Jack Dann

A heart-rending story of a Native American community told through the generations Following the arc of two centuries, from the horrors of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 to the early 21st century, Wandering Stars is an indelible novel of America's war on its own people. It is also the tender, shattering story of several generations of a Native American family, searching for ways through displacement and pain, towards home and hope: a wondrous novel of poetry, music, rage and love, from one of the most astonishing voices of his generation.

Collaborations of Art and Magic. Authors develop certain styles, certain niches in their writings. When two or more authors collaborate on a story, frequently their joint creation exceeds what would have been accomplished by the individuals. In this collaborative collection of jack Dann's short fiction, all the stories were written with one or more co-authors, including Susan Casper, Gardner Dozois, Gregory Frost, Jack C. Haldeman II, Barry N. Malzberg. Michael Swanwick, Janeen Webb, and George Zebrowski. Included with each story are introductions by each of the co-authors, relating the inspirations and creative processes in the genesis of the story. The 18 stories include the Nebula-nominated "High Steel," with Jack C. Haldeman, set in a future where people are drafted to work for corporations. The story revolves around a l.akota medicine man draftee, about his struggle to keep his traditions and how his ancient knowledge is applied in outer spaa;. "The Gods of Mars." with Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick, also nominated for the Nebula award, is the story of the first manned landing on Mars, and its "storybook" ending, complete with canals-or not. Other stories are about time machines and revenge, first dates with Jesus, dinosaurs falling out of the sky, a vampire in a concentration camp, a famous painting that eats critics, a door-to-door computer salesman in Faerie, clowns that knock their audiences dead, performers Buddy, Janis. and Elvis touring together in an afterlife, and a most undignified Jack the Ripper. "Jack Dann's stones arc vivid, passionate, and eloquent." -Robert Silverberg

The horror short-short isn't easy to master, but more than 100 of the genre's critically acclaimed authors & hottest up-&-comers have taken a stab at it in Horrors! 365 Scary Stories, an anthology that contains a short tale for every day of the year. Steve Rasnic Tem, Wm F. Nolan, Tom Piccirilli, Yvonne Navarro, Peter Atkins, Brian Hodge, Martin Mundt & 166 others give you short, sharp shocks. Who got the most slots? The final scorecard: 13: Brian McNaughton 9: Tim Waggoner 8: Benjamin Adams, Wm Marden 7: David Niall Wilson, DonD'Ammassa, Linda J. Dunn, Steve Rasnic Tem 6: Adam-Troy Castro, Del Stone Jr, John Gregory Betancourt, Phyllis Eisenstein, Tom Piccirilli 5: Adam Niswander, Brian Hodge, Hugh B. Cave, John B. Rosenmann, Peter Atkins, Terry Campbell 4: Don Webb, Gary Jonas, Lawrence Schimel, Lisa Lepovetsky, Lisa Morton, Wayne Allen Sallee, Yvonne Navarro, Scott M. Brents 3: Martin Mundt, David Annandale, Donald R. Burleson, Greg McElhatton, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Joe Meno, Judith Post, Juleen Brantingham, Lawrence C. Connolly, Michael Mardis, Michael Scott Bricker, Nancy Kilpatrick, Richard Gilliam, S. May Amarinth, Scott David Aniolowski, Stephen Dedman, Tina L. Jens 2: Andrew Sands, Blythe Ayne, Brian A. Hopkins, Brian Craig, Brian Stableford, Dawn Dunn, Francis Amery, Gordon Linzner, Greg van Eekhout, James Robert Smith, Joel S. Ross, John Maclay, Kay Reynolds, Kevin Andrew Murphy, Lillian Csernica, Kevin Shadle, Larry Segriff, Lawrence Greenberg, Lisa John Bothell, Lisa S. Silverthorne, Lois H. Gresh, Mark Hannah, Michael Gillis, Michael Grisi, Randy Miller, Robert Devereaux, Scott Edelman, Steve Eller, Thomas M. Sipos

Space-time for springers / Fritz Leiber -- The game of rat and dragon / Cordwainer Smith -- The cat from hell / Stephen King -- Out of place / Pamela Sargent -- Schrödinger's cat / Ursula K. Le Guin -- Groucho / Ron Goulart -- My father, the cat / Henry Slesar -- The cat man / Byron Liggett -- Some are born cats / Terry and Carol Carr -- The cat lover / Knox Burger -- Jade Blue / Edward Bryant -- Tom cat / Gary Jennings -- Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee / Gene Wolfe-- The witch's cat / Manly Wade Wellman -- Antiquities / John Crowley -- A little intelligence / Randall Garrett -- The cat / Gene Wolfe -- Afternoon at Schrafft's / Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick.