The first short story collection from Philip K. Dick Award-winning author James Blaylock features sixteen thought-provoking forays into the fantastic-from a tale of alien influence on an ordinary neighborhood to the story of one man's self-destructive obsession with a dragon. Thirteen phantasms—Red planet—The Ape-Box affair—Bugs—Nets of silver and gold—The better boy—The pink of fading neon—The Old Curiosity Shop—Doughnuts—Two views of a cave painting—The Idol's eye—Paper dragons—We traverse afar—The shadow on the doorstep—Myron Chester and the toads—Unidentified objects