The appearance of any new work by Tibor Fischer is a cause for celebration. Here are two dazzling new stories that show why he is so admired.

Tove Jansson's first book for adults was a memoir, capturing afresh the enchantments and fears of her Helsinki childhood. Restored to its original form, Sculptor's Daughter gives us a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from beneath the tree.

At 60 and with a diagnosis of early Alzheimer's, Adria Ardevol re-examines his life before his memory is systematically deleted. He recalls a loveless childhood where the family antique business and his father's study becomes the centre of his world. His

After a farming accident plunges him into a coma for months, Frankie Hermans wakes up to discover that he's paralysed and mute. Confined to a wheelchair, Frankie struggles to adjust to a life in which he must rely on others to complete even the simplest tasks for him.

It's been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex's relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in "Ashfall, " the first book in this trilogy. It's also been six months of waiting for Alex's parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Dar

A work from "McSweeney's" that has won multiple literary awards, including two "US National Magazine" Awards for fiction, and has had numerous stories appear in "The Best American Magazine Writing", the O Henry Awards anthologies, and The Best American Short Stories.

An issue of a quarterly, which has won such design awards as the AIGA 50 Books Award, the AIGA 365 Illustration Award, and the Print Design Regional Award.