When Things Get Dark

Legendary editor, Ellen Datlow, collects today's best horror writers in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson.

A collection of new and exclusive short stories inspired by, and in tribute to, Shirley Jackson, published with the support of the Jackson estate.

Shirley Jackson is a seminal writer of horror and mystery fiction, whose legacy resonates globally today. Chilling, human, poignant and strange, her stories have inspired a generation of writers and readers.

This anthology, edited by legendary horror editor Ellen Datlow, will bring together today's leading horror writers to offer their own personal tribute to the work of Shirley Jackson.

Featuring 'For Sale By Owner' by Elizabeth Hand, 'Take Me, I Am Free' by Joyce Carol Oates, 'Money of the Dead' by Karen Heuler, 'Hag' by Benjamin Percy and 'Something Like Living Creatures' by John Langan. Ellen Datlow has been editing science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction for over thirty-five years as fiction editor of OMNI Magazine and editor of Event Horizon and SCIFICTION. She currently acquires short fiction for Tor.com. In addition, she has edited more than a hundred science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies, including the annual The Best Horror of the Year, Lovecraft's Monsters, Fearful Symmetries, Nightmare Carnival, The Doll Collection, The Monstrous, Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror, and Black Feathers. Forthcoming are Haunted Nights (with Lisa Morton), and Mad Hatters and March Hares (stories inspired by Alice's Adventures in in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There).