"One of the best fantasy collections of the year." --Publisher's Weekly
Includes: "Madonna of the Maquiladora," "The Girlfriends of Dorian Gray," "Collecting Dust," "The Road to Recovery" (the never-made Hope & Crosby 'Road' picture), and "How Meersh the Bedeviler Lost His Toes" (the firstShadowbridge story).
When your father was a teller of tall tales, can you really trust his ghost when he promises you a fortune?
MAGIC IN THE MIRRORSTONE, edited by Steve Berman
(Mirrorstone Books, www.mirrorstonebooks.com) )
"Tengu Mountain"
A Japanese folktale of demons and monks written expressly for Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, editors of THE FAERY REEL.
(Viking Puffin ISBN: 978-0142404065)
"Ill-Met in Ilium"
A vampire tale in epic verse unfolding during the Trojan War.
in "The Secret History of Vampires, edited by Darrell Schweitzer
(DAW Books ISBN: 978-0-7564-0410-9)
"Touring Jesusworld"
Reprint of this short story in a collection of 25 imaginative tales about the Christ, edited by Michael Bishop
Thunder's Mouth Press www.thundersmouth.com
"Dub"
A Cthulhian tale of an idiot and his talking hat.
in WEIRD TRAILS, a 1933 anthology of Cosmic Dread adventures of the Old West. (Roy Rogers has got nothing on this one.)
Wildside Press, www.wildsidepress.com
"The Prowl"
A horrific historical tale written specificially for this volume and its editor, Nalo Hopkinson.
(Warner Books ISBN 0-446-67929-1)