"The Dragon on the Bookshelf"
by Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg
Form: Short story
Year: 1995
ID: 254
Publication history:
- 1995: The Ultimate Dragon, Dell Trade paperback, ISBN 0-440-50630-1, 313 pp.
- 1997: Slippage, Ziesing Hard cover book
Other resources:
[None on record]
Comments:
This fantasy story (one of very few pure fantasies Silverberg has been involved with) concerns a small dragon who falls in love with a human woman. The problem is, the dragon's presence in our world has created a rift between it and the world of dragons, demons, and other nasties. The little dragon holds the ability to seal this rift and save our world, if only he can tear himself away from the object of his affection.