A selection of short stories from across the career of the acclaimed author who defies the limits and definitions of genre while applying a powerful literary command of the weird and eerie. Neil Gaiman, Angela Carter, Clive Barker and Iain Banks have all spoken highly of Harrison's work.

M. John Harrison is the author of eleven novels (including In Viriconium, The Course of the Heart and Light), as well as four previous short story collections, two graphic novels, and collaborations with Jane Johnson, writing as Gabriel King. He won the Boardman Tasker Award for Climbers (1989), the James Tiptree Jr Award for Light (2002), and the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Nova Swing (2007). He reviews fiction for The Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement, and lives in Shropshire.