David Nickle

The year is 1911. In Cold Spring Harbour, New York, the newly formed Eugenics Records Office is sending its agents to catalogue the infirm, the insane, and the criminal- with an eye to a cull, for the betterment of all. Near Cracked Wheel, Montana, a terrible illness leaves Jason Thistledown an orphan, stranded in his dead mother' s cabin until ...

Two boys contend with a terrible hound, a lingering feud, and the ghosts of a great war in Depression-era Ontario. From Monstrous Affections, this tale is part of Stoker Award-winner David Nickle's collection of short fiction about love in all its horrific proportions.ChiZine Publications (CZP) curates the best of the bizarre, bringing you the m...

A 1930s B movie actor returns to his mother's side in rural Idaho for the funeral of his father, killed helping clear up after the derailment of a circus train. The official word is death by elephant--but word around town is that something older escaped when the train left its tracks. From Monstrous Affections, this tale is part of Stoker Award-...

A warning, to those who go to that place down south and don't take the warnings about the in the Fodor's Guide about the local fauna seriously enough. From Monstrous Affections, this tale is part of Stoker Award-winner David Nickle's collection of short fiction about love in all its horrific proportions.ChiZine Publications (CZP) curates the bes...