Who authored these sci-fi short story anthologies?

April 24, 2006 10:34 PM

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I'll be damned if I can remember the author of a few sci-fi anthologies I discovered as a teenager in the late-80s. What little I remember is that he was principally an author of short stories, each of which usually featured a dark twist ending in the Twilight Zone vein. (I know, that's helpful.) Not every story was overtly sci-fi, but I distinctly recall a story-arc involving a space-travelling mouse with a Teutonic name (Fritz? Franz?).

I also know that Frank Kelly Freas provided the striking cover artwork to the (at least) two anthologies I found of his. Any help would be awesome.

posted by joe lisboa to writing & language (5 comments total)

Fredric Brown?
posted by Bighappyfunhouse at 10:42 PM on April 24, 2006

Fritz Leiber? And Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser?
posted by ottereroticist at 10:42 PM on April 24, 2006

It sounds like Frederic Brown to me, too. This page has a story on it called "Star Mouse".
posted by interrobang at 10:44 PM on April 24, 2006

Brown it is. Man, you guys are good. Thanks!
posted by joe lisboa at 11:04 PM on April 24, 2006

Wow. I have no recollection of the story, but Fredric Brown is my favorite short-story author. In fact, I never much appreciated short stories, until I hit upon his.
posted by Goofyy at 2:58 AM on April 25, 2006