Strange Seas and Shores
# Strange Seas and Shores

Strange Seas and Shores: a Collection of Short Stories is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories, written by Avram Davidson. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1971. A paperback edition was issued by Ace Books in August 1981, and an ebook edition by Gateway/Orion in September 2013.

## Summary

The book collects seventeen novelettes and short stories, originally published in various magazines, with a preface by the author and an introduction by the American author Ray Bradbury.

## Contents

* "Preface"
* "Introduction: Night Travel on the Orient Express Destination: Avram" (Ray Bradbury)
* "Sacheverell"
* "Take Wooden Indians"
* "The Vat"
* "The Tail-Tied Kings"
* "Paramount Ulj"
* "A Bottle Full of Kismet"
* "The Goobers"
* "Dr. Morris Goldpepper Returns"
* "The Certificate"
* "Ogre in the Vly"
* "Après Nous"
* "Climacteric"
* "Yo-Ho, and Up"
* "The Sixty-Third Street Station"
* "The House the Blakeneys Built"
* "The Power of Every Root"
* "The Sources of the Nile"

## Reception

The collection was reviewed by James R. Newton in Son of the WSFA Journal #32, James Blish in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1971, Charles N. Brown in Locus #102, December 10, 1971, Locus #104, January 14, 1972, and Locus #248, September 1981, Paul Walker in Luna Monthly #40, September 1972, David A. Truesdale in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1982, and Tom Easton in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 29, 1982.

