A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales

Overview

The contributors to this Christmas anthology include well-known writers with strong fan followings such as Bram Stoker and Hugo Award-winning author of "American Gods" Neil Gaiman, Hugo Award winner Connie Willis, Anne McCaffrey, Harlan Ellison, Clive Barker, and many others.

Editorial Reviews

Drawing on her experience as a veterinarian, Claire spins a sweet confection about a couple torn apart by tragedy and brought together again by a big, adorable dog. The year after her friend Jenny died in a car crash, Joy left Wharton, Ky., unsure whether she would ever return. Now, 17 years later, she's back to help out during her father's illness and to open her own mobile vet clinic. Rather than live at home ("The moment I walked into my parents' olive green living room, eleven years of higher education and seven years as a practicing professional melted off my psyche like butter"), Joy moves into Jenny's old house. During a foggy morning drive to the hospital, Joy hits a dog belonging to Dr. Jeff Bradford, who was driving Jenny the night of her accident. Joy has never forgiven Jeff for driving drunk, but his dog's injury is an effective tool in bringing the two together. The contrived conflict created by the couple's miscommunication Jeff, it turns out, wasn't drunk at the time of the accident is easily resolved, but Joy's reoccurring nightmares about Jenny's death, ghostly visits from Jenny and a murderer plump the plot to near bursting. While lacking in originality, the book has an abundance of charm, and Joy's perky first-person narration carries readers nimbly along to a warm, gratifying conclusion. (Dec.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Author Information

Bio of Brian M. Thomsen

Brian M. Thomsen has been a publishing professional for close to twentyýfive years. With over thirty short stories to his credit and numerous fiction anthologies, he is also the editor of such historical collections as Shadows of Blue & Gray: The Civil War Writings ofAmbrose Bierce, Commanding Voices of Blue & Gray, Blue & Gray atSea,and The Man in the Arena: Selected Writings of Theodore Roosevelt, as well as the critically acclaimed literary anthology The American Fantasy Tradition. He lives in Brooklyn with his loving wife, Donna, and two incredibly talented cats named Sparky and Minx.

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Additional Info

Imprint

Grand Central Publishing

Filesize

949.12 KB

Number of Pages

256

eBook ISBN

9780446562614