Angry Candy
The sixteen stories collected here are spread over the farthest stretches of time and space, but even the bleakest of them is warmed by a passionate faith in the endurance of life and its ultimate possibilities.
Contents:
- Introduction: The Wind Took Your Answer Away
- Paladin of the Lost Hour
- Footsteps
- Escapegoat
- When Auld's Acquaintance is Forgot
- Broken Glass
- On The Slab
- Prince Myshkin, and Hold the Relish
- The Region Between
- Laugh Track
- Eidolons
- Soft Monkey
- Stuffing
- With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole
- Quicktime
- The Avenger of Death
- Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen's Race
- The Function of Dream Sleep
Harlan Ellison
Harlan Jay Ellison (1934-2018) was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction, and for his outspoken, combative personality.
His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media. Some of his best-known work includes the Star Trek episode "The City on the Edge of Forever", A Boy and His Dog, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream", and " 'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman", and as editor and anthologist for Dangerous Visions (1967) and Again, Dangerous Visions (1972). Ellison won numerous awards, including multiple Hugos, Nebulas, and Edgars.