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The Monkey’s Other Paw: Revived Classic Stories of Dread and the Dead, edited by Luis Ortiz,NonStop Press, 2014. Interior illustrations by Luis Ortiz, info: nonstoppress.com.
“The Monkey’s Other Paw is an anthology of all new stories subtitled ‘Revived Classic Stories of Dread and the Dead.’ The book presents sequels, prequels, retellings, homages, and alternate POV takes on classic terror tales re-imagined by some of the best writers of fantastika (horror, fantasy, & sci-fi) working today. Steve Rasnic Tem updates Jekyll/Hyde; Don Webb presents an alternate POV story based on H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos; Paul Di Filippo riffs on Dylan Thomas’s ghost story ‘The Followers;’ Ivan Fante gives us the aftermath of the classic horror tale ‘The Monkey’s Other Paw;’ Barry Malzbergsupplies two pastiches inspired by J.G. Ballard’s ‘Terminal Beach;’ Damien Broderick introduces Freud into E.T.A. Hoffmann’s ‘The Sandman;’ Alegrîa Luna Luz takes Poe’s unfinished ‘The Lighthouse’ and finishes it in a suitably gruesome manner that the master would appreciate. Artist Martos shows, in his graphic story, what becomes of the Dorian Grey painting after the death of its subject.”
Contents:
Introduction. “These Will Chill you” by Luis Ortiz
“The Unheimlich Maneuver” by Damien Broderick (introduces Freud into Hoffmann’s “The Sandman”)
“And Frightened Miss Muffet Away” by Paige Quayle
“Richard Nixon Saved From Drowning” by Barry N. Malzberg (pastiche inspired by J.G. Ballard’s “Terminal Beach”)
“The Terminal Villa” by Barry N. Malzberg (pastiche inspired by J.G. Ballard’s “Terminal Beach”)
“The Doom That Came To Devil’s Reef” by Don Webb (based on H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos)
“Five Fingers” by Gary Lovisi
“A Most Extraordinary Man” by Scott Edelman (a “switcheroo” of the plot in Saki’s “The Open Window”)
“The Monkeys Paw” by W.W. Jacobs
“The Monkeys Other Paw” by Alegría Luna Luz (gives us the aftermath of the classic horror tale)
“Eddie The Great” by Steve Rasnic Tem (updates Jekyll/Hyde)
“A True Blue Bouquet” by Ivan Fanti (a sequel to Octavio Pax “The Blue Bouquet”)
“Ghostless” by Paul Di Filippo (riffs on Dylan Thomas’s ghost story “The Followers”)
“The Alighted House” by Edgar Allan Poe, completed by Alegría Luna Luz (Poe’s unfinished fragment is only the beginning)
“Footfall” by Gay Partington Terry (a Kafka homage)
