Introduced and edited by horror fiction great Ramsey Campbell, this newly assembled anthology is the only short story collection in print of works by the pioneering science-fiction writer Margaret St. Clair. Seventeen tales of compelling strangeness include "The Gardener," "Child of Void," "Hathor's Pets," "The Causes," "Brenda," and "The Invested Libido." AUTHOR: American science-fiction author Margaret St. Clair (1911?95) wrote more than 100 short stories as well as nine novels. Many of her stories appeared in such pulp magazines as Fantastic Adventures and Startling Stories, some under her own name and some under the pseudonyms Idris Seabright and Wilton Hazard.
