Stories: All-New Tales Edited by Neil Gaiman and Al Sarrantonio

A good collection of stories, some by writers notable for their work in particular genres and others by those associated with more 'general' fiction. The choice of writers gives an indication of the theme, such as it is, of the anthology - the genre types generally being recognisably of their genre but known for working at the margins and incorporating more 'literary' elements (Michael Moorcock, Gene Wolfe, Walter Mosley), and the others a catholic mix of unarguably literary types and bestseller list popular fiction writers (there can't be too many short story collections out there featuring both Joyce Carol Oates and Jodi Picoult). What these stories have in common, as Gaiman suggests in his introduction, is that they're all genuine stories in the sense of being about the imagination and the 'and then what happened?' - many have fantasy and/or horror (or fable/fabulous) elements, but generally situated in the real world.