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The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne (HarperCollinsAustralia/Voyager, April 1997, 0-7322-5751-4, A$19.95, 365pp, tp, cover by Gregory Bridges)     Best of the year anthology of 15 stories, including two Aurealis award-winning stories. The introduction by the editors discusses the history of Australian SF. xi · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne · in 1997 1 · Silver Fire · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #102, December 1995 35 · Of Fingers and Foreskins · Sara Douglass · nv Eidolon Autumn 1996 61 · The Ichneumon and the Dormeuse · Terry Dowling · ss Interzone #106, April 1996 81 · The Ghost of Mrs Rochester · Lucy Sussex · ss Eidolon Autumn 1996 101 · The Mark of Thetis · Simon Brown · nv Eidolon Autumn 1996 131 · Never Seen by Waking Eyes · Stephen Dedman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1996 161 · The Sword of God · Russell Blackford · nv Dream Weavers ed. Paul Collins, Penguin Australia, 1996 183 · Blind Eye · Jack Dann · ss Eidolon Spring 1996 195 · Ilium · Andrew Whitmore · nv Eidolon Spring 1996 223 · Princess Melodia and the White Catherine · Beverley Macdonald · nv Dream Weavers ed. Paul Collins, Penguin Australia, 1996 241 · A Man and His Dreams · Marele Day · ss (r) 261 · Passing the Bone · Sean Williams · nv Eidolon Summer 1996 283 · Dr. Tilmann’s Consultant: A Scientific Romance · Cherry Wilder · nv Omni Online November 1996 307 · Schrödinger’s Dog · Damien Broderick · nv Eidolon Spring 1996 345 · The Phoenix · Isobelle Carmody · ss Green Monkey Dreams by Isobelle Carmody, , 1996

The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne (HarperCollins Australia/Voyager, April 1998, 0-7322-5942-8, A$14.95, 443pp, pb)     Best of the year anthology of 13 stories, including three Aurealis award winning stories. The introduction by the editors discusses the year (1997) in Australian SF. xi · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne · in 1998 1 · Reasons to Be Cheerful · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #118, April 1997 51 · Nicholas Afalling · Jodie Kewley · ss Eidolon Autumn 1997 67 · Jenny Come to Play [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · nv Eidolon Spring 1997 117 · Niagara Falling · Janeen Webb & Jack Dann · nv Black Mist and Other Japanese Futures ed. Orson Scott Card & Keith Ferrell, DAW, 1997 155 · Teratology · Chris Gregory · ss Twins by Chris Gregory, Penguin, 1997 169 · Love and Mandarins · Sean Williams · nv Eidolon Spring 1997 215 · Merlusine · Lucy Sussex · nv The Horns of Elfland ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman & Donald G. Keller, Roc, 1997 255 · Due West · Rick Kennett · nv Eidolon Spring 1997 297 · Schrödinger’s Catalyst · Stephen Dedman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1997 317 · The Art of Dying · Kirsten Bishop · nv Aurealis #19, 1997 341 · The Masque of Agamemnon · Sean Williams & Simon Brown · nv Eidolon: SF Online December 1997 383 · Death at the Blue Elephant · Janeen Webb · ss Enter: HQ/Flamingo Short Story Collection by , HarperCollins Australia, 1997 401 · Lucent Carbon · Russell Blackford · nv Eidolon Spring 1997

