The best stories pull readers in and keep them turning the pages, eager to find the answer to the question, "And then what happened?"

Edited by Neil Gaiman, a literary magician whose acclaimed work defies easy categorization and transcends all boundaries, and "master anthologist" "(Booklist)" Al Sarrantonio, "Stories" is a groundbreaking collection that reinvigorates and expands the boundaries of imaginative fiction, affording some of the best writers in the world--from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley, Jodi Picoult, the volume's editors, and others--the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions.

A brilliant and visionary compendium of diverse tales, "Stories" will transform your view of the world and ignite a new appreciation for the limitless realm of exceptional fiction