"Patrick Welch - Before & Beyond" - читать интересную книгу автора (Welch Patrick)

makes him a pleasure to chat with. And his consummate professionalism (in spite of an excess of
semicolons) makes him a good man to work with.

What can you expect to find within this volume? I won't even try to describe it. Nothing I say can
prepare you for Patrick Welch. Even a man of words like me, can scarcely think of the appropriate
adjectives to heap upon him. And being the modest fellow he is, it's unlikely that he'd do more than blush
and turn away in any case.

At least on one level, I truly envy some of the people reading this intro. Those of you that have yet to
experience your first Patrick Welch story ...because you have no idea of what's in store for you.

Those of you that have read him, know exactly what I'm talking about.

Steve Lazarowitz



AuthorтАЩs Foreword
This is the updated version of Before/Beyond, originally published by Crossroads Publications. IтАЩve
rearranged the collection so the science fiction and fantasy stories are kept together. Those of you who
prefer one genre can more easily read only that half of the book (although I would like to think youтАЩd be
cheating yourself). IтАЩve also added some new stories in both areas.

Just a bit of a run-down:

тАЬDemon In a BoxтАЭ and тАЬSecond StageтАЭ appeared in Twilight Times

тАЬBingoтАЭ appeared in Planet Relish

тАЬThe Man Who Tuned the GlacierтАЭ appeared in The Orphic Chronicle

тАЬCold SpellтАЭ and тАЬThe Ganymede IncidentтАЭ appeared in Titan

тАЬUnfair TradeтАЭ appeared soooo long ago in Analog

тАЬThe Chronograph,тАЭ тАЬFestival of Forgotten Dreams,тАЭ тАЬThe Good Little Boy,тАЭ тАЬLast Call at the
Dew Drop Inn,тАЭ тАЬRoutine MaintenanceтАЭ and тАЬFrozen AssetsтАЭ appeared in Jackhammer

тАЬGood ProviderтАЭ appeared in Dark Muse

тАЬGhosts of DawnтАЭ appeared in Alternate Realities

тАЬRock of WagesтАЭ and тАЬThe Hidden PrincessтАЭ appeared in Pegasus Online



Incidentally, тАЬGhosts of DawnтАЭ is a Doakes/Haig adventure that occurs after the stories chronicled in my
anthology The Casebook of Doakes and Haig.

Enough foreplay. The stories await. Enjoy.