Unexpected tales of the fantastic, & other odd musings by Nalo Hopkinson, Karen Joy Fowler, Karen Russell, Jeffrey Ford, and many others
Contains stories by the amazing Jeffrey Ford, the fabulous Karen Joy Fowler, the unlikely Kelly Link, the thrilling Nalo Hopkinson, the shockingly good Karen Russell, the unnerving James Sallis, and dozens of uncanny others, as well as useful lists of many kinds and straight-shooting advice from Aunt Gwenda.
Edited by Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant
Introduction by Dan Chaon
Contents include:
Travels with the Snow Queen by Kelly Link
Scotch: An Essay into a Drink by Gavin J. Grant
Unrecognizable by David Findlay
Mehitobel Was Queen of the Night by Ian McDowell
Tan-Tan and Dry Bone by Nalo Hopkinson
An Open Letter Concerning Sponsorship by Margaret Muirhead
I Am Glad by Margaret Muirhead
Lady Shonagon’s Hateful Things by Margaret Muirhead
Heartland by Karen Joy Fowler
What a Difference a Night Makes
Pretending by Ray Vukcevich
The Film Column: Don’t Look Now by William Smith
A Is for Apple: An Easy Reader by Amy Beth Forbes
My Father’s Ghost by Mark Rudolph
What’s Sure to Come by Jeffrey Ford
Stoddy Awchaw by Geoffrey H. Goodwin
The Rapid Advance of Sorrow by Theodora Goss
The Wolf’s Story by Nan Fry
Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland by Sarah Monette
Tacoma-Fuji by David Moles
Bay by David Erik Nelson
How to Make a Martini by Richard Butner
Happier Days by Jan Lars Jensen
The Fishie by Philip Raines and Harvey Welles
Dear Aunt Gwenda, Vol. 2 by Gwenda Bond
The Film Column: Greaser’s Palace by William Smith
The Ichthyomancer Writes His Friend with an Account of the Yeti’s Birthday Party by David J. Schwartz
Serpents by Vernoica Schanoes
Homeland Security by Gavin J. Grant
For George Romero by David Blair
Vincent Price by David Blair
Music Lessons by Douglas Lain
Two Stories by James Sallis
Help Wanted by Karen Russell
‘Eft’ or ‘Epic’ by Sarah Micklem
The Red Phone by John Kessel
The Well-Dressed Wolf: A Comic by Lawrence Shimel and Sara Rojo
The Mushroom Duchess by Deborah Roggie
The Pirate’s True Love by Seana Graham
You Could Do This Too
The Posthumous Voyages of Christopher Columbus by Sunshine Ison
