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Naked City ed. Ellen Datlow (St. Martin’s Griffin, July 2011, 978-0-312-38524-8, $15.99, xiii+539pp, tp, oa, cover by Dan Dos Santos)     Original anthology of 20 urban fantasy stories. Authors include Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, John Crowley, and Peter S. Beagle. A hardcover edition (-60431-8, $25.99) was announced but not seen. xi · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Curses [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · nv 31 · How the Pooka Came to New York City · Delia Sherman · nv 57 · On the Slide · Richard Bowes · nv 81 · The Duke of Riverside [Riverside] · Ellen Kushner · nv 110 · Oblivion by Calvin Klein · Christopher Fowler · nv 133 · Fairy Gifts [Mercy Thompson] · Patricia Briggs · nv 166 · Picking up the Pieces · Pat Cadigan · nv 194 · Underbridge · Peter S. Beagle · nv 222 · Priced to Sell · Naomi Novik · ss 242 · The Bricks of Gelecek · Matthew Kressel · nv 267 · Weston Walks · Kit Reed · nv 293 · The Projected Girl · Lavie Tidhar · nv 334 · The Way Station · Nathan Ballingrud · nv 363 · Guns for the Dead [Graveminder] · Melissa Marr · ss 383 · And Go Like This · John Crowley · ss 393 · Noble Rot · Holly Black · nv 419 · Daddy Long Legs of the Evening · Jeffrey Ford · ss 432 · The Skinny Girl · Lucius Shepard · nv 457 · The Colliers’ Venus (1893) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv 492 · King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree [Promethean Age] · Elizabeth Bear · ss

Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 ed. Ellen Datlow (Penguin/Roc, April 2009, 978-0-451-46255-8, $16.00, 448pp, tp, an)     Anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction—ten stories and one novel excerpt—plus three Rhysling Award-winning poems and commentary on SF by Barry N. Malzberg, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Gwenna Bond, and Ellen Asher; Howard Waldrop and Tim Lucas discuss film; and Kim Newman provides an appreciation of Grand Master Michael Moorcock. The 43rd volume in the annual series. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 3 · About the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America · [uncredited] · ms 5 · About the Nebula Awards · [uncredited] · ms 7 · The 2008 Nebula Awards Final Ballot · [uncredited] · ms 11 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007 41 · Always · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007 57 · Where the Sidewalk Ends · Barry N. Malzberg · ar 61 · Why I Write Science Fiction · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ar 65 · Titanium Mike Saves the Day · David D. Levine · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2007 83 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 123 · The Yiddish Policemen’s Union · Michael Chabon · ex HarperCollins, 2007 137 · About the Rhysling Award · [uncredited] · ms 139 · Last Unicorn · Jane Yolen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 141 · The Graven Idol’s Godheart · Rich Ristow · pm The Shantytown Anomaly #2, 2006 143 · The Journey to Kailash · Mike Allen · pm Strange Horizons January 23 2006 149 · Stars Seen Through Stone · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2007 231 · What You Saw Was What You Got: The Year in Films · Howard Waldrop · mr 239 · Pan’s Labyrinth: Dreaming with Eyes Wide Open · Tim Lucas · mr 245 · The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change · Kij Johnson · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007 271 · About the Damon Knight Grand Master Award · [uncredited] · ms 273 · An Appreciation of Michael Moorcock · Kim Newman · ar [Ref. Michael Moorcock] 277 · The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius [von Bek family] · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds SF #154, September 1965, as by James Colvin 295 · The Andre Norton Award · [uncredited] · ms 297 · New Golden Age: The Rise of Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy · Gwenda Bond · ar 301 · Clubbing · Ellen Asher · ar 305 · Captive Girl · Jennifer Pelland · nv Helix #2, Fall 2006 331 · Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse · Andy Duncan · ss Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007 347 · Fountain of Age · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2007 413 · Past Nebula Award Winners · [uncredited] · ms 425 · The Authors Emeriti · [uncredited] · ms 427 · Ardath Mayhar, Talent from the Pines · Joe R. Lansdale · ar [Ref. Ardath Mayhar] 433 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Nightmare Carnival ed. Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books, September 2014, 978-1-61655-427-9, $19.99, 381pp, tp, oa, cover by E. M. Gist)     Original anthology of 15 dark stories involving carnivals. Introduction by Katherine Dunn. Authors include Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Genevieve Valentine, and Laird Barron. E-book also available. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Katherine Dunn · in · Scapegoats · N. Lee Wood · ss · The Firebrand · Priya Sharma · ss · Work, Hook, Shoot, Rip · Nick Mamatas · ss · And the Carnival Leaves Town · A. C. Wise · ss · Corpse Rose · Terry Dowling · nv · Last of the Fair · Joel Lane · ss · A Small Part in the Pantomime · Glen Hirshberg · ss · Hibbler’s Minions · Jeffrey Ford · ss · Swan Song and Then Some · Dennis Danvers · ss · The Lion Cage · Genevieve Valentine · ss · The Darkest Part · Stephen Graham Jones · ss · The Popping Fields · Robert Shearman · ss · Skullpocket · Nathan Ballingrud · nv · The Mysteries · Livia Llewellyn · ss · Screaming Elk, Mt. · Laird Barron · ss

Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, November 2016, 978-1-61696-232-6, $16.95, 427pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 24 horror stories all first published from 2005-2015. Authors include Gene Wolfe, John Langan, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Richard Kadrey. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 13 · Shallaballah · Mark Samuels · ss Don’t Turn Out the Light ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2005 23 · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006 41 · Our Turn Too Will One Day Come · Brian Hodge · nv Alone on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2006, as “And Our Turn Too Will One Day Come” 59 · Dead Sea Fruit · Kaaron Warren · ss Fantasy Magazine #4, Fall 2006 71 · Closet Dreams · Lisa Tuttle · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007 85 · Spectral Evidence · Gemma Files · ss ChiZine #30, October/December 2006 97 · Hushabye [Paul Hearn] · Simon Bestwick · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007 109 · Very Low-Flying Aircraft · Nicholas Royle · ss Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 121 · The Goosle · Margo Lanagan · ss The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, 2008 135 · The Clay Party · Steve Duffy · nv The Werewolf Pack ed. Mark Valentine, Wordsworth Editions, 2008 173 · Lonegan’s Luck · Stephen Graham Jones · nv New Genre Summer 2009 201 · Mr. Pigsny · Reggie Oliver · ss The Sixth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010 219 · At Night, When the Demons Come · Ray Cluley · ss Black Static #20, December 2010/January 2011 243 · Was She Wicked? Was She Good? · M. Rickert · ss Holiday by M. Rickert, Golden Gryphon Press, 2010 255 · The Shallows [Cthulhu] · John Langan · nv Cthulhu’s Reign ed. Darrell Schweitzer, DAW, 2010 257 · Strappado · Laird Barron · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009 277 · Little Pig · Anna Taborska · ss The Eighth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2011 285 · Omphalos · Livia Llewellyn · nv Engines of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, Lethe Press, 2011 311 · How We Escaped Our Certain Fate · Dan Chaon · ss 21st Century Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 327 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013 345 · Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No. 8) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest May 2014 367 · Shay Corsham Worsted · Garth Nix · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 381 · The Atlas of Hell · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 405 · Ambitious Boys Like You · Richard Kadrey · nv The Doll Collection ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2015

Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex ed. Ellen Datlow (St. Martin’s, February 1996, 0-312-14019-3, $22.95, 316pp, hc, oa, cover by Alan Dingman)     Original anthology of 20 stories (four reprints) of alien sex, alienated sex, etc. Authors include Scott Bradfield, Richard Christian Matheson, Joyce Carol Oates, and Neil Gaiman. There is a foreword by Robert Silverberg, and an introduction by Datlow. xi · Foreword · Robert Silverberg · fw xv · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · The Reality Trip · Robert Silverberg · nv If May/June 1970 23 · The Tattooist · Susan Wade · ss 42 · Dolly Sodom · John Kaiine · ss 47 · The Lucifer of Blue · Sherry Coldsmith · nv 75 · The Queen of the Apocalypse · Scott Bradfield · ss 89 · Oral · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 95 · Grand Prix · Simon Ings · ss Omni June 1993 114 · The House of Mourning · Brian Stableford · ss 133 · Fetish · Martha Soukup · ss 141 · Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland · Gwyneth Jones · ss 160 · The Future of Birds · Mike O’Driscoll · nv 193 · Captain China · Bruce McAllister · ss 210 · Background: The Dream · Lisa Tuttle · vi 214 · Aye, and Gomorrah… · Samuel R. Delany · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 227 · Ursus Triad, Later · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 236 · Sextraterrestrials · Joe Haldeman & Jane Yolen · gp 237 · To the marriage of two kinds · Joe Haldeman · pm 238 · Intermarriage · Jane Yolen · pm 239 · Sex on the Planet of the Trees · Joe Haldeman · pm 240 · First Contact/Second Coming · Jane Yolen · pm 241 · Sex Among the Abos · Jane Yolen · pm 242 · Come, talk · Joe Haldeman · pm 244 · The Dream-Catcher · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 263 · His Angel · Roberta Lannes · ss 279 · Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) · Neil Gaiman · pl 287 · In the Month of Athyr [Winterlong] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Omni Best Science Fiction Two ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni, 1992

