Skip to main content
Withdrawn
Edit position
Edit position

No position recorded yet. Picking a shelf here sets the manual override.

Dear sweet filthy world
Diagnose this book
Open in Vernon Browser

Dear sweet filthy world

by Caitlín R. Kiernan

This collection gathers twenty-eight previously rare short stories that explore the intersection of horror and desire. These dark fantasy tales range from prehistoric seas to ruined faerie realms, focusing on themes of transformation and apocalypse.

Accession 35251 ISBN 9781596068193 Publisher Subterranean Press
Book Images
Reference and live side by side Hover to see live images
Reference
Dear sweet filthy world spine
Dear sweet filthy world cover
Live
No live
No live
Dear sweet filthy world spine
No live
Dear sweet filthy world cover
No live
TAGS
Curated Derived
Communication Death Destruction Literature Love Stories
CONNECTIONS
No connections
State
on_shelf
False
position_updated_at
never
orientation
unknown
Details

Physical

binding_type
Hard Back
dimensions
none captured
spine_text
none captured

Metadata

Book form
LOCATION HISTORY
No location history available for this book.
Vernon snapshot
View live

Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.

Last synced 2026-06-09 10:40 (1 day, 20 hours ago)

Identity

name→ title
Dear sweet filthy world
vernon_id
47750
accession_no→ accession_number
35251
vernon_slug
dear-sweet-filthy-world-caitlin-r-kiernan

Drives Pulse state

curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
Transit
location_name
Back store room/Chardonnay Drive
location_reason
Transit
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9781596068193

Descriptive

production_date
2017
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes

Subjects & people

authors→ author (initial fill only)
Caitlín R. Kiernan
tags→ tags
Literature, Philology, Fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fantasy literature, Speculative fiction
subject_people
—
subject_objects
—

