21 Weird and fantastic tales selected around the theme of "the Weird Place" by perhaps the best-known modern critic and proponent of weird literature. The uncanny creeps into an Antarctic storm; an English stately home; a bleak winter landscape in Kansas; and even a sunny Midwestern side yard. The authors include Steve Rasnic Tem, Donald Tyson, Richard Gavin, Caitlin Kiernan, W.H. Pugmire, Gary Fry, Jonathan Thomas, Melanie Tem, Brian Stableford, Jason V Brock, Ann K. Schwader, Darrell Schweitzer, Nancy Kilpatric, John D. Haefele, Nick Mamatas, Simon Strantzas, Lois Gresh, and Michael Aronovitz,as well as Ramsey Campbell and John Shirley.