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The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume 4 ed. Paula Guran (Pyr, October 24, 2023, 978-1-64506-067-3, $23.95, 400pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · In Brief · Paula Guran · in 1 · Shadow Plane · Fran Wilde · ss Weird Tales #365, 2022 19 · The Dyer and the Dressmakers · Bindia Persaud · ss Chromophobia ed. Sara Tantlinger, Rooster Republic Press, 2022 26 · Red Wet Grin · Gemma Files · ss Screams from the Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor Nightfire, 2022, as “Wet Red Grin” 50 · The Lending Library of Final Lines · Octavia Cade · ss The Dark #80, January 2022 65 · Men, Women, and Chainsaws · Stephen Graham Jones · nv Tor.com April 20 2022 88 · The Woman Who Married the Minotaur · Angela Slatter · ss The Sunday Morning Transport October 23 2022 91 · The Voice of a Thousand Years · Fawaz Al-Matrouk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2022 105 · Bonesoup · Eugenia Triantafyllou · ss Strange Horizons July 11 2022 112 · Challawa · Usman T. Malik · nv Dark Stars ed. John F. D. Taff, Titan, 2022 141 · How Selkies Are Made · Cassandra Khaw · ss Breakable Things by Cassandra Khaw, Undertow Publications, 2022 151 · The Feeding of Closed Mouths · Eden Royce · ss (Re)Living Mythology ed. H. D. Hunter, Shingai Njeri Kagunda, L. P. Kindred & Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, Android Press, 2022 165 · A Belly Full of Spiders · Mário Coelho · ss previously available as an audio download from PseudoPod #813, June 2022. 177 · The Long Way Up · Alix E. Harrow · ss The Deadlands #9, January 2022 191 · Douen · Suzan Palumbo · ss The Dark #82, March 2022 206 · The Ercildoun Accord · Steve Toase · ss Lackington’s #25, Spring 2022 216 · Sharp Things, Killing Things · A. C. Wise · ss Nightmare #121, October 2022 231 · Swim the Darkness · Michael Kelly · ss The Dark #87, August 2022 240 · The Summer Castle · Ray Nayler · ss Nightmare #113, February 2022 253 · In the Smile Place · Tobi Ogundiran · ss Fiyah #24, Fall 2022 266 · A Monster in the Shape of a Boy · Hannah Yang · ss Apex Magazine #131, 2022 271 · Lemmings · Kirstyn McDermott · ss Weird Horror #5, Fall 2022

The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume 5 ed. Paula Guran (Pyr, October 15, 2024, 978-1-64506-092-5, $28.95, 300pp, tp, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Magic Tricks · Paula Guran · in · The Dark House · A. C. Wise · ss Tor.com March 15 2023 · A Geography of Innocence · M. Rickert · ss Weird Horror #7, Fall 2023 · The Crease · Simon Avery · nv Black Static #82/83, 2023 · All the Things I Know About Ghosts, by Ofelia, Age 10 · Isabel Cañas · ss The Deadlands #30, October 2023 · The Witch Is Not the Monster · Alaya Dawn Johnson · nv The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager US, 2023 · The Demon Lord of Broken Concrete · Alexander Irvine · ss Bourbon Penn #30, August 2023 · Interstate Mohinis · M. L. Krishnan · ss Diabolical Plots #100, June 2023 · Return to Bear Creek Lodge · Tananarive Due · ss Christmas and Other Horrors ed. Ellen Datlow, Titan, 2023 · Resurrection Highway · Amy Rose Capetta · ss The Sunday Morning Transport September 3 2023 · If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak · Sam J. Miller · ss The Dark #98, July 2023 · Kudzu Boy Dreaming · S. J. Powell · ss Fiyah #26, Spring 2023 · Midnight in Moscow · Tobi Ogundiran · ss Jackal, Jackal by Tobi Ogundiran, Undertow Publications, 2023 · Jack O’Dander · Priya Sharma · ss Tor.com October 4 2023 · Miz Boudreaux’s Last Ride · Christopher Caldwell · ss Uncanny Magazine #50, January/February 2023 · Those Hitchhiking Kids · Darcie Little Badger · ss The Sunday Morning Transport April 2 2023 · The Tissot Family Circus · Angela Slatter · ss Twice Cursed ed. Marie O'Regan & Paul Kane, Titan Books, 2023 · Till the Greenteeth Draw Us Down · Josh Rountree · ss The Deadlands #27, July 2023 · Significant Disruption · R. L. Summerling · ss Interzone #295, September 2023 · The Ghasts · Lavie Tidhar · ss Uncanny Magazine #53, July/August 2023

