
Orphans of Bliss: Tales of Addiction Horror
by Cassandra Khaw, Josh Malerman, S.A. Cosby, Gabino Iglesias, Kathe Koja, Kealan Patrick Burke, John F.D. Taff, Christa Carmen, Mark Matthews, Samantha Kolesnik
About this book
"My soul's bliss kills my body, but does not satisfy itself." ~Emily BronteAddiction is the perpetual epidemic, where swarms of human moths flutter to the flames of hell. Because that warm blanket of a heroin high, that joyful intoxication of a pint of vodka, that electric energy from a line of cocaine, over time leaves you with a cold loneliness and a bitter heart. Relationships destroyed, bodies deteriorate, loved ones lost, yet the craving continues for that which is killing us—living, as the title suggests, like an Orphan of Bliss.Welcome to the third and final fix of addiction horror and the follow up to the Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, Lullabies For Suffering. A diverse table of contents brought together for an explosive grand finale-an unflinching look at the insidious nature of addiction, told with searing honesty but compassion for those who suffer. *Table of Contents includes: Kealan Patrick BurkeCassandra KhawJosh Malerman S.A. CosbyJohn FD TaffChrista CarmenGabino IglesiasSamantha KolesnikMark MatthewsKathe Koja *The three Addiction Horror anthologies, Garden of Fiends, Lullabies for Suffering, and Orphans of Bliss, do not have to be read in order and are not sequential.
Where to buy
No purchase options available at this time.
More by Cassandra Khaw

A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales
Garth Nix, Tanith Lee, Kelly Link, Jane Yolen, Patricia A. McKillip, Neil Gaiman, Gregory Maguire, Kathe Koja, Michael Cadnum, Ellen Datlow, Delia Sherman, Katherine Vaz, Nancy Farmer, Janeen Webb

American Gothic Tales
Ursula K. Le Guin, Paul Bowles, Stephen King, Lisa Tuttle, Joyce Carol Oates, Bruce McAllister, Barry N. Malzberg, Katherine Dunn, Steven Millhauser, Ray Bradbury, Edith Wharton, Peter Straub, Harlan Ellison, Kathe Koja, John Crowley, Edgar Allan Poe, Thomas Ligotti, William Faulkner, Nathaniel Hawthorne, H.P. Lovecraft, Washington Irving, Robert Coover, Don DeLillo, E.L. Doctorow, Nancy Etchemendy, Raymond Carver, John Cheever, August Derleth, Ambrose Bierce, Sylvia Plath, John L'Heureux, E.B. White, W.S. Merwin, Gertrude Atherton, William Goyen, Shirley Jackson, Nicholson Baker, Melissa Pritchard, Henry James, Sherwood Anderson, Charles Johnson, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anne Rice, Charles Brockden Brown, Herman Melville, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Breece D'J Pancake

Antifa Splatterpunk
Joe Koch, Kathe Koja, Patrick Barb, Gordon B. White, Jonathan Louis Duckworth, Keith Rosson, Caias Ward, M. Lopes da Silva, Sarah Peploe, Max D. Stanton, Sam Richard, Donyae Coles, John Baltisberger, J.V. Gachs, Eric Raglin, Ana E. Robic, Cynthia Gómez

Bad Brains
Kathe Koja