Illinois Authors

Perennial, New York : 2001.

Halloween Night, 1954. A young, film-obsessed scriptwriter has just been hired at one of the great studios. An anonymous investigation leads from the giant Maximus Films backlot to an eerie graveyard separated from the studio by a single wall. There he makes a terrifying discovery that thrusts him into a maelstrom of intrigue and mysteryand into the dizzy exhilaration of the movie industry at the height of its glittering power.

Avon, New York : 1998, ©1990.

A collection of short stories written by Ray Bradbury that explore the imagination ranging from science fiction to old fashioned ice cream socials.

Dell Pub., New York : ©1984.

Avon Books, New York : ©1998.

Saved from his emprisonment beneath the sands of the desert, the ancient god Gonn-Ben-Allah gives the gift of flight to Ahmed, a twelve-year-old whose tears have freed him.

A collection of thirty-two classic stories of fantasy and science fiction.

Bantam, New York : 1990.

Avon Books, New York : ©1999.

In the unusual world of Green Town, Illinois, a twelve-year-old discovers the wonders of reality and the power of imagination during the summer of 1928.

Gauntlet Publications, Springfield, PA : ©2001.

Lord John Press, Northridge, Calif. : 1987.

Avon Books, New York : ©1999.

In California in 1949, a young writer and a detective believe a number of deaths associated with an amusement park were murders. Suddenly the killer begins stalking them.

Barnes & Noble, New York : 2005, [©2003]

Four short What if stories and two poems featuring one of the author's great loves: dinosaurs.

Avon Books, New York : ©1997.

Twenty-one stories with general themes by a leading science fiction writer. In one story, a dead man thinks he is still alive, another story features a killer garbage disposal unit, and a third is on the downside of immortality.

Nowadays firemen start fires. Fireman Guy Montag loves to rush to a fire and watch books burn up. Then he met a seventeen-year old girl who told him of a past when people were not afraid, and a professor who told him of a future where people could think. And Guy Montag knew what he had to do ...

St. Martin's Press, New York : ©1987.

A young boy's illness comes alive taking over his body bit by bit until he dies--but the virus remains alive in his body. A portion of each illustration glows in the dark.

William Morrow, New York : ©2001.

Perennial, New York : ©2002.

Stanza Press, Hornsea, England : 2012.

Diversion Books, 2017.

Salmon Pub., Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare, Ireland : 2002.

Earthlight, London : 1998.

W. Morrow, New York : ©2002.

Presents twenty-five contemporary short stories that probe the depths of human experience and relationships.

Avon Books, New York : [1997], ©1996.

A collection of twenty-one new short fiction stories by science fiction/fantasy/magic-realism author Ray Bradbury.

Harper Voyager, London : 2008.

The first in a two volumes offering, of the very best of the author's short stories including, The Garbage Collector, The Illustrated Man and Zero Hour. The readers will be transported to foreign and remarkable worlds, become transfixed by the future, past and present.

Harper Voyager, London : 2008, ©2003.

Literacy Volunteers of New York City, New York : 1991.

Includes the short story, a short biography, and more for the adult new reader.

Avon Books, New York : [1999]

Two boys' lives are changed forever when a sinister travelling carnival stops at their Illinois town.

Far Territories, Burton, MI : 2010, ©2008.

As intoxicating as Bradbury's legendary Dandelion Wine, the 27 new and old stories in this potent collection resonate with timeless power. All set in Green Town, Ill., the vintage highlights include Miss Bidwell, a sweet romance about a spinster and the delayed homecoming of her first love; the brilliant The Screaming Woman, featuring the wide-eyed first person narration of a frantic 10-year-old who discovers a woman's premature burial; and At Midnight, in the Month of June, in which a killer plays a demented game of hide and seek. Contemporary one-page shorts such as The River that Went to the Sea and The Projector round out a lyrical feast with the savor of apricots and fresh apples and as water tastes when you rise at night and walk into a dark warm summer kitchen and drink from a cool tin cup.--Publishers weekly, starred review.

Dell Dragonfly Books, New York : 2004, ©1993.

A lonely little boy who is afraid of the dark is introduced to a whole new world by a little girl named Dark.

Creative Education, Mankato, Minn. : [1988], ©1952.

Warned not to mix with ordinary people and thus lose her magic powers, a young witch who wants to be in love decides to risk all by trying to experience love through someone else.

Ibooks ; New York : 2003.

Over a period of four years, from 1992-1996, the world's best comic book artists adapted Grand Master Ray Bradbury's best stories in a series of different graphic novel formats. Now, for the first time, the best of these stories by the illustrators comics fans crave are collected in a single affordable volume.

Morrow, New York : ©2004.

