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Unearthed digs beneath these crumbling structures to reveal their archaic pasts, and their darkest secrets. Featuring the best modern writers of horror and dark fantasy, these stories explore the caverns and the catacombs, the ruined temples and the monoliths – and drag an ancient evil back...
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Nineteen original horror stories exploring ancient sites, uncovering forgotten histories and prising open the tombs of the past, from award-winning authors and editors Dan Coxon and Philip Fracassi. Perfect for fans of Ellen Datlow.
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Unearthed digs beneath these crumbling structures to reveal their archaic pasts, and their darkest secrets. Featuring the best modern writers of horror and dark fantasy, these stories explore the caverns and the catacombs, the ruined temples and the monoliths – and drag an ancient evil back into the light.
Featuring stories from:
- Tananarive Due
- Christopher Golden
- Josh Malerman
- Tim Lebbon
- Eric LaRocca
- A.M. Shine
- Jonathan Maberry
- Hildur Knútsdóttir
- Ai Jiang
- A. G. Slatter
- Mark Chadbourn
- Priya Sharma
- Benjamin Percy
- V. Castro
- Gemma Amor
- Cavan Scott
- Premee Mohamed
- Hache Pueyo
- Steve Toase
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781835413098
Publisher: Titan Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Titan Books Ltd
Contributors:
- Edited by Dan Coxon
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 55.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 255g
Pages: 416
About the Author
Dan Coxon is an award-winning editor and writer based in London. His anthology This Dreaming Isle was shortlisted for both a Shirley Jackson Award and a British Fantasy Award, and his debut collection Only the Broken Remain was nominated for two British Fantasy Awards (Best Collection & Best Newcomer). His fiction has appeared in Black Static, Nightscript, The Lonely Crowd, Unthology, Not One of Us, Nox Pareidolia, Beyond the Veil and Flame Tree’s Terrifying Ghosts anthology. His non-fiction has appeared everywhere from Salon to The Guardian. He is an editor at award-winning publisher Unsung Stories.
Tim Lebbon is the New York Times bestselling author of Eden, Coldbrook, The Silence, and the Relics trilogy. He has also written many successful movie novelizations and tie-ins for Alien and Firefly. Tim has won a World Fantasy Award, four British Fantasy Awards, a Bram Stoker Award, a Shocker, a Tombstone and been a finalist for the International Horror Guild and World Fantasy Awards. The Silence is now a gripping Netflix movie starring Stanley Tucci and Kiernan Shipka.
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