Slippage is a collection of short stories by author Harlan Ellison

Harlan Ellison

Harlan Jay Ellison is an American writer. His principal genre is speculative fiction.His published works include over 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, teleplays, essays, a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media...

. In the introduction, Ellison introduces the concept of 'slippage', or the falling apart of one's life, as the underlying theme of the book. In addition to the stories listed in the table of contents, the book includes a short narration of an unhealthy relationship with a woman named Charlotte as an example of a 'slippage' in the author's life.

Several of the stories in Slippage won awards. "The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore" was selected for inclusion in the 1993 edition of The Best American Short Stories. "Chatting With Anubis" won the Bram Stoker Award

Bram Stoker Award

The Bram Stoker Award is a recognition presented by the Horror Writers Association for "superior achievement" in horror writing. The awards have been presented annually since 1987, and the winners are selected by ballot of the Active members of the HWA...

 for best short story in 1995. The collection as a whole also won a Locus Poll Award for best short story collection in 1998.

"Mefisto in Onyx" had previously appeared as an award-winning novella which had cover art by Frank Miller

Frank Miller (comics)

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. It won the Bram Stoker Award in 1993 and the Locus Pool Award in 1994 for best Novella in each respective year.

Slippage includes the screenplay

Screenplay

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 for "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

Crazy as a Soup Sandwich

"Crazy as a Soup Sandwich" is the sixty-fourth episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.- Opening narration:-Plot:...

", which originally aired as an episode of The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...

 in 1989.

Contents

• Introduction: The Fault in My Line
• The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore
• Anywhere But Here, With Anybody But You
• Crazy as a Soup Sandwich
  Crazy as a Soup Sandwich
  "Crazy as a Soup Sandwich" is the sixty-fourth episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.- Opening narration:-Plot:...
  
  
• Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep
• The Pale Silver Dollar of the Moon Pays its Way and Makes Change
• The Lingering Scent of Woodsmoke
• The Museum on Cyclopse Avenue
• Go Toward the Light
• Mefisto in Onyx
• Where I Shall Dwell in the Next World
• Chatting With Anubis
• The Few, The Proud
• Sensible City
• The Dragon on the Bookshelf
  The Dragon on the Bookshelf
  "The Dragon on the Bookshelf" is a short story by Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg. The story was originally written and copyrighted in 1995, and appeared in Ellison's 1997 short story collection Slippage.- Plot summary:...
  
   (written in collaboration with Robert Silverberg
  Robert Silverberg
  Robert Silverberg is an American author, best known for writing science fiction. He is a multiple nominee of the Hugo Award and a winner of the Nebula Award.-Early years:...
  
  )
• Keyboard
• Jane Doe #112
• The Dreams a Nightmare Dreams
• Pulling Hard Time
• Scartaris, June 28
• She's a Young Thing and Cannot Leave Her Mother
• Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral