Karen Joy Fowler 
Artificial Things [EPUB ebook] 

An extraordinary collection of short stories from the award-winning author of Sarah Canary. Including "Praxis", the story about a theater where the real and unreal collide; "The Poplar Street Study", Fowler’s darkly comic account of an alien invasion; and "The Gates of Ghosts", in which a child journeys to a strange and deadly world, this anthology of 13 tales also features a new foreword by the author.The lake was full of artificial things — The Poplar Street study — Face value — The dragon’s head — The war of the roses — Contention — Recalling Cinderella — Other planes — The gate of ghosts — The bog people -Wild boys: variations on a theme — The view from Venus — Praxis