Skip to content

Opening book details…

Can I read Fearful Symmetries : an Anthology of Horror on EtoBox?

Fearful Symmetries : an Anthology of Horror by Datlow, Ellen (editor) is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Fearful Symmetries : an Anthology of Horror about?

New Mexico, 1867: Months have passed since hexslinger Chess Pargeter sacrificed himself to restore the town of Bewelcome, once cursed to salt by his former lover, “Reverend” Asher Rook. Now a coalition led by Allan Pinkerton’s Detective Agency lays siege to reborn Mayan goddess Ixchel’s notorious “Hex City,” the one place on earth where hexes can act in consort, and the desert just outside Bewelcome has become the front line in what threatens to become a new Civil War—one in which wild magic and black science clash headlong, producing carnage like nothing the world has ever seen. Though reinstated with the Agency, Pinkerton-turned-outlaw Ed Morrow finds himself caught between factions, as Aztec trickster god Tezcatlipoca roams the battlefield wearing Chess’s face and body, promising aid while sowing dissent. Further into the wasteland, spiritualist Yancey Kloves and her allies struggle to stop an ever-widening, monster-spewing crack from breaching the wall between worlds, while Ixchel ruthlessly exploits the hexes gathered around her in order to resurrect the rest of her dead pantheon, kicking off an Apocalypse fed by shed human blood. And in Hex City’s darkness, “Reverend” Rook—Ix

Who reads Fearful Symmetries : an Anthology of Horror?

It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.

Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Datlow, Ellen (editor)
Publisher
HarperCollins Canada
Published
2014
Language
EN
ISBN
9781926851976
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Horror, Western, Short Stories
Rating
4.07 / 5 (206 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

Other editions & translations

More by Datlow, Ellen (editor)

Browse all works by Datlow, Ellen (editor)

Similar books