Bøger udgivet af Neon Hemlock Press

When schoolteacher Cynthia gets a tattoo at a block party in 1991 Flatbush, she doesn't realize she's embarking on a life-changing romance with an immortal Ghanaian vampire.

The stories in this collection of dark fantasy and horror short stories grapple with the complexities of identity, racism, homophobia, immigration, oppression and patriarchy through nature, gothic hauntings, Trinidadian folklore and shape shifting. At the heart of the collection lie the questions: how do we learn to accept ourselves? How do we live in our own skin?

In a near-future Tokyo, Rei is a singing pop star who has made extreme sacrifices for her dreams that have gained a nightmare quality. She has no private life, is controlled by her manager, and has corporate bioapps colonizing her body. Can Rei find a way to reclaim herself in a commercialized cyberpunk world where Vocaloids and V-singers flourish?

"A bog body meets crazed science in rural Kerry. Fraught impulses and witchy machinations in a rainy Midlands back garden. Dublin is at once a near future capitalist hell and the eye of a dystopian snowstorm. In Antrim, the past and future armwrestle for prominence, and in Belfast, a blade of grass means nothing and everything. Discover an Ireland in these pages that defies existence and expectations. These stories represent a syntax opulent with possibilities alongside speculations and corrections of what nearly was, what may be and what could come to be. The anthology includes stories and poems from Anna Loughran, Samuel Poots, Natasha Calder, éMabh de Búrn, Yves Donlon, Fergal Mc Nally, Elaine McIonyn, Rien Gray, Maria O'Brien, Val Nolan, Scotty Sarafian, Anna Walsh, Eoghan Smith and James Hudson"--