Cigar-Box Faust and Other Miniatures by Michael Swanwick (Tachyon Publications, September 2003, 1-892391-07-4, $14.95, 94pp, tp, co, cover by Freddie Baer)
Collection of short-short works, including 12 pieces of dream-writing; five sets of related items including “An Abecedary of the Imagination” with six new entries; an early, unpublished version of “The Mask”; 10 essays; and the original poem of the title. Swanwick’s introduction discusses why short-shorts, and the genesis of certain pieces.
- 1 · Sing, Goddess, of the Virtue of Small Things… · Michael Swanwick · in
- 7 · Cigar-Box Faust · Michael Swanwick · vi
- 10 · Writing in My Sleep: The Bulls · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #30, February 1991
- 13 · Writing in My Sleep: Critics · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #31, March 1991
- 15 · Writing in My Sleep: Ether · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #32, April 1991
- 15 · Writing in My Sleep: A Bicentennial Minute · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #32, April 1991
- 16 · Writing in My Sleep: Stage Direction · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #32, April 1991
- 17 · Writing in My Sleep: Books · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #33, May 1991
- 19 · Writing in My Sleep: Glass Soul · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #34, June 1991
- 20 · Writing in My Sleep: Bastards · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #34, June 1991
- 20 · Writing in My Sleep: Xeroxing · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #34, June 1991
- 21 · Writing in My Sleep: Trolls · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #35, July 1991
- 22 · Writing in My Sleep: God · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #36, August 1991
- 23 · Writing in My Sleep: Rafferty Rafferty and Mr. Bog · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #37, September 1991
- 24 · Writing in My Sleep: Storyteller Rock · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #38, October 1991
- 26 · An Abecedary of the Imagination · Michael Swanwick · gp (r); six of the entries are replacements original to this collection.
- _26 · A Is for Atlantis · Michael Swanwick · ms 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _26 · B Is for Books · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _27 · C Is for Culture Shock · Michael Swanwick · vi; replaces “C Is for Critics”.
- _28 · D Is for Doe · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _29 · E Is for Elba · Michael Swanwick · vi; replaces “E Is for Ether”.
- _30 · F Is for Fairies · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _31 · G Is for Gondwanaland · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _32 · H Is for Heaven · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _32 · I Is for Invaders · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _33 · J Is for Jack · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _34 · K Is for Kate · Michael Swanwick · vi; replaces “K Is for Kobold”.
- _35 · L Is for Lucky Strikes · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _35 · M Is for Magick · Michael Swanwick · ms 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _36 · N Is for Nixon · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _36 · O Is for Oreo · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _37 · P Is for Pollution · Michael Swanwick · vi; replaces “P Is for Picasso”.
- _39 · Q Is for Queen · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _39 · R Is for Reality · Michael Swanwick · fa; replaces “R Is for Rock”.
- _40 · S Is for Story · Michael Swanwick · ms 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _41 · T Is for Theory · Michael Swanwick · ms 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _41 · U Is for Unicorn · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _41 · V Is for Vacant · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _42 · W Is for Werewolf · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _42 · X Is for Xanthaniel · Michael Swanwick · vi; replaces “X Is for Xerox”.
- _44 · Y Is for Youth · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- _45 · Z Is for Zygote · Michael Swanwick · vi 1996 Disclave program book, Disclave, 1996
- 47 · Eight Takes on Kindred Themes · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #70, June 1994 [Ref. Philip K. Dick]
- 51 · Picasso Deconstructed · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1993
- 56 · Brief Essays · Michael Swanwick · gp (r)
- _56 · Galileo’s Finger · Michael Swanwick · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #60, August 1993
- _57 · Men, Women, and Writers · Michael Swanwick · vi The New York Review of Science Fiction #61, September 1993
- _58 · Involution Ocean · Michael Swanwick · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #62, October 1993
- _59 · Corrupting the Mainstream · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #62, October 1993
- _61 · My Career as a Poet · Michael Swanwick · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #63, November 1993
- _62 · And God Made Fans · Michael Swanwick · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #64, December 1993
- _64 · The Poets’ Corner · Michael Swanwick · ar
- _66 · The Other Patrick McGrath · Michael Swanwick · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #65, January 1994 [Ref. Patrick McGrath]
- _67 · Superman · Michael Swanwick · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #67, March 1994
- _68 · Ruthenia · Michael Swanwick · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #68, April 1994
- 70 · Archaic Planets: Nine Excerpts from the Encyclopedia Galactica · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1998
- 82 · The Mask · Michael Swanwick · vi
an expanded version was published in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, April 1994.
- 84 · Letters to the Editor · Michael Swanwick · lt Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2001
- 93 · The Madness of Gordon Van Gelder · Michael Swanwick · vi The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2000
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