The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady / In the Stone House

Barry N. Malzberg has been called “outrageous and outraged” [Theodore Sturgeon], “wildly imaginative, and darkly hilarious” [Brian Doherty], and “a comic genius” [Michael Hurd]. He has written over 70 novels, and has published at least 15 story collections, including the two you hold here in your hand—The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady (1980) and In the Stone House (2000).

Malzberg is known for writing science fiction, crime, erotica, political thrillers and action adventure. He has written some marvelous what-if stories that play with 20th century history, and a series of satiric stories featuring thinly-veiled famous authors. His plots range from religious allegory and time conundrum, to assassination and ascension. He has written fictional stories about everyone from Christopher Columbus to Ring Lardner, from Adolph Hitler to Bobby Kennedy. You will even find a dinosaur or two.

These two volumes of classic Malzberg extravaganzas contain fifty-four stories from his long and varied career—including a road trip tale with Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, an essay on 1950s science fiction, extrapolations on Emily Dickinson and ruminations on Cornell Woolrich.

Enter the world of Barry N. Malzberg…