Comments on: Who authored these sci-fi short story anthologies?

Question: Who authored these sci-fi short story anthologies?

joe lisboa — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:34:56 -0800

Name-that-sci-fi-author-filter ...

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.

By: Bighappyfunhouse

Bighappyfunhouse — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:42:09 -0800

Fredric Brown?

By: ottereroticist

ottereroticist — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:42:18 -0800

Fritz Leiber? And Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser?

By: interrobang

interrobang — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 22:44:57 -0800

It sounds like Frederic Brown to me, too. This page has a story on it called "Star Mouse".

By: joe lisboa

joe lisboa — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 23:04:09 -0800

Brown it is. Man, you guys are good. Thanks!

By: Goofyy

Goofyy — Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:58:48 -0800

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.