The Year’s Best Fantasy: Volume 1 ed. Paula Guran (Pyr, August 16, 2022, 978-1-64506-048-2, $21.95, 456pp, tp, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Mirrors · Paula Guran · in · Unseelie Brothers, Ltd. · Fran Wilde · ss Uncanny Magazine #40, May/June 2021 · Small Monsters · E. Lily Yu · nv Tor.com October 20 2021 · L’Esprit de L’Escalier · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Tor.com August 25 2021 · Frost’s Boy [Tales of the Great Sweet Sea] · P. H. Lee · ss Lightspeed #128, January 2021 · The Tale of Jaja and Canti · Tobi Ogundiran · ss Lightspeed #135, August 2021 · The Cloud Lake Unicorn · Karen Russell · ss Conjunctions #76, Spring 2021 · The White Road or How a Crow Carried Death Over a River · Marika Bailey · ss Fiyah #18, Spring 2021 · The Red Mother · Elizabeth Bear · nv Tor.com June 23 2021 · Her Garden, the Size of Her Palm · Yukimi Ogawa · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2021 · Gisla and the Three Favors · Kathleen Jennings · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #43, June 2021 · Passing Fair and Young · Roshani Chokshi · ss Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices ed. Swapna Krishnan & Jenn Northington, Vintage Books, 2021 · Quintessence · Andrew James Dykstal · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #324, February 25 2021 · Brickomancer · Tobias Buckell · ss Shoggoths in Traffic and Other Stories by Tobias S. Buckell, Fairwood Press, 2021 · The Demon Sage’s Daughter · Varsha Dinesh · ss Strange Horizons February 8 2021 · Gray Skies, Red Wings, Blue Lips, Black Hearts · Merc Fenn Wolfmoor · ss Apex Magazine #121, 2021 · Drunkard’s Walk [Morlock Ambrosius] · James Enge · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2021 · If the Martians Have Magic · P. Djeli Clark · ss Uncanny Magazine #42, September/October 2021 · A Minnow, or Perhaps a Colossal Squid · C. S. E. Cooney & Carlos Hernandez · ss Mermaids Monthly #4, April 2021 · The Fox’s Daughter · Richard Parks · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #344, December 2 2021 · The Three Tales from the Blue Library · Sofia Samatar · ss Conjunctions #76, Spring 2021 · Breath of the Dragon King · Allison King · vi Fantasy Magazine #72, October 2021 · The Piper · Karen Joy Fowler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2021 · A Spell for Foolish Hearts · Isabel Yap · ss Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap, Small Beer Press, 2021 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Year’s Best Fantasy: Volume 2 ed. Paula Guran (Pyr, August 15, 2023, 978-1-64506-049-9, $21.95, 406pp, tp, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. xi · Radical (And Not So Radical) Literature · Paula Guran · in 1 · The Portal Keeper · Lavie Tidhar · ss Uncanny Magazine #48, September/October 2022 21 · Pellargonia: A Letter to the Journal of Imaginary Anthropology · Theodora Goss · ss Lost Worlds & Mythological Kingdoms ed. John Joseph Adams, Grim Oak Press, 2022 41 · The Hunger [Morlock Ambrosius] · James Enge · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2022 51 · The Gentle Dragon Tells His Tale of Love [Faine] · J. A. Pak · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2022 73 · The Part You Throw Away · Elizabeth Bear · ss The Sunday Morning Transport September 4 2022 83 · Phoenix Tile · Guan Un · ss Khōréō v2 #1, 2022 97 · The Daily Commute · Sarah Gailey · ss The Sunday Morning Transport July 10 2022 105 · Earth Dragon, Turning · Anya Ow · ss Uncanny Magazine #49, November/December 2022 120 · March Magic · W. C. Dunlap · ss Africa Risen ed. Sheree Ren^e'e Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, Tor.com, 2022 126 · The Goldfish Man · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Uncanny Magazine #45, March/April 2022 143 · Love Heart Soup · Wen-yi Lee · ss Augur Magazine v5 #1, 2022 151 · A Record of Our Meeting with the Grand Faerie Lord of Vast Space and Its Great Mysteries, Revised · A. T. Greenblatt · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #350, February 24 2022 173 · The Book of Unwritten Poems · Curtis C. Chen · ss The Sunday Morning Transport June 19 2022 182 · 3 A.M. Eternal · Eden Royce · ss Worlds of Possibility October 2022 201 · Readings in the Slantwise Sciences · Sofia Samatar · ss Conjunctions #79, Fall 2022 210 · At the Foot of the Dragon Stair · Aliette de Bodard · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #350, February 24 2022 225 · Roadside Attraction · Alix E. Harrow · ss Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, 2022 239 · Kings and Popes and Saints · Jon Hansen · ss Apex Magazine #133, 2022 248 · The Long View · Susan Palwick · ss Tor.com April 27 2022 268 · The Short History of My Mother · Priya Sharma · ss Sufficiently Advanced Magic ed. Vassili Christodoulou, Writers Mosaic, 2022 274 · The Massage Lady at Munjeong Road Bathhouse · Isabel Kim · ss Clarkesworld #185, February 2022 288 · Potemora in the Triad · Sara S. Messenger · ss Fantasy Magazine #80, June 2022 299 · Le Sorcier de Lascaux · Douglas Schwarz · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2022 321 · Songs We Sing at Sea Are the Lies We Tell Ourselves · Kaaron Warren · ss Looming Low: Volume II ed. Sam Cowan & Justin Steele, Dim Shores, 2023 331 · The Miraculous Account of Khaja Bairaq, Pennant-Saint of Zabel · Tanvir Ahmed · ss Strange Horizons July 18 2022 346 · Sun in an Empty Room · Sam J. Miller · ss Boys, Beasts & Men by Sam J. Miller, Tachyon, 2022 356 · The Deification of Igodo · Joshua Uchenna Omenga · ss Africa Risen ed. Sheree Ren^e'e Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, Tor.com, 2022 370 · To Make Unending · Max Gladstone · ss The Sunday Morning Transport September 1 2022 381 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 392 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Year’s Best Fantasy: Volume 3 ed. Paula Guran (Pyr, September 10, 2024, 978-1-64506-093-2, $23.95, 300pp, tp, an)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Of Course, I Could Be Wrong · Paula Guran · in · Mr. Catt · Eleanor Arnason · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2023 · What I Remember of Oresha Moon Dragon Devshrata · P. Djèlí Clark · nv The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager US, 2023 · How to Stay Married to Baba Yaga · S. M. Hallow · ss Baffling Magazine #11, April 2023 · The Rain Remembers What the Sky Forgets · Fran Wilde · ss Uncanny Magazine #52, May/June 2023 · Mid-Earth Removals Limited · R. S. A. Garcia · ss The Sunday Morning Transport November 5 2023 · On the Fox Roads · Nghi Vo · ss Tor.com October 31 2023 · Always Be Returning · Eugenia Triantafyllou · ss The Sunday Morning Transport August 6 2023 · The Passing of the Dragon · Ken Liu · ss Tor.com September 13 2023 · Remembered Salt · E. Catherine Tobler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2023 · The Cat’s Tale · E. Lily Yu · ss Jewel Box by E. Lily Yu, Erewhon Books, 2023 · The God of Minor Troubles · Megan Chee · ss Strange Horizons May 29 2023 · A Princess with a Nose Three Ells Long · Malda Marlys · ss Fantasy Magazine #88, February 2023 · The Big Glass Box and the Boys Inside · Isabel J. Kim · ss Apex Magazine #135, 2023 · The Spirit of Bois · Karyn Díaz · ss Fiyah #27, Summer 2023 · Can You Hear Me Now? · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Uncanny Magazine #54, September/October 2023 · Spinning Shadow · Margaret Ronald · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #384, June 15 2023 · John Hollowback and the Witch · Amal El-Mohtar · nv The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager US, 2023 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas: 2015 Edition ed. Paula Guran (Prime Books, August 6, 2015, 978-1-60701-455-3, $19.95, 573pp, tp, an, cover by Julie Dillon)     Year’s Best anthology with nine novellas from 2014. Authors include Nancy Kress, Patrick Rothfuss, Genevieve Valentine, and K.J. Parker. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Paula Guran · in 11 · Yesterday’s Kin [Yesterday’s Kin] · Nancy Kress · na Tachyon, 2014 101 · The Lightning Tree [Kingkiller Chronicle] · Patrick Rothfuss · nv Rogues ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2014 149 · Dream Houses · Genevieve Valentine · na WSFA Press, 2014 217 · The Mothers of Voorhisville · Mary Rickert · na Tor.com April 30 2014 299 · Claudius Rex · John P. Murphy · na Alembical 3 ed. Lawrence M. Schoen & Arthur Dorrance, Paper Golem, 2014 385 · In Her Eyes · Seth Chambers · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2014 429 · The Churn [The Expanse] · James S. A. Corey · na Orbit, 2014 471 · The Things We Do for Love · K. J. Parker · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2014 523 · Where the Trains Turn · Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen; translated by Liisa Rantalaiho · na Tor.com November 19 2014 translated from the Finnish (“Missä junat kääntyvät”, 2000).

