Odd Books in Order

These nine stories explore encounters with angels, unicorns, vampires, werewolves, ghosts, and other unusual beings. A mysterious box, a headless messenger, and a troublesome household spirit are among the situations confronting the collection's human characters.

Nine fantasy stories explore unusual transformations, strange friendships and unexpected discoveries. A ghost bakes in a kitchen, a teenager finds a different kind of treasure, and a visit to Mr. Elives's magic shop changes a young life.

Eighteen stories drawn from Oddly Enough and Odder Than Ever combine ghostly encounters, magical transformations and unusual adventures. Tales including Biscuits of Glory, The Golden Sail and The Language of Blood move between humor, mystery and darker supernatural experiences.

Nine stories revisit the Unicorn Chronicles, ghost-seeing friends Nina and Chris, and Mr. Elives's magic shop. Encounters with aliens, talking frogs and haunted places combine humor with unsettling mysteries as familiar and new characters face unexpected supernatural experiences.

An unemployed young man returns home to care for his dying grandmother. As recent memories fade and her youth becomes vivid again, she describes a magical experience, drawing him toward a story he wants to believe despite its apparent impossibility.

The messiest girl in Minnesota finds herself bound to a brownie who insists on keeping everything tidy. Their incompatible attitudes toward housework create problems in this short fantasy, where a magical companion's enthusiasm for chores clashes with his human charge.

After his father's death, Jamie goes to live with an intimidating uncle who possesses a unicorn's horn. His fascination with the horn leads him toward another concealed secret, making the mystery of his own identity central to finding where he belongs.

Donald Henderson is alarmed when his embarrassing older relative starts challenging authority. Set in a future society, this short story follows the conflict between accepted obedience and dissent, exploring how a family's disagreement becomes a question about free expression.

An angel entrusts a boy with a box and asks him to keep it safe. The promise shapes his life through ridicule and uncertainty, while the mysterious object and the responsibility it represents follow him into adulthood.

In the Glorious City, a boy named Banang is chosen to inherit an unusual tradition connected to blood. This short horror story follows his involvement with the role that grants its holder the ability to speak the mysterious language of blood.

A young man feels a mysterious bond with the wolves living near his village. This short fantasy follows his efforts to understand that connection, drawing the human world and the life of the nearby pack into an encounter with the unexplained.

The seven kings of Losfar keep their continent at war, but young pacifist Brion refuses to accept the fighting. After his unjust execution, he returns from death with a plan to challenge the kingdom that condemned him.