Beneath a Pale Sky - by Philip Fracassi (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

"Best Story Collecion of the Year" - Rue Morgue Magazine

"This collection is one not to miss." - Library Journal, starred review

A Bram Stoker Award finalist!

Beneath a Pale Sky collects eight stories of horror, including two original novelettes, that will take you from the high-security ward of a mental hospital to the top of a Ferris Wheel on an ocean pier. These stories will bury you in the rubble of an earthquake, pull back the veil on a soul's journey into the afterlife, and turn a small midwestern town into the secret domain of cross-dimensional gods. Combining old-school horror with the modern weird, Beneath a Pale Sky will take you places you've never been before, and show you sights you won't soon forget.

Stories include:
- Harvest
- The Wheel
- Soda Jerk
- Symphony
- Ateuchus
- ID
- Fragile Dreams
- Death, My Old Friend

Includes an introduction from Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box.

Review Quotes

"...readers of all stripes will find grace, humor, and some thoughtful reflections on life and death here. The rich, character-driven stories shine with elegantly crafted prose. This collection is one not to miss."-- "Library Journal (starred review)"

"...this is a collection that articulates the dark emotions of the genre itself...and the results are breathtaking...a must-read collection."-- "Booklist"

"Herein lies friends of the Devil and greedy scientists, mental homes and the music of Hell. A book for the ages."--Josh Malerman, author of Bird Box

"One of the best collections I've read in a long while."--Christopher Golden

"Philip Fracassi is an artist who paints with words...I don't know if I've ever read a book that left me with so many striking images. These are finely crafted stories, timeless and original."--Zoje Stage, USA Today bestselling author of Baby Teeth

About the Author

Philip Fracassi is the USA Today bestselling, Stoker and British Fantasy-nominated author of the novels A Child Alone with Strangers, Boys in the Valley, The Third Rule of Time Travel, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre, and others. The New York Times called his work "terrifically scary."

Philip lives in Los Angeles, California.