The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Novellas: 2016 Edition ed. Paula Guran (Prime Books, August 2, 2016, 978-1-60701-472-0, $19.95, 527pp, tp, an, cover by Julie Dillon)     Year’s Best anthology with nine novellas from 2015. Authors include Aliette de Bodard, Nnedi Okorafor, and K.J. Parker. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Paula Guran · in 13 · Binti [Binti] · Nnedi Okorafor · na Tor.com, September 2015 53 · The Citadel of Weeping Pearls [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2015 129 · Gypsy · Carter Scholz · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2015 186 · The Pauper Prince and the Eucalyptus Jinn · Usman T. Malik · na Tor.com April 22 2015 237 · What Has Passed Shall in Kinder Light Appear · Bao Shu; translated by Ken Liu · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2015 translated from the Chinese (“Dà shídài”). 291 · The Last Witness · K. J. Parker · na Tor.com, 2015 354 · Inhuman Garbage [Miles Flint (Retrieval Artist)] · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2015 409 · The Bone Swans of Amandale · C. S. E. Cooney · na Bone Swans by C. S. E. Cooney, Mythic Delirium Books, 2015 471 · Johnny Rev [Jack Shade] · Rachel Pollack · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2015 523 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 527 · Appendix: Some Notable Speculative Fiction Novellas 1843-1980 · [uncredited] · ms

Zombies: More Recent Dead ed. Paula Guran (Prime Books, September 2, 2014, 978-1-60701-433-1, $16.95, 475pp, tp, an, cover by Balazs Szabo)     Zombie anthology of 3 poems and 33 stories from the last decade. Authors include Mike Carey, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Neil Gaiman (poem), and Charles Stross. Details taken from online listing. · Trail of Dead · Joanne Anderton · ss Zombies ed. Robert N. Stephenson, Altair Australia Books, 2007 · Rigormarole · Michael Arnzen · pm (r) · What Still Abides · Marie Brennan · ss Clockwork Phoenix 4 ed. Mike Allen, Mythic Delirium Books, 2013 · Iphigenia in Aulis [The Hungry Plague] · Mike Carey · nv An Apple for the Creature ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner, Ace, 2012 · Those Beneath the Bog · Jacques L. Condor · ss (r) · The Day the Saucers Came · Neil Gaiman · pm SpiderWords.com v1 #2, 2006 · There Is No “E” in Zombi Which Means There Can Be No You or We · Roxane Gay · ss Guernica October 1 2010 · I Waltzed with a Zombie · Ron Goulart · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009 · The Harrowers · Eric Gregory · ss Lightspeed #12, May 2011 · The Death and Life of Bob · William Jablonsky · ss Shimmer #16, 2013 · Til Death Do Us Part · Shaun Jeffrey · ss (r) · The Afflicted · Matthew Johnson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012 · Rocket Man · Stephen Graham Jones · ss Stymie Spring/Summer 2011 · Aftermath · Joy Kennedy-O’Neill · ss Strange Horizons February 6 2012 (+1) · In the Dreamtime of Lady Resurrection · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest July 2007 · Present · Nicole Kornher-Stace · ss Mythic Delirium (online) January/March 2014 · The Hunt: Before, and the Aftermath · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Trapped in the Saturday Matinee by Joe R. Lansdale, PS Publishing, 2012 · Becca at the End of the World · Shira Lipkin · ss Apex Magazine #53, October 2013 · What Maisie Knew · David Liss · na The New Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010 · Jack and Jill [Rot & Ruin] · Jonathan Maberry · nv 21st Century Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 · Selected Sources for the Babylonian Plague of the Dead (572-571 BCE) · Alex Dally MacFarlane · ss Zombies: Shambling Through the Ages ed. Steve Berman, Prime Books, 2013 · The Naturalist · Maureen McHugh · nv Subterranean (online) Spring 2010 · Resurgam · Lisa Mannetti · ss Dead Set ed. Michelle McCrary & Joe McKinney, 23 House Pub., 2010 · The Day the Music Died · Joe McKinney · ss (r) · Chew · Tamsyn Muir · ss Nightmare #4, January 2013 · Delice · Holly Newstein · ss The New Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010 · Love, Resurrected [Tabat] · Cat Rambo · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #65, March 24 2011 · What We Once Feared · Carrie Ryan · ss (r) · The Children’s Hour · Marge Simon · pm (r) · A Shepherd of the Valley · Maggie Slater · nv The Zombie Feed Volume 1 ed. Jason Sizemore, TZF Press, 2011 · Stemming the Tide · Simon Strantzas · ss Dead North ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Exile Editions, 2013 · Bit Rot [Saturn’s Children] · Charles Stross · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 · The Gravedigger of Konstan Spring · Genevieve Valentine · ss Lightspeed #21, February 2012 · Kitty’s Zombie New Year [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · ss Weird Tales June/July 2007 · Pollution · Don Webb · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2014 · Dead Song · Jay Wilburn · ss Zombies for a Cure ed. Angela Charmaine Craig, Elektrik Milk Bath Press, 2012

Zombies: The Recent Dead ed. Paula Guran (Prime Books, October 19, 2010, 978-1-60701-234-4, $14.95, xxvii+473pp, tp, an, cover by Balazs Szabo)     Anthology of 22 zombie stories. Introduction by David J. Schow; Guran provides front material and comments on each story. Details taken from online listing. ix · Preshamble · Paula Guran · in xii · The Meat of the Matter · David J. Schow · in Zombie Jam by David J. Schow, Subterranean Press, 2005 xxii · Deaditorial Note · Paula Guran · ms 29 · Twisted · Kevin Veale · nv Weird Tales Fall 2009 54 · The Things He Said · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Travellers in Darkness ed. Stephen Jones, World Horror Convention 2007, 2007 64 · Naming of Parts [The Apocalypse Trilogy] · Tim Lebbon · na PS Publishing, 2000 128 · Dating Secrets of the Dead · David Prill · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2002 142 · Lie Still, Sleep Becalmed · Steve Duffy · nv At Ease with the Dead ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2007 171 · The Great Wall: A Story from the Zombie War · Max Brooks · ss Dark Delicacies II: Fear ed. Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Carroll & Graf, 2007 178 · First Kisses from Beyond the Grave · Nik Houser · na Gargoyle 51, Paycock Press, 2006 218 · Zora and the Zombie · Andy Duncan · nv Sci Fiction February 4 2004 239 · Obsequy · David J. Schow · nv Subterranean #3, 2006 267 · Deadman’s Road [Reverend Jebediah Mercer (aka Rains)] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Weird Tales February/March 2007 293 · Bitter Grounds · Neil Gaiman · nv Mojo: Conjure Stories ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Warner Aspect, 2003 334 · Glorietta · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss The World Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth, Permuted Press, 2009 334 · Beautiful White Bodies · Alice Sola Kim · nv Strange Horizons December 7 2009 (+1) 342 · Farewell, My Zombie · Francesca Lia Block · ss Black Clock #10, Spring/Summer 2009 354 · Trinkets · Tobias Buckell · ss The Book of All Flesh ed. James Lowder, Eden Studios, 2001 362 · Dead Man’s Land · David Wellington · ss The World Is Dead ed. Kim Paffenroth, Permuted Press, 2009 378 · Disarmed and Dangerous [Matt Richter] · Tim Waggoner · nv Spells of the City ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2009 395 · The Zombie Prince · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2004 409 · Three Scenes from the End of the World · Brian Keene · gp 2009 _ · Ties That Bind · Brian Keene · ss Unhappy Endings by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2009 _ · The Viking Plays Patty Cake · Brian Keene · ss The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2008 _ · Family Reunion · Brian Keene · ss The Rising: Selected Scenes from the End of the World by Brian Keene, Delirium Books, 2008 420 · The Hortlak · Kelly Link · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 445 · Dead to the World · Gary McMahon · ss The Dead That Walk ed. Stephen Jones, Ulysses Press, 2009 458 · The Last Supper · Scott Edelman · ss The Book of Final Flesh ed. James Lowder, Eden Studios, 2003

