On a dismal evening in the previous century, an unnamed writer in Venice, California, answers a furious pounding at his beachfront bungalow door and again admits Constance Rattigan into his life. An aging, once-glamorous Hollywood star, Constance is running in fear from something she dares not acknowledge — and vanishes as suddenly as she appeared, leaving the narrator two macabre books: twin listings of the Tinseltown dead and soon to be

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A book burning official in a future fascist state finds out that books are a vital part of a culture he never knew, and he decides to pursue reading, until he is betrayed. Presented in Spanish.

This story tells about the Irish lives of the local people, about the formidable American genius who commandeered their island as his own, and about the young journeyman writer who discovered there the range of his own imagination.

Twenty-one stories with general themes by a leading science fiction writer. In one story, a dead man thinks he is still alive, another story features a killer garbage disposal unit, and a third is on the downside of immortality.

For more than sixty years, the imagination of Ray Bradbury has opened doors into remarkable places, ushering us across unexplored territories of the heart and mind while leading us inexorably toward a profound understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. In this landmark volume, America's preeminent storyteller offers us one hundred treasures from a lifetime of words and ideas -- tales that amaze, enthrall, and horrify; breathtaking journeys...

A collection of thirty-two classic stories of fantasy and science fiction.

Ray Bradbury is a modern cultural treasure. His disarming simplicity of style underlies a towering body of work unmatched in metaphorical power by any other American storyteller. And here, presented in a new trade edition, are thirty-two of his most famous tales--prime examples of the poignant and mysterious poetry, which Bradbury uniquely uncovers in the depths of the human soul, the otherworldly portraits of outré fascination which spring from...

Presents twenty-five contemporary short stories that probe the depths of human experience and relationships.

A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark is introduced to a whole new world by his new friend, a little girl.

The stories in this new collection range from earth to outer space, from the mounting terror of the last two Americans hemmed in by a native revolution And the Rock Cried Out to the rich comedy of the five young Mexicans who club together to buy and share The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.