Darrell Schweitzer has been threetimes nominated for the World Fantasy Awardtwice for Best Collection and once for the novella To Become a Sorcererwhich forms t... » 

Darrell Schweitzer has been threetimes nominated for the World Fantasy Awardtwice for Best Collection and once for the novella To Become a Sorcererwhich forms the first four chapters of this book. He is also the author of _TheWhite Isle The Shattered Goddess_ and nearly 300 short stories many of whichare collected in such volumes as _Tom OBedlams Night Out TransientsRefugees from an Imaginary Country Nightscapes_ and _The Great World and theSmall._ An expert on fantastic fiction who has written books about LordDunsany and H.P. Lovecraft he is also coeditor of the legendary _Weird Tales_magazine. «