Thirteen Phantasms and Other Stories
The first short story collection from Philip K. Dick Award-winning author James Blaylock features sixteen thought-provoking forays into the fantastic - from a tale of alien influence on an ordinary neighborhood to the story of one man's self-destructive obsession with a dragon.
Contents:
- Thirteen Phantasms
- Red Planet
- The Ape-Box Affair
- Bugs
- Nets of Silver and Gold
- The Better Boy
- The Pink of Fading Neon
- The Old Curiosity Shop
- Doughnuts
- Two Views of a Cave Painting
- The Idol's Eye
- Paper Dragons
- We Traverse Afar
- The Shadow on the Doorstep
- Myron Chester and the Toads
- Unidentified Objects
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James P. Blaylock
James P. Blaylock was born in Long Beach, California in 1950, and attended California State University, where he received an MA. He was befriended and mentored by Philip K. Dick, along with his contemporaries K. W. Jeter and Tim Powers, and is regarded – along with Powers and Jeter – as one of the founding fathers of the steampunk movement. Winner of two World Fantasy Awards and Philip K. Dick Award, he currently directs the creative writing programs at Chapman University. Blaylock lives in Orange CA with his wife. They have two sons.
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