SINCE THE PUBLICATION of her first story ('Stranger in the House') in 1972, Lisa Tuttle has established herself as a highly respected author. Her work has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Twilight Zone Magazine, Whispers, and many other well-known genre publications, but it would be wrong to attach a specific label to Lisa's stories. As Stephen Jones notes in his introduction to this volume: 'If you only know Lisa Tuttle from her fantasy or science fiction work, they you may be surprised at just how visceral some of these tales are. But others are tender, heartbreaking, or intensely personal. . . . This is the mark of a truly skilled horror writer—someone who has the power to elicit emotions other than just fear or revulsion with their fiction.'

Stranger in the House gathered together Lisa's own selection of stories, a number of which have not been previously collected. The stories have been arranged chronologically as they were written, rather than as they were published, and this volume covers the period between 1972 nd 1985.