#Truth is Order and Order is Truth by Nadia Bulkin

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New Fiction 2020

Previously: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

Short Stories

“Evolution Never Sleeps” by Elisabeth Malartre (1999)

“Sexual Dimorphism” by Kim Stanley Robinson (1999)

“Game of the Century” by Robert Reed (1999)

“In a Tub” by Amy Hempel (1985)

“Tonight Is a Favor to Holly” by Amy Hempel (1985)

“Celia Is Back” by Amy Hempel (1985)

“The Glitch” by Rebekah Frumkin (2013)

“John Starks” by Salvatore Pane (2012)

“The Jon Lennin Xperience” by Rachel B. Glaser (2010)

“The Adventure of the Speckled Band” by Arthur Conan Doyle (1892)

"The Witness for the Prosecution” by Agatha Christie (1933)

“Sadie When She Died” by Ed McBain (1972)

“The Adventure of the German Student” by Washington Irving (1824)

“The Apparition of Mrs. Veal“ by Daniel Defoe (1706)

“Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” by Clive Barker (1984)

“The Soul of the Great Bell” by Lafcadio Hearn (1887)

“In the Water Works (Birmingham, Alabama 1888)” by Caitlin R. Kiernan (2000)

“The Damned Thing” by Ambrose Bierce (1898)

“A Visit” (prev. “The Lovely House”) by Shirley Jackson (1952)

“Night Surf” by Stephen King (1969)

“The Lonesome Place” by August Derleth (1948)

"The Phantom Coach” by Amelia B. Edwards (1864)

“Afterward” by Edith Wharton (1910)

“The Demon Lover” by Elizabeth Bowen (1945)

“The Tower” by Marghanita Laski (1955)

“Don’t Look Now” by Daphne du Maurier (1971)

“███████” by Joyce Carol Oates (1998)

“Vampire Princess” by Ryuki Mao (2004)

“Cruel Sistah” by Nisi Shawl (2005)

“The You Train” by N.K. Jemisin (2007)

“Hello, Moto” by Nnedi Okorafor (2011)

“Pearls” by Priya Sharma (2012)

“Monstro” by Junot Díaz (2012)

“Bugs” by Ageha (2013)

“The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis” by Karen Russell (2013)

“How to Get Back to the Forest” by Sofia Samatar (2014)

“Sixteen Minutes” by Premee Mohamed (2016)

“Wish You Were Here” by Nadia Bulkin (2016)

“A Diet of Worms” by Valerie Valdes (2016)

“None of This Ever Happened” by Gabriela Santiago (2016)

“The Taming of the Tongue” by Russell Nichols (2016)

“Wet Pain” by Terence Taylor (2007)

Novels

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie (1926)

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1930)

The Crazy Kill by Chester Himes (1959)

The Dark-Adapted Eye by Ruth Rendell (1986)

Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith (1950)

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (2012)

Comic Shorts/Single Issues

“The Enigma of Amigara Fault” by Junji Ito (2001)

“Out of Skin” by Emily Carroll (2013)

Video Games

Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order dev. Respawn Entertainment (2019)

Hogs of War dev. Infogrames Sheffield House (2000)

MASSIVE CHALICE dev. Double Fine Productions (2015)

Far Cry Primal dev. Ubisoft Montreal (2016)

Star Wars: Republic Commando dev. LucasArts (2005)

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II dev. LucasArts (1997)

Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith dev. LucasArts (1998)

Ape Out dev. Gabe Cuzzillo (2019)

The Last of Us Part II dev. Naughty Dog (2020)

Prehistoric Isle in 1930 dev. SNK (1989)

CARRION dev. Phobia Game Studio (2020)

Drakengard 3 dev. Access Games (2014)

South Park: The Stick of Truth dev. Obsidian Entertainment (2014)

The Walking Dead: The Final Season dev. Telltale Games and Skybound Games (2018-2019)

EarthBound dev. Ape and HAL Laboratory (1995)

Spider-Man: The City that Never Sleeps dev. Insomniac Games (2018)

Spider-Man: Miles Morales dev. Insomniac Games (2020)

Short Films

“Dcera (Daughter)” dir. Daria Kashcheeva (2019)

“Hair Love” dir. Matthew A. Cherry & Karen Rupert Toliver (2019)

“Kitbull” dir. Kathryn Hendrickson & Rosana Sullivan (2019)

“Mémorable” dir. Bruno Collet (2019)

“Sister” dir. Siqi Song (2018)

“Henrietta Bulkowski” dir. Rachel Johnson (2019)

“The Bird and the Whale” dir. Carol Freeman (2018)

“Hors Piste” dir. Léo Brunel, Camille Jalabert, Loris Cavalier, Oscar Malet (2018)

“Maestro” dir. Florian Babikian & Victor Caire (2019)

“A Sister” dir. Delphine Girald (2018)

“Brotherhood” dir. Meryam Joobeur (2018)

“Nefta Football Club” dir. Yves Piat (2018)

