The End of the End of Everything
Stories
Dale Bailey
- Shirley
- Jackson
- Award
- Finalist:
- “The
- stories
- in
- this
- collection
- range
- from
- unsettling
- to
- downright
- chilling,
- but
- are
- uniformly
- intelligent
- .
- .
- .
- and
- memorable.”
- —Karen
- Joy
- Fowler,
- New
- York
- Times–bestselling
- author
- of
- We
- Are
- All
- Completely
- Beside
- OurselvesThis
- collection
- of
- nine
- stories,
- suffused
- with
- apocalyptic
- anxiety
- and
- stubborn
- hope,
- comes
- from
- an
- author
- widely
- acclaimed
- for
- his
- mix
- of
- the
- fantastic,
- the
- menacing,
- and
- the
- melancholy—and
- includes,
- among
- other
- tales,
- “The
- End
- of
- the
- World
- As
- We
- Know
- It,”
- a
- Nebula
- and
- International
- Horror
- Guild
- Award
- finalist;
- “The
- End
- of
- the
- End
- of
- Everything,”
- a
- Shirley
- Jackson
- Award
- winner;
- and
- “The
- Bluehole,”
- a
- Bram
- Stoker
- Award
- finalist.“Nine
- gorgeously-written
- and
- closely-observed
- tales
- of
- ordinary
- people
- trying
- to
- hold
- it
- together
- when
- everything
- is
- falling
- apart.
- .
- .
- .
- I
- can’t
- think
- of
- a
- more
- accomplished
- master
- of
- the
- fantastic
- short
- form.
- Prepare
- to
- hunt
- feral
- Girl
- Scouts!
- Pack
- your
- bags
- for
- a
- dinosaur
- safari!
- Invite
- friends
- to
- your
- end
- of
- the
- world
- party!
- Dale
- Bailey
- is
- the
- poet
- of
- the
- apocalypse;
- his
- stories
- are
- guaranteed
- to
- haunt
- you.”
- —James
- Patrick
- Kelly,
- Nebula
- Award–winning
- author
- of
- The
- First
- Law
- of
- Thermodynamics“There’s
- a
- wonderful
- clarity
- in
- the
- writing,
- a
- strong
- emotional
- center
- in
- each
- piece,
- fully
- realized
- characters,
- and
- as
- dark
- as
- these
- pieces
- get,
- and
- they
- get
- dark,
- Bailey,
- unlike
- a
- lot
- of
- his
- contemporaries,
- never
- forgets
- the
- humor,
- which
- makes
- the
- darkness
- more
- profound.
- Nine
- stories
- that
- will
- stay
- with
- you
- long
- after
- the
- reading
- is
- done.”
- —Jeffrey
- Ford,
- World
- Fantasy
- Award–winning
- author
- of
- Big
- Dark Hole
