The Best of Me, Volume Two

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Look what came in the mail a week or so ago! A do-it-yourself Bookhenge kit.

Okay, it's not a very original joke. You probably made one of these yourself when you were a kid. If you're a published author, you definitely made one of these as an adult.

Nevertheless, I am extremely pleased with the Subterranean Press volume.  It's beautifully made, has a terrific cover by Lee Moyer, and it's chock-a-blck with stories that are, if I may apply the soft sell, well worth reading.

So I'm happy. As witness the fact that, like every other author in the world, my first impulse was to create Bookhenge.

 

And since you ask . . .

Here's the Table of Contents:

Introduction: The Apple Tree, the Vacuum Tubes, and All the World BesidesThe Mongolian WizardThe Man in GreyAncient EnginesStarlight ExpressUrdumheimTin MarshDragon SlayerSteadfast CastleNirvana or BustThe Last GeekOf Finest Scarlet Was Her GownEighteen Songs by DebussyThe She-Wolf’s Hidden GrinMoon DogsHuginn and Muninn—and What Came AfterThe Dala HorseLibertarian RussiaDreadnoughtAn Episode of StardustThe Skysailor’s TaleGhost ShipsAn Empty House with Many DoorsAnnie Without CrowPassage of EarthThe New PrometheusFor I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back AgainThe Beast of TaraPushkin the American“Hello,” Said the StickThere Was an Old WomanThe Bordello in FaerieCloudThe Woman Who Shook the World TreeGoblin LakeThe Last Days of Old NightThe Scarecrow’s BoyUniverse Box

 Not a bad bunch of stories if I do say so myself.

You can buy the book (if you wish) at your local independent bookstore or direct from Subterranean Press. It costs $50.00 for the signed, limited edition hardcover but only $6.99 for the e-book. Click here if that's what you want. Or just go their website and wander about, daydreaming about having enough mad money on hand to buy literally everything here.

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