Trilobyte

By Edward Bryant

A trio of twisted little tales from the master of twistedness.

With an introduction by Tim Powers.

Edward Bryant is the multi-Nebula Award winning author of over a hundred short stories, over a thousand essays and reviews, and one novel with Harlan Ellison, PHOENIX WITHOUT ASHES.

• Language: English
• Publisher: ReAnimus Press
• Release date: Oct 23, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370143559

Edward Bryant

Edward Bryant is the multi-Nebula Award winning author of over a hundred short stories, over a thousand essays and reviews, and one novel with Harlan Ellison, PHOENIX WITHOUT ASHES.Ed's complete collected works are in the process of becoming available from ReAnimus Press.

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TRILOBYTE

by

EDWARD BRYANT

With an Introduction by

Tim Powers

Produced by ReAnimus Press

Other books by Edward Bryant:

Phoenix Without Ashes

Cinnabar

Among the Dead and Other Events Leading to the Apocalypse

Particle Theory

Neon Twilight

The Baku: Tales of the Nuclear Age

Wyoming Sun

Fetish

Darker Passions

Predators and Other Stories

© 2014, 1986 by Edward Bryant. All rights reserved.

http://ReAnimus.com/authors/edwardbryant

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These Stories are Respectively and Respectfully for

Thomas M. Disch

Terry Steiner Sisk

Vance Aandahl

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Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION by Tim Powers

An Easter Treasure

Coon Dawgs

Drummer's Star

About The Author

INTRODUCTION by Tim Powers

I don’t know when it was that I first met Ed Bryant—he was behaving normally, I’m sure, didn’t have any spoons over his eyes or Tom Terrific-style funnels on his head—but I remember that I was struck by his air of... composure. We were at a party at some convention, and I was blundering through the crowd to get a beer, and when I paused to catch my breath I found myself face to face with him.

I recognized him, of course, by his shoulder length hair and always-quietly-amused face, and when I mumbled something about how much I had admired his work, he took it gracefully; have you ever noticed how most people tend to squirm in that situation? And Bryant shares his elan—in a few moments I had forgotten about the beer and was chatting with him as easily as if I had not been in envious awe of his stories for years. He even remembered a couple of novels I’d written for the old Laser Books series, and, when I told him that I