On Account of Darkness and Other Stories brings together for the first time every science fiction story that Bill and Barry wrote together during their long careers, featuring a brand-new introduction. These short, sharp stories, each a paradigm of the craft of science fiction, are prime examples of two authors working at the height of their collaborative powers, resulting in a collection of truly speculative fiction.
Barry N. Malzberg is the author of some forty science fiction novels and collections. Bill Pronzini has been a full-time professional writer since 1969.
Stories included in this collection:
On Account of Darkness
A Clone at Last
“Do I Dare to Eat a Peach?”
On the Nature of Time
Night Rider
Opening a Vein
Reading Day
Fascination
The Lyran Case
Whither Thou, Ghost
Vanishing Point
Out of Quarantine
Shakespeare MCMLXXXV
In Our Image
Another Burnt-Out Case
Inaugural
The Last One Left
Coming Again
Multiples
Prose Bowl
Final War
Epitaph
Toy
The Rec Field
The Hungarian Cinch