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The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 9 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, October 1983, 0-87997-864-3, $2.50, 192pp, pb) 7 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 1983 9 · Influencing the Hell Out of Time and Teresa Golowitz · Parke Godwin · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January 1982 28 · Mirage and Magia · Tanith Lee · ss Hecate’s Cauldron ed. Susan M. Shwartz, DAW, 1982 45 · “Other” · Jor Jennings · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1982 56 · The Horror on the #33 · Michael Shea · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1982 75 · Another Orphan · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 120 · Lest Levitation Come Upon Us · Suzette Haden Elgin · nv Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 142 · Sentences · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Death ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982 153 · Square and Above Board · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1982 166 · The Malaysian Mer · Jane Yolen · ss Neptune Rising by Jane Yolen, Philomel, 1982 174 · Djinn, No Chaser · Harlan Ellison · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1982

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 10 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, October 1984, 0-87997-963-1, $2.75, 254pp, pb)     Anthology of 11 stories, including Locus Poll winner “Beyond the Dead Reef” by James Tiptree, Jr., and the Hugo/Nebula/World Fantasy nominee “Wong’s Lost & Found Emporium” by William Wu. 9 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 1984 12 · Blue Vase of Ghosts · Tanith Lee · nv Dragonfields #4, Winter 1983 39 · She Sells Sea Shells · Paul Darcy Boles · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1983 56 · Green Roses · Larry Tritten · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1983 64 · Wong’s Lost and Found Emporium [Wong] · William F. Wu · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic May 1983 83 · Huggins’ World · Ennis Duling · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July/August 1983 97 · The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · na Heroic Visions ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ace, 1983 157 · The Silent Cradle · Leigh Kennedy · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983 173 · Into Whose Hands · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 200 · Like a Black Dandelion · John Alfred Taylor · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine September/October 1983 205 · The Hills Behind Hollywood High · Avram Davidson & Grania Davis · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1983 232 · Beyond the Dead Reef · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1983

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 11 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, November 1985, 0-88677-097-1, $2.95, 238pp, pb)     Anthology of 13 stories from 1984. 9 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 1985 11 · Draco, Draco · Tanith Lee · nv Beyond Lands of Never ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Unicorn, 1984 38 · Harvest Child · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Elsewhere, Vol. III ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1984 56 · Love Among the Xoids · John Sladek · ss Chris Drumm Books, #15, 1984 71 · Stoneskin · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1984 94 · Unmistakably the Finest · Scott Bradfield · nv Interzone #8, Summer 1984 119 · The Foxwife · Jane Yolen · ss World Fantasy Convention, 1984 ed. Charles de Lint, Triskell Press, 1984 127 · Golden Apples of the Sun · Gardner R. Dozois, Jack M. Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv expanded from “Virgin Territory” (Penthouse, March 1984). 149 · My Rose and My Glove · Harvey Jacobs · ss Omni May 1984 161 · Strange Shadows · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #25, Michaelmas 1984 179 · A Little Two-Chair Barber Shop on Phillips Street · Donald R. Burleson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine March/April 1984 186 · Taking Heart · Stephen L. Burns · ss Sword and Sorceress ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1984 204 · The Storm · David Morrell · ss Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984 224 · A Cabin on the Coast · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1984 first published in German in Zu den Sternen ed. Peter Wilfert (Munich: Goldmann Verlag, 1981).

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 12 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, November 1986, 0-88677-163-3, $2.95, 226pp, pb)     Anthology of 11 stories from 1985 including the Locus Award winner “Paladin of the Lost Hour” by Harlan Ellison and the excellent “Flight” by Peter Dickinson. There is also a summation of the year in fantasy. ix · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 1986 1 · Unferno · George Alec Effinger · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1985 27 · Dinner in Audoghast · Bruce Sterling · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 43 · Fortunes of a Fool · Nicholas V. Yermakov · ss Dragon February 1985 61 · Preliminary Notes on the Jang · Lisa Goldstein · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 79 · The Red House · Robert R. McCammon · nv Greystone Bay ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985 101 · Flight · Peter Dickinson · nv Imaginary Lands ed. Robin McKinley, Ace, 1985 135 · The Castle at World’s End · Chris Naylor · ss Fantasy Tales #14, Summer 1985 147 · The Persistence of Memory · Gael Baudino · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November 1985 171 · The Face in the Cloth · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1985 185 · The Last Dragon Master · A. A. Attanasio · ss Beastmarks by A. A. Attanasio, Ziesing, 1985 199 · Paladin of the Lost Hour · Harlan Ellison · nv Universe 15 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1985

