Maps in a Mirror

Publication history

The collection's contents are largely reprints from genre magazines. It exists as a single volume, a two-book set, and a four-book set. The fifth section, "Lost Songs, The Hidden Stories," appears only in the single-volume releases. Various editions include the 1990 Tor Books and 1991 Legend Books single volumes, plus separate Tor titles like The Changed Man and Flux from 1992.

Story list

In the one-volume editions, the first section is titled "The Hanged Man: Tales of Dread" and includes stories such as "Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory", "Quietus", "Deep Breathing Exercises", "Fat Farm", "Closing the Timelid", "Freeway Games", "A Sepulchre of Songs", "Prior Restraint", "The Changed Man and the King of Words", "Memories of My Head", "Lost Boys", "A Thousand Deaths", "Clap Hands and Sing", "Dogwalker", "But We Try Not to Act Like It", "I Put My Blue Genes On", "In the Doghouse", and "The Originist".

The second section, titled "Maps in a Mirror: Fables and Fantasies", includes "Unaccompanied Sonata", "A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon", "The Porcelain Salamander", "Middle Woman", "The Bully and the Beast", "The Princess and the Bear", "Sandmagic", "The Best Day", "A Plague of Butterflies", "The Monkeys Thought 'Twas All in Fun", "Mortal Gods", "Saving Grace", "Eye for Eye", "St. Amy's Tale", "Kingsmeat", "Holy", "Ender's Game", "Mikal's Songbird", "Prentice Alvin and the No-Good Plow", "Malpractice", "Follower", "Hitching", "Damn Fine Novel", "Billy's Box", "The Best Family Home Evening Ever", "Bicicleta", "I Think Mom and Dad Are Going Crazy, Jerry", and "Gert Fram".