Imaginings 25th Anniversary Collection Author:Julie E. Czerneda How do you mark a quarter century? While parties are great, and we’ll have those, I wanted to distill the time in a tangible way. To hold it in my hands, and share with you, dear readers, in celebration and appreciation. But how? A collection! I dove into my published short fiction. Some I included becau... more »se they were challenging to write. Several show my growth as a writer. I love them all. There’s science fiction, fantasy, and, yes, horror. Plus an all-new story from Night's Edge.
If you know me only from my novels, welcome to the darker, deeper corners of my imagination. Here Be Wonders! Aliens among us, or who are us. The perils of birthday cake and a vacation like no other. Epic fantasy and a wizard left to die on a beach. A robotic prothesis with a mind of its own and a case of murder most foul. Twelve stories of wonder, suspense, terror, and awe.
Contents:
A Grateful Introduction • essay by Julie E. Czerneda; Cover: Imaginings by Roger Czerneda
First Contact Inc. (1997) / short story by Julie E. Czerneda
'Ware the Sleeper (1998) / novelette by Julie E. Czerneda
Dear John (1998) / short fiction by Julie E. Czerneda
Prospect Park (1999) / short story by Julie E. Czerneda
Left Foot on a Blind Man (2001) / novelette by Julie E. Czerneda
Bubbles and Boxes (2003) / novelette by Julie E. Czerneda
Birthday Jitters (2004) / novelette by Julie E. Czerneda
Peel (2005) / short story by Julie E. Czerneda
Water Remembers [Tales of the Emerald Serpent] (2012) / short fiction by Julie E. Czerneda
A Taste for Murder (2014) / short fiction by Julie E. Czerneda
Duck, Duck, Goose (2019) / short fiction by Julie E. Czerneda
A Pearl from the Dark (2022) [Night's Edge] / short fiction by Julie E. Czerneda