An eclipse is a rare and unusual event, when the world is transformed and the sky becomes a dark eldritch thing. It's a time when anything could happen, when any kind of story just might be true. That sense of the strange and wonderful guides Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, the second volume in an exciting new annual anthology series edited by acclaimed anthologist Jonathan Strahan. Set to become a major event on the science fiction and fantasy calendar, Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy gathers together new science fiction and fantasy stories by the best writers working today. You can see that in Eclipse Two, which features more extraordinary tales of the fantastic and astounding. Contents Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom • (2008) • by David Moles Elevator • (2008) • by Nancy Kress Ex Cathedra • (2008) • by Tony Daniel Exhalation • (2008) • by Ted Chiang Fury • (2008) • by Alastair Reynolds Invisible Empire of Ascending Light • (2008) • by Ken Scholes Michael Laurits Is: DROWNING • (2008) • by Paul Cornell Night of the Firstlings • (2008) • by Margo Lanagan Skin Deep • (2008) • by Richard Parks The Hero • [Virga] • (2008) • by Karl Schroeder The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm • (2008) • by Daryl Gregory The Rabbi's Hobby • (2008) • by Peter S. Beagle The Seventh Expression of the Robot General • (2008) • by Jeffrey Ford Truth Window: A Tale of the Bedlam Rose • (Wormwood / Nobodoi) • (2008) • by Terry Dowling Turing's Apples • (2008) • by Stephen Baxter