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Post by andydecker on Apr 12, 2022 8:25:20 GMT
Edward E. Kramer & James O'Barr – The Crow: Shattered Lives and Broken Dreams (Del Rey/Ballantine, 1998; this edition tpb, 390 pages)
 Ron Walotsky Content: Ed Kramer - Preface
A. A. Attanasio - Foreword
A. A. Attanasio - Introduction: The Crow Theory
Iggy Pop - Fleas (poem)
James O'Barr - Spooky, Codeine, and the Dead Man
James S. Dorr - Goings Forth (poem)
Chet Williamson - The Blood-Red Sea
Ramsey Campbell - Twice by Fire
Douglas E. Winter - Joy Divided (poem)
Janny Wurts - Triad
Gene Wolfe - The Night Chough
Henry Rollins - Hot Animal Machine (poem)
Andrew Vachss - The Real Thing
Nancy A. Collins - Variations on a Theme
Storm Constantine - Paragenesis
Christine Crow - Breach (poem)
Robert Harris and Jane Yolen - Carrion Crows
S. P. Somtow - Red As Jade
James O'Barr - Jesus Christ's Wrists (poem)
Alan Dean Foster - Procrastinator
Caitlín R. Kiernan - The King of Birds
Lisa Lepovetsky - Prophecy (poem)
Rex Miller - Spike Team
Christopher Golden - Lament for the Gunwitch
Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg - Photo Album (poem)
A. A. Attanasio - Hellbent
Rick R. Reed - Moving Toward the Light
K. Ken Johnson - Corvix Canto (poem)
Charles de Lint - China Doll
Jack Dann - Spirit Dog
James O'Barr - Darkness and the Shadow of Light (poem)
John Shirley - Wings Burnt Black Before the novels came this anthology. The line-up is pretty impressive, insofar it is interesting that (most of) the stories never went beyond this. There a lot of illustrations, many by comic artists, made possible by the trade-format. If you don't mind the pretentiousness at times - 'The Cow is this chthonic spirit's long fantasy. Four billion years of raw food eaten alive has made the animal mind we have inherited a wild, hungry happiness. Life feeds voraciously on the silences of the dead', as A. A. Attanasio writes in his introduction - this is a nice slice of 90s gothicism. |
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