{"product_id":"echoes-the-saga-anthology-of-ghost-stories-9781534413474","title":"Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis definitive collection brings together 29 ghost stories spanning traditional to eclectic supernatural fiction, compiled by Ellen Datlow—the most acclaimed editor in dark fantasy and horror short fiction. \u003ci\u003eEchoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories\u003c\/i\u003e features new works from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling authors alongside established voices in the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAward-Winning Contributors\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe anthology includes original stories from Joyce Carol Oates (National Book Award recipient), Alice Hoffman (author of \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic\u003c\/i\u003e), Seanan McGuire (Hugo Award nominee and John W. Campbell Award winner), and Paul Tremblay. Additional contributors include Vincent J. Masterson, A.C. Wise, M. Rickert, Lee Thomas, Alison Littlewood, M.L. Siemienowicz, Richard Kadrey, Indrapramit Das, Richard Bowes, Nick Mamatas, Terry Dowling, Aliette de Bodard, Carole Johnstone, Dale Bailey, Stephen Graham Jones, Bracken MacLeod, Garth Nix, Brian Evenson, Jeffrey Ford, Gemma Files, Nathan Ballingrud, Pat Cadigan, and John Langan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSupernatural Tales for Every Reader\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe collection ranges from mainstream literary fiction to pure fantasy and bizarrely supernatural narratives. Each story offers a unique approach to ghost fiction, whether you prefer atmospheric hauntings, psychological horror, or contemporary dark fantasy. The anthology works equally well for solitary late-night reading or sharing around a campfire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Editor Ellen Datlow\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEllen Datlow has edited science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for over thirty years. Former fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eOmni\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003eScifiction\u003c\/i\u003e, she has edited more than fifty anthologies including the annual \u003ci\u003eBest Horror of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003ePoe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLovecraft Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSupernatural Noir\u003c\/i\u003e. Her editorial achievements include nine World Fantasy Awards, multiple Locus, Hugo, Stoker, International Horror Guild, and Shirley Jackson Awards. She received the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award for outstanding contribution to the genre and the Horror Writers Association Life Achievement Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis paperback edition from S\u0026amp;S\/Saga Press (August 2019) contains 29 carefully curated ghost stories that define the genre. The collection represents decades of expertise in supernatural fiction editing, making it an essential addition to any horror or dark fantasy library.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEllen Datlow has been editing sci-fi, fantasy, and horror short fiction for more than thirty years. She was fiction editor of \u003ci\u003eOmni\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003eScifiction\u003c\/i\u003e and has edited more than fifty anthologies, including the annual \u003ci\u003eBest Horror of the Year\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003ePoe: 19 New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eDarkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLovecraft Unbound\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eNaked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBlood and Other Cravings\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSupernatural Noir\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eQueen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e; and two YA anthologies: \u003ci\u003eTeeth: Vampire Tales \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAfter: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia\u003c\/i\u003e. She's won nine World Fantasy Awards, plus multiple Locus, Hugo, Stoker, International Horror Guild, and Shirley Jackson Awards. She was the recipient of the 2007 Karl Edward Wagner Award, given at the British Fantasy Convention for outstanding contribution to the genre, and was honored with the Life Achievement Award given by the Horror Writers Association, in acknowledgment of superior achievement over an entire career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNathan Ballingrud was born in Massachusetts in 1970, but spent most of his life in the South. Ballingrud is the author of the collections \u003ci\u003eNorth American Lake Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWounds: Six stories from the Border of Hell\u003c\/i\u003e. He's been awarded two Shirley Jackson Awards, and have shortlisted for the World Fantasy, British Fantasy, and Bram Stoker Awards. Among other things, he has been a cook on oil rigs and barges, a waiter, and a bartender in New Orleans. He now lives in North Carolina. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice Hoffman is the author of more than thirty works of fiction, including \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagic Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World That We Knew\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rules of Magic \u003c\/i\u003e(a Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick), the Oprah's Book Club Selection \u003ci\u003eHere on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Dovekeepers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Museum of Extraordinary Things\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Marriage of Opposites\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFaithful\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives near Boston. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCarole Johnstone is the award-winning author of the novels \u003ci\u003eMirrorland \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Blackhouse\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in the Highlands of Scotland, although her heart belongs to the wild islands of the Outer Hebrides. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen Graham Jones is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Only Good Indians\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been an NEA fellowship recipient and a recipient of several awards including the Ray Bradbury Award from the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the Bram Stoker Award, the Shirley Jackson Award, the Jesse Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction from the Texas Institute of Letters, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction, and the Alex Award from American Library Association. He is the Ivena Baldwin Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNick Mamatas is the author of several novels, including Move Under Ground, I Am Providence and Sabbath. His short fiction has appeared in Best American Mystery Stories, Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, Tor.com, and dozens of other venues. Much of the last decade's short fiction was recently collected in The People's Republic of Everything. Nick is also an editor and anthologist: he co-edited the Bram Stoker Award-winning Haunted Legends with Ellen Datlow, the Locus Award nominees The Future is Japanese and Hanzai Japan with Masumi Washington, and the hybrid fiction\/cocktail title Mixed Up with Molly Tanzer. His short fiction, non-fiction, novels, and editorial work have variously been nominated for the Hugo, Shirley Jackson, Stoker, and World Fantasy Awards. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeanan McGuire is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvery Heart a Doorway\u003c\/i\u003e, the October Daye urban fantasy series, the InCryptid series, and several other works, both standalone and in trilogies. She also writes darker fiction as Mira Grant. She was the winner of the 2010 John W. 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