Strange But Not a Stranger

The 16 stories in this collection run the gamut from cyber adventure and a ghostly haunting to chemically modified romance and a time travel mission to save the world.

The Hugo Award winner, 10¹⁶ to 1, tells the story of a boy in the 1960s who gets caught up in a spirited adventure that becomes a desperate attempt to prevent a nuclear holocaust.

In The Cruelest Month, a grieving mother is haunted both by the past and a ghost.

The Prisoner of Chillon presents a radioactive Lake Geneva overrun with cyberpunks seeking fame and fortune through software piracy.

By turns humorous and harrowing, this collection highlights the short fiction of a lauded author at his best.

Contents:

• Introduction by Connie Willis
• 10¹⁶ to 1
• Lovestory
• Feel the Zaz
• Unique Visitors
• The Prisoner of Chillon
• Candy Art
• The Propagation of Light in a Vacuum
• Hubris
• Glass Cloud
• Proof of the Existence of God
• The Cruelest Month
• Chemistry
• The Pyramid of Amirah
• Fruitcake Theory
• Undone
• Afterword