The Cosmic Perspective and Other Black Comedies

✍ Scribed by Stableford, Brian M

• Book ID: 107350888
• Publisher: Boirgo Press
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 117 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

"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: "The Cosmic Perspective," "The Haunted Nursery," "The Phantom of Teirbrun" (an original fantasy novella), "Custer's Last Stand," "The Requiem Masque," "Meat on the Bone," "Murphy's Grail," "Brief Encounter in the Smoking Area," "Fans from Hell," and "The Annual Conference of the Prophets of Atlantis."

About the Author

Brian Stableford has written and edited over 100 volumes of science fiction, horror, fantasy, literary criticism, and reference, among others, many of them being published by the Borgo Press Imprint of Wildside Press. He lives and works in Reading, England.

Contents

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