Prayers to Broken Stones: Stories - Paperback

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by Dan Simmons (Author)

From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind.

A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her. . . .

An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody terror. . . .

During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror. . . .

Includes the following stories:
"The River Styx Runs Upstream"
"Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams"
"Vanni Fucci Is Alive and Well and Living in Hell"
"Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle"
"Remembering Siri"
"Metastasis"
"The Offering"
"E-Ticket to 'Namland"
"Iverson's Pits"
"Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites"
"The Death of the Centaur"
"Two Minutes and Forty-Five Seconds"
"Carrion Comfort"

Front Jacket

A woman returns from the dead with disastrous results for the family who loves her.... An old-fashioned barbershop is the site of a medieval ritual of bloody
terror.... During a post-apocalyptic Christmas celebration, a messenger from the South brings tidings of great horror.... From a ghostly Civil War battlefield to a combat theme park in Vietnam, from the omnipotent brain of an autistic boy to a shocking story of psychic vampires, journey into a world of fear and mystery, a chilling twilight zone of the mind.

"From the Paperback edition.

Author Biography

Winner of the Hugo Award, several Bram Stoker and Locus Awards, and a pair of World Fantasy Awards, Dan Simmons, author of 32 novels, is widely accepted as one of the giants of SFF. He passed away in 2026.

Number of Pages: 428

Dimensions: 0.96 x 9 x 6 IN

Publication Date: September 02, 1998