What do you get when you cross NYT bestselling author Lev Grossman with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and a collection of strange artifacts? You get Doctor Roboticus, that's what.

And you get a whole heck of a lot more: a fully illustrated compendium of exciting stories and art featuring Holly Black, China Mieville, Michael Moorcock, Alan Moore, Garth Nix, Naomi Novik, Cherie Priest, Jan Svankmajer, Carrie Vaughn, Jake von Slatt, Charles Yu, and more. Here's the whole fascinating and odd and amazing story behind the stories in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities…