Baseball fantastic / stories edited with an introduction and contributions by W.P. Kinsella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kinsella, W. P.

Series:

Out of this world books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball stories, American.

Fantasy fiction, American.

Genre:

Fantasy fiction, American.

Fiction.

Physical Description:

271 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Ont. : Quarry Press, [2000]

Summary:

Bill Kinsella is not the only all-star writer in Baseball Fantastic. Gathered in this collection are baseball stories by Nebula Award winners John Kessel and George Alec Effinger, Bram Stoker Award winner Edo van Belkom, Writers of the Future winner Scott Nicholson, reknowned authors Rick Wilbur, Ron Carlson, Andrew Weiner, and Louis Phillips, as well as outstanding tales by new writers discovered by the editor. The book also features an introduction and two original, previously unpublished stories by Kinsella himself. Join W. P. Kinsella in the thrill of reading the world-class stories collected in Baseball Fantastic.

Contents:

Fred Noonan Flying Services / W. P. Kinsella

Zanduce at second / Ron Carlson

Judgement call / John Kessel

In Boise / Rick Wilber

Streak / Andrew Weiner

Lost October / David Sandner, Jacob Weisman

Naked to the invisible eye / George Alec Effinger

The vampire shortstop / Scott Nicholson

Ted Williams storms the gates of heaven / Louis Phillips

Two men on, bases empty / Stefano Donati

Baseball memories / Edo van Belcom

The winning spirit / Robert H. Beer

Drayton's ace / L. K. Rogers

Maxie Silas / Augustine Funnell

The franchise / John Kessel

Sunny Billy Day / Ron Carlson

The indestructible Hadrian Wilks / W. P. Kinsella.

ISBN:

1550822683

OCLC:

46877664