Synopsis: Three stories of the fantastic by Kurt Vonnegut are featured in this volume of the acclaimed series. In "All the King's Horses," an American ambassador in Central America is challenged to a high stakes game of chess on a life-sized board. "The Euphio Question" concerns a group of people who... Three stories of the fantastic by Kurt Vonnegut are featured in this volume of the acclaimed series. In "All the King's Horses," an American ambassador in Central America is challenged to a high stakes game of chess on a life-sized board. "The Euphio Question" concerns a group of people who discover an alien signal which leaves them feeling ecstatic. But at what price? In "The Next Door," a nine year-old boy home alone gets in over his head after spying on the residents of the neighboring apartment. [More]