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 1 ed. Jonathan Strahan (Saga Press, September 8, 2020, 978-1-5344-4959-6, $17.99, 608pp, tp, cover by Richard Yoo)     Details taken from online listing. xiii · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in 2020 1 · The Bookstore at the End of America · Charlie Jane Anders · nv A People’s Future of the United States ed. John Joseph Adams & Victor LaValle, One World, 2019 23 · The Galactic Tourist Industrial Complex · Tobias S. Buckell · ss New Suns ed. Nisi Shawl, Solaris, 2019 37 · Kali_Na · Indrapramit Das · nv The Mythic Dream ed. Dominik Parisien & Navah Wolfe, Saga Press, 2019 59 · Song of the Birds · Saleem Haddad · ss Palestine + 100 ed. Basma Ghalayini, Comma Press, 2019 77 · The Painter of Trees · Suzanne Palmer · ss Clarkesworld #153, June 2019 91 · The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir · Karin Tidbeck · ss Tor.com January 14 2019 109 · Sturdy Lanterns and Ladders · Malka Older · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019 123 · It’s 2059, and the Rich Kids Are Still Winning [Op-Ed from the Future] · Ted Chiang · ss The New York Times May 27 2019 127 · Contagion’s Eve at the House Noctambulous · Rich Larson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2019 151 · Submarines · Han Song; translated by Ken Liu · ss Broken Stars ed. Ken Liu, Tor, 2019 translated from the Chinese (“qián tĭng”, Southern People Weekly, November 17, 2014). 161 · As the Last I May Know · S. L. Huang · ss Tor.com October 23 2019 179 · A Catalog of Storms · Fran Wilde · ss Uncanny Magazine #26, January/February 2019 193 · The Robots of Eden · Anil Menon · ss New Suns ed. Nisi Shawl, Solaris, 2019 213 · Now Wait for This Week · Alice Sola Kim · nv A People’s Future of the United States ed. John Joseph Adams & Victor LaValle, One World, 2019 243 · Cyclopterus · Peter Watts · ss Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019 263 · Dune Song · Suyi Davies Okungbowa · ss Apex Magazine #120, May 2019 277 · The Work of Wolves · Tegan Moore · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2019 331 · Soft Edges · Elizabeth Bear · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019 343 · Emergency Skin · N. K. Jemisin · nv Amazon Digital, September 17 2019 371 · Thoughts and Prayers · Ken Liu · ss Slate January 26 2019 391 · At the Fall · Alec Nevala-Lee · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2019 423 · Reunion · Vandana Singh · nv The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction ed. Tarun K. Saint, Hachette India, 2019 453 · Green Glass: A Love Story · E. Lily Yu · ss If This Goes On ed. Cat Rambo, Parvus Press, 2019 465 · Secret Stories of Doors · Sofía Rhei · ss Barcelona Tales ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2016 483 · This Is Not the Way Home · Greg Egan · ss Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019 507 · What the Dead Man Said · Chinelo Onwualu · ss Slate August 24 2019 523 · I (28M) Created a Deepfake Girlfriend and Now My Parents Think We’re Getting Married · Fonda Lee · ss MIT Technology Review January/February 2020 533 · The Archronology of Love · Caroline M. Yoachim · nv Lightspeed #107, April 2019 561 · Recommended Reading: 2019 · Jonathan Strahan · bi 2020

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Volume 2 ed. Jonathan Strahan (Saga Press, September 14, 2021, 978-1-5344-4962-6, $18.99, xxxv+589pp, tp)     Details taken from online listing. xiii · Year in Review: 2020 · Jonathan Strahan · in 2021 1 · A Guide for Working Breeds · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2020 23 · An Important Failure · Rebecca Campbell · nv Clarkesworld #167, August 2020 51 · Drones to Ploughshares · Sarah Gailey · ss Motherboard February 4 2020 65 · The Pill · Meg Elison · nv Big Girl Plus… by Meg Elison, PM Press, 2020 95 · The Mermaid Astronaut · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #298, February 27 2020 113 · It Came from Cruden Farm · Max Barry · nv Slate February 29 2020 135 · Schrödinger’s Catastrophe · Gene Doucette · nv Lightspeed #126, November 2020 149 · AirBody · Sameem Siddiqui · nv Clarkesworld #163, April 2020 175 · Midstrathe Exploding · Andy Dudak · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2020 187 · The Bahrain Underground Bazaar · Nadia Afifi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2020 209 · 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know · Ken Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 217 · Polished Performance · Alastair Reynolds · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2020 241 · Go. Now. Fix. · Timons Esaias · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2020 253 · Burn or The Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super · A. T. Greenblatt · nv Uncanny Magazine #34, May/June 2020 285 · How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com January 15 2020 317 · The Final Performance of the Amazing Ralphie · Pat Cadigan · ss Avatars Inc. ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2020 331 · Yellow and the Perception of Reality · Maureen McHugh · nv Tor.com July 22 2020 357 · Father · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 379 · Don’t Mind Me · Suzanne Palmer · ss Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 401 · The Suicide of Our Troubles [Stealing Worlds] · Karl Schroeder · nv Slate November 28 2020 433 · The Transition of Osoosi · Ozzie M. Gartrell · nv Fiyah #13, Winter 2020 465 · If You Take My Meaning · Charlie Jane Anders · ss Tor.com February 11 2020 489 · Beyond These Stars Other Tribulations of Love · Usman T. Malik · ss Wired (online) December 11 2020 499 · A Mastery of German · Marian Denise Moore · nv Dominion ed. Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald & Zelda Knight, Aurelia Leo, 2020 525 · How to Pay Reparations: A Documentary · Tochi Onyebuchi · ss Slate August 29 2020 543 · Sparklybits · Nick Wolven · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 569 · The Search for “Flight X” · Neon Yang · ss Avatars Inc. ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2020

