These thirteen tales are populated by an assortment of fictional as well as real characters, all of them vividly sketched and true-to-life: the botanist Linnaeus, the composer Offenbach, the poet Hart Crane, the visionary horror writer H. P. Lovecraft, a southern sheriff, a dealer in rare books, a country singer, an old maid (and her suitor), and a mathematician. Whether these stories are deemed disquieting, comic, prophetic, or tall in the telling, they show us worlds where the truth reveals itself in many shapes. Throughout the writings comprising More Shapes Than One, Fred Chappell's storytelling magic transforms the commonplace.

Contents:

• Linnaeus Forgets
• The Snow That Is Nothing in the Triangle
• Barcarole
• Weird Tales
• The Somewhere Doors
• The Adder
• Ember
• Duet
• Miss Prue
• Mankind Journeys Through Forests of Symbols
• Alma
• After Revelation