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Science fiction and fantasy's most adept short-story author reinvents some classic themes in an engaging collection that includes three of his Hugo award-winning stories. These smart expansions of traditional themes summon dinosaurs, dragons, peril in space, myths, faeries, and time travel, each undergoing artful alchemy to create serious genre literature that is playful, original, and clever. Comprising 16 imaginative and mischievous adventures, including the previously unpublished novelette, "The Skysailor's Tale, "this adroit gathering makes a collection to truly revel in. The collection The Dog Said Bow-Wow contains the following stories: "'Hello,' Said the Stick" (Hugo Nominee for Short Story 2003, Locus Nominee for Short Story 2003) "The Dog Said Bow-Wow" (Hugo Winner for Short Story 2002, Nebula Nominee for Short Story 2003, Locus Nominee for Short Story 2002) "Slow Life" (Hugo Winner for Novelette 2003, Locus Nominee for Novelette 2003) "Triceratops Summer" (Locus Nominee for Short Story 2006) "Tin Marsh" (Locus Nominee for Short Story 2007) "An Episode of Stardust" "The Skysailor's Tale" (Locus Nominee for Novelette 2008) "Legions in Time" (Hugo Winner for Novelette 2004, Locus Nominee for Novelette 2004) "The Little Cat Laughed to See Such Sport" (Hugo Nominee for Short Story 2003, Locus Nominee for Short Story 2003) "The Bordello in Faerie" "The Last Geek" (Locus Nominee for Short Story 2005) "Girls and Boys, Come Out to Play" (Locus Nominee for Novelette 2006) "A Great Day for Brontosaurs" "Dirty Little War" (Locus Nominee for Short Story 2003) "A Small Room in Koboldtown" (Hugo Nominee for Short Story 2008, Locus Winner for Short Story 2008) "Urdumheim" (Locus Nominee for Novelette 2008)