Bare Bone 9

Bare Bone

by Kevin L. Donihe (Editor), C.J. Henderson (Contributor), Dustin LaValley (Contributor)

With a surgeon's skill, editor Kevin L. Donihe stitches a diverse collection of fiction and poetry together to bring Bare Bone to life. Another Dr. Frankenstein, he assembles the pieces of others, birthing one complete monster to send lurching towards the darkness. Stories from past issues have received Honorable Mentions in several editions of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and another was reprinted in The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror #13. Bare Bone is a bi-annual anthology.

Genres: Bizarro Fiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published November 2, 2006

About the author

Kevin L. Donihe is one of the originators of the Bizarro Fiction literary movement. He is the author of the Wonderland Award-winning novels HOUSE OF HOUSES and SPACE WALRUS, among other books published by seminal Bizarro publisher Eraserhead Press. He was also the editor of the horror anthology series BARE BONE for Raw Dog Screaming Press. His work has appeared in THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF LEGAL THRILLERS and John Skipp's PSYCHOS: SERIAL KILLERS, DEPRAVED MADMEN, AND THE CRIMINALLY INSANE. Hailing from the mountains of Tennessee, he now lives in Astoria, OR.

Reviews

[Isidore · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another fine collection of offbeat tales assembled by Kevin L. Donihe––what a pity the "Bare Bones" series is no longer produced. There isn't a dud in the lot: James Chambers somehow manages to devise a fresh approach to the zombie yarn, and there are particularly memorable dark fantasies by Kurt Newton & L.L. Soares, Mark Justice, and Paul Finch. BB9 is altogether superior to many highly-touted anthologies from mainstream publishers, and well worth acquisition.