The Deadlands: Year One collects short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from our amazing first year of… existence.
Almost 400 pages of death-focused writing.
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Here are some of the amazing writers featured in our first year (scroll down for the full table of content).
- Alix E. Harrow
- Vajra Chandrasekera
- Arkady Martine
- Fran Wilde
- Isabel Cañas
- Suzan Palumbo
- G.V Anderson
- Shweta Narayan
- C.S.E. Cooney
- Marissa Lingen
- Maria Haskins
- Ewen Ma
- Anita Brienza
- Natalia Theodoridou
- Premee Mohamed
- R.B. Lemberg
- Leah Bobet
- Loren Rhoads
- Amanda Downum
- Richard Butner
The Full Table of Contents
Fiction:
PERISTALSIS, Vajra Chandrasekera 13
FEAR DEATH BY WATER, Arkady Martine
SHUCK, G.V. Anderson
BONEFIELDS, Margaret Ronald
THE GENERAL’S TURN, Premee Mohamed
TO THE (MOSTLY) LIVING, J.D. Harlock
THE SHADOWED UNDERTOWS, Natalia Theodoridou
IMMOLATUS, Lyndsie Manusos
SOMETIMES YOU GET THE BEAR, Tim Pratt
THEY CALL IT HIPSTER HEAVEN, Lauren Ring
THE KINGDOM OF THE BUTTERFLIES, Isabel Cañas
WHAT REMAINS TO WAKE, Jordan Taylor
ALL THE OPEN HIGHWAYS, Alexis Gunderson
INVISIBLE MOTELS, Jeremy Packert Burke
FROM THE ASHES FLEW THE LADYBUG, Alexandra Seidel
IN THE WINDOW, Patrick Lofgren
L’HIVER EST ASSIS SUR UN BANC, Margaret Dunlap
ROOTS OF LAMENTATION, Marissa Lingen
THE AFTERTASTES, Daria Lavelle
BAYÚ, Michael Baez Arroyo
THE LONG WAY UP, Alix E. Harrow
PALE HORSEPOWER, Cara Masten DiGirolamo
MY CLOAK OF KEYS, Fran Wilde
ANIMAL SACRIFICE, Mar Stratford
THIRTEEN GOES TO THE FESTIVAL, L Chan
THEIR BLOOD SMELLS OF LOVE AND TERROR, Josh Rountree
ADVENTURE, Richard Butner
THIS IS I, KT Bryski
THE MORTHOUSE, Maria Haskins
Poetry:
PSYCHOPOMP, MJ Cunniff
PAALAI ANJU, Shweta Narayan
LATER THE LOCH, SOONER THE LACK: THE LIFECYCLE
OF A HORRID MAN WITH HORRID PLANS, s.j. bagley
DEATH OPUS, Romie Stott
UNSELVING, Greer Gilman
OPPENHEIMER IN VALHALLA, Marissa Lingen
ASTYNOME, AFTER, Mike Allen
THE HOUSE OF ILL WATERS, R.B. Lemberg
CAUSE AND MANNER, Jeannelle M. Ferreira
THE ENDING, Gwynne Garfinkle
UNDOING, Zin E. Rocklyn
CHERNOBYL LITANY, Gemma Files
ALL THE TREES THAT HAVE PERISHED ALONGSIDE MY
CHILDHOOD, Bogi Takács
THIS CANDID FIELD, Mat Joiner
GHOST TOWNS: A CULTURAL RESOURCES SURVEY REPORT FROM THE 2020-21
FIELD SEASON, Sara E. Palmer
UNTITLED, Jayaprakash Satyamurthy
TWO REPORTS FROM A FALLING CITY, Ewen Ma
CHANG AND ENG, Henry “Hank” Greenspan
INNANNA 1, Bethany Fine
WHAT IT IS TO BE A DYBBUK WHO HAS TRAVELED FROM SOMERVILLE
TO BRIGHTON, E. Lev Arbeter
SÉANCE RISPETTO, Juleigh Howard-Hobson
ROWS OF HOUSES, Leah Bobet
THE SOLE-STITCHER, C.S.E. Cooney
SEVEN THINGS YOU HAVE HELPED ME
TO REMEMBER, A.L. Blacklyn
THE PLUTOCRACY, Maya Chhabra
DEAD MAN’S SESSION, John Paul Davies
THE SAUSAGE MAKERS, Amelia Gorman
MOONWALK ON A NIGHT SKY, Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan
ON THE MÖBIUS, Carlos Hernandez
CAUGHT BY HER RED-STAINED HANDS, Claire Smith
DID GOD SHRINK FROM ADAM SO,
WHEN THE DUST SETTLED?, Kristin Fullerton
LIKE A SURGEON, WITH HER TEETH, Erik Amundsen
GRIEVANCES OF A YOUNG MIDWIFE, Lacey Yong
THE ASTRONOMER, Lily Grodzins
THE BONE MOON ABOVE KŌDAIJI: A QUARTET, Ryu Ando
“DEATH WILL YOU PLAY WITH ME?”, Phil Madden
WATER, Snousha Glaude
CLUNK, Shaoni C. White
THE LATEST METAMORPHOSIS, Rebecca Bratten Weiss
BRONX TIGER TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19, James Edward O’Brien
THE RAVING ONE, Jenn Grunigen
HOW TO MAKE TIME, M. Darusha Wehm
ROOMMATE, Cislyn Smith
MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE, Madalena Daleziou
SHIPWRECKED, Gretchen Tessmer
AFTER THE FIRE, Ada Navarro Ulriksen
A MAN IS TWO GRAVESTONES, Blessing Omeiza Ojo
OWL’S HEAD, 1980s, M. Regan
Nonfiction:
DEATH AND WEDNESDAY, Suzan Palumbo
THE THING THAT DOESN’T DISINTEGRATE, Kate Lechler
OCTOBER’S GHOST, Caitlyn Paxson
DANSE MACABRE: EQUALITY IN DEATH
IN MEDIEVAL ISTRIAN FRESCOES, Jelena Dunato
THE COST OF GRIEF, Francesca Tacchi
NEARLY NEW ROCKPORTS, Anita Brienza
CEMETERY POSTCARDS, Loren Rhoads
THE CITY OF THE DEAD, Wendy N. Wagner
THE MUMMIES OF BEECHEY ISLAND, Katie Gill
TEMPLES, TOMBS, AND PIRANESI’S GHOSTS, Louise Hodgson
A LIFE AMONG THE TOMBSTONES, M. Van Ell
BRUYN’S HOUSEFLY, Neal Auch
Ask A Necromancer Column, by Amanda Downum
YOU ALWAYS WERE A MORBID CHILD
DECAY ALWAYS WINS
THE COLOR OF THE GRAVE IS GREEN
THE INDIGNITIES OF DEATH
NO ETHICAL DECOMPOSITION UNDER CAPITALISM
LET HER PAINT AN INCH THICK
A BRIEF ANABASIS
CRIME & PUTREFACTION
TRAVELING WITH THE DEAD
21 GRAMS
BEWARE THE BONE THIEVES
IN A LONELY PLACE