This collection of Avram Davidson's complete Jewish stories dates from the author's experiences during World War II to his untimely death in 1993. It includes gems like The Golem, Nephillim, The F isherman... A Tashlich Legend, plus the never-before published stories Everybody Has Somebody In Heaven and The Irregular Union of Mendel and Esther Slonim.

A symposium of some of the greatest living science fiction writers including Peter Beagle, Carol Carr, Lisa Goldstein, Barry Malzburg, and others pay homage to Avram. They reveal their own stories about this eclectic, untamable, brilliant writer.

Avram Davidson was the editor of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and won many awards for his original writings including the Hugo Award for best science fiction story, the Ellery Queen Award and Edgar Award for best mystery stories, and the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the World Fantasy Convention.