, Mar Stratford

THIRTEEN GOES TO THE FESTIVAL, L Chan

THEIR BLOOD SMELLS OF LOVE AND TERROR, Josh Rountree

ADVENTURE, Richard Butner

THIS IS I, KT Bryski

THE MORTHOUSE, Maria Haskins

Poetry:

PSYCHOPOMP, MJ Cunniff

PAALAI ANJU, Shweta Narayan

LATER THE LOCH, SOONER THE LACK: THE LIFECYCLE

OF A HORRID MAN WITH HORRID PLANS, s.j. bagley

DEATH OPUS, Romie Stott

UNSELVING, Greer Gilman

OPPENHEIMER IN VALHALLA, Marissa Lingen

ASTYNOME, AFTER, Mike Allen

THE HOUSE OF ILL WATERS, R.B. Lemberg

CAUSE AND MANNER, Jeannelle M. Ferreira

THE ENDING, Gwynne Garfinkle

UNDOING, Zin E. Rocklyn

CHERNOBYL LITANY, Gemma Files

ALL THE TREES THAT HAVE PERISHED ALONGSIDE MY

CHILDHOOD, Bogi Takács

THIS CANDID FIELD, Mat Joiner

GHOST TOWNS: A CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT FROM THE 2020-21

FIELD SEASON, Sara E. Palmer

UNTITLED, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy

TWO REPORTS FROM A FALLING CITY, Ewen Ma

CHANG AND ENG, Henry “Hank” Greenspan

INNANNA 1, Bethany Fine

WHAT IT IS TO BE A DYBBUK WHO HAS TRAVELED FROM SOMERVILLE

TO BRIGHTON, E. Lev Arbeter

SÉANCE RISPETTO, Juleigh Howard-Hobson

ROWS OF HOUSES, Leah Bobet

THE SOLE-STITCHER, C.S.E. Cooney

SEVEN THINGS YOU HAVE HELPED ME

TO REMEMBER, A.L. Blacklyn

THE PLUTOCRACY, Maya Chhabra

DEAD MAN’S SESSION, John Paul Davies

THE SAUSAGE MAKERS, Amelia Gorman

MOONWALK ON A NIGHT SKY, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan

ON THE MÖBIUS, Carlos Hernandez

CAUGHT BY HER RED-STAINED HANDS, Claire Smith

DID GOD SHRINK FROM ADAM SO,

WHEN THE DUST SETTLED?, Kristin Fullerton
LIKE A SURGEON, WITH HER TEETH, Erik Amundsen

 

GRIEVANCES OF A YOUNG MIDWIFE, Lacey Yong

THE ASTRONOMER, Lily Grodzins

THE BONE MOON ABOVE KŌDAIJI: A QUARTET, Ryu Ando

“DEATH WILL YOU PLAY WITH ME?”, Phil Madden

WATER, Snousha Glaude

CLUNK, Shaoni C. White

THE LATEST METAMORPHOSIS, Rebecca Bratten Weiss

BRONX TIGER TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, James Edward O’Brien

THE RAVING ONE, Jenn Grunigen

HOW TO MAKE TIME, M. Darusha Wehm

ROOMMATE, Cislyn Smith

MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE, Madalena Daleziou

SHIPWRECKED, Gretchen Tessmer

AFTER THE FIRE, Ada Navarro Ulriksen

A MAN IS TWO GRAVESTONES, Blessing Omeiza Ojo

OWL’S HEAD, 1980s, M. Regan

Nonfiction:

DEATH AND WEDNESDAY, Suzan Palumbo

THE THING THAT DOESN’T DISINTEGRATE, Kate Lechler

OCTOBER’S GHOST, Caitlyn Paxson

DANSE MACABRE: EQUALITY IN DEATH

IN MEDIEVAL ISTRIAN FRESCOES, Jelena Dunato

THE COST OF GRIEF, Francesca Tacchi

NEARLY NEW ROCKPORTS, Anita Brienza

CEMETERY POSTCARDS, Loren Rhoads

THE CITY OF THE DEAD, Wendy N. Wagner

THE MUMMIES OF BEECHEY ISLAND, Katie Gill

TEMPLES, TOMBS, AND PIRANESI’S GHOSTS, Louise Hodgson

A LIFE AMONG THE TOMBSTONES, M. Van Ell

BRUYN’S HOUSEFLY, Neal Auch

Ask A Necromancer Column, by Amanda Downum

YOU ALWAYS WERE A MORBID CHILD

DECAY ALWAYS WINS

THE COLOR OF THE GRAVE IS GREEN

THE INDIGNITIES OF DEATH

NO ETHICAL DECOMPOSITION UNDER CAPITALISM

LET HER PAINT AN INCH THICK

A BRIEF ANABASIS

CRIME & PUTREFACTION

TRAVELING WITH THE DEAD

21 GRAMS

BEWARE THE BONE THIEVES

IN A LONELY PLACE