James Patrick Kelly's Strangeways Number 5 — James Patrick Kelly

Strangeways returns with a special fantasy edition. In his Nebula nominated short story, "Don't Stop," James Patrick Kelly jogs alongside a woman who is being followed -- and has been for thirty-some years. Who is the mysterious Crispin and why can't anyone see him? Also included here is “Faith,” a romantic comedy about day lilies and dating, featuring a single mom and a man who talks to plants. In 1999 “Faith” was adapted as an opera by renowned conductor and composer Michael Ching. Obviously not your ordinary fantasy story. And in an eclectic essay on Strunk and White's famous book, THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE, Kelly declares that “Feminism may well be remembered as the most important contribution of the twentieth century.”