The Machineries of Joy

Contents:

• The Machineries of Joy
• The One Who Waits
• Tyrannosaurus Rex
• The Vacation
• The Drummer Boy of Shiloh
• Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar
• Almost the End of the World
• Perhaps We Are Going Away
• El Día de Muerte
• The Illustrated Woman
• Some Live Like Lazarus
• And So Died Riabouchinska
• The Beggar on O'Connell Bridge
• Death and the Maiden
• A Flight of Ravens
• The Best of All Possible Worlds
• The Lifework of Juan Díaz
• To the Chicago Abyss
• The Anthem Sprinters

In this book you will meet... A Hollywood monster-maker whose Tyrannosaurus Rex suddenly becomes alarmingly lifelike. A boy who raises giant mushrooms in his cellar - until the mushrooms begin to raise him. A corpse who supports his wife and family. A circus fat lady whose midget husband has tattooed every inch of her mammoth body with fantastically intricate designs. Plus seventeen other amazing tales by the author of THE ILLUSTRATED MAN.