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“Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere.”—Booklist

For most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce, let alone spell. We asked twenty-one of today’s most talented and inventive writers to go even further and pen an original tale inspired by one of dozens of obscure and fascinating championship words. The result is Logorrhea—a veritable dictionary of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the indefinable that will have you spellbound from the very first page.

Including twenty-one stories and the inscrutable words that inspired them:

Chiaroscuro: “The Chiaroscurist” by Hal Duncan
Lyceum: “Lyceum” by Liz Williams
Vivisepulture: “Vivisepulture” by David Prill
Eczema: “Eczema” by Clare Dudman
Sacrilege, Semaphore: &ldq

Logorrhea Good Words Make Good Stories

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    A Paperback / softback by John Klima, Jeff VanderMeer, Elizabeth Hand

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      Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
      Publication Date: 01/05/2007
      ISBN13: 9780553384338, 978-0553384338
      ISBN10: 0553384333

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “Delightful . . . A treat for dictionary hounds and vocabulary-challenged word lovers everywhere.”—Booklist

      For most of us, these prizewinning spelling bee words would be difficult to pronounce, let alone spell. We asked twenty-one of today’s most talented and inventive writers to go even further and pen an original tale inspired by one of dozens of obscure and fascinating championship words. The result is Logorrhea—a veritable dictionary of the weird, the fantastic, the haunting, and the indefinable that will have you spellbound from the very first page.

      Including twenty-one stories and the inscrutable words that inspired them:

      Chiaroscuro: “The Chiaroscurist” by Hal Duncan
      Lyceum: “Lyceum” by Liz Williams
      Vivisepulture: “Vivisepulture” by David Prill
      Eczema: “Eczema” by Clare Dudman
      Sacrilege, Semaphore: &ldq

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