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Tim Pratt's debut collection brings together fifteen stories, including the Nebula-nominated "Little Gods" and a previously unpublished novelette, "Pale Dog." Within these pages you will encounter a train to the underworld, a feral bicycle, a thief with peculiar eating habits, an amnesiac superhero, a haunted zoot suit, star-crossed monsters, fallen angels on vacation and other wonders. From fast-paced sorcerer-punk to weird Westerns, from the loss of childhood innocence to the heat death of the universe, these stories will delight, surprise and move you.

Poems of the fantastic by Tim Pratt, including "Dream Sketches," "Eight Transformations," "Visions," and many more.

Tim Pratt’s (Little Gods, The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl) Hart & Boot is a stunning collection of thirteen stories of the fantastic. Hart & Boot & Other Stories collects thirteen stories of love, death and monsters, including new story "Komodo," a tale of lizards, sex magic and dangerous men. The title story, "Hart & Boot," was chosen by Michael Chabon for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories: 2005. Critics have called Pratt’s short fiction “Quite Gaimanesque…” and this comparison is not unfounded. His straightforward storytelling techniques, combined with an uncanny ability to convey a sense of wonder and the fantastic, are part of the reason why the title story to this collection was selected by Michael Chabon for inclusion in The Best American Short Stories 2005 anthology. Tim Pratt has been nominated for the Nebula, the John W. Campbell, and the Mythopoeic Fantasy awards, and his work (including “Bottom Feeding,” herein) routinely finds its way to the Locus Recommended Reading lists. In 2005, he won the Norton Award. His fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies and magazines, including Polyphony, The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Lenox Avenue, The Third Alternative, and Realms of Fantasy.

The third collection by Hugo Award-winning author Tim Pratt— whose previous collection Hart & Boot and Other Stories was a World Fantasy Award finalist—gathers 23 of his best recent works of science fiction and fantasy. Stories include Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award nominee “Her Voice in a Bottle,” Bram Stoker Award finalist “The Dude Who Collected Lovecraft” (with Nick Mamatas), and three new stories appearing here for first time: contemporary fantasy novelette “The Fairy Library,” science fiction short story “The Haunted Mech Suit,” and a new story set in the author’s popular Marla Mason urban fantasy series, “Cages.” Also included are such fan favorites as “The River Boy,” “A Programmatic Approach to Perfect Happiness,” and “Another End of the Empire,” plus many more, with illustrations by acclaimed artists Kat Beyer and Bradley K. McDevitt. Cover by Jenn Reese.

Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt have spent the past decade spinning tales of holiday magic and occasional terror for delighted readers, and those winter wonderlands are collected here for the first time. In these stories, a Christmas wish becomes a Krampus curse, the holiday spirit turns dangerously contagious, the queen of winter visits the icy moon Europa, a jinni looks for love in a steamy cafe, a trickster god celebates New Year's Eve, a pair of cryptozoologists hunt flying reindeer, and Ebenezer Scrooge hires a ghost-hunter to rid him of meddlesome spirits--among other celebrations. Also includes their cult classic "The Christmas Mummy," the story that started it all, and a brand new sequel,"The Christmas Abomination fom Beyond the Back of the Stars."

A sexually transmitted volcano. Polyamorists facing off against a malevolent fairy. The vicious cave bear that appears to everyone at the moment of their death. Time-traveling lesbians who fight crime. A woman who summons the ghosts of extinct megafauna and throws them at bad guys. The teen girl sword-and-sorcery duo known as Crow and Lion. Kinky interdimensional space warrior romance. A murder closet, full of murder.These are just some of the miracles and marvels you’ll encounter here in Hugo Award-winning author Tim Pratt’s latest collection.“His stories have moved me, enchanted me, frightened me... and always leave me wanting more.” – Terri Windling