Pterodactyls: A Collection of Stories

$75 · Offered by Gauntlet Press

Set for Publication Late-Spring 2026 Ray Bradbury spent his entire career tinkering with his novels and short stories. He often said he would put a story away to revisit it months later with fresh eyes. In some cases projects could take years to complete, such as SOMEWHERE A BAND IS PLAYING , which was published after 50 years. MASKS went unfinished, a project which he toyed with on and off during his career. Gauntlet s latest title, PTERODACTYLS: A COLLECTION OF STORIES, presents readers with the first iterations of many stories that have never been collected in these earliest forms. A few of these stories were never published again, while others were reworked and tinkered with heavily by Bradbury before appearing in later collections. Gauntlet s limited edition is the only time these have been brought together for the reader straight from the tear sheets of their original publications. The stories in the collection are: The Swan The Wilderness End of Summer The Pumpernickel Undersea Guardians The Trunk Lady The Electrocution Final Victim Four-Way Funeral The Small Assassin The Wind El Dia De Muerte The Headpiece The Pterodactyls The Joke I, Rocket I, Mars And then, the Silence The Long Years The Watchful Poker Chip Her Eyes, Her Lips, Her Limbs The Monster Maker The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone PTERODACTYLS: A COLLECTION OF STORIES will be available in two versions: An unsigned edition A numbered signed edition limited to 100 copies The signed edition will include classi

• Binding: Hardcover

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