{"id":1785,"date":"2018-03-12T10:58:04","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T14:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=1785"},"modified":"2018-03-08T18:10:49","modified_gmt":"2018-03-08T23:10:49","slug":"im-the-years-best-mofos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2018\/03\/im-the-years-best-mofos\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m the YEAR&#8217;S BEST, mofos!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small>(Probably more accurate to say &#8220;<strong>I&#8217;m<\/strong> <em>[the author of one of several\u00a0works counted among]<\/em> <strong>the YEAR&#8217;S BEST<\/strong> <em>[stories within the horror genre]<\/em><strong>,<\/strong> <em>[my esteemed]<\/em> <strong>mofos!<\/strong>&#8220;, but, whatevs, right?)<\/small><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/YearsBestHorror10-cover-llciikicdniigigo.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/YearsBestHorror10-cover-llciikicdniigigo-200x300.png\" alt=\"YearsBestHorror10-cover-llciikicdniigigo\" width=\"250\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/YearsBestHorror10-cover-llciikicdniigigo-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/YearsBestHorror10-cover-llciikicdniigigo-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/YearsBestHorror10-cover-llciikicdniigigo-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/YearsBestHorror10-cover-llciikicdniigigo-1200x1800.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/YearsBestHorror10-cover-llciikicdniigigo.png 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 85vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>I keep forgetting to crow about this: The last story I sold to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/fsf\/toc1711.htm\"><i>The Magazine of Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction<\/i><\/a>&#8211;&#8220;Whatever Comes After Calcutta&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfsite.com\/fsf\/blog\/2017\/12\/05\/interview-david-erik-nelson-on-whatever-comes-after-calcutta\/\">link to my interview about it<\/a>)&#8211;has been selected for Ellen Datlow&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/series\/75006-the-best-horror-of-the-year\"><i>Best Horror of the Year (Vol. 10)<\/i><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The full table of contents is good company, and the cover art kicks ass! Keep an eye peeled in your local bookstore this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Table of Contents<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Introduction<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Better You Believe<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Carole Johnstone<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Liquid Air <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Inna Effress <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Holiday Romance <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Mark Morris <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Furtherest <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Kaaron Warren <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Where\u2019s the Harm? <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Rebecca Lloyd<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">Whatever Comes After Calcutta<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>David Erik Nelson <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A Human Stain <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Kelly Robson<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Stories We Tell about Ghosts <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>A. C. Wise <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Endosketal <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Sarah Read<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">West of Matamoros, North of Hell<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Brian Hodge<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Alligator Point <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>S. P. Miskowski<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Dark Warm Heart <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Rich Larson<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There and Back Again <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Carmen Machado<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shepherd\u2019s Business <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Stephen Gallagher <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">You Can Stay All Day<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Mira Grant<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Harvest Song, Gathering Song<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>A. C. Wise<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Granfalloon<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Orrin Grey<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fail-Safe<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Philip Fracassi <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Starry Crown <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Marc E. Fitch <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Eqalussuaq<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Tim Major<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lost in the Dark<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>John Langan<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Incidentally, I immediately spent the money I got for this reprint on a bunch of &#8220;folk metal&#8221; and &#8220;hauntology&#8221; music.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The former is probably self-explanatory (metal music heavily influenced by folk music of various regions\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/daily.bandcamp.com\/2018\/01\/09\/folk-metal-list\/\">this article<\/a> is a good place to start, if you&#8217;re curious).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The latter is apparently a British thing, where folks make fake soundtracks to non-existent low-budget 1980s horror films and British paranormal TV series.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>My current heavy rotation faves are:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/glassthroatrecordings.bandcamp.com\/album\/warmth\">Blood of the Black Owl<\/a> (Pacific Northwest folk metal\u2014big Americana and Native American influences, neat soundscapes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pestproductions.bandcamp.com\/album\/gu-yan-album\">Zuriaake<\/a> (Chinese folk metal) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/klausmorlock.bandcamp.com\/album\/bethanys-cradle-original-soundtrack\">Klaus Morlock<\/a>\/The <a href=\"https:\/\/klausmorlock.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-goatman-soundtrack\"><span class=\"s2\">Unseen<\/span><\/a> (pretty straight hauntology\u2014i.e., fake soundtracks for non-existent 1980s horror films\/paranormal UK TV shows) <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/herefordwakes.bandcamp.com\/album\/hereford-wakes\">Thorsten Schmidt<\/a> (more\u00a0hauntology) \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackmara.bandcamp.com\/album\/primeval-forest-hymns\">Nubiferous<\/a> (I&#8217;m not sure what this is&#8211;it&#8217;s like folk metal without the metal, or hauntology without the pretense.\u00a0\u00a0It&#8217;s from Russia)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Probably more accurate to say &#8220;I&#8217;m [the author of one of several\u00a0works counted among] the YEAR&#8217;S BEST [stories within the horror genre], [my esteemed] mofos!&#8220;, but, whatevs, right?) I keep forgetting to crow about this: The last story I sold to The Magazine of Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction&#8211;&#8220;Whatever Comes After Calcutta&#8221; (link to my interview &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2018\/03\/im-the-years-best-mofos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;I&#8217;m the YEAR&#8217;S BEST, mofos!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[12,85],"tags":[270,46,30],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1785"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1795,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1785\/revisions\/1795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}