Dead Man's Hand - John Joseph Adams

Incorporating elements of horror, science fiction, and fantasy into traditional western settings, 22 authors deliver supernatural spins on a classic genre.

Though not a new literary construct, the weird western has recently gained momentum due to the megapopularity of fantasy and the reemergence of steampunk lit.

As varied and wide as the open range, several of these eerie tales feature characters and locales steeped in both history and legend.

In Christie Yant’s titular Dead Man’s Hand, Wild Bill Hickok is resurrected; Johnny Appleseed makes an appearance in Orson Scott Card’s Alvin and the Apple Tree; and Monument Valley provides the backdrop for Fred Van Lente’s Neversleeps.

While the landscape and the personalities may be familiar, each of these original stories is steeped in an appropriately eerie atmosphere, informing an alternative version of the American frontier.

The weird, wild west an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time travelers, and steampunk! Science fiction and fantasy’s hottest and most popular authors create all new tales, written exclusively for this anthology.

Aliens and monsters, magic and science are introduced to the old west, with explosive results.

1 Introduction - John Joseph Adams
2 The Red Headed Dead - Joe R. Lansdale
3 The Old Slow Man and His Gold Gun From Space - Ben H. Winters
4 Hellfire on the High Frontier - David Farland
5 The Hell-Bound Stagecoach - Mike Resnick
6 Stingers and Strangers - Seanan McGuire
7 Bookkeeper, Narrator, Gunslinger - Charles Yu
8 Holy Jingle - Alan Dean Foster
9 The Man With No Heart - Beth Revis
10 Wrecking Party - Alastair Reynolds
11 Hell from the East - Hugh Howey
12 Second Hand - Rajan Khanna
13 Alvin and the Apple Tree - Orson Scott Card
14 Madam Damnable’s Sewing Circle - Elizabeth Bear
15 Strong Medicine - Tad Williams
16 Red Dreams - Jonathan Maberry
17 Bamboozled - Kelley Armstrong
18 Sundown - Tobias S. Buckell
19 La Madre Del Oro - Jeffrey Ford
20 What I Assume You Shall Assume - Ken Liu
21 The Devil’s Jack - Laura Anne Gilman
22 The Golden Age - Walter Jon Williams
23 Neversleeps - Fred Van Lente
24 Dead Man’s Hand - Christie Yant


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