Sam Cowan

Dim Shores Presents Volume 2 Sam Cowan

Dim Shores Presents is an anthology series spotlighting some of the best new writing in speculative fiction. Weird horror, strange science fiction, and dark fantasy rub shoulders with each other here, weaving a tapestry of uncanny beauty and fearful wonder.




In this volume: A sage seeks to protect his civilization from chaos and destruction. A journalist meets a mysterious woman who has a local musician in her thrall. A contagious plague seems to negate gravity, but it gets worse. An agent with the Department investigates an inexplicable phenomenon in West Virginia. A clockwork automaton heralds the dawn of a new age. An assassin finds that a grand guignol performance in a dark city is more than it seems. A family tries to cope on the frontier of a new world of dust storms and disappearances. A lonely woman travels back and forth between her reality and a land of magical fantasy. A young man meets an attractive stranger with the ability to grant wishes, for a price. A woman makes a horrifying discovery about her family and black magic. An English teacher in Japan falls into a nightmarish time loop. A tourist in Sicily witnesses a unique Carnival celebration.




While primarily known for limited-edition chapbooks, Dim Shores also published Looming Low Volume I, winner of the 2017 This Is Horror Award for Best Anthology and finalist for the 2017 Shirley Jackson Award for Edited Anthology. To see current stock or sign up for the mailing list, please visit dimshores.com.