From fairy tale forest to gloomy gothic moor, from gleaming epidemiologist’s lab to the sandy shores of Neverland, Seanan McGuire’s short fiction is gathered together in this collection.

Meet the mad scientists of “Laughter at the Academy” and “The Tolling of Pavlov’s Bells.” The collection includes a Halloween that never ends, and two very different alphabets in “Frontier ABCs” and “From A to Z in the Book of Changes.” Other stories include “Lost,” “In Skeleton Leaves,” and tales of remembering how to fly.

This decade-spanning collection includes several pieces that have never before been reprinted. Stories about mermaids, robots, dolls, and Deep Ones are all included.