THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF SERIOUSLY COMIC FANTASY

London: Robinson Publishing, 1999. Book. Illus. by Julek Heller;. Very Good+. Soft cover. Second Printing. 12mo. (xiv) 494 pp. Trade paperback format. Lightly rubbed on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Cover art by Julek Heller. This anthology contains: A Hedge Against Alchemy by John Morressy; Uncle Harry Passes by Esther Friesner; The Shoemaker and the Elvis by Lawrence Schimel; The Birthday Gift by Elisabeth Waters; Escape from the Planet of the Bears by Tom Holt; The Star of the Farmyard by Terry Jones; The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel by John Kendrick Bangs; Neander Tale by James P. Hogan; A Dealing with Demons - a novelette by Craig Shaw Gardner; The Case of Jack the Clipper by David Langford; Dances with Elves by Cynthia Ward; A Slow Day in Hell by Julia S. Mandala; How I Got Three Zip Codes by Gene Wolfe; The Failure of Hope and Wandel by Ambrose Bierce; Captain Honario Harpplayer R. N. by Harry Harrison; The Aliens Who Knew I Mean Everything by George Alec Effinger; History Book: A Thog the Mighty Text - a novelette by John Grant; Elija P. Jopp and the Dragon by Archibald Marshall; The Dragon Doctor's Apprentice - a novelette by Charles Partingan; Rules of Engagement by Molly Brown; The Triumph of Vice by W. S. Gilbert; The Top 50 Things I'd Do if I Ever Became an Evil Overlord - an essay by Peter Anspach; How to be Fantastic by Elizabeth Counihan; Hershey's Kisses by Ron Goulart; Quest by Sue Anderson; The Hills Behind Hollywood High - a novelette by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis; The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds by Neil Gaiman; The Man Who Hated Cadillacs - a novelette by E. K. Grant; The Ultimate - a novelette by Seamus Cullen; Diamonds - Black and White by Anthony Armstrong; Malocchio by Eliot Fintushel; The Metrognome - a novelette by Alan Dean Foster; The Eye of Tandyla - a novelette by L Sprague de Camp; and The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists by Harlan Ellison..