MosCon X Program Book ed. Jon Gustafson (Moscow SF Conv. Inc., September 1988, no ISBN, free with membership, 144pp, pb, an)     Program book from MosCon X, Moscow, Idaho. Only Special Contributor’s Section is indexed. 20 · Larger Than Life: A Memoir in Tribute to Dr. Edward E. Smith · Robert A. Heinlein · ar Expanded Universe by Robert A. Heinlein, Grosset & Dunlap, 1980 [Ref. E. E. Smith] delivered as a speech at Moscon 1, 1979. 23 · Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. · Verna Smith Trestrail · bg 24 · For MosCon · Verna Smith Trestrail · ar 26 · Cinderella Switch · Anne McCaffrey · ss Stellar #6 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 31 · Are We in This for the Money? · Ed Beauregard · ar 32 · When You Live Upon a Star · Robert L. Forward · ar 36 · MosCon X: It’s About Time · Stephen U. Fahnestalk · ar 36 · The Fermi Paradox · Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. · ar Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1984; revised. 46 · Green Lensman · F. M. Busby · vi Sinisterra #4, 1950 48 · Twenty Years A-Fanning · Frank Denton · ar 50 · The Name of the Game · Algis Budrys · ss 53 · One or Two Things I Know About Fandom · Suzanne Tompkins · ar 54 · Things I Thought in 1970 I’d Never Live to See · Fritz Leiber · ar 56 · Recuerdos de Cerro Tololo · Julie Lutz, Ph.D. · ar 59 · Biography and Art · Alex Schomburg · pi 62 · Biography and Art · Tim Kirk · pi 64 · Biography and Art · Frank Kelly Freas · pi 65 · Biography and Art · Rick Sternbach · pi 68 · A Valentine · John Varley & P. J. Beese · ss 72 · The View from Hollywood and Vine · Jerry Sohl · ar 77 · The Tail · M. J. Engh · vi 78 · The Faces in the Wall · Kate Wilhelm · ar 82 · Biography and Art · George Barr · pi 84 · Biography and Art · Michael Goodwin · pi 86 · Biography and Art · Wendy Pini · pi 88 · Biography and Art · Alicia Austin · pi 90 · Autobiography and Art · Steve Gallacci · pi 92 · Lava Tubes and Other Things · Bryce Walden · ar 93 · Skeleton · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi 95 · Scientists and Science Fiction · Rob Quigley, Ph.D. · ar 98 · The Shadow [Darkover] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv Red Sun of Darkover ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1987 106 · Sasquatch Believers vs. the Skeptics · Dr. Grover S. Krantz · ar 109 · The Spaced Out Librarian · Lorna Toolis · ar 111 · Hard Rain · William R. Warren, Jr. · ss 119 · Antimatter: Fiction Into Fact · Jack Williamson · ar 120 · MosCon I Revisited · Steve Forty · ar 121 · The Good Fight in Utopia · Dean Ing · ar 122 · MosCon X Already? · Georges Giguerre · ar 123 · Moscow Memoirs · Richard Wright · ar 124 · Ask Mr. Science · Mr. Science · ms 129 · Are We Not Fen? We Are PESFA! · Jon Gustafson · ar

The Moscow Moffia Presents Rat Tales ed. Jon Gustafson & Dean Wesley Smith--- see under Smith Gustafson.

Rat Tales ed. Jon Gustafson (Pulphouse, 1995, no ISBN, $10.00, 216pp, tp, oa, cover by Tim Kirk)     Original anthology of 22 stories and five limericks, all starting with the line “The rats were in the souffle again”, three of which were previously published in the earlier incarnation of this anthology, The Moscow Moffia Presents Rat Tales (Hypatia Press, 1988). This edition is limited to 300 copies, although another 500 copies exist as unbound sheets and may eventually be bound. · Introduction · Jon Gustafson · in · Petit Chat · “Butch” · ss The Moscow Moffia Presents Rat Tales ed. Smith Gustafson, Hypatia Press, 1988, as by Armatoski · The Ratman · Bridget McKenna · ss · Delicacies · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss The Moscow Moffia Presents Rat Tales ed. Smith Gustafson, Hypatia Press, 1988 · Catch the Wotan! · Michael Armstrong · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1993 · Cooking with Rodents · Nancy Etchemendy · ss · Tunnel Rats · John Austin Koke & Jonathan E. Bond · ss · There Were Rats in the Soufflé Again · Algis Budrys · ss · The Wang Worm Breakout · John Dalmas · ss · It Tastes So Very, Very Good · Dean Wesley Smith · ss The Moscow Moffia Presents Rat Tales ed. Smith Gustafson, Hypatia Press, 1988 · Red Gate Highway · William F. Wu · ss · Survival Rations · Stephen Fahnestalk · ss · The Scents of Compulsion · Jerry Oltion · ss Analog Science Fiction & Fact mid December 1991 · Tr La · Brian Aldiss · ss · A Death in the Family · V. E. Mitchell · ss · De Chirico’s Pests · J. C. & Barb Hendee · ss · The Tail of the Sixth Emperor · Lorelei Shannon · ss · Mr. Capone Finds an Excuse to Take Over Another Restaurant in Cicero · John Brunner · ss · April 7th—of Whatever Year This Happens to Be · George Barr · ss · Controlled Experiments · Kevin J. Anderson · ss VB Tech Journal March 1995 · Same Thing Twice · M. J. Engh · ss · RATs · Mark Budz · ss · Too Many Cooks · Whitt Pond · ss · Rat Limericks #1-#7 · Elena Andrews · pm

The Moscow Moffia Presents Rat Tales ed. Smith Gustafson (Hypatia Press, 1988, no ISBN, $20.00, 115pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of sixteen stories, all starting with the line “The rats were in the souffle again”, five of which were previously published as the booklet The Rats in the Souffle (Writer’s Bloc, 1986). This edition is limited to 100 numbered copies, 26 lettered, slipcased, copies, and 18 presentation copies. · More from the Mice-tro · Jon Gustafson · in · More Practice · Dean Wesley Smith · in · Rats in the Souffle · Jon Gustafson · ss · Delicacies · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss · Captain Willard’s Favorite Snack · Steve Schlich · ss · Why Are You Smiling? · Marianne O. Nielson · ss · Grasshopper Mousse · Jon L. Davis · ss · The Recipes · John Nultquist · ss · Nutrition · Carla Emory · ss · Spare the Rat and Spoil the Child · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss · Gracious Hostess · Lori Ann White · ss · The Captain · V. E. Mitchell · ss · Slickers · Lisa L. Satterlund · ss · Soufflay · Stephen U. Fahnestalk · ss · Petit Chat · Armatoski · ss · It Tastes So Very, Very Good · Dean Wesley Smith · ss · Soul Survivor · Joyce A. Cowan · ss · Soufflettes · Alan Bard · ss · Tales Told Out of Class · Alan Bard Newcomer · aw

