Celebrated as theauthor of five acclaimed historical fantasy novels in the Glamourist series, Mary Robinette Kowal is also well known as an award-winning author of shortscience fiction and fantasy. Her stories encompass a wide range of themes, acovey of indelible characters, and settings that span from Earth's past to itsnear and far futures as well as even farther futures beyond. Alternativehistory, fairy tales, adventure, fables, science fiction (both hard and soft), fantasy (both epic and cozy)-nothing is beyond the reach of her unique talent.WORD PUPPETS-the first comprehensive collection of Kowal's extraordinaryfiction-includes her two Hugo-winning stories, a Hugo nominee, an original storyset in the world of "The Lady Astronaut of Mars," and fourteen othershow-stopping tales.