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Dead man's hand : an anthology of the weird west / edited by John Joseph Adams.

Adams, John Joseph, 1976- (editor.).

Summary:

The weird, wild west--an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time travelers, and steampunk! Twenty-three of 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.

Record details

ISBN: 9781781164501
Physical Description: 409 pages ; 23 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: London, UK : Titan Books, 2014.
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / John Joseph Adams -- The red-headed dead / Joe R. Lansdale -- The old slow man and his gold gun from space / Ben H. Winters -- Hellfire on the high frontier / David Farland -- The hell-bound stagecoach / Mike Resnick -- Stingers and strangers / Seanan McGuire -- Bookkeeper, narrator, gunslinger / Charles Yu -- Holy jingle / Alan Dean Foster -- The man with no heart / Beth Revis -- Wrecking party / Alastair Reynolds -- Hell from the east / Hugh Howey -- Second hand / Rajan Khanna -- Alvin and the apple tree / Orson Scott Card -- Madam Damnable's sewing circle / Elizabeth Bear -- Strong medicine / Tad Williams -- Red dreams / Jonathan Maberry -- Bamboozled / Kelley Armstrong -- Sundown / Tobias S. Buckell -- La madre del oro / Jeffrey Ford -- What I assume you shall assume / Ken Liu -- The devil's jack / Laura Anne Gilman -- The golden age / Walter Jon Williams -- Neversleeps / Fred Van Lente -- Dead man's hand / Christie Yant.