The Story Until Now: A Great Big Book of Stories

Kit Reed draws from life - with a difference. This new collection brings together thirty-four of her strong, original stories, from early classics like "The Wait" and "Winter" to six never-before-collected short stories, including "The Legend of Troop 13" and "Wherein We Enter the Museum". An early favorite, "Automatic Tiger", is the first in a series of Reed's stories about animals. There's a monkey who grinds out bestsellers with the help of a "creative writing" app. Her uncanny black dog can enter a crowded room and sit down at the feet of the next man to die. Her characters confront war in various arenas: mother/daughter battles, the war of the sexes, the struggles of men scarred by war. Kit Reed's self-described "transgenred" fiction is confirmation of what The Financial Times calls an "extraordinary talent". The range and complexity of her work speaks for itself in The Story Until Now. Contents: - Introduction (2013) by Gary K. Wolfe - Denny (2009) - The Attack of the Giant Baby (1975) - What Wolves Know (2007) - Automatic Tiger (1964) - Wherein We Enter the Museum (2013) - High Rise High (2004) - Piggy (1961) - Song of the Black Dog (2005) - Weston Walks (2011) - How It Works (2013) - Precautions (2000) - Journey to the Center of the Earth (1992) - Family Bed (2004) - The Singing Marine (1995) - In the Squalus (1972) - Perpetua (2004) - Pilots of the Purple Twilight (1981) - Sisohpromatem (1967) - On the Penal Colony (1998) - The Food Farm (1967) - In Behalf of the Product (1973) - Songs of War (1974) - Winter (1969) - The Weremother (1979) - Voyager (1996) - Old Soldiers (2001) - Incursions (2003) - The Bride of Bigfoot (1984) - The Zombie Prince (2004) - Grand Opening (2005) - Special (2009) - Monkey Do (2010) - The Outside Event (2011) - The Legend of Troop 13 (2013) - The Wait (1958)