Chilling tales full of alien beauty or terror. Weird sci-fi horror, shudder-inducing, take-two-steps-back and shudder horror. Each story is followed by a short comment from the author, some illuminating, some overly coy, lapsing into the "Will I tell you? No" school of design. Contents: Introduction to Quinn Yarbro's Stories (1978) • essay by James Tiptree, Jr. Everything That Begins with an "M" (1972) / short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Frog Pond (1971) / short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Un Bel Di (1973) / novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Lammas Night (1976) / novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Into My Own (1975) / novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair (1978) / short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro The Meaning of the Word (1973) / short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro The Generalissimo's Butterfly (1978) / novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Allies (1977) / novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Dead in Irons (1976) / novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Swan Song (1978) / short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro The Fellini Beggar (1976) / short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro An Indulgence (1978) • poem by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro .