We are all of us monsters. We are none of us monsters. Through the work of twenty-six writers, emerging to award-winning and masters of their craft, The Humanity of Monsters plumbs the depths of humane monsters, monstrous humans, and the interstices between. In stories by turns surreal, sublime, brutal, and haunting, there are no easy answers to be found, no simple nor uncomplicated labels to be had. Only the surety that though there be monsters, you will name them false. And when you meet those who truly are, you will not know them.

Contributors include:

1. Gaiman, Neil
2. Barron, Laird
3. Lansdale, Joe R.
4. Valente, Catherynne M.
5. Johnson, Kij
6. Ballingrud, Nathan
7. Files, Gemma
8. Warren, Kaaron
9. Swirsky, Rachel
10. Das, Indrapramit
11. Headley, Maria Dahvana
12. Onwualu, Chinelo
13. Samatar, Sofia