Last Plane to Heaven

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Long before he was a novelist, SF writer Jay Lake was an acclaimed short story writer. In his all-too-brief career, he published more than 300 works of short fiction. In Last Plane to Heaven, we have winnowed that down to thirty-two of the best of them. Aliens and angels fill these pages, from the title story, a hard-edged and breathtaking look at how a real alien visitor might be received, to the savage truth of "The Cancer Catechisms." In between there are stops for love and laughter, serious terror, and lighthearted stunt-writing with his friend and sometimes collaborator, Ken Scholes. There's plenty of wonder here, on board space ships, on distant worlds, in the cracks of time. Here is a feast of short stories written by a master of the form, science fiction and fantasy both. Take the Last Plane to Heaven along with Jay Lake.

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JAY LAKE was a prolific writer of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an award-winning editor, a popular raconteur and toastmaster, and an excellent teacher at the many writers' workshops he attended. Lake was nominated multiple times for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and the World Fantasy Award. He won the John W. Campbell Award for best new writer in 2004. Jay Lake died in 2014.