California Sorcery

Description

Twelve intriguing pieces of speculative fiction--including nine original tales and three classic reprints--feature imaginative tales by Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, William F. Nolan, Richard Matheson, Ray Russell, Charles Beaumont, George Clayton Johnson, John Tomerlin, Chad Oliver, Jerry Sohl, and Charles E. Fritch.

Contents:
• Introduction: California Sorcerers (essay by Christopher Conlon)
• Remembering "The Group" (essay by William F. Nolan)
• Always Before Your Voice (novelette by Richard Matheson)
• The Function of Dream Sleep (novelette by Harlan Ellison)
• The Wages of Cynicism (short story by Charles Beaumont)
• Lone Star Traveler (novella by William F. Nolan)
• People of the Blue-Green Water (short story by John Tomerlin)
• C.O.D.—Corpse on Delivery (short story by Robert Bloch)
• The Way of a Man with a Maid (novelette by Ray Russell)
• Hungry Alice (short story by Jerry Sohl)
• The Wind Blows Free (novelette by Chad Oliver)
• Different (short story by Charles E. Fritch)
• The Man Who Was Slugger Malone (short story by George Clayton Johnson)
• Pilgrimage (short story by Ray Bradbury)