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 13 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, November 1987, 0-88677-233-8, $2.95, 238pp, pb)     Anthology of 11 stories from 1986 plus an introduction/summation of the year in fantasy. 11 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 1987 15 · Beauty Is the Beast · Tanith Lee · ss American Fantasy Fall 1986 31 · Something in the Blood · Richard L. Purtill · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1986 47 · Piece de Resistance · Judith Tarr · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1986 70 · Long, Long Ago · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv Tales from the Shadows by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, William Kimber, 1986 96 · The Old Man and the Cherry Tree · Kevin J. Anderson · ss Grue #3, 1986 104 · Phone Repairs · Nancy Kress · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1986 119 · The Tale and Its Master · Michael Rutherford · na Delmar, NY, 1986 167 · Sanctuary · Kim Antieau · ss Shadows 9 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1986 180 · The Uncorking of Uncle Finn · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November 1986 188 · A Place to Stay for a Little While · Jim Aikin · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1986 223 · The Boy Who Plaited Manes · Nancy Springer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1986

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 14 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, November 1988, 0-88677-307-5, $3.50, 239pp, pb)     Anthology of 13 stories from 1987 plus an introduction describing the year in fantasy. 9 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 1988 12 · Night’s Daughter, Day’s Desire · Tanith Lee · nv Night’s Sorceries by Tanith Lee, DAW, 1987 38 · The Little Magic Shop · Bruce Sterling · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1987 54 · Transients · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Amazing Stories January 1987 69 · The Snow Apples · Gwyneth Jones · ss Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1987 85 · The Glassblower’s Dragon · Lucius Shepard · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1987 93 · The Apotheosis of Isaac Rosen · Jack M. & Jeanne Van Buren Dann · vi Omni June 1987 99 · 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 134 · Waiting for a Bus [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss a shorter version appeared in The Third Book of After Midnight Stories, Myers, Kimber, 1987. 152 · Happy Hour · J. N. Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1987 163 · Ever After · Susan Palwick · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987 191 · A Little of What You Fancy · Mary Catherine McDaniel · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume III ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1987 202 · Inky · Jayge Carr · ss Whispers October 1987 226 · Maxie Silas · Augustine Funnell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1987

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction ed. Tarun K. Saint (Hachette India, February 25, 2019, 978-93-88322-05-8, Rp599.00, xlii+376pp, hc)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Spice-Ship to Infinity · Manjula Padmanabhan · fw xiii · SF Matters: South Asian Futures to Come · Tarun K. Saint · in 1 · Planet of Terror · Adrish Bardhan · ss translated from the Bengali (“Atankera graha”). 6 · Inspector Matadeen on the Moon · Harishankar Parsai · ss Inspector Matadeen on the Moon by Harishankar Parsai, Affiliated East-West Press, 1996 translated from the Hindi (“Inspektar Maataadeen Chaand Par”, 1968). 17 · Stealing the Sea · Asif Aslam Farrukhi · ss translated from the Urdu (“Samandar Ki Chori”). 30 · Chernobyl · Somendra Singh Kharola · pm 36 · The Sea Sings at Night · Mimi Mondal · ss WisCon Chronicles, Volume 9: Intersections and Alliances ed. Mary Anne Mohanraj, Aqueduct Press, 2015 40 · The Twenty-Second Century · Rahul Sankrityayan · ss translated from the Hindi (“Baeesaveen Sadee”, 1923). 51 · Shit Flower · Anil Menon · nv Brave New Now ed. Liam Young, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, 2014 74 · The Man Who Turned Into Gandhi · Shovon Chakraborty · ss 91 · Seventy Years After Seventy Years After Partition · Kaiser Haq · pm 94 · Moksha · Sumita Sharma · pm 95 · A Visit to Partition World · Tarun K. Saint · ss 107 · Dreaming of the Cool Green River · Priya Sarukkai Chabria · ss 115 · Mirror-Rorrim · Clark Prasad · nv 147 · Flexi-Time · Manjula Padmanabhan · ss 154 · The Other Side · Payal Dhar · nv 183 · 15004 · Sami Ahmad Khan · nv 204 · Why the War Ended · Premendra Mitra · ss translated from the Bengali (“Yud’dha Kena Thamalo”). 215 · Were It Not For · Arjun Rajendran · pm 216 · The Beneficient Brahma · Chandrashekhar Sastry · ss 221 · The Goddess Project · Giti Chandra · ss 236 · The Last Tiger · Mohammad Salman · ss 255 · A Night with the Joking Clown [Antisense Universe] · Rimi B. Chatterjee · nv 280 · The Dream · Muhammed Zafar Iqbal · ss 282 · Anandna · Rukmini Bhaya Nair · ss 298 · We Were Never Here · Nur Nasreen Ibrahim · ss 306 · The Narrative of Naushirwan Shavaksha Sheikh Chilli · Keki N. Daruwalla · ss 326 · Looking Up · S. B. Divya · ss Where the Stars Rise ed. Lucas K. Law & Derwin Mak, Laksa Media, 2017 341 · Reunion · Vandana Singh · nv

