On Account of Darkness

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