Burnt Black Suns by Simon Strantzas (Hippocampus Press, May 1, 2014, 978-1-61498-083-4, $20.00, 308pp, tp, cover by Santiago Caruso)     Collection of nine weird stories, four original. Introduction by Laird Barron. Details taken from online listing. 5 · Dig My Grave · Laird Barron · in 8 · On Ice · Simon Strantzas · nv 44 · Dwelling on the Past · Simon Strantzas · ss Chilling Tales Two ed. Michael Kelly, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, 2013 57 · Strong as a Rock · Simon Strantzas · ss 76 · By Invisible Hands · Simon Strantzas · ss The Grimscribe’s Puppets ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Miskatonic River Press, 2013 93 · One Last Bloom · Simon Strantzas · na 165 · Thistle’s Find · Simon Strantzas · ss Black Wings III ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2014 179 · Beyond the Banks of the River Seine [The King in Yellow] · Simon Strantzas · ss A Season in Carcosa ed. Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., Miskatonic River Press, 2013 194 · Emotional Dues · Simon Strantzas · nv 226 · Burnt Black Suns · Simon Strantzas · na

Nothing Is Everything by Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications, October 16, 2018, 978-1-988964-03-4, $17.99, 270pp, tp, cover by Tran Nguyen)     Details taken from online listing. · In This Twilight · Simon Strantzas · ss · Our Town’s Talent · Simon Strantzas · ss · These Last Embers · Simon Strantzas · ss Undertow Publications, February 2015 · The Flower Unfolds · Simon Strantzas · ss Nightscript III ed. C. M. Muller, Chthonic Matter, 2017 · Ghost Dogs · Simon Strantzas · ss · In the Tall Grass · Simon Strantzas · ss Shadows & Tall Trees v7, 2017 · The Fifth Stone · Simon Strantzas · ss Nightmare’s Realm ed. S. T. Joshi, Dark Regions Press, 2017 · The Terrific Mr. Toucan · Simon Strantzas · ss · Alexandra Lost · Simon Strantzas · ss The Mammoth Book of Cthulhu: New Lovecraftian Fiction ed. Paula Guran, Robinson, 2016 · All Reality Blossoms in Flames · Simon Strantzas · ss

Aickman’s Heirs ed. Simon Strantzas (Undertow Publications, May 3, 2015, 978-0-9813177-9-3, $18.99, x+268pp, tp, cover by Yaroslav Gerzhedovich)     Details supplied by Denny Lien. ix · Introduction · Simon Strantzas · in 3 · Seaside Town · Brian Evenson · ss 21 · Neithernor · Richard Gavin · ss 35 · Least Light, Most Night · John Howard · ss 47 · Camp · David Nickle · ss 61 · A Delicate Craft · D. P. Watt · ss 73 · Seven Minutes in Heaven · Nadia Bulkin · ss 85 · Infestations · Michael Cisco · ss 101 · The Dying Season · Lynda E. Rucker · ss 119 · A Discreet Music · Michael Wehunt · ss 135 · Underground Economy · John Langan · ss 147 · The Vault of Heaven · Helen Marshall · ss 165 · Two Brothers · Malcolm Devlin · ss 183 · The Lake · Daniel Mills · ss 196 · A Change of Scene · Nina Allan · nv 239 · The Book That Finds You · Lisa Tuttle · ss

Shadow’s Edge ed. Simon Strantzas (Gray Friar Press, March 2013, 978-1-906331-36-8, £8.99, vii+186pp, tp)     Details taken from online listing. · Bor Urus · John Langan · nv · Prologue: The Nineteenth Step · Simon Strantzas · ss · Echoland · Joel Lane · ss · The Penury · Michael Cisco · ss · Tinder Row · Richard Gavin · ss · The Falling Dark · Daniel Mills · ss · The Old Church · Gary McMahon · ss · …he was water before he was fire… · D. P. Watt · ss · False North · Ian Rogers · ss · Morning Passages · Lisa L. Hannett · ss · At the End of the World · R. B. Russell · ss · Within One Ruined Realm · W. H. Pugmire · ss · Stabilimentum · Livia Llewellyn · ss · Some Other You · Michael Kelly · ss · Lost in the Garden of Earthly Delights · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss · The True Edge of the World · Peter Bell · ss

Year’s Best Weird Fiction: Volume Three ed. Simon Strantzas & Michael Kelly--- see under Michael Kelly.

