Edited and collated by Jonathan Strahan, with a volume introduction by Neil Gaiman, THE BEST OF R.A. LAFFERTY is the authoritative collection of short fiction by R.A. Lafferty. Acclaimed as one of the most original voices in modern literature, Raphael Aloysius Lafferty has been awarded and nominated for a multitude of accolades over the span of his career, including the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement. This collection contains 22 unique tall tales, including: 1. Slow Tuesday Night (Introduction by Michael Dirda) 2. Narrow Valley (Introduction by Michael Swanwick) 3. Nor Limestone Islands (Introduction by Michael Bishop) 4. Interurban Queen (Introduction by Terry Bisson) 5. Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne (Introduction by Jack Dann) 6. In Our Block (Introduction by Neil Gaiman) 7. Ride a Tin Can (Introduction by Neil Gaiman) 8. Nine Hundred Grandmothers (Introduction by Patton Oswalt/Afterword by Andy Duncan) 9. Land of the Great Horses (Introduction by Harlan Ellison/Afterword by Gregory Frost) 10. Eurema's Dam (Introduction by Robert Silverberg) 11. Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies (Introduction by Kelly Robson) 12. The Primary Education of the Camiroi (Introduction by Samuel R. Delany) 13. Continued on Next Rock (Introduction by Nancy Kress/Afterword by R.A. Lafferty) 14. Sky (Introduction by Gwenda Bond) 15. Cliffs That Laughed (Introduction by Gregory Feeley) 16. Seven-Day Terror (Introduction by Connie Willis) 17. Boomer Flats (Introduction by Cat Rambo) 18. Old Foot Forgot (Introduction by John Scalzi) 19. The World as Will and Wallpaper (Introduction by Samuel R. Delany) 20. Funnyfingers (Introduction by Andrew Ferguson) 21. Thieving Bear Planet (Introduction by Jeff VanderMeer) 22. Days of Grass, Days of Straw (Introduction by Gary K. Wolfe)