The Cosmic Perspective and Other Black Comedies

“Dying is easy,” a great actor is reported to have said; “comedy is hard.” The ten stories in this collection demonstrate that Brian Stableford has mastered the art of creating comedy in science fiction, fantasy, and horror.

Contents:

• Introduction
• The Cosmic Perspective
• The Haunted Nursery
• The Phantom of Teirbrun
• Custer's Last Stand
• The Requiem Masque
• Meat on the Bone
• Murphy's Grail
• Brief Encounter in the Smoking Area
• Fans from Hell
• The Annual Conference of the Prophets of Atlantis