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Exploring the porous boundary between mainstream literary fiction and the genres of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, this collection of short stories juxtaposes the conventional and the fabulistwith dazzling results. In Rikki Ducornets Lettuce, a petitioner in a futuristic totalitarian state pays with his life when he requests permission to grow lettuce; Birthday of the World, by Ursula K. Le Guin, is narrated by a woman whose brother destroys their culture when he decides he wants to be God; and the disillusioned wife in Carol Schwalbergs The Midnight Lover finds the perfect marriage partner in her dreams, only to be divorced by the dream lover. Containing 50 works by genre writersKim Stanley Robinson and Michael Moorcock and noted literary authorsLaird Hunt and Brian Evenson, this compilation expands the fiction subgenre that has been called speculative and slipstream. ntroduction / Rikki Ducornet --Lionflower hedge / Ira Sher -- Son of Chimera / Leena Krohn -- Cabinet of Edgar Allan Poe / Angela Carter -- Ever and anon / Kate Kasten -- Lithia Park / William Luvaas -- Third Jungle Book : A Mowgli story / Michael Moorcock -- White girl / Maureen N. McLane -- Lucky strike / Ki
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- Author
- Rusty Morrison; Rusty Morrison; Janice Law
- Publisher
- Omnidawn Publishing
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781890650186
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.3 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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