Spanning two decades of work and many different genres, this is the very first collection of Mike Carey's short fiction . . . It includes the original short stories that were the basis for his novel The Girl With All the Gifts and for the Koli trilogy. It also features a short story set in the world of the Felix Castor novels. Each story is accompanied by the author's own notes. Table of Contents:- Iphigenia in Aulis Zuleika The Sons of Tammany We'll Always Have Paris Second Wind The Demon in the Well My Life in Politics The Tale of Salt-Carrier VA The Non-Event In That Quiet Earth The Gold of Anwar Das Take Two Face The Ordeal Taproot Reflections on the Critical Process All That's Red Earth The Soldier
Author
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information. Mike Carey was born in Liverpool in 1959. He worked as a teacher for fifteen years, before starting to write comics. When he started to receive regular commissions from DC Comics, he gave up the day job. Since then, he has worked for both DC and Marvel Comics, writing storylines for some of the world's most iconic characters, including X-MEN, FANTASTIC FOUR, LUCIFER and HELLBLAZER. His original screenplay FROST FLOWERS is currently being filmed. Mike has also adapted Neil Gaiman's acclaimed NEVERWHERE into comics. Somehow, Mike finds time amongst all of this to live with his wife and children in North London. You can read his blog at www.mikecarey.net.
