John Joseph Adams - Dead Man's Hand

Written by John Joseph Adams (ed)
Read by Phil Gigante, Natalie Ross
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Incorporating elements of horror, science fiction, and fantasy into traditional western settings, 22 authors deliver supernatural spins on a classic genre. Though not a new literary construct, the weird western has recently gained momentum due to the megapopularity of fantasy and the reemergence of steampunk lit. As varied and wide as the open range, several of these eerie tales feature characters and locales steeped in both history and legend.

In Christie Yant’s titular Dead Man’s Hand, Wild Bill Hickok is resurrected; Johnny Appleseed makes an appearance in Orson Scott Card’s Alvin and the Apple Tree; and Monument Valley provides the backdrop for Fred Van Lente’s Neversleeps. While the landscape and the personalities may be familiar, each of these original stories is steeped in an appropriately eerie atmosphere, informing an alternative version of the American frontier.

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.

Stories in this collection:

01) Introduction by John Joseph Adams
02) The Red-Headed Dead by Joe R. Lansdale
03) The Old Slow Man and His Gold Gun From Space by Ben H. Winters
04) Hellfire on the High Frontier by David Farland
05) The Hell-Bound Stagecoach by Mike Resnick
06) Stingers and Strangers by Seanan McGuire
07) Bookkeeper, Narrator, Gunslinger by Charles Yu
08) Holy Jingle by Alan Dean Foster
09) The Man With No Heart by Beth Revis
10) Wrecking Party by Alastair Reynolds
11) Hell from the East by Hugh Howey
12) Second Hand by Rajan Khanna
13) Alvin and the Apple Tree by Orson Scott Card
14) Madam Damnable’s Sewing Circle by Elizabeth Bear
15) Strong Medicine by Tad Williams
16) Red Dreams by Jonathan Maberry
17) Bamboozled by Kelley Armstrong
18) Sundown by Tobias S. Buckell
19) La Madre Del Oro by Jeffrey Ford
20) What I Assume You Shall Assume by Ken Liu
21) The Devil’s Jack by Laura Anne Gilman
22) The Golden Age by Walter Jon Williams
23) Neversleeps by Fred Van Lente
24) Dead Man’s Hand by Christie Yant