A ghost haunts King David’s family. Brothers devour their enemies and each other. A rabbi opens a Chabad House in a sinister New England town. In this book, you will find seven stories as demented and horrifying as the Bible that inspired them.
Table of Contents and Authors:
Moving Nameless by Sonya Taaffe
The Chabad of Innsmouth by Marsha Morman
Three Young Men by Romie Stott
The Chronicle of Aliyat Son of Aliyat from the Chronicles of the Kings of Ashdod by Alter Reiss
Good King David by Jeff Chapman
The Sons of Zeruiah by Megan Arkenberg
God Box by Lyda Morehouse
King David and the Spiders from Mars is based upon the new Bible-as-Literature criticism which has arisen in the past few decades, championed by scholars like Robert Alter.
Dark and enticing, the stories in King David & the Spiders from Mars explore Biblical themes with a paradoxical combination of religious irreverence and respect for the literary richness of the texts. Marked by lush prose, often disturbing at a gut level, these are stories that stay with you.
– Ilana Teitelbaum
It is often said that the Bible is the most violent book ever written. This rich tapestry of tales draws on Biblical slaughter, cruelty, and mayhem from ancient times to the modern day. It is a theme anthology that not only keeps you interested in the theme, but makes you look at the source material with new eyes.
– Poppy Z. Brite.