Those Who Fight Monsters: Tales of Occult Detectives ed. Justin Gustainis (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, March 1, 2011, 978-1-894063-48-7, $14.95, 221pp, tp, oa, cover by Robert Nixon)     Original anthology of 14 stories of occult detectives. Authors include Tanya Huff, Tim Pratt, and Laura Anne Gilman. Details taken from online listing. · Little Better Than a Beast [Marla Mason] · T. A. Pratt · ss · Under the Hill and Far Away [Black London] · Caitlin Kittredge · ss · Defining Shadows [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · ss · Deal Breaker [Quincey Morris] · Justin Gustainis · ss · Running Wild [Weather Warden] · Rachel Caine · ss · Soul Stains [Vampire Babylon] · Chris Marie Green · ss · The Spirit of the Thing [Nightside] · Simon R. Green · ss · Dusted [The Cosa Nostradamus] · Laura Anne Gilman · ss Stories of the Cosa Nostradamus by Laura Anne Gilman, Book View Café, 2010 · The Demon You Know [Kate Connor] · Julie Kenner · ss · Holding the Line [Jill Kismet] · Lilith Saintcrow · ss · See Me [Tony Foster] · Tanya Huff · ss · An Ace in the Hole [Tales of the Sazi] · C. T. Adams & Cathy Clamp · ss · Impossible Love [Piers Knight] · C. J. Henderson · ss · Hell Bound [Hell’s Belles] · Jackie Kessler · ss

Best New Noir ed. Allan Guthrie (Wildside Press, September 2006, 0809556634, $12.95, 248pp, tp, oa)

Tales of the Covenanters by Ellen Jane Emma Guthrie (Hamilton Adams, 1888, 303pp, hc, co) · A Tale of Bothwell Bridge · Ellen Jane Emma Guthrie · ss (r) · The Laird of Culzean · Ellen Jane Emma Guthrie · ss (r) · Peden’s Stone · Ellen Jane Emma Guthrie · ss (r) · The Murder of Inchdarnie · Ellen Jane Emma Guthrie · ss (r) · The Laird of Lag · Ellen Jane Emma Guthrie · ss (r) · The Suitor’s Seat · Ellen Jane Emma Guthrie · ss (r)

The Black Poodle and Other Tales by Thomas Anstey Guthrie--- see under F. Anstey.

Humour and Fantasy by Thomas Anstey Guthrie--- see under F. Anstey.

Salted Almonds by Thomas Anstey Guthrie--- see under F. Anstey.

The Talking Horse by Thomas Anstey Guthrie--- see under F. Anstey.

Bear Eater by David Guymer (Black Library, December 11, 2016, ebook, ss) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Details taken from online listing.

City of the Damned by David Guymer (Black Library, September 2013, 978-1-84970-528-8, £8.99, 413pp, tp, n., cover by Phroilan Gardner) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix]     Fantasy novelization.

Deliverance Detail by David Guymer (Black Library, December 16, 2012, ebook, ss) [Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard]     Details taken from online listing.

Echoes of the Long War by David Guymer (Black Library, May 2016, 978-1-78496-145-9, £12.99, 255pp, hc, n.) [Warhammer 40,000: The Beast Arises]     SF novelization. Issued without a dustjacket, in illustrated boards. A Warhammer 40,000 book.

The Eye of Medusa by David Guymer (Black Library, November 16, 2017, 978-1-78496-613-3, £8.99, 421pp, tp, n., cover by David Alvarez) [Warhammer 40,000]     Details taken from online listing.

Ferrus Manus: The Gorgon of Medusa by David Guymer (Black Library, February 2018, 978-1-78496-599-0, £40.00, 203pp, hc, n.) [Warhammer 40,000: The Horus Heresy]     Limited to 2,500 numbered copies. Details taken from online listing.

Godless by David Guymer (Black Library, December 20, 2015, ebook, ss) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Details taken from online listing.

Gods’ Gift by David Guymer (Black Library, December 6, 2017, ebook, ss) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Details taken from online listing.

The Hardest Word by David Guymer (Black Library, August 20, 2017, £2.49, 18pp, ebook, ss) [Warhammer: Age of Sigmar]     Details taken from online listing.

Headtaker by David Guymer (Black Library, May 2013, 978-1-84970-403-8, £8.99, 411pp, tp, n., cover by Cheol Joo Lee) [Warhammer Heroes]     Fantasy novelization.

The Karag Durak Grudge by David Guymer (Black Library, May 13, 2013, 978-0-85787-797-0, £2.49, 48pp, ebook, nv) [Warhammer Heroes]     Details taken from online listing.

Kinslayer by David Guymer (Black Library, September 11, 2014, 978-1-84970-729-9, £17.99, 415pp, hc, n.) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix]     Fantasy novelization. Book 1 of “The Doom of Gotrek Gurnisson”, set in the “Warhammer: The End Times” series.

A Last Sniff of Glory by David Guymer (Black Library, March 27, 2017, £2.49, 29pp, ebook, nv) [Warhammer: Blood Bowl]     Details taken from online listing.

The Last Son of Dorn by David Guymer (Black Library, October 4, 2016, 978-1-78496-210-4, £12.99, 247pp, hc, n.) [Warhammer 40,000: The Beast Arises]     SF novelization. Issued without a dustjacket, in illustrated boards. A Warhammer 40,000 book.

Mortarch of Night by David Guymer & Josh Reynolds--- see under Josh Reynolds.

Rememberers by David Guymer (Black Library, February 26, 2015, 978-1-78251-814-3, 99p, ebook, ss) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix]     Details taken from online listing.

Slayer by David Guymer (Black Library, April 9, 2015, 978-1-84970-840-1, £20.00, 390pp, hc, n.) [Warhammer: Gotrek & Felix]     Fantasy novelization. Book 2 of “The Doom of Gotrek Gurnisson”, set in the “Warhammer: The End Times” series. Issued without a dustjacket in illustrated boards.

Thorgrim by David Guymer (Black Library, February 8, 2014, 978-1-84970-584-4, 128pp, ebook, na) [Warhammer Heroes]     Details taken from online listing.

Unseen by David Guymer (Black Library, March 25, 2013, 978-1-78251-015-4, £1.99, 21pp, ebook, nv) [Warhammer]     Details taken from online listing.

