The Dog Said Bow-wow

Science fiction and fantasy's most adept short-story author reinvents some classic themes in an engaging collection that includes three of his Hugo awardwinning stories. These smart expansions of traditional themes summon dinosaurs, dragons, peril in space, myths, faeries, and time travel, each undergoing artful alchemy to create serious genre literature that is playful, original, and clever. Comprising 16 imaginative and mischievous adventures, including the previously unpublished novelette,The Skysailor's Tale,this adroit gathering makes a collection to truly revel in.

Michael Swanwick is one of the most acclaimed science fiction and fantasy short story writers of his generation, having received the Hugo Award for short fiction five times in six years. His novels include Bones of the Earth, The Iron Dragon's Daughter, and the Nebula Award–winning Stations of the Tides. He lives in Philadelphia.