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{{short description|2013 collection of short stories by Silvia Moreno-Garcia}}
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'''''This Strange Way of Dying''''' is a [[short story collection|collection]] of [[fantasy]] [[science fiction]] and [[horror]] [[short story|short stories]] by Mexican-Canadian author [[Silvia Moreno-Garcia]]. It was her first book and first collection. It was first published in trade paperback by [[Exile Editions]] in September 2013, with an ebook edition following from the same publisher in August 2018.<ref name="ISFDB">{{isfdb title|id=1630327}}</ref>
'''''This Strange Way of Dying''''' is a [[short story collection|collection]] of [[fantasy]], [[science fiction]] and [[Horror fiction|horror]] [[short story|short stories]] by [[Mexican Canadians|Mexican Canadian]] author [[Silvia Moreno-Garcia]]. It was her first book and first collection. It was first published in trade paperback by [[Exile Editions]] in September 2013, with an ebook edition following from the same publisher in August 2018.<ref name="ISFDB">{{isfdb title|id=1630327}}</ref>


==Summary==
==Summary==
The book collects fifteen short works of fiction by the author .<ref name="isfdb"/> Its stories are "infused with Mexican folklore" and feature "creatures that shed their skin and roam the night, vampires in Mexico City that struggle with disenchantment, an apocalypse with giant penguins, legends of magic scorpions, and tales of a ceiba tree surrounded by human skulls."<ref name="Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. ''This Strange Way of Dying'', Exile Editions, 2013. Publisher's blurb.</ref>
The book collects fifteen short works of fiction by the author.<ref name="ISFDB"/> Its stories are "infused with Mexican folklore" and feature "creatures that shed their skin and roam the night, vampires in Mexico City that struggle with disenchantment, an apocalypse with giant penguins, legends of magic scorpions, and tales of a ceiba tree surrounded by human skulls."<ref name="TSWoD">Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. ''This Strange Way of Dying'', Exile Editions, 2013. Publisher's blurb.</ref>


==Contents==
==Contents==
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*"Stories with Happy Endings"
*"Stories with Happy Endings"
*"Bed of Scorpions" (from ''Tesseracts Thirteen'', July 2009)
*"Bed of Scorpions" (from ''Tesseracts Thirteen'', July 2009)
*"Jaguar Woman" (from ''Shimmer'' no. 10, April 2009)
*"Jaguar Woman" (from ''Shimmer'' #10, April 2009)
*"Nahuales" (From ''Toasted Cake'' no. 60, February 2013)
*"Nahuales" (From ''Toasted Cake'' #60, February 2013)
*"The Doppelgangers" (2012)
*"The Doppelgangers" (2012)
*"Driving with Aliens in Tijuana" (from ''Expanded Horizons'' iss. 4, November 2010)
*"Driving with Aliens in Tijuana" (from ''Expanded Horizons'' #4, November 2010)
*"Flash Frame" (from ''Cthulhurotica'', January 2011)
*"Flash Frame" (from ''Cthulhurotica'', January 2011)
*"The Cemetery Man"
*"The Cemetery Man"
*"The Death Collector" (from ''AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review'', February 2011)
*"The Death Collector" (from ''AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review'', February 2011)
*"This Strange Way of Dying" (from ''Giganotosaurus'', August 1, 2011)
*"This Strange Way of Dying" (from ''Giganotosaurus'', August 1, 2011)
*"Bloodlines" (from ''Fantasy Magazine'', September 2010)
*"Bloodlines" (from ''v'', September 2010)
*"Shade of the Ceibra Tree" (from ''Kaleidotrope, April 2011)
*"Shade of the Ceibra Tree" (from ''Kaleidotrope, April 2011)
*"Snow"
*"Snow"

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==Awards==
The book was nominated for the 2014 [[Sunburst Award]], in the adult category.<ref name="isfdb"/>


==Reception==
==Reception==
The collection was reviewed by [[Leah Larson]] in ''Dark Discoveries'' no. 27, Spring 2014, and [[Foz Meadows]] in ''[[Strange Horizons]]'', 15 December 2014.<ref name="isfdb"/>
The collection was reviewed by Leah Larson in ''[[Dark Discoveries]]'' #27 (Spring 2014),<ref name="ISFDB" /> and [[Foz Meadows]] in ''[[Strange Horizons]]'' on 15 December 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meadows |first=Foz |author-link=Foz Meadows |date=2014-09-17 |title=This Strange Way of Dying: Stories of Magic, Desire & the Fantastic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia |url=http://strangehorizons.com/non-fiction/reviews/this-strange-way-of-dying-stories-of-magic-desire-the-fantastic-by-silvia-moreno-garcia/ |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=Strange Horizons |language=en}}</ref>

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==Awards==
The book was nominated for the 2014 [[Sunburst Award]], in the adult category.<ref name="ISFDB"/><ref>{{Cite web |title=2014 Shortlists {{!}} The Sunburst Award Society |url=https://www.sunburstaward.org/node/86 |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=www.sunburstaward.org}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 10:57, 10 August 2024

This Strange Way of Dying
Cover of first edition
AuthorSilvia Moreno-Garcia
Cover artistSara Diesel
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, science fiction, horror
PublisherExile Editions
Publication date
8 September 2013
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint (paperback), ebook
Pages206 pp
ISBN9781550963540
OCLC843520578
813.6
LC ClassPR9199.4 .M656174 S77 2013

This Strange Way of Dying is a collection of fantasy, science fiction and horror short stories by Mexican Canadian author Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It was her first book and first collection. It was first published in trade paperback by Exile Editions in September 2013, with an ebook edition following from the same publisher in August 2018.[1]

Summary

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The book collects fifteen short works of fiction by the author.[1] Its stories are "infused with Mexican folklore" and feature "creatures that shed their skin and roam the night, vampires in Mexico City that struggle with disenchantment, an apocalypse with giant penguins, legends of magic scorpions, and tales of a ceiba tree surrounded by human skulls."[2]

Contents

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  • "Scales as Pale as Moonlight" (from Exile Quarterly, May 2011)
  • "Maquech" (from Futurismic, July 2008)
  • "Stories with Happy Endings"
  • "Bed of Scorpions" (from Tesseracts Thirteen, July 2009)
  • "Jaguar Woman" (from Shimmer #10, April 2009)
  • "Nahuales" (From Toasted Cake #60, February 2013)
  • "The Doppelgangers" (2012)
  • "Driving with Aliens in Tijuana" (from Expanded Horizons #4, November 2010)
  • "Flash Frame" (from Cthulhurotica, January 2011)
  • "The Cemetery Man"
  • "The Death Collector" (from AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review, February 2011)
  • "This Strange Way of Dying" (from Giganotosaurus, August 1, 2011)
  • "Bloodlines" (from v, September 2010)
  • "Shade of the Ceibra Tree" (from Kaleidotrope, April 2011)
  • "Snow"

Reception

[edit]

The collection was reviewed by Leah Larson in Dark Discoveries #27 (Spring 2014),[1] and Foz Meadows in Strange Horizons on 15 December 2014.[3]

Awards

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The book was nominated for the 2014 Sunburst Award, in the adult category.[1][4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d This Strange Way of Dying title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  2. ^ Moreno-Garcia, Silvia. This Strange Way of Dying, Exile Editions, 2013. Publisher's blurb.
  3. ^ Meadows, Foz (2014-09-17). "This Strange Way of Dying: Stories of Magic, Desire & the Fantastic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  4. ^ "2014 Shortlists | The Sunburst Award Society". www.sunburstaward.org. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
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