With the help of fine folks over at GOODREADS, we’re giving away an advance reading copy of Peter S. Beagle’s forthcoming collection THE OVERNEATH.

For full details, visit GOODREADS.

“Peter Beagle deserves a seat at the table with the great masters of fantasy. If you had any doubts, The Overneath will dispel them.”
—Christopher Moore, author of Lamb and The Serpent of Venice

THE OVERNEATH

by Peter S. Beagle

“Peter S Beagle just has an incredible skill for putting together both short and full length stories. I have been in love with THE LAST UNICORN my whole life and I continue to adore every single thing Peter writes. THE OVERNEATH is no different. A fantasy lover’s heaven from start to finish.”
—Life Has a Funny Way of Sneaking Up on You

New short fiction from the beloved author of THE LAST UNICORN

An odd couple patrols a county full of mythological beasts and ornery locals. A familiar youngster from the world of THE LAST UNICORN is gifted in magic but terrible at spell-casting. A seemingly incorruptible judge meets his match in a mysterious thief who steals his heart. Two old friends discover that the Overneath goes anywhere, including locations better left unvisited.

What is truly beautiful about this book is that Beagle’s writing lets you believe, if only for a little while, that magic, mythos and wonder are real. As you enter his world you become part of it and for that time the impossible is achievable.

What is truly beautiful about this book is that Beagle’s writing lets you believe, if only for a little while, that magic, mythos and wonder are real. As you enter his world you become part of it and for that time the impossible is achievable.
– Artistic Bent

Lyrical, witty, and insightful, THE OVERNEATH is Peter S. Beagle’s much-anticipated return to the short form. In these uniquely beautiful and wholly original tales Beagle once again proves himself a master of the imagination.

It was awesome from start to finish. Never samey, never boring.
– Kristen Reads Too Much

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The Green-Eyed Boy
• The Story of Kao Yu – First time collected (2017 Locus Award finalist)
• My Son Heydari and the Karkadann – First time collected (appeared in a Humble Bundle limited ebook edition)
• The Queen Who Could Not Walk
• Trinity County, CA: You’ll Want to Come Again and We’ll Be Glad to See You!
• The Way it Works Out and All
• Kaskia
• Schmendrick Alone –  First publication
• Great-Grandmother in the Cellar
• Underbridge
• The Very Nasty Aquarium  – First publication
• Music, When Soft Voices Die
• Olfert Dapper’s Day

For more info on THE OVERNEATH, visit the Tachyon page.Cover design by Elizabeth Story