Here's the Publishers Weekly Review of my upcoming story collection. It'll be out in July from Small Beer Press. 

Big Dark Hole by Jeffrey Ford. Small Beer, $17 trade paper (288p) ISBN 978-1-61873-184-5

Employing wide-ranging supernatural conceits—Dust Bowl demons, Amish hexes, figures from Greek legend—these 15 dark tales of evil, loss, and greed from Ford (Out of Body) are sure to send shivers up readers’ spines. Ford’s subtle stories peel away suburbia’s mask of mundanity to reveal sinister undertones—and most of his hapless characters are oblivious to the darkness around them until it’s too late. The title story sees inept cops and apathetic townsfolk abandon their search for an abused boy who crawled into a sewer pipe. In “The Thousand Eyes,” an artist works to capture the grotesque lounge singer he saw perform at a bar, but comes to believe that when he finishes the painting, he will disappear. A bored writer witnesses a tribe of tiny fairies scaling his bookshelves in “The Bookcase Expedition.” In 1933, the manager of a rundown carnival accepts a demon’s help in “Hibbler’s Minions.” And after Sisyphus’s boulder is destroyed in the melancholy yet redemptive “Sisyphus in Elysium,” the tormented and regretful Greek king searches the afterlife for the spirit of his wife. Readers will enjoy these creepy, thoughtful stories—but should be warned not to read them in the dark. Agent: Howard Morhaim, Howard Morhaim Literary. (July)
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Someone asked when I posted the cover for this upcoming collection as to what the toc was. Here you go. There are three brand new stories. The book, Big Dark Hole, will be out in July 2021 from Small Beer. Early ordering online is available at a number of online sellers.
​Table of Contents
The Thousand Eyes
Hibbler’s Minions
Monster Eight
Inn of the Dreaming Dog
Monkey in the Woods 55 The Match
From the Balcony of the Idawolf Arms
Sisyphus in Elysium 
The Jeweled Wren 
Not Without Mercy 
The Bookcase Expedition 
The Winter Wraith 
Big Dark Hole 
Thanksgiving 
Five-Pointed Spell 

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My short story, "The Weight of Words," appears in this fabulous anthology, The Big Book of Modern Fantasy, edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer for Random House. 

​Last Summer, when I was in New York, I did an interview and reading on the Night Time Logic show, hosted by Dan Braum. You can hear it here thanks to INKHEIST.com. It starts with interview, then there's a reading of the story, "The Jeweled Wren" from Ellen Datlow's anthology, ECHOES, and then there's more interview. Check it out if you get a chance.
https://inkheist.com/podcasts/

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Publications, Appearances, Reviews, etc.

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Nice mention of The Best of Jeffrey Ford from PS in this mid-summer round up of the best books of the year by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Lavie Tidhar for The Washington Post. Lots of great mentions for your reading list in here.
tinyurl.com/yax9xqbo
“The Best of Jeffrey Ford came out recently, the definitive collection by this modern master of the fantastical short story. It’s worth it for “'Daltharee'” alone, a story I adore, about a strange city in a bottle" -- Lavie Tidhar, The Washington Post.

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​Comics artist, writer, illustrator and painter, Andrew Drilon, was inspired to do this drawing after having read my recent novella, Out of body. A great thanks to Andrew.
A review of my first 5 story collections -- A Natural History of Hell, The Fantasy Writer's Assistant, The Empire of Ice Cream, The Drowned Life, and Crackpot Palace -- at Tor Nightfire, https://tinyurl.com/ybg8ouhm
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For anyone in the US wanting to get a copy of The Best of Jeffrey Ford from PS Publishing, they will soon again be in stock on Amazon in early April.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1786364409/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2

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