Strange California

Strange California is 26 tales of strangeness, lavishly illustrated, that will pull you into another world, a world where migrant girls stand up to witches who live in orange groves, where trickster magpies try to steal souls from Russian sisters in the early days of Fort Bragg, where water is both currency and predator, and Gold Rush-era ghosts wander the streets of San Francisco alongside panther ladies.The great Tarantula migration of 1972 / Seanan McGuireUnsettlers of the Yerba Buena / Armel DagornOf webs and windows in Pescadero / Natania BarronGuardian of the Golden Gate / Loren RhoadsMagpie's curse / Marion DeedsVines dig deep / Laura Anne GilmanTommy bones and a packet of earth / Suzanne J. WillisAll this'll by yours / Lance ShoemanA sea monster in the bathtub / Tim PrattThe Kodiak bell / Nick MamatasFrom something emerging / S. Qiouyi LuUncanny valley / Chaz BrenchleyThe one thing I can never tell Julie / Laura BlackwellThe panther lady's incredible true tale of horror! / K.A. Rochnik#Whiteknight vs. #Megadisruptor / Richard DanskyFive dollars for a ticket / James Van PeltIf it were meant to last / Juliette WadeThe coffin birth / Patricia LundyHeartsong / D. MorgensternIn loving memory / Meg ElisonDreamcatcher / Nancy HolderFive tales from the aqueduct / Spencer EllsworthNaranjas inmortales / Ezzy G. LanguzziSalt in her hollows / E. Catherine ToblerThe hanging tree's shade / Melissa Monks