Ghosts of Yesterday

World Fantasy Award: Best Collection nominee (2004).

Ghosts of Yesterday is a stunning new collection by multiple-award-winning author Jack Cady The Off Season, The Haunting of Hood Canal. Cady captures the sights and emotions of America, from the Pacific Northwest ("Jeremiah"), to the streets of San Francisco ("The Lady With the Blind Dog"), to the Midwest-heartland ("Halloween 1942"), along the roads and highways in between ("The Ghost of Dive Bomber Hill"), and back into the history of the American Southeast ("The Time That Time Forgot").

The stories that make up Ghosts of Yesterday are detailed and realistic portraits of the world that, despite (and perhaps because) of their authenticity, manage to convey a sense of wonder and fantastic, where anything is possible.

The characters and places that Cady brings to life demonstrate clearly why he is one of the most versatile and respected writers today... His stories will move you, and change the way you look at the world.

Contents:

• The Lady With the Blind Dog
• Jeremiah
• Science Fiction, Utopia, and the Spirit
• Halloween 1942
• On Writing the Ghost Story
• The Ghost of Dive Bomber Hill
• Weird Row
• Daddy Dearest
• Jacket Copy
• Griffin
• Isreal
• The Time that Time Forgot

"Cady's eerie vision of life will haunt readers for a long time."  – Booklist

"Cady uncovers the scars on our collective psyche... These are powerfully told stories by a writer whose words reverberate with human insight." – Publishers Weekly

"Cady's stories have the humor and comfortable mastery of Faulkner or Steinbeck." – The National Review

"Jack Cady is above all, a writer of great, unmistakable integrity and profound feeling... Jack Cady's is a voice we need to hear." – Peter Straub

"His Structural control and the laconic richness of his style establish Cady in the front rank..." – Library Journal

"[Jack Cady is] an exceptional writer." – Joyce Carol Oates

"[Jack Cady is] a lasting voice in modern American literature." – Atlanta Constitution