Grotto of the Dancing Deer: And Other Stories

Collected tales of wonder, danger, and the future, including the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning title story
This volume contains ten stellar short stories by science fiction Grand Master Clifford D. Simak. In “Grotto of the Dancing Deer,” a man carrying an ancient secret finally speaks up, unable to bear any longer the loneliness he has experienced for millennia. In “Over the River,” which Simak wrote in memory of his beloved grandmother Ellen, children from an embattled future are sent back for safekeeping to their ancestors in the peaceful past. And in “Day of Truce,” the inhabitants of a suburban subdivision must barricade themselves against bands of roving attackers. On only one day each year do the gates open wide. . . .
Each story includes an introduction by David W. Wixon, literary executor of the Clifford D. Simak estate and editor of this ebook.
Contents:
The Language of Clifford D. Simak • essay by David W. Wixon
Over the River and Through the Woods • (1965) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
The Grotto of the Dancing Deer • (1980) • short story by Clifford D. Simak (variant of Grotto of the Dancing Deer)
The Reformation of Hangman's Gulch • non-genre • (1944) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
The Civilization Game • (1958) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Crying Jag • (1960) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Hunger Death • (1938) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Mutiny on Mercury • (1932) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Jackpot • (1956) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Day of Truce • (1963) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
Unsilent Spring • (1976) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak and Richard S. Simak