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The Man Who Made Models: The Collected Short Fiction Volume One

The Man Who Made Models: The Collected Short Fiction Volume One

The Collected Short Fiction of R. A. Lafferty: Book 1

R. A. Lafferty

In a career that began in 1959 and continued until his death in 2002, R.A. Lafferty garnered the admiration of authors and editors including Robert A.W. Lowndes, Harlan Ellison, A.A. Attanasio, Gene Wolfe, Michael Swanwick and many, many others. His body of short fiction is comprised of well over 200 stories and, despite his vast popularity, there was never a concerted effort made to produce a comprehensive collection of his short fiction, until now.

Welcome to the first volume in a series that will run to a dozen volumes collecting all of R.A. Lafferty's short fiction. Whether it be well-known stories such as Narrow Valley or more obscure work such as The Man Who Made Models, all will be collected here in the Lafferty Library. Each volume will feature close to 100,000 words of Lafferty's fiction and each volume will feature an afterword by series editor John Pelan and a guest introduction by a notable author in the field of fantastic fiction.

This first volume includes an introduction by Michael Swanwick, an afterword by John Pelan, and photographs of R.A. Lafferty.

Table of Contents:

  • Eight Words from the Most Wonderful Writer in the World: Introduction by Michael Swanwick
  • The Man Who Made Models (1984)
  • The Six Fingers of Time (1960)
  • The Hole on the Corner (1967)
  • Square and Above Board (1982)
  • Jack Bang's Eyes (1983)
  • All But the Words (1971)
  • The Ungodly Mice of Doctor Drakos (1973)
  • Frog on the Mountain (1970)
  • Narrow Valley (1966)
  • Condillac's Statue, or Wrens in His Head (1970)
  • About a Secret Crocodile (1970)
  • Days of Grass, Days of Straw (1973)
  • The Ninety-Ninth Cubicle (1984)
  • Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne (1967)
  • Parthen (1973)
  • The Skinny People of Leptophlebo Street (1975)
  • Rivers of Damascus (1974)
  • The Man Who Made Myths: The Voyages of R.A. Lafferty: Afterword by John Pelan