Omni Best Science Fiction One ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, October 1992, 0-87455-277-X, $8.95, 267pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Parkes)     Anthology of ten stories, six original. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 5 · California Dreaming · Elizabeth A. Lynn · ss 17 · Diner · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss Omni November 1987 39 · Horse Latitudes · Richard Kadrey · nv 61 · Snake Eyes · Tom Maddox · nv Omni April 1986 89 · Sister Moon · Bruce McAllister · nv 123 · The Perfect Host · Robert Silverberg · nv 149 · The Lost Sepulcher of Huascar Capec · Paul Park · nv 171 · Tattoos · Jack M. Dann · nv Omni November 1986 203 · The Heart’s Own Country · J. R. Dunn · nv 235 · Listening to Brahms · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv Omni September 1986

Omni Best Science Fiction Two ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, November 1992, 0-87455-278-8, $8.95, 250pp, tp, oa, cover by Di-Maccio)     Anthology of ten stories, six original, with an introduction by the editor. v · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · All the Perfumes of Araby · Lucius Shepard · nv 33 · The Robot and the One You Love · Tom Maddox · ss Omni March 1988 53 · Chimera Dreams · Gregg Keizer · nv Omni June 1986 77 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987 115 · Kingdom Come · Bruce McAllister · ss Omni February 1987 135 · Mother’s Milt · Pat Cadigan · ss 151 · Black Velvet · Maggie Flinn · nv 175 · One Small Step for Max · Dan Simmons · ss 195 · The Cave Painting · Garry Kilworth · nv 219 · In the Month of Athyr [Winterlong] · Elizabeth Hand · nv

Omni Best Science Fiction Three ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, June 1993, 0-87455-284-2, $10.00, 266pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Parkes)     Anthology of 10 original stories and one reprint from Omni. v · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Moving On · Bruce McAllister · nv 43 · The Black Lotus · Simon Ings · nv 66 · Palindrome · Thomas M. Disch · nv Omni September 1987 96 · Along the River · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss 103 · One Night, or Scheherazade’s Bare Minimum · Thomas M. Disch · ss 110 · It Twineth Round Thee in Thy Joy · Gahan Wilson · ss 124 · Exogamy · John Crowley · ss 130 · Love Toys of the Gods · Pat Cadigan · ss 149 · Some Strange Desire · Ian McDonald · nv 177 · Virus Dreams · Scott Baker · na 239 · A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State · Pat Murphy · nv

Omni Visions One ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, November 1993, 0-87455-298-2, $10.00, 193pp, tp, an, cover by Gervasio Gallardo)     Anthology of ten stories, one original, with an introduction by the editor. v · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · The Girl Who Loved Animals · Bruce McAllister · nv Omni May 1988 21 · The Ghost Lemurs of Madagascar · William S. Burroughs · ss Omni April 1987 35 · Stardust · Harvey Jacobs · ss Omni August 1987 57 · Unidentified Objects · James P. Blaylock · nv Omni July 1989 75 · The Gates of Babel · J. R. Dunn · nv Omni May 1989 93 · Hoover’s Men · Howard Waldrop · vi Omni October 1988 103 · Phase Change · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 121 · The Evening and the Morning and the Night · Octavia E. Butler · nv Omni May 1987 145 · His Powder’d Wig, His Crown of Thornes · Marc Laidlaw · ss Omni September 1989 161 · Covenant of Souls · Michael Swanwick · nv Omni December 1986