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A is for Alien

Author	Caitlín R. Kiernan
Illustrator	Vince Locke
Cover artist	Jacek Yerka
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction short story collection
Publisher	Subterranean Press
Publication date	2009
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover)
ISBN	978-1-59606-209-2
OCLC	228364380

A is for Alien is Caitlín R. Kiernan's fifth short story collection, her first devoted entirely to her science fiction work. It was published by Subterranean Press in 2009. Cover art was provided by Jacek Yerka, and interior illustrations by Vince Locke. The book closes with an afterword by Elizabeth Bear. "'Ode' to Katan Amano" originally appeared in Kiernan's 2005 collection of "weird erotica," Frog Toes and Tentacles. "A Season of Broken Dolls" and "In View of Nothing" originally appeared in Kiernan's Sirenia Digest, issues 15 and 16 respectively.

• "Riding the White Bull"
• "Faces in Revolving Souls"
• "Zero Summer"
• "The Pearl Diver"
• "In View of Nothing"
• "Ode to Katan Amano"
• "A Season of Broken Dolls"
• "Bradbury Weather"
• Afterword by Elizabeth Bear

• A Is for Alien title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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