''Strange Tales'' is an anthology of fantasy stories edited by

Rosalie Parker Rosalie Parker is an author, scriptwriter and editor who runs the Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Parker jointly won the World Fantasy Award "Special Award: Non-Professional" for publishing in 2002, 2004 and 2012. The Horror Writers Associatio ...

. It was published by

Tartarus Press Tartarus Press is an independent book publisher based near Leyburn, Yorkshire, UK.

in December 2003. The anthology itself won the 2004

World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...

* Foreword (Strange Tales), by Rosalie Parker * "Cousin X", by Quentin S. Crisp * "Meannanaich", by Anne-Sylvie Salzman * "Number 18", by David Rix * "The Maker of Fine Instruments", by

Brendan Connell Brendan Connell (born 1970) is an American author and translator. Though his work often falls into the horror and fantasy genres, it has also often been called unclassifiable and avant-garde. His style has been compared to that of J.K. Huysmans an ...

* "The Itchy Skin of Creepy Aplomb", by Rhys Hughes * "The Descent of the Fire", by

Mark Valentine Mark Valentine is an English short story author, editor and essayist on book-collecting. Short stories Valentine's short stories have been published in a number of collections and in anthologies. ''The Collected Connoisseur'' (Tartarus Press, 2010 ...

and

John Howard John Winston Howard (born 26 July 1939) is an Australian former politician who served as the 25th prime minister of Australia from 1996 to 2007, holding office as leader of the Liberal Party. His eleven-year tenure as prime minister is the s ...

* "The Self-Eater", by Adam Daly * "Grand Hotel", by William Charlton * "Shelter Belt", by Dale J. Nelson s by Dale Nelson * "Mr Manpferdit", by Tina Rath * "Terminus", by

Nina Allan Nina Allan (born 27 May 1966) is a British writer of speculative fiction. She has published four collections of short stories, a novella and two novels. Her stories have appeared in the magazines '' Interzone'', ''Black Static'' and ''Crimewave ...

* "Between the Dead Men and the Blind", by L. H. Maynard and M. P. N. Sims * "From Lydia with Love and Laughter", by John Gaskin * "Eye of the Storm", by Don Tumasonis * "Author Biographies (Strange Tales), by uncredited

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