Nightscapes: Tales of the Ominous and Magical

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Nightscapes: Tales of
the Ominous and Magical
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Cover of Nightscapes: Tales of
the Ominous and Magical
Author Darrell Schweitzer
Illustrator Jason Van Hollander
Cover artistJason Van Hollander
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre Fantasy
Publisher Wildside Press
Publication date
2000
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages220
ISBN 978-1-58715-060-9
OCLC 70136682

Nightscapes: Tales of the Ominous and Magical is a collection of dark fantasy short stories by American writer Darrell Schweitzer. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by Wildside Press in April 2000. [1]

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Summary

The collection consists of seventeen early works of the author, including one of his tales about the legendary madman Tom O'Bedlam. The pieces were originally published from 1973-1999 in various speculative fiction magazines and anthologies.

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Reception

The collection was reviewed by Chris Gilmore in Interzone no. 160, October 2000, Paul Di Filippo in Asimov's Science Fiction , February 2001, and Nick Gevers in Nova Express, Spring/Summer 2001. [1]

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