*Winner of the Bram Stoker & Shirley Jackson Awards*
Almond-eyed celestial, the filial daughter, the perfect wife.
Quiet, submissive, demure.
In Black Cranes, Southeast Asian writers of horror both embrace and
reject these traditional roles in a unique collection of stories which
dissect their experiences of 'otherness, ' be it in the colour of their
skin, the angle of their cheekbones, the things they dare to write, or
the places they have made for themselves in the world. Black Cranes is a
dark and intimate exploration of what it is to be a perpetual outsider.
NEW EDITION
This Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology in which
Southeast Asian authors explore what it's like to feel otherness, took
the literary horror communities and readers by storm in 2020 when it was
first released. Now, Raw Dog Screaming Press is proud to re-release it
in hardcover and paperback. The hardcover edition has new cover art by
Greg Chapman, synching artistically to other books within the Black
Cranes universe. The interior has been redesigned by book guru Todd
Keisling who has incorporated images and textures for a lush reading
experience. A new afterword by Nancy Holder, six-time Bram Stoker Award
winner and New York Times best-selling author has been added to this
edition.
Many of the stories included have been recognized individually. Grace
Chan's Aurealis-nominated story "The Mark," was shortlisted for
Australia's Norma K. Hemming Award, which recognizes excellence in the
exploration of themes of race, gender, sexuality, class, or disability
in a published speculative fiction work. The Eugie Foster was also
awarded for Elaine Cuyegkeng's story "The Genetic Alchemist's Daughter."
Black Cranes was an Aurealis Award Finalist, Australian Shadows Award
Finalist, British Fantasy Award Finalist, and was Locus Award
Recommended
Praise for Black Cranes
**"A varied and fascinating collection of monsters, full of dazzling
landscapes and writers to watch."-E. Lily Yu author On Fragile Waves
"As haunting and versatile as the Chinese erhu, the stories in Black
Cranes pluck and bow the strings of the Southeast Asian experience with
insightful depth and resonance." -Tori Eldridge, author of the Lily Wong
series
"The preconceived notions of both the authors' identities and of the
limitations of the horror genre itself will be smashed to pieces, to the
delight of readers." -Library Journal
"A bloody-toothed smile hidden behind the hand of propriety and social
expectation."-Pseudopod
"Resonates with bold originality throughout." -Space & Time Magazine
"The beauty of this collection is in the diversity of the voices and the
individuality and uniqueness of each story coming together in one book."
-Tor Nightfire
"Lyrical and haunting prose... This is dark, reflective fiction at its
best." -Tomes and Tales