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Volume 2 ed. Tarun K. Saint (Hachette India, September 30, 2021, 978-93-91028-62-6, Rp699, 488pp, hc, cover by Bhavi Mehta)     Details taken from online listing. · South Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy: Carving New Spaces in Time · Tarun K. Saint · in · And Now His Lordship Is Laughing · Shiv Ramdas · ss Strange Horizons September 9 2019 · Jupiter, Dark Sister · Medha Singh · ss · The Traveller · Tashan Mehta · ss · The Zoo · Muhammed Zafar Iqbal · ss · The Maker of Memorials · Vajra Chandrasekera · ss · The Glow-in-the-Dark Girls · Senaa Ahmad · ss Strange Horizons January 15 2018 · The Pain Merchant · Manjula Padmanabhan · ss · The Ministry of Relevance · Arjun Raj Gaind · ss · Dimensions of Life Under Fascism · Jayaprakash Satyamurthy · ss · The Song of Ice · Soham Guha · ss · Goodbye Is the Shape of a Palm Pressed to the Sky · Lavanya Lakshminarayan · ss · Almost Human · Kehkashan Khalid · ss · Looney Ka Tabadla · Bina Shah · ss · Paley’s Watch · Anil Menon · ss · Elsewhere · Aparna Ramachandran · ss · Gift of the Angels · Jayant V. Narlikar · ss · A Different Sea · Vandana Singh · ss · The List · Gautam Bhatia · ss · 2020-NKARV · Kaiser Haq · ss · The Crossing · Kalsang Yangzom · ss · A Species of Least Concern · Giti Chandra · ss · Champollion’s Foot · Haris A. Durrani · nv Mithila Review #8, April/June 2017 · Resurrection Points · Usman T. Malik · nv Strange Horizons August 4 2014 · Shambala · Salik Shah · ss · Confessor · Yudhanjaya Wijeratne · ss · Scavenger · Priya Sarukkai Chabria · ss · Biryani Bagh · Sami Ahmad Khan · ss · Malini · Shovon Chowdhury · ss · The Midas Touch · Sukanya Datta · ss · The Arrival of the New World · Premee Mohamed · ss · The Diamond Library · Navin Weeraratne · ss · Bring Your Own Spoon · Saad Z. Hossain · ss The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories ed. Jared Shurin & Mahvesh Murad, Solaris, 2017

Speculative Horizons ed. Patrick St-Denis (Subterranean Press, December 2010, 978-1-59606-336-5, $20.00, 127pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter)     Original anthology of five stories by C.S. Friedman, Tobias S. Buckell, L.E. Modesitt, Jr., Brian Ruckley, and Hal Duncan. A leatherbound, limited edition of 200 signed by authors and editor is also available. 9 · Soul Mate · C. S. Friedman · nv 35 · The Eve of the Fall of Habesh · Tobias S. Buckell · nv 59 · The Stranger · L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · ss 77 · Flint · Brian Ruckley · nv 105 · The Death of a Love · Hal Duncan · ss 125 · Acknowledgements · Patrick St-Denis · aw

Deathwatch by Ian St. Martin (Black Library, November 15, 2016, 978-1-78572-232-5, £9.99, ebook) [Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch]     Details taken from online listing.

In Wolves’ Clothing by Ian St. Martin (Black Library, December 3, 2015, ebook) [Warhammer 40,000]     Details taken from online listing.

Lucius: The Faultless Blade by Ian St. Martin (Black Library, August 2017, £18.00, 368pp, hc) [Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Space Marines]     Details taken from online listing.

The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki (John Lane, August 1911, 242pp, hc)     The cover of the book reads “The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki” and the title page lists the author as “H.H. Munro (’Saki’)”. As most of the pieces originally appeared under the Saki byline it seems sensible to list the book as being Saki rather than H.H. Munro. ix · Introduction · A. A. Milne · in 1911 1 · Esmé [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette December 17 1910 9 · The Match-Maker [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 6 1909 14 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn. 27 · Mrs. Packletide’s Tiger [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Bystander April 12 1911 34 · The Stampeding of Lady Bastable [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Daily Mail November 5 1910, as “A Modern Boy” 39 · The Background [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss Leinsters’ Magazine July 1910 45 · Hermann the Irascible—A Story of the Great Weep · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette December 24 1909 50 · The Unrest-Cure [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette April 1 1910 61 · The Jesting of Arlington Stringham [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette August 20 1910 67 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 75 · Adrian [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette July 9 1910 81 · The Chaplet [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Bystander March 15 1911 88 · The Quest [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette July 2 1910 96 · Wratislav [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette March 12 1910 101 · The Easter Egg · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette April 15 1911 108 · Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse That Helped [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Bystander December 7 1910 113 · The Music on the Hill · Saki · ss 123 · The Story of St. Vespaluus [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss 136 · The Way to the Dairy [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss 147 · The Peace Offering [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Bystander June 7 1911 155 · The Peace of Mowsle Barton · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette February 18 1911 167 · The Talking-Out of Tarrington [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · vi The Westminster Gazette August 26 1911 172 · The Hounds of Fate · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 13 1911 184 · The Recessional [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette July 8 1911 191 · A Matter of Sentiment [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette June 3 1911 198 · The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss 212 · “Ministers of Grace” · Saki · ss The Bystander November 30 1910 229 · The Remoulding of Groby Lington · Saki · ss