The Year’s Best Fantasy: First Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s, August 1988, 0-312-01851-7, $19.95, 491pp, hc)
Anthology of 37 fantasy and horror stories plus write-ups on the year. The series is a combination of two books: a Fantasy Best edited by Windling and a horror best edited by Datlow. Published in the UK as Demons and Dreams: The Best Fantasy and Horror 1 (Legend 1989).
- xiii · Summation 1987: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar 1988
- xx · Summation 1987: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar 1988
- xxix · 1987: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen · Edward Bryant · ar 1988
- xxxiv · Obituaries: 1987 · [uncredited] · ob 1988
- 1 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987
- 26 · A World Without Toys · T. M. Wright · ss Upstate October 26 1986, as “The House Under the Street”
- 35 · DX · Joe W. Haldeman · pm In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987
- 43 · Friend’s Best Man · Jonathan Carroll · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1987
- 59 · The Snow Apples · Gwyneth Jones · ss Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1987
- 71 · Ever After · Susan Palwick · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987
- 91 · My Name Is Dolly · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers VI ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1987
- 95 · The Moon’s Revenge · Joan Aiken · ss Jonathan Cape, 1987
- 105 · Author’s Notes · Edward Bryant · ss Night Visions 4, Dark Harvest, 1987
- 112 · Lake George in High August · John Robert Bensink · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987
- 117 · Csucskari · Steven Brust · ex from The Sun, The Moon, and the Stars, Ace, 1987
- 135 · The Other Side · Ramsey Campbell · ss 1986 World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 1986; story based on a J.K. Potter illustration.
- 146 · Pamela’s Get · David J. Schow · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1987
- 168 · Voices in the Wind · Elizabeth S. Helfman · ss Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1987
- 176 · “Once Upon a Time…” She Said · Jane Yolen · pm National Storyteller Journal Spring 1987
- 178 · The Circular Library of Stones · Carol Emshwiller · ss Omni February 1987
- 187 · Soft Monkey · Harlan Ellison · ss Mystery Scene Reader ed. Edward Gorman, Fedora, 1987
- 200 · Fat Face [Cthulhu] · Michael Shea · nv Axolotl Press, 1987
- 222 · Uncle Dobbin’s Parrot Fair [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987
- 244 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987
- 269 · Delta Sly Honey · Lucius Shepard · ss In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987
- 285 · Small Heirlooms · M. John Harrison · ss Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987
- 296 · The Improper Princess · Patricia C. Wrede · ss Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1987
- 307 · The Fable of the Farmer and Fox · John Brunner · vi Omni June 1987
- 310 · Haunted · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987
- 327 · Dead Possums [Greystone Bay] · Kathryn Ptacek · ss Doom City ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1987
- 338 · Pictures Made of Stones · Lucius Shepard · pm Omni September 1987
- 348 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay & Associates, 1987
- 357 · Gentlemen · John M. Skipp & Craig Spector · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987
- 380 · Demon Luck [Ithkar] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Magic in Ithkar 4 ed. Andre Norton & Robert Adams, Tor, 1987
- 389 · Words of Power · Jane Yolen · ss Visions, Delacorte, 1987
- 401 · Jamie’s Grave · Lisa Tuttle · ss Shadows 10 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1987
- 415 · The Maid on the Shore · Delia Sherman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1987
- 428 · Halley’s Passing · Michael McDowell · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1987
- 443 · White Trains · Lucius Shepard · pm Night Cry Spring 1987
- 449 · Simple Sentences · Natalie Babbitt · ss The Devil’s Other Scrapbook by Natalie Babbitt, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987
- 453 · A Hypothetical Lizard [Liavek] · Alan Moore · nv Liavek: Wizard’s Row ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Ace, 1987
- 488 · Honorable Mentions: 1987 · [uncredited] · bi 1988
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