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Cold Snap

Kim Newman

First published November 2007
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series The Diogenes Club

Synopsis

A team of people with paranormal powers and supernatural beings must save the Earth from being taken over by an organism which is the embodiment of cold, summoned by a mad scientist who wishes to destroy humanity.

Notes

The introduction to this story in "The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 19" states that the Prologue in that publication summarizing the history of the groups and individuals in the story, from other stories in the series, is "original to this printing".

Awards

YearAwardCategoryStatus
2008 World Fantasy Award Best Novella Nominee/Finalist

Publications (5)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
November 2007 The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club MonkeyBrain Books Collection 233
September 2008 The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror Volume Nineteen Running Press Anthology 498
December 2017 The Man from the Diogenes Club Titan Books Collection 361
December 2017 The Man from the Diogenes Club Titan Books Collection
December 2017 The Man from the Diogenes Club Audible Studios Collection