
Stranger Things Happen : Stories
by Kelly Link
Title:
Stranger Things Happen : Stories
Author:
Kelly Link
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
266 pages, Illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook.
Publisher:
Small Beer Press
ISBN-13:
9781931520003
EAN:
9781931520003
Classifications:
Fantasy
Weight (g):
488
Dimensions (mm):
140 x 216 x 20
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
New edition with 16 interior illustrations by Wesley Allsbrook.
This first collection by award-winning author Kelly Link takes fairy tales and cautionary tales, dictators and extraterrestrials, amnesiacs and honeymooners, revenants and readers alike, on a voyage into new, strange, and wonderful territory. The girl detective must go to the underworld to solve the case of the tap-dancing bank robbers. A librarian falls in love with a girl whose father collects artificial noses. A dead man posts letters home to his estranged wife. Two women named Louise begin a series of consecutive love affairs with a string of cellists. A newly married couple become participants in an apocalyptic beauty pageant. Sexy blond aliens invade New York City. A young girl learns how to make herself disappear.These eleven extraordinary stories are quirky, spooky, and smart. They all have happy endings. Every story contains a secret prize. Each story was written especially for you.Stories from Stranger Things Happen have won the Nebula, Tiptree, and World Fantasy Award. Stranger Things Happen was a Salon Book of the Year, one of the Village Voice‘s 25 Favorite Books, and was a Firecracker Award finalist.














