Winter in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction

In the first volume of the In the City anthology series, editors R.B. Wood and Anna Koon bring you new tales from eighteen authors both established and debut, including Sam Rebelein, Sarah Read, Bracken MacLeod, Gwendolyn Kiste, and more.

The city.

Noisy, crowded, and ever in motion, the city can be more than a setting-- it can be a character, as nuanced and as fickle as a human being, with as many traits and quirks as the best mapped-out characters. The city can be the ever-present and constant companion (or foe) to the protagonist and antagonist alike.

Winter in the City: A Collection of Dark Speculative Fiction is an anthology of dark speculative fiction tales set in 18 cities around the world during the bleak-- sometimes harsh-- season of winter. In Paris, a vagrant artist confronts a terrible truth while traveling across a frozen Seine and the well-walked paths of l’ empire de la Mort... Children depart on a mystical quest to find their parents among the icy tombs of the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem... In the snow-begotten slums of Manila, a young fighter must disobey her family and society to finally find freedom... The white-out conditions in Brooklyn are not nearly as dangerous as deals made in blood and bone... Featuring new stories by Anjum Noor Choudhury, Sarah Read, Lily Childs, Brian Evenson, Tim Lees, Jonathan Papernick, Nick Mamatas, Katherine Traylor, Richard Kadrey, Rich Larson, Christian Fiachra Stevens, Mike Allen, Xan van Rooyen, Sam Rebelein, Gwendolyn Kiste, Mars Abian, Matt Hollingsworth, and Bracken MacLeod with a foreword by Bram Stoker Award-winning author Mercedes M. Yardley.

Former technologist and world traveler, R. B. Wood is an MFA graduate from Emerson College and the founder/CEO of Ruadá n Books. Along with his editing passion, R. B. is a writer of speculative dark thrillers. Mr. Wood has had numerous titles published and is currently working on his next thriller. His shorter, weird stories have appeared in multiple anthologies and online magazines.

R.B. and his wife Tina adore animals and are self-professed ＂crazy cat people.＂

You can find him online via rbwood.com and on most social media platforms.

Boston-based artist and writer Anna Koon has published articles for a variety of periodicals, one poem, two screenplays, and a children’s book entitled Willamina, Queen of the Worms. She is the founder and director of an educational series presented to various arts organizations throughout Massachusetts. Additionally, she works as a creative coach and editor. Anna lives at the top of what was once the women’s quarters of a Victorian mental institution with her husband and two whippets, Zeta Puppis and Nimble Nimbus. Learn more about her @ www.a2n2.net.