From bizarre humor to sheer horror, the sixteen stories in this surprising book cover the entire range of fantasy. All are off-beat with the wry, playful unboundaried imagination that has gained R.A. Lafferty a steadily increasing following of delighted readers. Stories such as 'World Abounding', 'The Man with the Speckled Eyes', 'Entire and Perfect Chrysolite', 'Cliffs That Laughed', and the Hugo-contending 'Continued on Next Rock', reveal Lafferty penetrating to the zany realities of the human and inhuman condition. You will move through strange worlds of personality literally splitting itself, of nightmares coming true and preferred, of the perils of doubting and hazards of believing. And in each story you will move through the individual and beautiful styles of a master of the unexpected turn of phrase, idea and situation. Contents: Rainbird. Camels and Dromedaries, Clem. Continued on Next Rock. Once on Aranea. Sodom and Gomorrah, Texas. The Man with the Speckled Eyes. All But the Words. The Transcendent Tigers. World Abounding. Dream. Ride a Tin Can. Aloys. Entire and Perfect Chrysolite. Incased in Ancient Rind. The Ugly Sea. Cliffs That Laughed.