The autopsy : best weird stories of Michael Shea
(Book)

"'The Autopsy' is one of several tales that mingles gruesomeness and science fiction. Others include 'Polyphemus,' where the members of a spaceship encounter the titanic eye of some unthinkably vast and hostile entity. 'The Angel of Death' exhibits the battle of two alien entities as they successively inhabit hapless human beings in their quest for supremacy. Shea's sensitivity to the downtrodden is exhibited in such tales as 'The Horror on the #33,' 'Water of Life,' and 'Tollbooth,' populated by homeless people, prostitutes, drug dealers, and other disdained members of society. Shea's affinity for California is shown in 'Fill it with Regular,' 'Upscale,' and other tales that bring his native state to life. As a bonus, two unpublished stories are included: 'Feeding Spiders,' evoking the work of a writer who adopted California as his home-Ray Bradbury; and 'Ghost,' where a vengeful ghost stalks the tough streets of South Boston."--,Amazon.