Strange Seas and Shores

Strange Seas and Shores: a Collection of Short Stories is a collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories, written by Avram Davidson. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1971. A paperback edition was issued by Ace Books in August 1981, and an ebook edition by Gateway/Orion in September 2013.

Summary
The book collects seventeen novelettes and short stories, originally published in various magazines, with a preface by the author and an introduction by the American author Ray Bradbury.

Contents

 * "Preface"
 * "Introduction: Night Travel on the Orient Express Destination: Avram" (Ray Bradbury)
 * "Sacheverell"
 * "Take Wooden Indians"
 * "The Vat"
 * "The Tail-Tied Kings"
 * "Paramount Ulj"
 * "A Bottle Full of Kismet"
 * "The Goobers"
 * "Dr. Morris Goldpepper Returns"
 * "The Certificate"
 * "Ogre in the Vly"
 * "Après Nous"
 * "Climacteric"
 * "Yo-Ho, and Up"
 * "The Sixty-Third Street Station"
 * "The House the Blakeneys Built"
 * "The Power of Every Root"
 * "The Sources of the Nile"

Reception
The collection was reviewed by James R. Newton in Son of the WSFA Journal #32, James Blish in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1971, Charles N. Brown in Locus #102, December 10, 1971, Locus #104, January 14, 1972, and Locus #248, September 1981, Paul Walker in Luna Monthly #40, September 1972, David A. Truesdale in Science Fiction Review, Spring 1982, and Tom Easton in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 29, 1982.