"EB - Mike Resnick + Martin H. Greenberg - Christmas GhostsUC - Compilation" - читать интересную книгу автора (Greenberg Martin H)

ABSENT FRIENDS by Martha Soukup 188

PRESENTES by Nicholas A. DiChario 201

PETER'S GHOST by Marie A. Parsons 208

THE CASE OF THE SKINFLINT'S SPECTERS by Brian M. Thomsen 220

CHRISTMAS PRESENCE

by Kate Daniel 228

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS SCAMS

by Lea Hernandez 241

WISHBOOK DAYS

by Janni Lee Simner 250

HOLIDAY STATION by Judith Tan 266

STATE ROAD , by Alan Dormire and Robin J. Nakkula J 280

THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS FUTURE

by Dean Wesley Smith 288

THREE WISHES BEFORE A FIRE

by Kristine Kathryn Rusch 292

THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS SIDEWAYS

by David Gerrold 299

THE BEAR WHO FOUND CHRISTMAS

by Alan Rodgers 307

INTRODUCTION

I love science fiction writers: the smaller the box in which you attempt to imprison them, the more vigorously they fight to break free.

Take this anthology, for example. The directive from publisher to editor was clear: a book of stories about the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. The invitation from editor to writers was identical; each of them was to do a story about the ghost of Christmas Past, Present, or Future ... and the farther they got from Dickens, the better.

Simple, right?

Except that these are science fiction writers we're dealing with.