Mapping the Beast collects the best fiction from the landmarkanthology series Leviathan and its sister publication Album Zutique. From themid-1990s to the mid-2000s, Leviathan provided confrontational, sometimescontroversial surreal short stories, and helped chart the limits of fantasyfiction. Contributors to Mapping the Beast include Edgar Award winnerJeffrey Ford, Crawford Award winner K.J. Bishop, NEA Fellow Brian Evenson,Philip K. Dick Award winner Stepan Chapman, World Fantasy Award winner ZoranZivkovic and many others. Editor and founder Jeff VanderMeer provides an indepthintroduction and story notes to a collection sure to appeal to readers andacademics alike.