Description

Shelf Life edited by Greg Ketter

Hardcover – DreamHaven Books – 2002 – 285 pages

Limited to 1000 numbered copies, signed by all contributors.

To celebrate our 25th anniversary as a bookstore, we are publishing an anthology of science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories, each with a bookstore at its core.

Original stories by David Bischoff, P.D. Cacek, Ramsey Campbell, Marianne de Pierres, Rick Hautala, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Gerard Houarner, John J. Miller, A.R. Morlan, Lisa Morton, Melanie Tem, Patrick Weekes, Jack Williamson, and Gene Wolfe, plus older works by Harlan Ellison and Charles de Lint, and an introduction by Neil Gaiman. Cover art by John Picacio.

Bookstore. the word conjures up many images; dusty little holes-in-the-wall piled high with well-read paperbacks, jacketless hardcovers and the promise of possible rare treats; huge superstores with coffee shops and comfy chairs, bookbags, bookmarks and sometimes even books; friendly neighborhood retreats complete with cat and eccentric owner. Places filled with ideas, built of words and pictures, just waiting to be consumed.