The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel

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The Dark Ride collects John Kessel’s best short fiction, beginning with 1981’s “Not Responsible! Park and Lock It!” and ending with 2021’s “The Dark Ride.” The stories range from flash pieces to novellas, from comedy to existential horror, from far future SF to Kafkaesque fantasy, including 40,000 words of never-before-collected fiction and extensive author’s notes. All his best are here, among them Nebula Award winners “Another Orphan” and “Pride and Prometheus,” by the writer Sci-Fi Weekly called “quite possibly the best short story writer working in science fiction today.”Table of Contents:Introduction by Kim Stanley RobinsonNot Responsible! Park and Lock It!Events Preceding the Helvetican RenaissancePride and PrometheusThe Motorman’s CoatThe ClosetSome Like It ColdThe Miracle of Ivar AvenueSpirit LevelStories for MenThe Pure ProductGulliver at HomeBuddha Nostril BirdInvadersThe LecturerBuffaloCleanAnother OrphanConsolationThe Baum Plan for Financial IndependenceThe Dark RideStory Notes