A collection of new short stories by the award-winning science-fiction writer of One More for the Road includes tales of twentieth-century rural life, Halloween terrors, and flights of fancy on Martian shores. Ray Bradbury is, indisputably, one of America's greatest storytellers. The recipient of the 2000 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, he ranks among the most beloved, and widely read, of American authors. In The Cat's Pajamas, this "latter-day O. Henry" (Booklist) takes us on an amazing walk through his six-decade career, presenting twenty-two tales, some old, some new, all but two never before published. Here you will find stories strange and scary, nostalgic and bittersweet, humorous and heart-touching, ranging from the not-so-long-gone past to an unknowable future: a group of senators drinks a bit too much, and gambles away the United States; a newlywed couple buys an old house and finds their fledgling relationship tested; two mysterious strangers arrive at a rooming house and baffle their fellow occupants with strange crying in the night; a lonely woman takes a last chance on love. The final piece in the collection is a story-poem, a fond salute from Bradbury to his literary heroes Shaw, Chesterton, Dickens, Twain, Poe, Wilde, Melville, and Kipling. The Cat's Pajamas is just that, the bee's knees, a touching, timeless, and tender collection from the incomparable Ray Bradbury, and a panoramic view of an amazingly long, rich, and fertile creative career.

Ballantine Books, New York : 1982.

Creative Education, Mankato, Minn. : [1988], ©1951.

A prehistoric reptilian monster seeking another of its own kind rises from the sea when it hears a bellowing fog horn calling to it.

Avon Books, New York : 1997, ©1990.

A collection of thiry-two short stories by Ray Bradbury that explore the endless possibilities of what may happen in the present and in the future.

Gauntlet Publications, [Colorado Springs, CO] : ©2005.

A group of children and a "spirit" go back through time to discover the beginnings of Halloween.

Knopf : New York : 1981.

A poetry collection from a master of fantasy celebrates the familiar and unusual in verses dealing with subjects from Ty Cobb to dinosaurs and strawberry shortcake to the Vatican.

Doubleday, Garden City, N.Y. : 1951.

Eighteen science fiction stories.

Lord John Press, Northridge, California (19073 Los Alimos St., Northridge, Calif. 91326) : 1980.

Panther, St. Albans, Herts. : 1977.

Avon Books, New York : ©1997.

The tranquility of Mars is disrupted by the earthmen who have come to conquer space, colonize the planet, and escape a doomed Earth.

H.N. Abrams, New York : 1978.

In the sleepy Mexican town of Guanajuato, with its neatly kept square and elegant neoclassical theater, is one of the most bizarre and compelling galleries in the Western world. It is not a museum, for this gallery is in a cemetery; its walls lined not with art but with human mummies, standing with mouths agape, eye sockets staring as if they had just returned from the other side of Hell. Indeed, they have literally returned from the grave--exhumed from the dry, desert soil by cemetery keepers because relatives of the dead were too poor to pay for maintenance. So fascinating are these "living dead" that noted author Ray Bradbury wrote a chilling short story after seeing them: so visually arresting that photographer Archie Lieberman was moved to quell his horror and create a pictorial record. The two artists' reactions comprise this unusual book. The photographs call up the deepest and most provocative human emotions. They will shock, disturb and terrify. But they compel viewing; they stimulate confrontation and, believe it or not, will be examined again and again. The story, like all Bradbury's writing, quivers with tension and evokes the thoughts and feelings that reside mostly on the dark side of the mind--stuff of nightmares. No one who experiences this book will ever forget it.

Haunting, harrowing, and downright horrifying, this classic collection from the modern master of the fantastic features: THE SMALL ASSASSIN: a fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true -- or her nightmare ... THE EMISSARY: the faithful dog was the sick boy's only connectioin with the world outside -- and beyond ... THE WONDERFUL DEATH OF DUDLEY STONE: a most remarkable case of murder -- the deceased was delighted! And more!

Creative Education, Mankato, Minn. : [1987]

American blacks, settled on Mars after centuries of abuse on earth, have a chance for revenge when a space ship bearing a white man arrives seeking help in the aftermath of World War III.

Orb, New York : 2005-<2009>

Presents a collection of eleven science fiction novellas representing the work of major authors in the field, including Poul Anderson, Robert A. Heinlein, and H.G. Wells.

Knopf : New York : 1980.

In this collection are an imaginative group of stories that often bridge the gap between fantasy and science fiction. The collection includes one hundred of the author's science fiction, fantasy, horror, and midwestern short stories.

Bantam Books, New York : 1989, ©1988.

Most of the twenty-three tales within this collection begin in the familiar rooms and landscapes of our lives, in our common thoughts and memories -- and then take off through the farthest reaches of the imagination.

Creative Education, Mankato, Minn. : [1987]

The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants.

Vintage Books New York, [1965]

Bradbury presests his best short stories.

Stealth Press, Lancaster, PA : 2002.

SIMON & SCHUSTER, [Place of publication not identified], 2019.

Harper Perennial, New York : 2010, ©2009.

Presents a collection of short works by the well-known science fiction author spanning a range of themes, from the bizarre and nostalgic to the bittersweet and speculative.

Hart-Davis, MacGibbon, London : 1975.

Knopf, New York : 1977.

Lord John Press, Northridge, Calif. : ©2000.

Joshua Odell Editions, Santa Barbara, Calif. : 1990.

In a series of essays, Bradbury discusses his career and his compulsion to write. Nine essays discuss the joy of writing, the writing process, inspiration, creativity, and the circumstances surrounding the writing of several of his works.