num_pages: 576
description: Caitlin R. Kiernan's short fiction was first published in 1995. Over the intervening decade and a half she has proven not only one of dark fantasy and science fiction's most prolific and versatile authors but to quote Ramsey Campbell One of the most accomplished writers in the field and very possibly the most lyrical. S. T. Joshi has written Kiernan's witchery of words creates a mesmerizing effect that we haven't seen since the days of Lovecraft and Bradbury.Two Worlds and In The Best of Caitl'n R. Kiernan (Volume One) presents a stunning retrospective of the first ten years of her work a compilation of more than two hundred thousand words of short fiction including many of her most acclaimed stories as well as some of the author's personal favorites several previously uncollected hard-to-find pieces and her sf novella The Dry Salvages and a rare collaboration with Poppy Z. Brite. Destined to become the definitive look at the early development of Kiernan's work Two Worlds and In Between is a must for fans and collectors alike as well as an unprecedented introduction to an author who over the course of her career has earned the praise of such luminaries as Neil Gaiman Peter Straub Charles De Lint and Clive Barker.
language: English
title: Two Worlds and in Between: The Best of Caitlin R. Kiernan, Volume One
publisher: Subterranean