What steers our direction in life? What core values drive our decisions? In twenty-two revealing personal essays, a wide range of people describe how each of them arrived at the philosophy of life that guides the steps they take.
Christopher Golden, Kelley Armstrong, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Laird Barron, Gary A. Braunbeck, Dana Cameron, Dan Chaon, Lynda Barry, Charlaine Harris, Brian Keene, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Michael Koryta, John Langan, Tim Lebbon, Seanan McGuire, Joe McKinney, Leigh Perry, Robert Shearman, Scott Smith, Lucy A. Snyder, David Wellington & Rio Youers
Ellen Datlow, Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Carmen Maria Machado, Paul Tremblay, Stephen Graham Jones, Karen Heuler, Elizabeth Hand, Benjamin Percy, John Langan, M. Rickert, Richard Kadrey, Seana McGuire, Genevieve Valentine & Jeffery Ford
Ellen Datlow, Nadia Bulkin, Terry Dowling, Tananarive Due, Jeffery Ford, Christopher Golden, Stephen Graham Jones, Glen Hirshberg, Richard Kadrey, Alma Katsu, John Langan, Cassandra Khaw, Josh Malerman, Nick Mamatas & Garth Nix
Stephen Jones, Peter Bell, Simon Kurt Unsworth, Rosalie Parker, Graham Masterton, Michael Chislett, Nicholas Royle, John Langan, Christopher Harman, Alison Littlewood, James Wade, Rio Youers, Ken Mackenzie, Tracey Fahey, Daniel McGachey, Damien Angelica Walters, Michael Marshall Smith, Mark Samuels, Thana Niveau, Reggie Oliver, Brian Hodge, CaitlĂn R. Kiernan & Kim Newman
Stephen Jones, Robert Aickman, Daniel Mills, Richard Gavin, Helen Marshall, Nicholas Royle, Lynda E. Rucker, John Langan, Loren Rhoads, Ron Weighell, Kate Farrell, L. P. Lee, Conrad Williams, Kurt Fawver, Gemma Files, Neil Gaiman, Storm Constantine, Steve Rasnic Tem & Kim Newman