num_pages: 448
description: The joy of fiction is the joy of the imagination The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages eager to discover moreto 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 worldfrom Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones Stewart ONan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley and Jodi Picoultthe 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 mans 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 Adamss 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 Gaimans novelette The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains. As it transforms your view of the world this brilliant and visionary volumesure to become a classicwill ignite a new appreciation for the limitless realm of exceptional fiction. Introduction: Just Four Words Neil Gaiman Blood Roddy Doyle Fossil Figures Joyce Carol Oates Wildfire in Manhattan Joanne Harris The Thah Is a Cave in the Black Mountains Neil GaimanUnbelief Michael Marshall Smith The Stars Are Falling Joe R. LansdaleJuvenal Nyx Walter Mosley The Knife Richard Adams Weights and Measures Jodi Picoult Goblin Lake Michael Swanwick Mallon the Guru Peter Straub Catch and Release Lawrence BlockPolka Dots and Moonbeams Jeffrey Ford Loser Chuck PalahniukSamanthas Diary Diana Wynne Jones Land of the Lost Stewart ONan Leif in the Wind Gene Wolfe Unwell Carolyn ParkhurstA Life in Fictions Kat Howard Let the Past Begin Jonathan Carroll The Therapist Jeffery Deaver Parallel Lines Tim PowersThe Cult of the Nose Al SarrantonioHuman Intelligence Kurt AndersenStories Michael MoorcockThe Maiden Flight of McCauleys Bellerophon Elizabeth HandThe Devil on the Staircase Joe Hill About the Contributors
language: English
title: Stories: All-New Tales
publisher: William Morrow