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Borderlanz: Tales from the Edges
Hardcover
FantasyScience FictionGeneral Fiction
Publisher Price: $29.99
ISBN13: 9781928048473
Publisher: Spiral Path Books
Published: Mar 15 2026
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.75 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Take a trip to the edges of imagination in this stunning collection of short stories from the five-time award-winning author described by Library Journal as one of Canada's most original writers of speculative fiction.
There's something here for every reader. Award winners and finalists. Best of selections. Science fiction and fantasy. Mystery and horror. Darkness and humor. Love and revenge.
- An immortal battles the Lords of Order and Chaos to save the woman he loves.
- A woman plans a very special homecoming for the body of her soldier husband.
- Strange radio broadcasts haunt a man trying to change the past.
- A shapeshifter confronts his own dark past as a covert agency hunts him.
- Bizarre deaths threaten a private eye's favorite restaurant.
- A woman makes an unexplained stopover on a transatlantic flight.
- Disaster strikes a space freighter when an unlucky newcomer joins the crew.
- The House promises wealth and fame...if it doesn't kill you first.
- A thief's attempt to lift a curse goes less than perfectly.
- A boy has a plan to find his missing brother-a deeply disturbing one.
- A new father questions his ability to love his disabled son.
- To win her freedom, a woman must simply prove she's human.
- A shapeshifter must overcome her hatred of humans to help a young girl.
- Four warriors set out to slay the last dragon.
- Two young lovers are hunted across dimensions and time.
Welcome to the Borderlanz.
Doug Smith is quite simply, the finest short-story writer Canada has ever produced in the science fiction and fantasy genres. ... His stories are a treasure trove of riches that will touch your heart while making you think. -Robert J. Sawyer, Hugo and Nebula Awards winner
The man is Sturgeon good. Zelazny good. I don't give those up easy. -Spider Robinson, Hugo and Nebula Awards winner
A great storyteller with a gifted and individual voice. -Charles de Lint, World Fantasy Award winner
An extraordinary author whom every lover of quality speculative fiction should read. -Fantasy Book Critic
Smith's writing, evocative yet understated, gracefully brings to life his imagined realms. - Quill and Quire
Stories you can't forget, even years later. -Julie Czerneda
A master of beginnings ... [with] endings that feel satisfying and right. -Canadian Science Fiction Reviews
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