All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past
| First published | 1987 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ursus Imprints |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | Don Ivan Punchatz |
| Pages | 122 |
| Price | $35.00 |
| ISBN | 0942681002 |
- Limited to 600 copies, of which 574 are numbered and 26 lettered.
- All copies signed by Howard Waldrop, Don Ivan Punchatz (artist), Lewis Shiner (afterword), Tim Kirk (artist), Terry Lee (artist), Nancy Niles (artist), Gardner Dozois (introduction), Robert Haas (artist), Thomas Blackshear II (artist), Hank Jankus (artist) and A. Mason (artist).
- Interior art by Terry Lee, Hank Jankus, Thomas Blackshear II and Robert Haas are full-color plates on slick paper affixed to blank pages.
- All other interior art pieces are printed black-and-white full-page plates.
- LCCN listed in book (87-10569) does not exist in Library of Congress search.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Dwight Brown | Nova Express, Fall-Winter 1987 |
| 1995 | Glen Engel-Cox | First Impressions, Installment Twenty-Two |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction (All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past) | Gardner R. Dozois | Essay |
| 7 | All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past | Howard Waldrop | Short Story |
| 17 | Helpless, Helpless | Howard Waldrop | Short Story |
| 29 | Fair Game | Howard Waldrop | Short Story |
| 45 | What Makes Heironymous Run? | Howard Waldrop | Short Story |
| 60 | The Lions Are Asleep This Night | Howard Waldrop | Novelette |
| 80 | Flying Saucer Rock & Roll | Howard Waldrop | Novelette |
| 100 | He-We-Await | Howard Waldrop | Novelette |
| 120 | The Left-Handed Muse | Lewis Shiner | Essay |