A few last words for the late immortals : 50 short stories & poems /
Bishop, Michael, 1945-
A few last words for the late immortals : 50 short stories & poems / Michael Bishop ; edited by Michael H. Hutchins. - First edition. - 248 pages ; 23 cm
"Retrospective ... collection of 50 short pieces (thirty-four stories, fifteen poems or prose-poems, and one ... play about writing SF"-- Page 4 of cover. "All selections have been revised to varying degrees from their original publication"--Sources.
Acts of chutzpah / Astyage's dream, which he relates to the Magi -- Love's heresy -- HoneyMoon walk -- Darktree, darktide -- I, cartographer -- Tears -- The contributors to Plenum Four -- To a chimp held captive for purposes of research -- A father's secret -- Wished-for belongings -- Vernalfest morning -- The egret -- In rubble, pleading -- Give a little whistle -- For the lady of a physicist -- Dear Bill -- Independence Day forever -- A few last words for the late immortals -- In the memory room -- Extinct -- Three dreams in the wake of a death -- The balloon -- Secrets of the alien reliquary -- Annalise, Annalise -- Epistrophy -- Dead poet parable -- Midwifing the world -- Menard's disease -- The Alzheimer laureate -- Her chimpanion -- Tired -- An owl at the crucifixion -- Sequel on Skorpiós -- Outside the circle -- Last night out -- The mockingmouse -- Purr -- Miriam -- No appetite for communion -- The Library of Babble -- Philip K. Dick is dead, a lass -- Ch-ch-ch-changes -- The making of Kid Dibauda -- Dt. Prida's dream-plagued patient -- Did you want to talk? -- Seevy -- The grape jelly and mustard method -- One-rhyme sonnet on the mutability of human faith -- Yahweh's hour -- A scaffold. an introduction by Sarah Pinsker --
A collection of short fiction, flash fiction, and prose-poems (proems) with a variety of settings and topics. With whimsy, rebellion, anguish, and more, these works cover the expanse of human experience while acknowledging the singularity of each human life.
9781933846125 1933846127
Short stories, American--20th century.
Short stories, American--21st century.
Short stories.
Fantasy fiction.
Flash fiction.
Prose poems.
Drama.
A few last words for the late immortals : 50 short stories & poems / Michael Bishop ; edited by Michael H. Hutchins. - First edition. - 248 pages ; 23 cm
"Retrospective ... collection of 50 short pieces (thirty-four stories, fifteen poems or prose-poems, and one ... play about writing SF"-- Page 4 of cover. "All selections have been revised to varying degrees from their original publication"--Sources.
Acts of chutzpah / Astyage's dream, which he relates to the Magi -- Love's heresy -- HoneyMoon walk -- Darktree, darktide -- I, cartographer -- Tears -- The contributors to Plenum Four -- To a chimp held captive for purposes of research -- A father's secret -- Wished-for belongings -- Vernalfest morning -- The egret -- In rubble, pleading -- Give a little whistle -- For the lady of a physicist -- Dear Bill -- Independence Day forever -- A few last words for the late immortals -- In the memory room -- Extinct -- Three dreams in the wake of a death -- The balloon -- Secrets of the alien reliquary -- Annalise, Annalise -- Epistrophy -- Dead poet parable -- Midwifing the world -- Menard's disease -- The Alzheimer laureate -- Her chimpanion -- Tired -- An owl at the crucifixion -- Sequel on Skorpiós -- Outside the circle -- Last night out -- The mockingmouse -- Purr -- Miriam -- No appetite for communion -- The Library of Babble -- Philip K. Dick is dead, a lass -- Ch-ch-ch-changes -- The making of Kid Dibauda -- Dt. Prida's dream-plagued patient -- Did you want to talk? -- Seevy -- The grape jelly and mustard method -- One-rhyme sonnet on the mutability of human faith -- Yahweh's hour -- A scaffold. an introduction by Sarah Pinsker --
A collection of short fiction, flash fiction, and prose-poems (proems) with a variety of settings and topics. With whimsy, rebellion, anguish, and more, these works cover the expanse of human experience while acknowledging the singularity of each human life.
9781933846125 1933846127
Short stories, American--20th century.
Short stories, American--21st century.
Short stories.
Fantasy fiction.
Flash fiction.
Prose poems.
Drama.