Shadow Show · All-New Stories in Celebration of Ray Bradbury

"What do you imagine when you hear the name" . . . Bradbury?

You might see rockets to Mars. Or bizarre circuses where otherworldly acts whirl in the center ring. Perhaps you travel to a dystopian future, where books are set ablaze . . . or to an out-of-the-way sideshow, where animated illustrations crawl across human skin. Or maybe, suddenly, you're returned to a simpler time in small-town America, where summer perfumes the air and life is almost perfect . . . "almost."

Ray Bradbury--peerless storyteller, poet of the impossible, and one of America's most beloved authors--is a literary giant whose remarkable career has spanned seven decades. Now twenty-six of today's most diverse and celebrated authors offer new short works in honor of the master; stories of heart, intelligence, and dark wonder from a remarkable range of creative artists.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Sam Weller and Mort Castle - Introduction

Ray Bradbury - Second Homecoming

Neil Gaiman - The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury

Margaret Atwood - Headlife

Jay Bonansinga - Heavy

Sam Weller - The Girl In The Funeral Parlor

David Morrell - The Companions

Thomas F. Monteleone - The Exchange

Lee Martin - Cat on a Bad Couch

Joe Hill - By The Silver Water Of Lake Champlain

Dan Chaon - Little America

John McNally - The Phone Call

Joe Meno - Young Pilgrims

Robert McCammon - Children Of The Bedtime Machine

Ramsey Campbell - The Page

Mort Castle - Light

Alice Hoffman - Conjure

John Maclay - Max

Jacqueline Mitchard - Two Of A Kind

Gary Braunbeck - Fat Man And Little Boy

Bonnie Jo Campbell - The Tattoo

Audrey Niffenegger - Backwards In Seville

Charles Yu - Earth: (A Gift Shop)

Julia Keller - Hayleigh's Dad

Dave Eggers - Who Knocks?

Bayo Ojikutu - Reservation 2020

Kelly Link - Two Houses

Harlan Ellison - Weariness