Wear on the edges. Shipped the next business day! We own a small family book store and sell our extra books and media that have been on our shelfs for too long. Additional Details ------------------------------ Product description: John Collier is a man to whom the bizarre, the weird and the surrealist are as tangible--and as tasty--as a chocolate soda. In the genealogy of short story masters he is the direct descendant of Edgar Allen Poe, O. Henry and Saki, but has has marked out a field far beyond any one of them. Collier inhabits 2 worlds. Only one of them, one familiar the other will take twists and turns leaving you with a sneer or smile. Francies and Goodnights is a collection of his short stories instead of "the once upon a time approach, his is a what if....? tour de force romp!