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The Chrestomathy of Desire is a collection of fantasy, science fiction, mystery, and adventure stories, filk songs, and essays by D. J. Butler. This is the tenth volume in the Legacy of the Corridor publication series.
Millennia-old demons hunt both Hiram Woolley and his son. A former music teacher spends eternity being tested (tortured?) on his knowledge of—and ear for—music. Monsters hunt down an injured goat herder as he tries to retrieve his wayward goat. Not everything in the online world is as it seems, especially this far from Earth. Karma always comes to those who wait, and especially to those who don’t. Join the Bard of Sarovar as he explores these and other imaginative worlds!
This collection contains 32 entertaining yarns, including six original filks songs and two short stories published here for the first time, plus four essays on the topics of his own works and the business of writing. The Bard of Sarovar will entertain you from the first page to the last.
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Contents in order of appearance. All works by Butler unless otherwise noted:
- “Legacy of the Corridor” (essay) by Joe Monson
- “Mere Pulp from a Giant Among Authors” (Essay) by Joe Monson
- “The Greatest of These Is Hope”
- “Stupid Goat”
- “The Cunning Man and th Jupiter Knife: Five Themes” (essay)
- “Others Eat the Sheep”
- “Author’s Preface to Witchy Eye” (essay)
- “Calvin Calhoun Sees the Lights of Atlanta”
- “A Short Story by Somerset Maugham”
- “Monsters in Chicago”
- “Six Lyrics” (essay)
- “Take a Chance” (filk)
- “The Road to Jericho” (filk)
- “Sunny Day” (filk)
- “Cosmic Dangers: The LTUE Song” (filk)
- “A Place Called Liberty” (filk)
- “Talking Dragon Con” (filk)
- “Dim Carcosa”
- “The Quail Runs”
- “Dog”
- “An Offering the King Makes”
- “The Path and the Gates”
- “Assume the Marketing Is on You” (essay)
- “A God of Death”
- “Vaekra Take Me”
- “The Lord Set a Mark”
- “Brand and Writers: Four Different ‘Brands’ to Manage on Your Road to Writing Success” (essay)
- “A Short Rest in Hell”
- “Dreams of the River”
- “Everyone Gets What They Have Coming”
- “A Window on Sarovar”
- “Looneytoons”
- “Mere Pulp, No Less”
- “Two Strangers”
Edited by: Callie Butler and Joe Monson
Cover Artist: Tithi Luadthong
Published by Hemelein Publications.
Release Date: July 2025 (ebook and trade paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-64278-067-3 (trade paperback), 978-1-64278-068-0 (ebook)
LCCN: 2025936135
Price: $18.99 (trade paperback), $6.99 (ebook)