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Hidden Turnings: A Collection of Stories Through Time and Space
Hidden Turnings A Collection of Stories Through Time and Space Author:Diana Wynne Jones (Editor) These twelve brilliant fantasy stories range widely through time and space: In ancient Greece a goddess come to dinner; in an alien world a shapeshifter fights for his life in a duel of wits, while in a village hall the local disc jockey confronts a deadly gatecrasher. — The stories are very different -- some funny, some tender, some nightmarish.... more » But while each is unique, they share a theme of the supernatural touching and changing everyday life. And all warn that life can suddenly reveal a hidden turning, a moment when an ordinary event -- falling in love, going to work, even just walking down the street -- can turn into the extraordinary.
An introduction by Diana Wynne Jones and notes about the the authors are included
Contents: True believer / Douglas Hill; Ceres passing / Tanith Lee; Fifty-fafty / Robert Westall; Dogfaerie / Garry Kilworth; The walled garden / Lisa Tuttle; The master / Diana Wynne Jones; The vision / Mary Rayner; Urgeya's choice / Geraldine Harris; The sky sea / Helen Gresswell; A bird that whistles / Emma Bull; Kalifriki of the thread / Roger Zelazny; Turntables of the night / Terry Pratchett.« less