Masks

Long-talked about by Bradbury enthusiasts, MASKS was to be Ray Bradbury's second novel (he considers THE MARTIAN CHRONICLES his first novel). In the late-forties Bradbury applied for a Guggenheim grant and submitted an early version of MASKS. While he didn't get the grant, Bradbury continued to tinker with it until 1952 or 1953. Editor Donn Albright has assembled fragments into a cohesive story so the reader can compare Bradbury's first draft with later thoughts on the proposed novel. This will be a signed limited edition signed by Ray Bradbury. There will be no other edition of MASKS.

The book also contains 6 other previously unpublished short stories Bradbury wrote during this period including a unique take on racism.

The short stories, in the collection (and according to Gauntlet, they will never be published elsewhere) are:

• Masks
• Walker in the Night
• The Drothldo
• The Dancing Magician (aka Gallagher the Great)
• In the Eye of the Beholder
• The Face of Natalie
• They Never Get Mad

Limited to 500 signed and numbered copies