Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers
# Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers

Down and Out in Purgatory: The Collected Stories of Tim Powers is a collection of fantasy and science fiction short stories by Tim Powers. It was first published in hardcover and ebook editions by Baen Books in November 2017.

## Summary

The book collects twenty novellas, novelettes and short stories by the author, three of them written in collaboration with James P. Blaylock, together with a foreword by David Drake and an introduction by Tony Daniel.

## Contents

* "Foreword: Paths Through Dark Woods" (David Drake)
* "Introduction: The Powers Effect" (Tony Daniel)
* "Salvage and Demolition" (first published as separate chapbook, 2013)
* "The Bible Repairman" (first published as separate chapbook, 2006)
* "Appointment at Sunset" (first published as separate chapbook, 2014)
* "The Better Boy" (with James P. Blaylock) (from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1991)
* "Pat Moore" (from Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, 2004)
* "The Way Down the Hill" (from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1982)
* "Itinerary" (from 999, 1999)
* "A Journey of Only Two Paces" (from The Bible Repairman and Other Stories, 2011)
* "The Hour of Babel" (from Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy, 2008)
* "Where They Are Hid" (first published as separate chapbook, 1995)
* "We Traverse Afar" (with James P. Blaylock) (from Christmas Forever, 1993)
* "Through and Through" (from The Devils in the Details, 2003)
* "Night Moves" (first published as separate chapbook, 1986)
* "A Soul in a Bottle" (first published as separate chapbook, 2006)
* "Parallel Lines" (from Stories, 2010)
* "Fifty Cents" (with James P. Blaylock) (from The Devils in the Details, 2003)
* "Nobody's Home: An Anubis Gates Story" (first published as separate chapbook, 2014)
* "A Time to Cast Away Stones" (first published as separate chapbook, 2009)
* "Down and Out in Purgatory" (first published as separate chapbook, 2016)
* "Sufficient Unto the Day" (from Baen.com, October 2017)

## Reception

Becky Spratford in Booklist calls the book as a " a treat for fans and newbies alike; hand it to readers who enjoy genre-blending authors as varied as Jim Butcher, Dean Koontz and China Miéville."

