A Necklace of Claws, a distillation of a ten-year creative effort, imaginatively explores the themes of art, artists, sacrifice, perception, categories, words, numbers, time, space, the sun, the moon and stars in eighty concentrated stories and poems, some with a metaphysical twist, some with more than a touch of humor, some entangled with paradox. "Bless the mind, but it makes most of it up," as The Tree Bird and the Sky Bird concludes.

Those who enjoy the dance of thought and word will find much to enjoy here.

A Necklace of Claws is a continuation of a series of books by the author that include Sharing Imaginary Things and A Year Tightens Its Belt.