Angry Candy
LC Class | PS3555.L62 A87 1988 | |
Angry Candy is a 1988 collection of
short stories by American writer Harlan Ellison, loosely organized around the theme of death. The title comes the last line of the poem "the Cambridge ladies who live in furnished souls" by E. E. Cummings
, "...the/ moon rattles like a fragment of angry candy."
The collection contains the short story "Eidolons", which won the 1989 World Fantasy award[1] for best collection of short stories.
Contents
- Introduction: "The Wind Took Your Answer Away"
- "Paladin of the Lost Hour"
- "Footsteps"
- "Escapegoat"
- "When Auld's Acquaintance Is Forgot"
- "Broken Glass"
- "On the Slab"
- "Prince Myshkin, and Hold the Relish"
- "The Region Between"
- "Laugh Track"
- "Eidolons"
- "Soft Monkey"
- "Stuffing"
- "With Virgil Oddum at the East Pole"
- "Quicktime"
- "The Avenger of Death"
- "Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen's Race"
- "The Function of Dream Sleep"
References
- ^ World Fantasy Convention. "Award Winners and Nominees". Archived from the original on 2010-12-01. Retrieved 4 Feb 2011.