A HANDFUL OF PEARLS & OTHER STORIES

A Handful of Pearls & Other Stories collects nine stories by award-winning author Beth Bernobich, ranging from fantasy to SF to the unclassified. These tales include gender-bending aliens, escaped slaves in an alternate Haiti, a pre-teen arthropod and his dog, and a woman who might, nor might not, be Medusa.

"Lyrical, provocative, delicious, and sometimes disturbing, these tales of imagination will stay with you long after the last page has been turned." --Ellen Klages, award-winning author of Portable Childhoods

"Beth Bernobich writes elegant, sexy, engaging short stories, full of heart and intelligence." --Delia Sherman, author of The Porcelain Dove

"Readers with a taste for thoughtful fantasy will find much to savor in Beth Bernobich's anthology." ----Anil Menon, Strange Horizons

Beth Bernobich's short stories have appeared in numerous venues, including Strange Horizons, Interzone, Tor.com, Asimov's, and Postscripts. Her first novel, Passion Play, was published by Tor Books in October 2010 and won the 2010 RT Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Epic Fantasy. Her first YA book, Fox and Phoenix, is forthcoming from Viking Children's Books in October 2011.