McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories

by CHABON, MICHAEL

• ISBN13: 9781400078745
• ISBN10: 1400078741
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780307426819
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-11-16
• Publisher: Vintage
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Summary

Michael Chabon is back with a brand-new collection that reinvigorates the stay-up-all-night, edge-of-the seat, fingernail-biting, page-turning tradition of literary short stories, featuring Margaret Atwood, Stephen King, Peter Straub, David Mitchell, Jonathan Lethem, Heidi Julavits, Roddy Doyle, and more! Margaret Atwood- Lusus Naturae David Mitchell- What You Do Not Know You Want Jonathan Lethem- Vivian Relf Ayelet Waldman - Minnow Steve Erickson- Zeroville Stephen King- Lisey and the Madman Jason Roberts - 7C Heidi Julavits- The Miniaturist Roddy Doyle - The Child Daniel Handler - Delmonico Charles D'Ambrosio - The Scheme of Things Poppy Z. Brite - The Devil of Delery Street China Mieville- Reports of Certain Events in London Joyce Carol Oates - The Fabled Light-house at Via del Mar Peter Straub - Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle

Author Biography

Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, among many others. He lives in Berkeley, California with his wife, the novelist Ayelet Waldman, and their children.

Table of Contents

LUSUS NATURAE by Margaret Atwood	3	(8)
WHAT YOU DO NOT KNOW YOU WANT by David Mitchell	11	(22)
VIVIAN RELF by Jonathan Lethem	33	(14)
MINNOW by Ayelet Waldman	47	(22)
ZEROVILLE by Steve Erickson	69	(14)
LISEY and THE MADMAN by Stephen King	83	(32)
7C by Jason Roberts	115	(14)
THE MINIATURIST by Heidi Julavits	129	(26)
THE CHILD by Roddy Doyle	155	(16)
DELMONICO by Daniel Handler	171	(20)
THE SCHEME of THINGS by Charles D'Ambrosio	191	(32)
THE DEVIL of DELERY STREET by Poppy Z. Brite	223	(18)
REPORTS of CERTAIN EVENTS Jo LONDON by China Miéville	241	(22)
THE FABLED LIGHT-HOUSE or VIÑA DEL MAR by Joyce Carol Oates	263	(26)
MR. AICKMAN'S AIR RIFLE by Peter Straub	289	(34)
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS	323