Trilobite: The Writing of Threshold
As in Poppy Z. Brite's The Seed of Lost Souls, and David Morrell's Testament: the Unpublished Prologues, this huge (nearly 30,000 words!) chapbook contains rare glimpses into Caitlín R. Kiernan's new novel, Threshold. Inside you'll find alternate openings, deleted chapters, nonfiction related to the novel, and short stories about the same characters, most of it unpublished.
Trilobite: The Writing of Threshold will contain:
1. Author's Foreword – An essay on the writing of the book
2. Original Unused Prologue – "... the dead and the moonstruck..."
3. Second Unused Prologue – untitled
4. Original Chapter 4 – "Dane" (completely excised from final ms.)
5. Excerpt from Original Chapter 1 – untitled
6. Related Short Stories –
- "The Well of Stars and Shadow" – A prequel, with Dancy as a small child in the Florida swamps. (previously published only online)
- "In The Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)" – Essentially, a pro-prologue to Threshold, in which Chance Matthews' great-grandfather discovers the thing under the mountain.
8. Author's Afterword – An essay on the geology and paleontology of the area where Threshold is set – Birmingham and Red Mountain.
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Caitlín R. Kiernan
Caitlín Rebekah Kiernan (born 1964) is the author of science fiction and dark fantasy works, including ten novels; many comic books; and more than two hundred published short stories, novellas, and vignettes. She is also the author of scientific papers in the field of paleontology.
Caitlín R. Kiernan also writes under the pseudonym of Kathleen Tierney.
Dancy Flammarion
Dancy Flammarion consists of 8 total books and considered as a complete series. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
