William Goldman's remarkable career spans more than five decades, and his credentials run the gamut from bestselling novelist to Oscar-winning screenwriter to Hollywood raconteur. He's beloved by millions of readers as the author of the classic comic-romantic fantasy The Princess Bride. And he's notorious for creating the most harrowing visit to the dentist in literary and cinematic history--in one of the seminal thrillers of the twentieth century. . . .MARATHON MANTom "Babe" Levy is a runner in every racing tirelessly toward his goals of athletic and academic excellence--and endlessly away from the specter of his famous father's scandal-driven suicide. But an unexpected visit from his beloved older brother will set in motion a chain of events that plunge Babe into a vortex of terror, treachery, and murder--and force him into a race for his life . . . and for the answer to the fateful question, "Is it safe?"

CLARENCE! is a light, more than amusing, fantasy about a man and his dog. No. More correctly, CLARENCE is the story of a dog and his man. The dog is Clarence. The man is Henry. An author who is victimized by a government and by so-called grass roots movements which have arisen to dominate our lives. Dictating what we say and how we say it. Where we smoke, if at all. And soon to dictate what we think. Clarence, being a very bright Golden Retriever, (descended from a championship line of Goldens) is in a position to observe, comment upon, and sympathize with his unfortunate friend, and he does. Clarence might likely will be saying the things you wish you could.

An anthology of eighteen feline fantasies features tales by Stephen King, Ursula LeGuin, Theodore Sturgeon, Gene Wolfe, and other masters of the fantasy genre