An anthology, edited by Martin H. Greenberg, of 20 original stories about Batman's most celebrated nemesis, the Joker.

Contents:

• Belly Laugh, or The Joker’s Trick or Treat by Joe R. Lansdale
• “Definitive Therapy” by F. Paul Wilson
• On a Beautiful Summer’s Day, He Was by Robert R. McCammon
• The Man Who Laughs by Stuart M. Kaminsky
• Someone Like You by Sheri S. Tepper
• Help! I Am a Prisoner by Joey Cavalieri
• Bone by Will Murray
• Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard by Edward Bryant & Dan Simmons
• Double Dribble by George Alec Effinger
• The Joker’s War by Robert Sheckley
• The Joker is Mild by Edward D. Hoch
• Happy Birthday by Mark L. Van Name & Jack McDevitt
• Masks by Garfield Reeves-Stevens
• Best of All by Marco Palmieri
• The Joker’s Christmas by Karen Haber
• On the Wire by Andrew Helfer
• The Fifty-Third Card by Henry Slesar
• Museum Piece by Mike Resnick
• Balloons by Edward Wellen
• Jangletown by Elizabeth Hand & Paul Witcover