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STORIES:  ALL NEW TALES.

Edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio.

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"The joy of fiction is the joy of the imagination. . . ."


The Stories:

Blood by Roddy Doyle

Fossil-Figures by Joyce Carol Oates

Wildfire in Manhattan by Joanne Harris

The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman

Unbelief by Michael Marshall Smith

The Stars are Falling by Joe R. Lansdale

Juvenal Nyx by Walter Mosley

The Knife by Richard Adams

Weights and Measures by Jodi Picoult

Goblin Lake by Michael Swanwick

Mallon the Guru by Peter Straub

Catch and Release by Lawrence Block

Polka Dots and Moonbeams by Jeffrey Ford

Loser by Chuck Palahniuk

Samantha’s Diary by Diana Wynne Jones

Land of the Lost by Stewart O’Nan

Leif in the Wind by Gene Wolfe

Unwell by Carolyn Parkhurst

A Life in Fictions by Kat Howard

Let the Past Begin by Jonathan Carroll

The Therapist by Jeffery Deaver

Parallel Lines by Tim Powers

The Cult of the Nose by Al Sarrantonio

Human Intelligence by Kurt Andersen

Stories by Michael Moorcock

The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon by Elizabeth Hand

The Devil on the Staircase by Joe Hill

OVERVIEW:   The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to discover more—to find the answer to the question: "And then what happened?" The true hallmark of great literature is great imagination, and as Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio prove with this outstanding collection, when it comes to great fiction, all genres are equal.

Stories is a groundbreaking anthology that reinvigorates, expands, and redefines the limits of imaginative fiction and affords some of the best writers in the world—from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley and Jodi Picoult—the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions. Gaiman, a literary magician whose acclaimed work defies easy categorization and transcends all boundaries, and "master anthologist" (Booklist) Sarrantonio personally invited, read, and selected all the stories in this collection, and their standard for this "new literature of the imagination" is high. "We wanted to read stories that used a lightning-flash of magic as a way of showing us something we have already seen a thousand times as if we have never seen it at all."

Joe Hill boldly aligns theme and form in his disturbing tale of a man's descent into evil in "Devil on the Staircase." In "Catch and Release," Lawrence Block tells of a seasoned fisherman with a talent for catching a bite of another sort. Carolyn Parkhurst adds a dark twist to sibling rivalry in "Unwell." Joanne Harris weaves a tale of ancient gods in modern New York in "Wildfire in Manhattan." Vengeance is the heart of Richard Adams's "The Knife." Jeffery Deaver introduces a dedicated psychologist whose mission in life is to save people in "The Therapist." A chilling punishment befitting an unspeakable crime is at the dark heart of Neil Gaiman's novelette "The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains."

As it transforms your view of the world, this brilliant and visionary volume—sure to become a classic—will ignite a new appreciation for the limitless realm of exceptional fiction.

2010 William Morrow Hardcover. As New / As New.

June 2010.