Stories of the Sand by Dirk Strasser (Satalyte Publishing, November 2014, 978-0-9925580-3-1, A$29.99, tp, cover by Andrew J. McKiernan)     Details taken from online listing. · Singing the Songs of… · Jack Dann · in · Stories of the Sand · Dirk Strasser · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2009 · The Dark Under the Skin · Dirk Strasser · ss Eidolon Spring 1997 · Nullarbor Lights · Dirk Strasser · ss · Conquist · Dirk Strasser · ss Dreaming Again ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia, 2008 · Primal · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #38/39, December 2007 · The Doppelgänger Effect · Dirk Strasser · ss Dreaming Down-Under ed. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, HarperCollins/Voyager Australis, 1998 · Waiting for the Rain · Dirk Strasser · ss Universe 2 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Bantam Spectra, 1992 · Steering the Waters · Dirk Strasser · ss The Patternmaker ed. Lucy Sussex, Omnibus, 1994 · At Rain’s Grey Remembering · Dirk Strasser · ss Alien Shores ed. Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch, Aphelion Publications, 1994 · Watching the Soldiers · Dirk Strasser · ss Borderlands 4 ed. Elizabeth & Thomas Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1994 · The Jesus Particle · Dirk Strasser · ss · The Tale of Valkyra and Verlinden [Ascension] · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #12, 1993 · The Vigilant · Dirk Strasser · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #29, August 2009 · The Final Birthplace [The Run People] · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #3, 1991 · Dear Reader · Dirk Strasser · ss Terror Australis ed. Leigh Blackmore, Coronet Australia, 1993 · In Theory · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #20/21, 1998 · 2084 · Dirk Strasser · ss · The Skerricks of Truth · Dirk Strasser · ss Aurealis #27/28, 2001

The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine by Peter Straub (Subterranean Press, December 2011, 978-1-59606-441-6, $20.00, 93pp, hc, cover by Michael Fusco)     Horror novella. A leatherbound signed, limited edition of 350 is also available.

Interior Darkness: Selected Stories by Peter Straub (Doubleday, February 16, 2016, 978-0-385-54105-3, $28.95, 474pp, hc)     Details taken from online listing. 3 · Blue Rose [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · na Underwood-Miller, 1985 53 · In the Realm of Dreams · Peter Straub · ss Houses without Doors by Peter Straub, Grafton, 1990 54 · The Juniper Tree [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, 1988 85 · Going Home · Peter Straub · ss Houses without Doors by Peter Straub, Grafton, 1990 87 · The Buffalo Hunter · Peter Straub · na Houses without Doors by Peter Straub, Grafton, 1990 172 · Bar Talk · Peter Straub · ss Taverns of the Dead ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, CD Publications, 2005 175 · A Short Guide to the City · Peter Straub · ss Houses without Doors by Peter Straub, Grafton, 1990 189 · Ashputtle · Peter Straub · nv Black Thorn, White Rose ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1994 206 · Pork Pie Hat · Peter Straub · na Murder for Halloween ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press, 1994 265 · Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff · Peter Straub · na Murder for Revenge ed. Otto Penzler, Delacorte, 1998 347 · Little Red’s Tango · Peter Straub · nv Conjunctions #39, Fall 2002 381 · Lapland, or Film Noir · Peter Straub · ss Conjunctions #42, Spring 2004 390 · Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle · Peter Straub · nv McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage, 2004 421 · Mallon the Guru · Peter Straub · ss Stories ed. Neil Gaiman & Al Sarrantonio, William Morrow, 2010 427 · The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine · Peter Straub · na Subterranean Press, December 2011 467 · The Collected Stories of Freddie Prothero · Peter Straub · ss Turn Down the Lights ed. Richard Chizmar, CD Publications, 2013