Eclipse 4

To observe an eclipse is to witness a rare and unusual event. Under darkened skies the sun becomes a negative image of itself, its corona transforming the landscape into a strange space where anything might happen, and any story may be true...In the spirit of classic science fiction anthologies such as Universe, Orbit, and Starlight, master anthologist Jonathan Strahan (The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year) presents the non-themed genre anthology Eclipse: New Science Fiction and Fantasy. Here you will find stories where strange and wonderful things happen--where reality is eclipsed by something magical and new.Continuing in the footsteps of the multiple-award-nominated anthologies Eclipse One, Eclipse Two, and Eclipse Three, Eclipse Four delivers new fiction by some of the genres most celebrated authors, including Andy Duncans tale of a mans gamble that he can outrun a bullet; Caitlin R. Kiernans story of lovers contemplating the gravity of a tiny black hole; Damien Brodericks chronicle of a beancounter who acquires a most curious cat; Michael Swanwicks tale of the grey man who pulls an unhappy woman from the path of an oncoming train; Nalo Hopkinsons story of ghosts haunting a shopping mall; and Gwyneth Joness story of an alien priest who suffers a crisis of faith...