Little Doors
Here are 17 new stories from a writer whose work has been praised by William Gibson as "spooky, haunting, hilarious." In the title story ofLittle Doors, a professor of children’s literature discovers a bizarre synchronicity between a lost text and his illicit relationship with a student. In another story, a boy is born without a brain and his skull is invaded by a group of wild animals. Another chronicles an all-night drive through a Manhattan distinctly different from – but strangely similar to – our own. All of these stories are replete with chaos, human oddities, and the unruly energy of a Tom Waits song, forming an exhilarating collection from a truly creative force in contemporary fiction. The master of "trailer park science fiction", Di Filippo is a two-time finalist for the Nebula Award and finalist for the Philip K. Dick Award.
"[Di Filippo] channelsurfs postmodern apocalypse, brilliantly." – Jonathan Lethem
Contents:
- Little Doors
- Billy
- Moloch
- The Grange
- Sleep Is Where You Find It (cowritten by Marc Laidlaw)
- The Horror Writer
- My Two Best Friends
- The Death of Salvador Dali
- Our House
- Jack Neck and the Worry Bird
- Stealing Happy Hours
- Singing Each to Each
- Rare Firsts
- Return to Cockaigne
- The Short Ashy Afterlife of Hiram P. Dottle
- Slumberland
- Mehitabel in Hell
Paul Di Filippo
Paul Di Filippo (born 1954) is an American science fiction writer. He is known for being a prolific writer in a wide range of sub-genres, including steampunk and cyberpunk, and for his gonzo writing style.
Paul Di Filippo has written mystery novels with Michael Bishop under the joint pseudonym Philip Lawson.