El. knyga: Body Shocks

( STARRED REVIEW) “Hugo Award–winning editor Datlow (Edited By) brings together 29 spine-tingling tales of body horror to terrify even the most seasoned horror reader." Publishers WeeklyBestselling editor Ellen Datlow (Lovecraft’s Monsters) presents body horror at its most wide-ranging and shocking best. Discover twenty-nine intricate, twisted tales of the human body, soul, and psyche, as told by storytelling legends including Carmen Maria Machado, Richard Kadrey, Seanan McGuire, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Nathan Ballingrud, Tananarive Due, Cassandra Khaw, Christopher Fowler, and many more.The most terrifying thing that you can possibly imagine is your own body in the hands of a monster.Or worse, in the hands of another human beingIn this definitive anthology of body horror selected by a World Horror Grandmaster, you’ll find the unthinkable and the shocking: a couture designer preparing for an exquisitely grotesque runway show; a vengeful son seeking the parent who bred him as plasma donor; a celebrity-kink brothel that inflicts plastic surgery on sex workers; and organ-harvesting doctors who dissect a living man without anesthetic. A groundbreaking new horror anthology, curated by the genre’s leading editor and featuring a stellar contributors list, focuses on one of the most basic—yet most terrifying—things: The human body. World Horror, Bram Stoker, and Shirley Jackson Award-winning editor Ellen Datlow is widely considered the foremost horror editor of her generation; Datlow’s lifetime sales are over 500,000 copies. Anthology contributors include some of horror and dark fantasy’s most prestigious authors: Carmen Maria Machado, Richard Kadrey, Seanan McGuire, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Alyssa Wong, Tananarive Due, Cassandra Khaw, Christopher Fowler, and more. Datlow has edited six previous anthologies for Tachyon, including the bestsellers Lovecraft’s Monsters and Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror. Cover and interior spot illustrations by World Fantasy Award-winning artist John Coulthart (Lovecraft's Monsters) National marketing plan to include author and publisher social media campaigns, print and digital ARCs, book launch, author events and appearances, blog tour, podcasts, features, and interviews