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Mark Roberts


Editor Jeff VanderMeer is the author of two short story collections, City of Saints and Madmen and A Secret Life, and one novel, Veniss Underground. He has also edited anthologies Leviathan 1, 2, and 3, the last a World Fantasy Award winner and Philip K. Dick award finalist.

Mark Roberts runs Chimeric, a graphic design firm, and has been involved in several publishing ventures through the publisher arm of Chimeric. An accomplished illustrator and writer, his work has appeared in Interzone, The Third Alternative, The New York Review of SF, and many others. Along with his co-editor, Jeff VanderMeer, he has been...

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The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases
Written by Mark Roberts and Jeff Vandermeer

Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Bantam | Fiction - Anthologies (multiple authors); Fiction - Short Stories (single author); Fiction - Humorous
978-0-553-38339-3 (0-553-38339-6)

April 26, 2005 | $21.00



“Imagine if Monty Python wrote the Mayo Clinic Family Health Book, and you sort of get the idea. Afraid you’re afflicted with an unknown malady? Finally you have a place to turn!” —Book Sense

You hold in your hands the most complete and official guide to imaginary ailments ever assembled—each disease carefully...


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The 12 Day Jinx
Written by Mark Roberts

Trade Paperback | pages | Andersen Press | Juvenile Fiction
978-1-84270-074-7 (1-84270-074-X)

September 26, 2002 | $10.95






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Night Riders
Written by Mark Roberts

Trade Paperback | pages | Andersen Press | Juvenile Fiction
978-1-84270-022-8 (1-84270-022-7)

September 20, 2001 | $9.95