The Cutting Room: Dark Reflections of the Silver Screen

Praise for
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror

“This diverse 25-story anthology is a superb sampling of some of the most significant short horror works published between 1985 and 2005. Editor extraordinaire Datlow (
Poe
) includes classic stories from horror icons Clive Barker, Peter Straub, and Stephen King as well as SF and fantasy luminaries Gene Wolfe, Dan Simmons, Neil Gaiman, and Lucius Shepard. The full diversity of horror is on display: George R. R. Martin’s ‘The Pear-Shaped Man’ about a creepy downstairs neighbor, and Straub’s ‘The Juniper Tree,’ which chronicles a drifter’s sexual molestation of a young boy, exemplify horror’s sublime psychological power, while Barker’s ‘Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament’ and Poppy Z. Brite’s ‘Calcutta, Lord of Nerves’ are audaciously gory masterworks. This is an anthology to be cherished and an invaluable reference for horror aficionados.”


Publishers Weekly
, starred review

“Make sure you are in a safe place before you open it up.”


New York Journal of Books


Darkness
promises to please both longtime fans and readers who have no clue what ‘splatterpunk’ was supposed to mean.”


San Francisco Chronicle

“Eclectic . . . a complete overview of some of the best horror stories published in the last twenty years.”


SF Site

“I can’t recommend this book highly enough and no, that’s not just the rabid fanboy inside me talking. This is my serious critic’s voice. I know it doesn’t translate well in the written word, but trust me. I give my highest recommendation for this book.”


Hellnotes

Praise for
Hauntings

“This anthology of 24 previously published dark fantasy and horror stories, edited by the ever-adept Datlow (
Blood and Other Cravings
), explores a variety of situations in which people encounter literal or figurative specters from beyond. . . . Solid entries by Neil Gaiman, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Joyce Carol Oates capture the mood perfectly and will thrill fans of the eerie.


Publishers Weekly

“Apt to entertain and disquiet the horror fans.


SF Site
, featured review

“Datlow once again proves herself as a master editor. Her mission to broaden readers’ concepts of what a haunting can be is nothing short of a success, and the twenty-four stories on display run the gamut from explicitly terrifying to eerily familiar. Readers who wish to be haunted themselves should not miss this one. Highly recommended.”


Arkham Digest

“Award-winning horror editor Ellen Datlow offers readers a skillfully crafted, captivating collection with
Hauntings
, an anthology of twenty-four reprinted ghostly tales from the last 25 years of horror literature.”


Rue Morgue

“Ms. Datlow has assembled a formidable community of eminent genre artists working at the very heights of their literary powers to create this outstanding dark fantasy anthology. This is the best of the best—don’t miss it!”


The Tomb of Dark Delights

“I have a short list of editors that I will buy an anthology of, regardless of whether or not I have even heard of the writers it contains, and Ellen Datlow is at the top of that list. She has this crazy knack of consistently putting together stellar anthologies and
Hauntings
is no different.”


Horror Talk

“This collection is formidable. . . .”


True Review

Praise for
Lovecraft’s Monsters

“Ellen Datlow’s second editorial outing into the realm of Lovecraft proves even more fruitful than the first. Focusing on Lovecraftian monsters, Datlow offers readers sixteen stories and two poems of a variety that should please any fans of the genre.”


Arkham Digest

“[A]n amazing and diverse treasure trove of stories. As an avid fan of Lovecraft’s monstrous creations, THIS is the anthology I’ve been waiting for.”


Shattered Ravings

“Editor Ellen Datlow has put together an anthology that will rock your liquid fantasies. Tachyon Publications has produced an excellent themed anthology. Lovecraft enthusiasts will plunge into the volume and be happily immersed in the content.”


Diabolique Magazine

“[A]n entirely enjoyable read. . . . for Mythos devotees I would highly recommend picking it up.”


Seattle Geekly


Lovecraft’s Monsters
will appeal to fans of Lovecraft’s work, particularly his Mythos stories, and to readers of dark fiction everywhere.”


