Gods Memes and Monsters

A 21st Century Bestiary

The magic of bestiaries, or dictionaries of mythological creatures, has been captivating the human imagination since ancient times. Now, Stone Skin Press brings a fresh take on these compendiums of the fantastic with its latest anthology—Gods, Memes and Monsters. Featuring over sixty authors, this stunning international volume offers entries and short stories that range from the horrific to the humorous. The bestiary shed lights on familiar beasts that are coping in our modern era, including gorgons, minotaurs, and mantichores. It also introduces newly discovered creatures such as meme mosquitoes, trashsquatches, and urbantelopes that are thriving in the cyber age.

The full and phenomenal extent of the writers:

Sam AGRO * James ASHTON * Peter M. BALL * David BARNES

Steve BERMAN * Peter BIRCH (Aishling Morgan) * Jonathan BLUM

Dennis E. BOLEN * Rupert BOOTH * Andrew J. BORKOWSKI

Charlene CHALLENGER * Jean-François CHÉNIER * Peter CHIYKOWSKI

Emily Care BOSS * Richard DANSKY * Marie DAVIS and Margaret HULTZ * Arinn DEMBO * Malcolm DEVLIN

Dennis DETWILLER * Peter DUBÉ * Julia Bond ELLINGBOE * Ann EWAN * Chad FIFER * J.M. FREY

Ed GREENWOOD * Dave GROSS * Kate HARRAD * Kenneth HITE * Jonathan L. HOWARD * Sandra KASTURI

Nancy KILPATRICK * Kathryn KUITENBROUWER * Chris LACKEY * Robin D. LAWS * Carrianne LEUNG

Laura LUSH * Nick MAMATAS * Helen MARSHALL * Isabel MATWAWANA * Silvia MORENO-GARCIA

Patrick O’DUFFY * Lilly O’GORMAN * Helen Cusack O’KEEFFE * Gareth RYDER-HANRAHAN * Jerry SCHAEFER

Ekaterina SEDIA * Greg STAFFORD * Greg STOLZE * Kate STORY * Molly TANZER * John Scott TYNES

Jacqueline VALENCIA * Monica VALENTINELLI * Kyla WARD * Myna WALLIN * James WALLIS * Jim WEBSTER

Bill ZAGET * Kurt ZUBATIUK

Cover & interior illustrations by Shel Kahn.

This title, and all other Stone Skin Press titles, are available together in the Stone Skin Press Complete Bundle.