Fiction: A Longman Pocket Anthology ed. R. S. Gwynn (Addison-Wesley, September 1998, 0-321-01148-1, $19.80, 350pp, tp, an)     Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) anthology. Second edition, contents from Amazon.com. · Alphabetical List of Authors · [uncredited] · ms (r) · Foreword · R. S. Gwynn · fw · Introduction · R. S. Gwynn · in · The Telling of the Tale · [uncredited] · ar (r) · The Short Story Genre · [uncredited] · ar (r) · Reading and Analyzing Short Fiction · [uncredited] · ar (r) · Reunion · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker October 27 1962 · Plot · [uncredited] · ar (r) · Characterization · [uncredited] · ar (r) · Point of View · [uncredited] · ar (r) · Theme · [uncredited] · ar (r) · Setting · [uncredited] · ar (r) · Style Fiction · [uncredited] · ar (r) · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant; translated by Marjorie Laurie · ss The House of Madame Tellier by Guy de Maupassant, Everyman's Library, 1934 translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884). · The Story of an Hour · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue December 6 1894, as “The Dream of an Hour” · An Upheaval · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories by Anton Chekhov, Chatto & Windus, 1917 · Paul’s Case · Willa Cather · nv McClure’s Magazine May 1905 · Eveline · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926 · The Jilting of Granny Weatherall · Katherine Anne Porter · ss Transition February 1929 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 · A Clean, Well-Lighted Place · Ernest Hemingway · ss Scribner’s Magazine March 1933 · The Library of Babel · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · ss Ficciones by Jorge Luís Borges, Grove Press, 1962 translated from the Spanish (“La biblioteca de Babel”, El jardín de senderos que se bifurcan, 1941). · The Chrysanthemums · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1937 · The Man Who Was Almost a Man · Richard Wright · ss (r) · Livvie · Eudora Welty · ss (r) · Flying Home · Ralph Ellison · ss Cross Section 1944 ed. Edward Seaver, L.B. Fischer, 1944 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 · A Woman on a Roof · Doris Lessing · ss (r) · Everything That Rises Must Converge · Flannery O’Connor · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961 · A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings · Gabriel Garcia Marquez; translated by Gregory Rabassa · ss New American Review #13, 1971 · Marriage Is a Private Affair · Chinua Achebe · ss (r) · Wild Swans · Alice Munro · ss Who Do You Think You Are? by Alice Munro, The Macmillan Co. of Canada, 1978 · A & P · John Updike · ss The New Yorker July 22 1961 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981 · Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch Fall 1966 · Rape Fantasies · Margaret Atwood · ss (r) · Shiloh · Bobbie Ann Mason · ss The New Yorker October 20 1980 · Everyday Use · Alice Walker · ss Harper’s Magazine April 1973 · Look on the Bright Side · Dagoberto Gilb · ss The Threepenny Review #46, Summer 1991 · Two Kinds · Amy Tan · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1989 · Barbie-Q · Sandra Cisneros · ss Woman Hollering Creek by Sandra Cisneros, Random House, 1991 · The Red Convertible · Louise Erdrich · ss Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1984 · Index of Critical Terms · [uncredited] · ix (r)

The Longman Anthology of Short Fiction: Stories and Authors in Context ed. R. S. Gwynn & Dana Gioia--- see under Dana Gioia.

Night Arrant by Gary Gygax (Ace/New Infinities, September 1987, 0-441-29863-X, $3.95, 398pp, pb, oc)     Collection of 9 fantasy stories based on a gaming character, “Gord the Rogue”, and friends. Illustrations by Jerry Tiritilli. 7 · The Heart of Darkness · Gary Gygax · nv 47 · The Weird Occurrence in Odd Alley · Gary Gygax · na 111 · A Revel in Rel Mord · Gary Gygax · na 167 · The Five Dragon Bowl · Gary Gygax · nv 199 · Twistbuck’s Game · Gary Gygax · nv 229 · The House in the Tree · Gary Gygax · nv 275 · Cats Versus Rats · Gary Gygax · nv 303 · Love Laughs at Locks · Gary Gygax · nv 337 · Cat or Pigeon? · Gary Gygax · na

The Future Looms 2019 ed. Henry Charles Gysin & Stanley Hendren (Write Ahead Ltd., March 2020, 979-8615541803, £7.99, 220pp, tp, an, cover by Michail Mamaschew)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 3 · Glamorous Corpses · David Tallerman · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms January/February 2019 11 · Other · John K. Webb · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms January/February 2019 21 · ’Victed · L. P. Melling · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms January/February 2019 29 · A Local Matter [Sked & Cyrano] · Gustavo Bondoni · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms March/April 2019 43 · Guardian Angel · Cathy Smith · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms March/April 2019 49 · The Collection · F. J. Bergmann · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms March/April 2019 54 · The Proxy · Alexander Hay · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms March/April 2019 60 · Watching the Space Stations Rise · Tais Teng · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms March/April 2019 66 · A Dance of Doors and Boxes [Sked & Cyrano] · Gustavo Bondoni · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms May/June 2019 78 · Digital Vigil · Carlos Esteves · vi Write Ahead the Future Looms May/June 2019 83 · Recognition · Nathan Susnik · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms May/June 2019 94 · The Reapers’ Harmony · William Delman · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms May/June 2019 100 · Toxin · Thomas Canfield · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms May/June 2019 108 · Down Payment · M. M. Schreier · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms July/August 2019 117 · And Your Enemies Closer [Sked & Cyrano] · Gustavo Bondoni · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms July/August 2019 129 · Metadata · Linda McMullen · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms July/August 2019 140 · The Recursion Problem · Ana Gardner · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms July/August 2019 151 · Rollback · Keith P. Graham · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms September/October 2019 159 · Spyder’s Web [Sked & Cyrano] · Gustavo Bondoni · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms September/October 2019 172 · In the Blood · Eric Lewis · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms November/December 2019 178 · Car Talk · Joshua Marinacci · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms November/December 2019 186 · Easter Egg [Sked & Cyrano] · Gustavo Bondoni · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms November/December 2019 198 · Intellectual Capital · Cathy Smith · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms November/December 2019 207 · Life, Without Possibility · David Tallerman · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms November/December 2019 213 · Siberia · Darragh Savage · ss Write Ahead the Future Looms November/December 2019

The Mutant Season by Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

The Mutant Season by Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg (Bantam Spectra, October 1990, 0-553-28629-3, $4.95, 289pp, pb, n., cover by Jim Burns) [A Fire in Winter]     Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) near-future sf novel about the political problems of an oppressed mutant underground.

The Mutant Season by Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg (Gateway, February 18, 2013, 978-0-575-13282-5, £2.99, ebook, n.)     Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) near-future sf novel about the political problems of an oppressed mutant underground. Details taken from online listing.

Fantasy: The Best of 2001 ed. Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Fantasy: The Best of 2002 ed. Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Fantasy: The Best of 2004 ed. Karen Haber & Jonathan Strahan (ibooks, February 2005, 1-4165-0400-1, $7.99, xii+355pp, pb, an, cover by Ryan Durney)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 11 stories, with an introduction on the year in SF by the editors. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, and Peter S. Beagle. ix · Introduction · Karen Haber & Jonathan Strahan · in 1 · Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire · Neil Gaiman · nv Gothic! ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004 20 · The Word That Sings the Scythe [Iron Dragon’s Daughter] · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2004 64 · The Little Stranger · Gene Wolfe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2004 90 · The Faery Handbag · Kelly Link · nv The Faery Reel ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2004 119 · Quarry [Innkeeper] · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2004 170 · The Enchanted Trousseau · Deborah Roggie · nv Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #14, June 2004 195 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004 226 · The Annals of Eelin-Ok · Jeffrey Ford · nv The Faery Reel ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2004 251 · Pat Moore · Tim Powers · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004 296 · The Angel’s Daughter · Jay Lake · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2004 302 · The Silver Dragon · Elizabeth A. Lynn · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004

