A groundbreaking collection that reinvigorates and expands the boundaries of imaginative fiction, affording some of the best writers in the world – from peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk, to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O’Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley, Jodi Piccoult, the volume’s editors, and others – the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions. Twenty-seven stories throw the wild dice. About the Contributors section. 428p.

This story commences when Morag and Heather, two eighteen-inch fairies with swords and green kilts and badly-dyed hair fly through the window of the worst violinist in New York, an overweight and antisocial type named Dinnie, and vomit on his carpet. It also has a war in it, and a most unusual production of Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' and Johnny Thunders' New York Dolls guitar solos. 242p.

After being caught in the vortex of a reality storm, a group of travelers find themselves at the Worlds' End inn where they share stories of the places they have visited and the people they have met.

An omnibus volume contains all the Viriconium stories, originally published in four books: "The Pastel City," "A Storm of Wings," "In Viriconium," and "Viriconium Nights."