Non-Lovecraftian Cosmic and Weird

By Author

J. G. Ballard

• “The Drowned Giant”
  • A giant body washes ashore, dead. Community reactions run the gamut from reverence to desecration.

Ray Bradbury

• “Skeleton”

William S. Burroughs

• “Wind Die. You Die. We Die.”

Philip K. Dick

• “The Preserving Machine”

Brian Hodge

• “Roots and All” (2011)
  • The Best Horror of the Year, Volume Four Hoopla
  • Audiobook Skidding into Oblivion Hoopla

Gabriel García Márquez

• “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings”

George R. R. Martin

• “Sandkings”

Otsuichi

• “The White House in the Cold Forest”
  • PDF on Scribd

qntm

• **There Is No Antimemetics Division

Edogawa Ranpo

• “The Human Chair” (1925)

Hagiwara Sakutarō

• “The Town of Cats” (1935)
  • No online text, but included in The Weird
  • Audio on YouTube

Timothy Schaffert

• “The Mermaid in the Tree”
  • My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me

Jeff VanderMeer

• The Southern Reach Series
  • Annihilation (2014)
  • Authority (2014)
  • Acceptance (2014)
  • Absolution (2024)

Anthologies

[ ] The Weird: A Compendium, ed. Ann and Jeff VanderMeer