Sympathy for the Devil Author:Tim Pratt (Editor) The Devil is known by many names: Serpent, Tempter, Beast, Adversary, Wanderer, Dragon, Rebel. His traps and machinations are the stuff of legends. His faces are legion. No matter what face the devil wears, Sympathy for the Devil has them all. — Edited by Tim Pratt, Sympathy for the Devil collects the best Satanic short stories ... more »by Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Stephen King, Kage Baker, Charles Stross, Elizabeth Bear, Jay Lake, Kelly Link, China Mieville, Michael Chabon, and many others, revealing His Grand Infernal Majesty, in all his forms. Thirty-five stories, from classics to the cutting edge, exploring the many sides of Satan, Lucifer, the Lord of the Flies, the Father of Lies, the Prince of the Powers of the Air and Darkness, the First of the Fallen... and a Man of Wealth and Taste. Sit down and spend a little time with the Devil.
Contents:
Introduction -- Tim Pratt
The Price -- Neil Gaiman
Beluthahatchie -- Andy Duncan
Ash City Stomp -- Richard Butner
Ten for the Devil -- Charles de Lint
A Reversal of Fortune -- Holly Black
Young Goodman Brown -- Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Man in the Black Suit -- Stephen King
The Power of Speech -- Natalie Babbitt
The Redemption of Silky Bill -- Sarah Zettel
Sold to Satan -- Mark Twain
MetaPhysics -- Elizabeth M. Glover
Snowball's Chance -- Charles Stross
Non-Disclosure Agreement -- Scott Westerfeld
Like Riding a Bike -- Jan Wildt
Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant -- James Morrow
And the Deep Blue Sea -- Elizabeth Bear
The Goat Cutter -- Jay Lake
On the Road to New Egypt -- Jeffrey Ford
That Hell-Bound Train -- Robert Bloch
The God of Dark Laughter -- Michael Chabon
The King of the Djinn -- David Ackert and Benjamin Rosenbaum
Summon, Bind, Banish -- Nick Mamatas
The Bottle Imp -- Robert Louis Stevenson
Two Old Men -- Kage Baker
...With By Good Intentions -- Carrie Richerson
Nine Sundays in a Row -- Kris Dikeman
Lull -- Kelly Link
We Can Get Them for You Wholesale -- Neil Gaiman
Details -- China Mieville
The Devil Disinvests -- Scott Bradfield
Faustfeathers -- John Kessel
The Professor's Teddy Bear -- Theodore Sturgeon
The Heidelberg Cylinder -- Jonathan Carroll
Mike's Place -- David J. Schwartz
Thus I Refute Beelzy -- John Collier
Inferno: Canto XXXIV -- Dante Alighieri (translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)« less