by Dahlia Adler
This book was largely written and edited during a global pandemic that changed the world as we know it in a million ways. It feels trite to thank all the medical professionals and essential personnel who kept everything going while I locked myself in my house for months, but I’m going to do it anyway: thank you. And thank you (as promised!) to *checks current name of WhatsApp group* Kind of a Big Deal [eggplant emoji] for kinship and sanity.
A huge debt of gratitude to all the bloggers, bookstagrammers, booktubers, booksellers, librarians, and teachers who helped both His Hideous Heart and this book find its readers, including but absolutely not limited to Rachel Strolle, Cody Roecker, the whole gang at Books of Wonder and East City Bookshop, Kimberly Gabriel, Eric Smith, Bethany Robison, Adriana M. Martínez, Amal El-Mohtar, Kate Welsh, Beautifully Bookish Bethany, and Bookish Valhalla.
Finally, to my family—you are all my adventures and happy endings. Thank you for everything.
ALSO EDITED BY
DAHLIA ADLER
His Hideous Heart:
13 of Edgar Allan Poe’s Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined
That Way Madness Lies
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Dedication
INTRODUCTION
THE WORKS
COMEDIES
“Severe Weather Warning”
by Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, reimagining
The Tempest
“Shipwrecked”
by Mark Oshiro,
Twelfth Night
“Taming of the Soul Mate”
by K. Ancrum,
The Taming of the Shrew
“King of the Fairies”
by Anna-Marie McLemore,
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
“We Have Seen Better Days”
by Lily Anderson,
As You Like It
“Some Other Metal”
by A. R. Capetta and Cory McCarthy,
Much Ado About Nothing
“I Bleed”
by Dahlia Adler,
The Merchant of Venice
A SONNET
“His Invention”
by Brittany Cavallaro,
Sonnet 147
TRAGEDIES
“Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow”
by Kiersten White,
Romeo and Juliet
“Dreaming of the Dark”
by Lindsay Smith,
Julius Caesar
“The Tragedy of Cory Lanez: An Oral History”
by Tochi Onyebuchi,
Coriolanus
“Out of the Storm”
by Joy McCullough,
King Lear
“Elsinore”
by Patrice Caldwell,
Hamlet
“We Fail”
by Samantha Mabry,
Macbeth
LATE ROMANCE
“Lost Girl”
by Melissa Bashardoust,
The Winter’s Tale
About the Authors
About William Shakespeare
Acknowledgments
Also Edited by Dahlia Adler
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in these stories are either products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously.
THAT WAY MADNESS LIES. Copyright © 2021 by Dahlia Adler. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address Flatiron Books, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
“Severe Weather Warning” © 2021 by Austin Siegemund-Broka and Emily Wibberley. “Shipwrecked” © 2021 by Mark Oshiro. “Taming of the Soulmate” © 2021 by Kayla Ancrum. “King of the Fairies” © 2021 by Anna-Marie McLemore. “We Have Seen Better Days” © 2021 by Lily Anderson. “Some Other Metal” © 2021 by Amy Rose Capetta and Cory McCarthy. “I Bleed” © 2021 by Dahlia Adler. “His Invention” © 2021 by Brittany Cavallaro. “Partying Is Such Sweet Sorrow” © 2021 by Kiersten Brazier. “Dreaming of the Dark” © 2021 by Lindsay Smith. “The Tragedy of Cory Lanez: An Oral History” © 2021 by Tochi Onyebuchi. “Out of the Storm” © 2021 by Joy McCullough. “Elsinore” © 2021 by Patrice Caldwell. “We Fail” © 2021 by Samantha Mabry. “Lost Girl” © 2021 by Melissa Bashardoust.
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First Edition: 2021