[InCryptid 0.04 - Stingers and Strangers 01] • Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West

HOW THE WEST WAS WEIRD! ** * 

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From a kill-or-be-killed gunfight with a vampire to an encounter in a steampunk bordello, the weird western is a dark, gritty tale where the protagonist might be playing poker with a sorcerous deck of cards, or facing an alien on the streets of a dusty frontier town.

Here are twenty-three original tales—stories of the Old West infused with elements of the fantastic—produced specifically for this volume by many of today’s finest writers. Included are Orson Scott Card’s first “Alvin Maker” story in a decade, and an original adventure by Fred Van Lente, writer of *Cowboys & Aliens*.

Other contributors include:

Tobias S. Buckell * David Farland * Alan Dean Foster * Jeffrey Ford * Laura Anne Gilman * Rajan Khanna * Mike Resnick * Beth Revis * Fred Van Lente * Walter Jon Williams * Ben H. Winters * Christie Yant * Charles Yu *

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