The Finest Ass in the Universe is the second story collection by Anna Tambour. Tambour is an Aurealis Award winner and a World Fantasy Award nominee. The Finest Ass in the Universe collects 26 incredible fantastic visions. Five stories are original to this collection. Elation, compulsion, exploration, love and exquisitely timed bullying, a lascivious oyster, a man called Eggplant, the dangers of smelling like honey pudding, the enticement of innocent toadlets, the unending day of deadness. The daughter of a part-time magician and a Las Vegas showgirl turns to science. Destiny points a young...

From the totally not bestselling author of Crandolin (shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award), an extraordinary and moving novel that confronts and defies boundaries.

-Thank you, - said Arthur. -There's always hope.- He'd always hated that facile truism, but said it because he'd thought it was expected. From the Croatian's startled expression, he knew how gruesomely wrong he was.

That night Mrs Ma's butterfly brooch came to him in a dream-flying in, pinless, through the open window. It landed on his open palm and closed its wings in repose. Such a...