On Account of Darkness

Bill Pronzini is one of the most highly acclaimed mystery authors writing today. Barry N. Malzberg exploded onto the science fiction scene in the 1970s with incendiary novels and short stories that took the craft of speculative fiction to a completely different level. When these two master authors come together to collaborate on fiction, the result is literary dynamite.

On Account of Darkness and Other Stories brings together for the first time every science fiction story that Bill and Barry wrote together during their long careers, featuring a brand-new introduction. These short, sharp stories, each a paradigm of the craft of science fiction, are prime examples of two authors working at the height of their collaborative powers, resulting in a collection of truly speculative fiction.

Barry N. Malzberg is the author of some forty science fiction novels and collections. Bill Pronzini has been a full-time professional writer since 1969.

Stories included in this collection:
On Account of Darkness
A Clone at Last
“Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?”
On the Nature of Time
Night Rider
Opening a Vein
Reading Day
Fascination
The Lyran Case
Whither Thou, Ghost
Vanishing Point
Out of Quarantine
Shakespeare MCMLXXXV
In Our Image
Another Burnt-Out Case
Inaugural
The Last One Left
Coming Again
Multiples
Prose Bowl
Final War
Epitaph
Toy
The Rec Field
The Hungarian Cinch