Kong Unbound: The Cultural Impact, Pop Mythos and Scientific Plausibility of a Cinematic Legend ed. Karen Haber (Pocket Books, November 2005, 978-1-4165-1670-5, $14.00, v+284pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Preface · Ray Harryhausen · pr 11 · Kong Reverie · Ray Bradbury · fw 13 · Kong Transcendent · Karen Haber · in 25 · Kong Is Us · Richard A. Lupoff · ar 43 · Fay Wray, the Pulp Tradition, and the Moral Minority · Christopher Priest · ar 61 · The Magic and Mystery of Kong · Robert Silverberg · ar 87 · King Kong: A Parable of Progress · Jack Williamson · ar 103 · A Myth for All Seasons · Harry Harrison · ar 117 · Kong: The First Wonder of My World · William Stout · ar 129 · The Myth Goes Ever Downward: The Infantilization, Electrification, Mechanization, and General Diminishment of King Kong · Paul Di Filippo · ar 149 · Give Beast a Chance · Esther M. Friesner · ar 167 · “The Bravest Girl I Ever Knew…” · Howard Waldrop · ss 183 · King Kong—My Favorite Nightmare · Frank M. Robinson · ar 195 · Dating Kong: The Stop-Motion Animated Rape Fantasy · Pat Cadigan · ar 207 · King Kong: The Unanswered Questions · David Gerrold · ss 221 · Kong Long to King Kong · Philip J. Currie · ar 231 · King Kong: A Kid’s Tale · Joe DeVito · ar 247 · Rooting Against the King · Alan Dean Foster · ar 261 · On Kong: A Conversation Among William Joyce, Maurice Sendak, and Michael Chabon · Michael Chabon, William Joyce & Maurice Sendak · ar

Science Fiction: The Best of 2001 ed. Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Science Fiction: The Best of 2002 ed. Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Science Fiction: The Best of 2003 ed. Karen Haber & Jonathan Strahan (ibooks, March 2004, 0-7434-7919-X, $7.99, xii+435pp, pb, an, cover by Ciaran Devine)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 14 stories, with an introduction on the year in SF by Karen Haber. Authors include Howard Waldrop, Lucius Shepard, and Ursula K. Le Guin. ix · Introduction · Karen Haber · in 1 · The Fluted Girl · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2003 34 · A Study in Emerald [Sherlock Holmes] · Neil Gaiman · nv Shadows Over Baker Street ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Del Rey, 2003 63 · Flowers from Alice · Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross · nv New Voices in Science Fiction ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003 82 · The Tale of the Golden Eagle · David D. Levine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2003 106 · Bernardo’s House · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2003 134 · Confusions of Uñi · Ursula Le Guin · ss Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, 2003 149 · Jon · George Saunders · nv The New Yorker January 27 2003 184 · The Cookie Monster · Vernor Vinge · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2003 253 · Legions in Time · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April 2003 286 · The Chop Line [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2003 326 · Calling Your Name · Howard Waldrop · ss Stars ed. Janis Ian, Mike Resnick & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2003 344 · The Empire of Ice Cream · Jeffrey Ford · nv Sci Fiction February 26 2003 380 · Bump Ship · Susan Mosser · nv Trampoline ed. Kelly Link, Small Beer Press, 2003 401 · Only Partly Here · Lucius Shepard · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2003

Science Fiction: The Best of 2004 ed. Karen Haber & Jonathan Strahan (ibooks, March 2005, 1-4165-0404-4, $7.99, xii+404pp, pb, an, cover by Danny Cardle)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 13 stories, with an introduction on the year in SF by the editors. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Joe Haldeman, and Stephen Baxter. ix · Introduction · Karen Haber & Jonathan Strahan · in 1 · The Best Christmas Ever · James Patrick Kelly · nv Sci Fiction May 26 2004 23 · The Voluntary State · Christopher Rowe · nv Sci Fiction May 5 2004 74 · The Lost Pilgrim · Gene Wolfe · nv The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age ed. Harry Turtledove & Noreen Doyle, Tor, 2004 113 · Memento Mori · Joe Haldeman · vi Amazing Stories October 2004 119 · PeriAndry’s Quest [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 2004 147 · Three Days in a Border Town · Jeff VanderMeer · nv Polyphony, Volume 4 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2004 178 · Elector [Macx Family] · Charles Stross · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2004 249 · Opal Ball · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2004 259 · My Mother, Dancing · Nancy Kress · ss Destination 3001 ed. Robert Silverberg & Jacques Chambon, Flammarion, 2000 278 · The People of Sand and Slag · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2004 307 · Tourists · M. John Harrison · nv Amazon.com website August 2004, as “Tourism” 329 · All of Us Can Almost… · Carol Emshwiller · ss Sci Fiction November 17 2004 343 · The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid · Walter Jon Williams · ss Sci Fiction August 4 2004

Universe 1 ed. Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Universe 2 ed. Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

Universe 3 ed. Karen Haber & Robert Silverberg--- see under Robert Silverberg.

NW14: The Anthology of New Writing, Volume 14 ed. Helon Habila & Lavinia Greenlaw--- see under Lavinia Greenlaw.

Highway Sandwiches by Marilyn Hacker, Thomas M. Disch & Charles Platt--- see under Thomas M. Disch.

Quark/1 ed. Marilyn Hacker & Samuel R. Delany--- see under Samuel R. Delany.

Quark/2 ed. Marilyn Hacker & Samuel R. Delany--- see under Samuel R. Delany.

Quark/3 ed. Marilyn Hacker & Samuel R. Delany--- see under Samuel R. Delany.

Quark/4 ed. Marilyn Hacker & Samuel R. Delany--- see under Samuel R. Delany.

Vignettes from the End of the World ed. Jacob Haddon (Apokrupha, April 24, 2014, $3.99, ebook, oa, cover by Robert Ford)     Details taken from online listing. · Inland Territory, Stray Italian Greyhound [Jackson’s Circus] · E. Catherine Tobler · vi · The Side-Effect · Kristopher Kelly · ss I Held My Breath as Long as I Could by Kristopher Kelly, 2011 · Blue Moon Over Gigi · Jessica McHugh · vi · Better Off Dead · Mandy DeGeit · vi · The Strangelet · Guy Anthony De Marco · vi · My Country Dies, The World Dies Later · T. Fox Dunham · vi · How This Ends · Cameron Suey · vi · My Father’s Flannel · Essel Pratt · vi · At Ragnarok, the Goddesses · Christine Morgan · pm · Broken Mirrors · Jamie Lackey · vi · Epitaph · George Cotronis · vi · Dimmer · William R. D. Wood · vi · The Four Prions of the Apocalypse · Lee Clark Zumpe · vi · Invasion · Lincoln Crisler · vi · Taking a Half-Day · Eryk Pruitt · vi · Summer Dying Fast · Michael H. Antonio · vi · And I Saw the Dead · Kalirroe Agelopoulou · vi · Under the Turf · Steve Calvert · vi · Zoe’s Last Birthday · Rebecca J. Allred · vi · First Ride of the Day · Darcie Little Badger · vi · Tears on Vega · Erik B. Scott · vi · Centered · Terry M. West · vi · Charley Sings the World Away · Glenn Rolfe · vi · The Last Kiss · Josh Strnad · vi · The End · J. A. Martin · vi · Bad News · Darryl Dawson · vi · R’lyeh Rising · D. J. Tyrer · vi · Four Mornings · Joana Eça de Queiroz · vi · Famine · Lex T. Lindsay · vi · The Broken Unbowed · Arno Hurter · vi · Technicolor · Cameron Shifflet · vi · Visions of the End · J. P. Freeman · vi · Blood Pearl · Marie DesJardin · vi · Try, Try Again · Dusty Wallace · vi · Diplomacy · Doug Murano · vi · Sanitized · Ken MacGregor · vi · Shadows · Victoria Dalpe · vi · The Silk That Bind You · Kelda Crich · vi · The Pier · Pedro Iniguez · vi · Ouija · Joey Capora · vi · Nothing Can See You · S. R. Mastrantone · vi · Arrival · Damir Salkovic · vi · All That We Need · Sylvia Spruck Wrigley · vi · Dead Air · Jason Sharp · vi · Chattanooga · Leslianne Wilder · vi · Toward the Endlessness · Jennifer Loring · vi · Rip · Bryce Hughes · vi · Reincarnation · E. E. King · vi · One Man and His Dog · David Turnbull · vi · This Is How It Ends, My Love · Richard Thomas · vi · Heartwood · Rose Blackthorn · vi · Red Curtain · K. Z. Morano · vi · Carrying On at the End of the World · Adrian Ludens · vi · Night of the Fireworks · Kenneth W. Cain · vi · The Flower of Memory · Michael Haynes · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #29, July 2012 · She Sang the House Down · Michael Penkas · vi · The Last Bad Day · L. C. Mortimer · vi · Run · Rebecca Barbee · vi · Writer Bios · [uncredited] · ms

