The Weerde 1 They Are Among Us Author:Neil Gaiman (Editor), Mary Gentle (Editor), Roz Kaveney (Editor) A quirky anthology collection of short stories . Weerde are creatures which are shape changers, vampires and elves.... second intelligent life form on Earth, descended from mammals--developed shape changing skills as a response to the challenge posed by the dinosaurs. Shapeshifting creatures have been living alongside humanity for mi... more »llennia, mostly concealing themselves, but occasionally giving rise to legends of supernatural monsters.
Contents:
Prologue: The Lady and/or the Tiger: I • shortfiction by Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney;
A Wolf to Man • shortfiction by Roz Kaveney;
Sunflower Pump • shortstory by Paul Cornell;
Rain • novelette by Chris Amies [as by Christopher Amies];
What God Abandoned • novelette by Mary Gentle;
To the Bad • shortfiction by Brian Stableford;
A Strange Sort of Friend • shortfiction by Josephine Saxton;
Railway Mania • shortfiction by Michael Fearn;
Blind Fate • shortfiction by Liz Holliday;
A Change of Season • novelette by Storm Constantine;
Going to the Black Bear • novelette by Colin Greenland;
Ancient of Days • [Ancient of Days • 1] • shortfiction by Charles Stross;
Epilogue: The Lady and/or the Tiger: II • shortfiction by Neil Gaiman and Roz Kaveney.
A Midnight Rose shared world anthology. Midnight Rose was a name taken by a group of United Kingdom science fiction and fantasy writers for a series of shared world anthologies.« less