Caitlín R. Kiernan’s short fiction was first published in 1995. Two Worlds and In Between: The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan (Volume One) presents a retrospective of the first ten years of her work, a compilation of more than two hundred thousand words of short fiction, including many of her stories, as well as some of the author’s personal favorites, several previously uncollected, hard-to-find pieces, her sf novella, The Dry Salvages, and a collaboration with Poppy Z. Brite.