A Chamber of Horrors ed. John Hadfield (Studio Vista, October 1965, 36/-, 320pp, hc, an)     A compendium of stories, verse and illustrations. US ed. from Little Brown, 1965. Also includes many quotations which are not indexed below. 5 · Introduction · John Hadfield · in 15 · I: The Bells of Hell 15 · The Book of Job · [uncredited] · ex (r) 15 · The Ballad of Reading Gaol · Oscar Wilde · ex Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3. 15 · The Duchess of Malfi · John Webster · ex Nicholas Okes, 1623, as “The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy” 15 · Macbeth · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 16 · Recipe for Villainy · Thomas Middleton · ex from The Witch, 1627 17 · Exercise · George Crabbe · pm from The Borough, 1810 18 · Hell · John Milton · ex from Paradise Lost, 1667; illustrated by Hieronymous Bosch 20 · Satan · John Milton · ex from Paradise Lost, 1667; illustrated by Felicien Rops 22 · Innocents’ Song · Charles Causley · pm Johnny Alleluia by Charles Causley, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1961; illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley 24 · The Hunted Beast · T. F. Powys · ss The White Paternoster by T. F. Powys, Chatto & Windus, 1930 33 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round September 8 1860 35 · Tailpiece · Harry Graham · pm from More Ruthless Rhymes, 1930 36 · II: Seeds of Destruction 36 · The Theogony · Hesiod · ex (r); illustrated by Francisco José Goya y Lucientes 39 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946 57 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835; illustrated by Pablo Picasso 63 · Mr. Loveday’s Little Outing · Evelyn Waugh · ss Nash’s—Pall Mall Magazine May 1935, as “Mr. Crutwell’s Outing”; illustrated by Michael Ayrton 70 · Randolf’s Party · John Lennon · vi The Saturday Evening Post March 21 1964 72 · Imitation of Things to Come · William Shakespeare · ex from Macbeth, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623; illustrated by Henry Fuseli 75 · The Tender Age · John Collier · ss The New Yorker March 10 1956; illustrated by Hans Bellmer & Paul Klee 80 · More Spinned Against · John Wyndham · ss Fantasy Fiction June 1953 90 · III: Love and Death 90 · untitled (“Madam Life’s a piece in bloom”) · William Ernest Henley · pm 1877 90 · The Ballad of Reading Gaol · Oscar Wilde · ex Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3. 93 · Necessity · Harry Graham · pm from Ruthless Rhymes, 1909; illustrated by René Magritte 94 · The Abyss · Leonid Andreyev; translated by John Cournos · ss Treasury of Russian Life and Humor ed. John Cournos, Coward-McCann, 1943 translated from the Russian (“Bezdna”, 1902). 106 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories by William Sansom, Hogarth Press, 1956; illustrated by Joan Miró 111 · The Monk · M. G. Lewis · ex J. Bell, 1796; illustrated by Victor Brauner 116 · Fair Elenor · William Blake · pm Poetical Sketches by William Blake, 1783 119 · Porphyria’s Lover · Robert Browning · pm Monthly Repository January 1836, as “Porphyria” 121 · At the Draper’s · Thomas Hardy · pm (r) 122 · An Actor of Parts · P. S. · ss (r); illustrated by Tomi Ungerer 126 · O Amiable Lovely Death · William Shakespeare · ex from The Life and Death of King John, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 129 · IV: Unquiet Minds 129 · The Duchess of Malfi · John Webster · ex Nicholas Okes, 1623, as “The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy” 129 · Absalom and Achitophel · John Dryden · ex 1681 129 · The Raven · Edgar Allan Poe · ex New York Evening Mirror January 29 1845 129 · untitled (“As I was going up the stair”) · [uncredited] · pm (r) 130 · The Spectre-Smitten · Samuel Warren · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine February 1831, uncredited.; illustrated by Honoré Daumier 150 · The Valley of Vain Desires · John Addington Symonds · pm from New and Old, 1880 152 · The Desire to Be a Man · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by Hamish Miles · ss Sardonic Tales by Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, tr. Hamish Miles, Knopf, 1927; illustrated by Honoré Daumier translated from the French (“Le désir d’être un homme”, 1882). 160 · Minotaur · Michael Ayrton · pm (r); illustrated by Michael Ayrton 163 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892; illustrated by Francis Picabia 177 · Bianca · Arthur Symons · pm (r) 178 · Meeting with a Double · George D. Painter · pm The Road to Sinodun by George D. Painter, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1951; illustrated by Ivan Serpa 181 · Drugged · Walter de la Mare · pm (r); illustrated by Paul Wunderlich 182 · Miss Cornelius · William Fryer Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928 198 · Mummy to the Rescue · Angus Wilson · ss Such Darling Dodos and Other Stories by Angus Wilson, Secker & Warburg, 1950; illustrated by Joao Suzuki & Paul Klee 205 · A Little Place Off the Edgware Road · Graham Greene · ss Nineteen Stories by Graham Greene, Heinemann, 1947 210 · The Horrors of Sleep · Emily Brontë · pm Poems by Emily Brontë, 1846; illustrated by Salvador Dali 213 · V: Apparitions 213 · The Revelation of St. John the Divine · [uncredited] · ex from The Bible (r) 214 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round October 23 1869 (+3), uncredited. 239 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv Unwin’s Annual 1886, 1885 255 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1960 278 · Skirmish · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing Stories December 1950, as “Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!” 298 · VI: The Dance of Death 298 · The Dance of Death · Charles Baudelaire; translated by Roy Campbell · pm Poems of Baudelaire by Charles Baudelaire, The Harvill Press, 1952; illustrated by Felicien Rops translated from the French. 302 · The Mansions of the Dead · Robert Blair · pm from The Grave, 1743 303 · Holy-Day for Ghosts · John Dryden & Nathaniel Lee · pm from Oedipus, Bentley, 1679 304 · Thou Shell of Death · Cyril Tourneur · pm from The Revenger’s Tragedy, 1607 307 · A Tough Tussle · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner September 30 1888; illustrated by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder 314 · The Ultimate Fear · William Shakespeare · pm from Measure for Measure, Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 317 · The Living Death · Oscar Wilde · ex from “The Ballad of Reading Gaol”, as by C.3.3., Leonard Smithers, February 13 1898, as by C.3.3.; illustrated by Vincent Van Gogh 318 · Envoi · D. B. Wyndham Lewis · vi (r)