A Year in the Borderlands writer Kevin Candela's wild second excursion into alternate realities includes 17 tales, twelve of which have appeared in previously released anthologies and are collected here for the first time. These short stories combine with five never before released works, including the novella It's Only Funny if You Laugh, to produce a wide-ranging panoramic view of the worlds and realities that exist beyond our own. From earnest tributes to the works of Lewis Carroll and H.P. Lovecraft to giant monster rumbles, from ruminations on the roots of lycanthropy to creepy gunfighters taking on a town full of undead to a pond that eats anyone who dares swim in it, Playing With Reality is another vividly detailed page in the Atlas of the Unknown.