Strange Mistresses: Tales of Wonder & Romance

Introduction by Marge Simon. Cover art by A. B. Word.

Strange Mistresses: Tales of Wonder & Romance offers the first comprehensive – and long awaited – collection of James Dorr's work.

Short stories included are:

• "When Cats Are Away"
• "The Sending"
• "Polundnitsa"
• "Vanitas"
• "Bitter Perfume"
• "The Candle Room"
• "Dust"
• "The Labyrinth"
• "Nixies"
• "The Calm"
• "The Riverman's Daughter"
• "The Snow Wraith"
• "The Wellmaster's Daughter"
• "Victorians"

Poetry included are:

• "Leaves"
• "Frankenstein's Mistress"
• "The Instrument Maker"
• "The Birdcatchers"
• "The White Worm"
• "Titanomachy"
• "The Flight of Yuan, From the Phoenix Tower"
• "There Is a Comfort"
• "Medusa's Daughter"
• "Night Child"
• "Kiki in the Museum of Life's Pain"
• "La Meduse"
• "The Esthete"