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Unnatural creatures / stories selected by Neil Gaiman with Maria Dahvana Headley ; illustrated by Briony Morrow-Cribbs.

Gaiman, Neil. (Added Author). Headley, Maria Dahvana, 1977- (Added Author). Morrow-Cribbs, Briony, (illustrator.).

Summary:

* / Gahan Wilson -- The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees / E. Lily Yu -- The Griffin and the Minor Canon / Frank R. Stockton -- Ozioma the Wicked / Nnedi Okorafor -- Sunbird / Neil Gaiman -- The Sage of Theare / Diana Wynne Jones -- Gabriel-Ernest / Saki -- The Cockatoucan; or, Great-Aunt Willoughby / E. Nesbit -- Moveable Beast / Maria Dahvana Headley -- The Flight of the Horse / Larry Niven -- Prismatica / Samuel R. Delany -- The Manticore, the Mermaid, and Me / Megan Kurashige -- The Compleat Werewolf / Anthony Boucher -- The Smile on the Face / Nalo Hopkinson -- Or All the Seas With Oysters / Avram Davidson -- Come Lady Death / Peter S. Beagle.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062236296 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0062236296 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9780062236302 (pbk.)
ISBN: 006223630X (pbk.)
Physical Description: 462 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Edition: First Edition.
Publisher: New York : Harper, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A number of stories featuring unnatural creatures along with several other creatures who are either unlikely, impossible, or do not exist at all."

At head of title: Museum of Unnatural History presents

Formatted Contents Note:

(Title is a black spot) -- The cartographer wasps and the anarchist bees -- The griffin and the minor canon -- Ozioma the wicked -- Sunbird -- The sage of theare -- Gabriel-Ernest -- The Cockatoucan; or Great-aunt Willoughby -- Movable beasts -- The flight of the horse -- Prismatica -- The manticore, the mermaid, and me -- The compleat werewolf -- The smile on the face -- Or all the seas with oysters -- Come Lady Death.