Cover image

vernon_cover_image_id→ cover_image
59706

Raw Vernon JSON

click to inspect

The source payload behind the snapshot above.
Use ⌘F to search once expanded.
{7 keys}
"slug": "dear-sweet-filthy-world-caitlin-r-kiernan"
"opacObjectId": "47750"
"opacCollection": {1 keys}
"opacCollectionId": "1"
"imagesCollection": {2 keys}
"images": [1 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"imageId": "59706"
"cssColors": [4 items]
"[0]": {9 keys}
"hex": "696969"
"hue": 0
"rank": 1
"presence": 45.18
"colorName": "dimgray"
"lightness": 41
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "dim gray"
"[1]": {9 keys}
"hex": "d3d3d3"
"hue": 0
"rank": 2
"presence": 35.31
"colorName": "lightgray"
"lightness": 83
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "light gray"
"[2]": {9 keys}
"hex": "a9a9a9"
"hue": 0
"rank": 3
"presence": 7.37
"colorName": "darkgray"
"lightness": 66
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "dark gray"
"[3]": {9 keys}
"hex": "808080"
"hue": 0
"rank": 4
"presence": 5.28
"colorName": "gray"
"lightness": 50
"colorGroup": "gray"
"saturation": 0
"formattedColorName": "gray"
"rawColors": [7 items]
"[0]": {6 keys}
"hex": "3f3c3c"
"hue": 0
"rank": 1
"presence": 45.18
"lightness": 24
"saturation": 2
"[1]": {6 keys}
"hex": "dad7d0"
"hue": 42
"rank": 2
"presence": 35.31
"lightness": 83
"saturation": 11
"[2]": {6 keys}
"hex": "b3b1ad"
"hue": 40
"rank": 3
"presence": 7.37
"lightness": 69
"saturation": 3
"[3]": {6 keys}
"hex": "8e908d"
"hue": 100
"rank": 4
"presence": 5.28
"lightness": 55
"saturation": 1
"[4]": {6 keys}
"hex": "a8a398"
"hue": 41
"rank": 5
"presence": 1.86
"lightness": 62
"saturation": 8
"[5]": {6 keys}
"hex": "707273"
"hue": 200
"rank": 6
"presence": 5.0
"lightness": 44
"saturation": 1
"[6]": {6 keys}
"hex": "ccc4a4"
"hue": 48
"rank": 7
"presence": 0.0
"lightness": 72
"saturation": 28
"imageLabels": [7 items]
"[0]": {5 keys}
"count": 5367
"score": 83.29
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Advertising"
"imageLabelId": 71
"[1]": {5 keys}
"count": 11813
"score": 73.62
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Poster"
"imageLabelId": 21
"[2]": {5 keys}
"count": 5795
"score": 65.55
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Graphic design"
"imageLabelId": 17
"[3]": {5 keys}
"count": 941
"score": 63.37
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Handwriting"
"imageLabelId": 201
"[4]": {5 keys}
"count": 19117
"score": 62.56
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Publication"
"imageLabelId": 23
"[5]": {5 keys}
"count": 3210
"score": 60.51
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Graphics"
"imageLabelId": 16
"[6]": {5 keys}
"count": 4284
"score": 50.86
"status": "auto_verified"
"imageLabel": "Fiction"
"imageLabelId": 91
"imageDerivatives": [6 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/large/43550/51e2f0b56d13cfe14e4ec6c4d33e2c41974b89b0.jpg"
"width": "540"
"height": "800"
"identifier": "LARGE"
"[1]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/medium/43550/51e2f0b56d13cfe14e4ec6c4d33e2c41974b89b0.jpg"
"width": "270"
"height": "400"
"identifier": "MEDIUM"
"[2]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/nano/43550/51e2f0b56d13cfe14e4ec6c4d33e2c41974b89b0.jpg"
"width": "24"
"height": "35"
"identifier": "NANO"
"[3]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/small/43550/51e2f0b56d13cfe14e4ec6c4d33e2c41974b89b0.jpg"
"width": "101"
"height": "150"
"identifier": "SMALL"
"[4]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/tiny/43550/51e2f0b56d13cfe14e4ec6c4d33e2c41974b89b0.jpg"
"width": "51"
"height": "75"
"identifier": "TINY"
"[5]": {4 keys}
"url": "https://browser.mona.net.au/records/images/xlarge/43550/51e2f0b56d13cfe14e4ec6c4d33e2c41974b89b0.jpg"
"width": "810"
"height": "1200"
"identifier": "XLARGE"
"totalImages": 1
"objectSearchScore": 1.3119305
"opacObjectFieldSets": [40 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "accession_no"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "35251"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Dear sweet filthy world / Caitlín R. Kiernan"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "title"
"value": "Dear sweet filthy world / Caitlín R. Kiernan"
"[2]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "other_name"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[3]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "artist_last_first"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Kiernan, Caitlín R."
"[4]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "2017"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [2 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "earliest_date"
"value": "2017-01-01Z"
"[1]": {2 keys}
"key": "latest_date"
"value": "2017-12-31Z"
"[5]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_date_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[6]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "edition"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "First edition"
"[7]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "brief_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "This brief record was created for storage and loan purposes"
"[8]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "measure_desc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[9]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "credit_line"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[10]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Transit"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "curr_loc_status:"Transit""
"[11]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "ob_status"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Accessioned"
"[12]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "lender"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[13]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_owner"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[14]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[15]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_start"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[16]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_expiry"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[17]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "copyright_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[18]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "curr_loc"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Back store room/Chardonnay Drive"
"[19]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "object_type"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "object_type:"Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication""
"[20]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "collection"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Science Fiction Collection/Special Collections/Library"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "collection:"Science Fiction Collection/Special Collections/Library""
"[21]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Burton/Michigan/United States of America"
"[22]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "prod_pri_publisher"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "Subterranean Press"
"[23]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "physical_notes"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[24]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "language"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "English"
"[25]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "isbn_issn"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": "9781596068193"
"[26]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_1"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[27]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "usual_loc_being"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[28]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_class"
"opacObjectFields": [3 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"value": "Fantasy fiction/Fantasy literature/Literature/Philology"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Fantasy fiction/Fantasy literature/Literature/Philology""
"[1]": {2 keys}
"value": "Science fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Science fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology""
"[2]": {2 keys}
"value": "Speculative fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology"
"opacObjectFieldAttributes": [1 items]
"[0]": {2 keys}
"key": "search"
"value": "subject_class:"Speculative fiction/Fiction/Literature/Philology""
"[29]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_date"
"opacObjectFields": [0 items]
"[30]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[31]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_period"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[32]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[33]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[34]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "subject_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[35]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_person"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[36]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_place"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[37]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_event"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[38]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "assoc_object"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"[39]": {2 keys}
"identifier": "user_sym_9"
"opacObjectFields": [1 items]
"[0]": {1 keys}
"value": ""
"relationshipsCollection": {2 keys}
"relationships": [1 items]
"[0]": {4 keys}
"relatedRecords": [1 items]
"[0]": {3 keys}
"slug": "caitlin-r-kiernan"
"title": "Caitlín R. Kiernan"
"relatedRecordId": "46635"
"relationshipId": "object_prod_pri_person"
"relatedRecordType": "person"
"totalRelatedRecords": 1
"totalRelationships": 1
Topics and Themes