“Saria” dir. Bryan Buckley (2019)

“The Neighbors’ Window” dir. Marshall Curry (2019)

“Papers, Please – The Short Film” dir. Nikita Ordynskiy (2018)

“Playdate with Destiny” dir. David Silverman (2020)

“Black Box” dir. Monica Garrison (2010)

Movies

Michael Clayton dir. Tony Gilroy (2007)

Little Women dir. Greta Gerwig (2019)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) dir. Cathy Yan (2020)

1917 dir. Sam Mendes (2020)

Sonic The Hedgehog dir. Jeff Fowler (2020)

Onward dir. Dan Scanlon (2020)

The Invisible Man dir. Leigh Whannell (2020)

Bloodshot dir. David S. F. Wilson (2020)

The Hunt dir. Craig Zobel (2020)

Cabin Boy dir. Adam Resnick (1994)

Manos: The Hands of Fate dir. Harold P. Warren (1966)

The Castle of Cagliostro dir. Hayao Miyazaki (1979)

Misery dir. Rob Reiner (1990)

The Descent dir. Neil Marshall (2005)

The Descent Part 2 dir. Jon Harris (2009)

Black Rock dir. Katie Aselton (2012)

The Nightingale dir. Jennifer Kent (2018)

Labyrinth dir. Jim Henson (1986)

Dark City dir. Alex Proyas (1998)

Night of the Hunter dir. Charles Laughton (1955)

In the Mouth of Madness dir. John Carpenter (1994)

Sorcerer dir. William Friedkin (1977)

Paperhouse dir. Bernard Rose (1988)

Strangers on a Train dir. Alfred Hitchcock (1951)

Gone Girl dir. David Fincher (2014)

Dune dir. David Lynch (1984)

Nosferatu the Vampyre dir. Werner Herzog (1979)

Blacula dir. William Crain (1972)

Splice dir. Vincenzo Natali (2009)

In the Tall Grass dir. Vincenzo Natali (2019)

Fright Night dir. Tom Holland (1985)

Near Dark dir. Kathryn Bigelow (1987)

Don’t Look Now dir. Nicolas Roeg (1973)

The Ritual dir. David Bruckner (2017)

Thirst dir. Park Chan-wook (2009)

Hush dir. Mike Flanagan (2016)

A Tale of Two Sisters dir. Kim Jee-woon (2003)

The Invitation dir. Karyn Kusama (2015)

Bird Box dir. Susanne Bier (2018)

Jennifer’s Body dir. Karyn Kusama (2009)

Pee Wee's Big Adventure dir. Tim Burton (1985)

Smooth Talk dir. Joyce Chopra (1985)

The Muppet Movie dir. James Frawley (1979)

Police Story dir. Jackie Chan (1985)

Tomorrow Never Dies dir. Roger Spottiswoode (1997)

The World Is Not Enough dir. Michael Apted (1999)

Die Another Day dir. Lee Tamahori (2002)

Quantum of Solace dir. Marc Forster (2008)

Skyfall dir. Sam Mendes (2012)

Spectre dir. Sam Mendes (2015)

Just Another Christmas dir. Roberto Santucci (2020)

A California Christmas dir. Shaun Piccinino (2020)

Soul dir. Pete Docter (2020)

TV Episodes

The Simpsons - "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" (2020)

Bob's Burgers - "Heartbreak Hotel-oween" (2020)

TV Series

Gargoyles - Seasons 2 & 3 (1995-1997)

Star Trek: Picard - Season 1 (2020)

Star Trek: Discovery - Seasons 1 & 2 (2017-2019)

Star Wars Rebels (2014-2018)

Star Wars Forces of Destiny (2017-2018)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - Season 7 (2020)

It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Seasons 12-14 (2017-2019)

American Horror Story: 1984 (2019)

The Legend of Korra (2012-2014)

The Magic School Bus - Seasons 1-2 (1994-1995)

What We Do in the Shadows - Seasons 1-2 (2019-2020)

Hannibal - Seasons 1-3 (2013-2015)

Bee and PuppyCat - Season 1 (2014-2016)

The Twilight Zone - Seasons 4-5 (1963-1964)

The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. - Seasons 6-7 (2019-2020)

The Good Place - Season 4 (2019-2020)

BoJack Horseman - Seasons 5-6 (2018-2020)

House of Cards - Seasons 5-6 (2017-2018)

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Truth is Order and Order is Truth, by Nadia Bulkin

Truth is Order and Order is Truth, by Nadia Bulkin

“You live in a monster’s empire. You’re only upset because you’re not the biggest monster anymore.”Nadia Bulkin, “Truth is Order and Order is Truth” “Regarding the setting for tales—I try to be as realistic as possible.”—H.P. Lovecraft to Emil Petaja, December 29, 1934 Last year I had the pleasure of reading some of the stories contained in the Valancourt BOOK OF WORLD HORROR STORIES, VOL. 1,…