Nancy Kilpatrick and David Morrell, eds.
Edge
For 22 years, the Tesseracts anthology series has been gathering short stories and poems from some of the best Canadian writers of speculative and fantastic fiction. Although mythical creatures and alternate realities are standard fare in this series, its newest entry, Tesseracts Thirteen, is edited by Nancy Kilpatrick (Power of the Blood series) and David Morrell (First Blood), so it’s no surprise that these are the darkest, most disturbing tales yet.
The 23 shorts within, from a variety of authors both established (Rebecca Bradley, Alison Baird, Michael Kelly) and newer (Suzanne Church, Jason Ridler), make extensive use of our country’s cold, snowy, barren landscapes to evoke feelings of isolation and desolation. But there are also variations on this theme; for instance, Kevin Cockle’s…