From Weird and Distant Shores is American fantasist Caitlin R. Kiernan's second solo short-story collection, released by Subterranean Press in 2002.

[1] As with her first collection, Tales of Pain and Wonder, interior illustrations were supplied by Canadian artist Richard A. Kirk.

The book includes thirteen stories (horror, science fiction, and fantasy), including a collaboration with Poppy Z. Brite and another with Christa Faust.

The collection is notable in that includes Kiernan's earliest published short story, "Persephone."

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