{"product_id":"the-best-of-our-past-the-worst-of-our-future-9781787588035","title":"The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future\u003c\/i\u003e is whimsical and dreadful, verdant and sinister. Readers of \"quiet horror\" or \"slow-burn horror\" will enjoy this collection.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Without a doubt, Christi Nogle is one of my favorite new voices in horror. Her fiction is by turns devastating, horrifying, and beyond beautiful. With her collection, The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future, she's created something truly remarkable, the kind of horror that's filled with grit and heart. Don't miss this book; it's sure to be one of the very best collections of 2023.\"- \u003ci\u003eGwendolyn Kiste, Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens and Reluctant Immortals\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future\u003c\/i\u003e collects Christi Nogle's finest psychological and supernatural horror stories. Their rural and small-town characters confront difficult pasts and look toward promising but often terrifying futures. The pieces range in genre from psychological horror through science fiction and ghost stories, but they all share fundamental qualities: feminist themes, an emphasis on voice, a focus on characters' psychologies and a sense of the gothic in contemporary life. Stories here may recall Charlotte Perkins Gilman's \"The Yellow Wallpaper,\" Shirley Jackson's \"The Renegade,\" or Kelly Link's \"Stone Animals.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristi Nogle\u003c\/b\u003e writes psychological and supernatural horror, dark science fiction, and weird fiction. She is the author of the collection \u003ci\u003eThe Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel Beulah. Her short stories have appeared in over fifty publications including \u003ci\u003ePseudoPod\u003c\/i\u003e, Vastarien, \u003ci\u003eEscape Pod\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThree-Lobed Burning Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, and Dark Matter Magazine along with anthologies such as C.M Muller's \u003ci\u003eNightscript\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eHumans Are the Problem\u003c\/i\u003e from Weird Little Worlds, Mixtape: 1986 from The Dread Machine, \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e Flame Tree's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Gothic and Chilling Crime. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristi loves learning and has studied visual arts as well as writing and literature. After twenty years teaching academic writing and occasional literature classes at a university, Christi moved on to spend more time focusing on her own fiction and supporting other writers in the horror and speculative writing communities. She enjoys sharing stories and critiques in various writing groups, mentoring and volunteering for writers' organizations, teaching creative writing workshops, and learning more about editing and promotion. She is also an Associate Editor at the popular horror podcast PseudoPod. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe continues to write short fiction and is working on a new novel, \u003ci\u003eAll My Really Good Friends. \u003c\/i\u003eShe also hopes to someday return to painting, which was an obsession for many years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChristi is an active member of the Horror Writers Association, Science Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy Writers of America, and Codex Writers' Group. She lives in Boise, Idaho with her partner Jim and their gorgeous dogs. Follow her at christinogle.com or on Twitter @christinogle \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Flame Tree Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50697863561490,"sku":"9781787588035","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b0833599-2465-42ee-8a99-7931b9312cc2.jpg?v=1734310727","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-best-of-our-past-the-worst-of-our-future-9781787588035","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}