The Great World and the Small

by Darrell Schweitzer, Jason Van Hollander (Illustrator)

A collection of stories by three-time World Fantasy Award finalist Darrell Schweitzer, as designed and illustrated by WFA winning artist Jason Van Hollander. The works show a wide range, from Arthurian fantasy to modern horror to humorous science fiction--and even include one of Schweitzer's popular "Tom O'Bedlam" stories.

171 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

Darrell Schweitzer is an American writer, editor, and essayist in the field of speculative fiction. Much of his focus has been on dark fantasy and horror, although he does also work in science fiction and fantasy.

Schweitzer is also a prolific writer of literary criticism and editor of collections of essays on various writers within his preferred genres.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an entertaining collection of sixteen short stories with a nice mix of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. There are some good humorous pieces, a Tom O'Bedlam story, and an Arthurian story to go along with the more familiar high fantasy/horror mix, most from genre periodicals of the 1990s. Nothing too memorable, but fun and reliably clever.