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Each novella presents events in a seemingly random order, and not just in terms of when events happen. The other two novellas are just as engrossing, combining spy thriller tropes with sci-fi and horror elements to make these stories seem unsettlingly realistic.

I’ve written about the first novella of this series, Agents of Dreamland, and it remains one of my favorite reads of the past few years. If you’re looking for something a little different, here are two series I recommend you begin with.Ī trilogy of novellas featuring shadowy government organizations tasked with fighting Lovecraftian threats to society, a few severely overworked government agents, and several women with special gifts. Kiernan allows you, the reader, to fill the gaps in their stories, which may be more terrifying than anything they could have written. A two-time winner of both the World Fantasy and Bram Stoker awards, their writing is characterized by bleak, atmospheric settings, jaded characters with lots of problems, and dialogue which deepens the reader’s sense of both of those elements, with just enough plot to keep it all together. One of my favorite authors in this genre is Caitlín R. Or, maybe it is wise, and you should give these stories your thoughtful consideration? I don’t know-like I said, it’s weird. Thinking about it too much may not be wise. The only real requirement for reading Weird Fiction is to be willing to suspend your disbelief and accept what is happening on the page. These stories often feature elements of other genres, including horror, thriller, Lovecraftian terror, science fiction, and crime fiction, but the stories cannot be classified as being a part of any single one of those genres.

They feature characters that are like people we know, yet are different in ways both obvious and uncanny.

Stories that get categorized as Weird Fiction often take place in a setting that is like our world, but is not our world. Weird Fiction is a difficult genre to describe, but you know it when you read it.