Slighty Off Center: Eleven Extraordinarily Exhilarating Tales
Trade Paperback
155 Pages
Published 1991
Swan Press
ISBN: Null

"...when it comes to the written word, he is, unquestionably, a wizard...undoubtedly one of the most important writers of our era, and that's not hyperbole, friends and neighbors. It's fact."
Locus magazine called this collection "one of the best of the year," and named a story from the collection, "Four Times One," as one of the best short stories of the year.

Asimov's editor Gardner Dozois chose the collection's one-act play, "The Last Cardinal Bird in Tennessee," for his Tenth Annual Year's Best Science Fiction, gave three more stories honorable mention, and named the collection itself as one of the best of the year.

These eleven fantasy and science fiction short stories and novelettes--five of them never published before--include "Buckstop," a chapter from Barrett's upcoming book from Golden Gryphon Press--Prince of Christler-Coke, great tales such as "A Day at the Fair," "Stairs," and "Tony Red Dog," (possibly the only Apache in the Mafia), plus Barrett's first sale (a very short tale about rejection letters).

What more do you want? How about two photos of the author in a grumpy, combative mood, and great illustrations by Brad W. Foster.