Lit Reactor

“Datlow brings together some of the top SF/F and horror writers working today and has them play in Lovecraft’s bizarre world. And that’s a delight.”


January Magazine

The Cutting Room

Copyright © 2014 by Ellen Datlow

This is a work of collected fiction. All events portrayed in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form without the express permission of the editor and the publisher.

Introduction copyright © 2014 by Genevieve Valentine

Preface copyright © 2014 by Ellen Datlow

Page 364-366 constitutes an extension of this copyright page

Cover design © 2014 by Josh Beatman

Interior design by Elizabeth Story

Tachyon Publications

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Series Editor: Jacob Weisman

Project Editor: Jill Roberts

Print ISBN 13: 978-1-61696-167-1

EBOOK ISBN: 978-1-61696-168-8

KINDLE ISBN: 978-1-61696-169-5

PDF: 978-1-61696-170-1

Book Printed in the United States of America by Worzalla

First Edition: 2014

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Also Edited by Ellen Datlow

A Whisper of Blood

A Wolf at the Door
(with Terri Windling)

After
(with Terri Windling)

Alien Sex Black Heart, Ivory Bones
(with Terri Windling)

Black Swan, White Raven
(with Terri Windling)

Black Thorn, White Rose
(with Terri Windling)

Blood Is Not Enough: 17 Stories of Vampirism

Blood and Other Cravings

Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror

Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Fearful Symmetries

Haunted Legends
(with Nick Mamatas)

Hauntings

Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Lethal Kisses

Little Deaths

Lovecraft Unbound

Lovecraft’s Monsters

Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy

Nebula Awards Showcase 2009

Nightmare Carnival

Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex

Omni Best Science Fiction:
Volumes One through Three

Omni Books of Science Fiction:
Volumes One through Seven

OmniVisions One
and
Two

Poe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe

Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells
(with Terri Windling)

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears
(with Terri Windling)

Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy
(with Terri Windling)

Silver Birch, Blood Moon
(with Terri Windling)

Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers
(with Terri Windling)

Snow White, Blood Red
(with Terri Windling)

Supernatural Noir 

Swan Sister
(with Terri Windling)

Tails of Wonder and Imagination: Cat Stories

Teeth: Vampire Tales
(with Terri Windling)

Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology

The Beastly Bride: And Other Tales of the Animal People
(with Terri Windling)

The Best Horror of the Year:
Volumes One through Six

The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales
(with Terri Windling)

The Dark: New Ghost Stories

The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy

The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm

The Green Man: Tales of the Mythic Forest
(with Terri Windling)

Troll’s Eye View: A Book of Villainous Tales
(with Terri Windling)

Twists of the Tale

Vanishing Acts

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror
(with Terri Windling, Gavin J. Grant, and Kelly Link)

Introduction

Genevieve Valentine

Preface

Ellen Datlow

The Cutter

Edward Bryant

The Hanged Man of Oz

Steve Nagy

Deadspace

Dennis Etchison

Cuts

F. Paul Wilson

Final Girl Theory

A. C. Wise

Lapland, or Film No

Peter Straub

The Thousand Cuts

Ian Watson

Occam’s Ducks

Howard Waldrop

Dead Image

David Morrell

The Constantinople Archives

Robert Shearman

each thing I show you is a piece of my death

Gemma Files & Stephen J. Barringer

Cinder Images

Gary McMahon

The Pied Piper of Hammersmith

Nicholas Royle

Filming the Making of the Film of the Making of
Fitzcarraldo

Garry Kilworth

Onlookers

Gary A. Braunbeck

Recreation

Lucy A. Snyder

Bright Lights, Big Zombie

Douglas E. Winter

She Drives the Men to Crimes of Passion!

Genevieve Valentine

Even the Pawn

Joel Lane

Tenderizer

Stephen Graham Jones

Ardor

Laird Barron

Final Girl II: the Frame

Daphne Gottlieb

Illimitable Dominion

Kim Newman

About the Editor

About the Contributors

Extended Copyrights

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