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Tops in Science Fiction (about)

Publishers:

Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc.; Stamford, CT: Tops in Science Fiction.

Editors:

Jack O’Sullivan - Editor: Tops in Science Fiction, Spring 1953.

Malcolm Reiss - Managing Editor: Tops in Science Fiction, Spring 1953.

Malcolm Reiss - Editor: Tops in Science Fiction, Fall 1953.

Mary Berner - Associate Editor: Tops in Science Fiction, Fall 1953.

Tops in Science Fiction [v1 #1, Spring 1953] (25¢, 128pp+, pulp, cover by Leydenfrost from Planet Stories Spring 1942) []

2 · Citadel of Lost Ships · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories March 1943

22 · The Last Martian · Raymond Van Houten · ss Planet Stories Spring 1942

32 · Castaways of Eros · Nelson S. Bond · nv Planet Stories Winter 1943

55 · The First Man on the Moon · Alfred Coppel · ss Planet Stories Spring 1950

58 · Task to Lahri · Ross Rocklynne · nv Planet Stories Summer 1942

76 · The Million Year Picnic [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Summer 1946

82 · The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears · Keith Bennett · nv Planet Stories Spring 1950

104 · Black Friar of the Flame · Isaac Asimov · nv Planet Stories Spring 1942

Tops in Science Fiction [v1 #2, Fall 1953] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas) []

1 · Lorelei of the Red Mist · Ray Bradbury & Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Summer 1946

54 · And the Gods Laughed · Fredric Brown · ss Planet Stories Spring 1944

68 · Grifters’ Asteroid · Harold C. Fosse · ss Planet Stories May 1943, as by H. L. Gold

84 · The Sword of Johnny Damokles · Hugh Frazier Parker · nv Planet Stories March 1943

105 · Saboteur of Space · Robert Abernathy · nv Planet Stories Spring 1944

Tops in Science Fiction (UK) (about)

Tops in Science Fiction (UK) [No. 1, 1954] (Top Fiction Ltd., 128pp, digest) []
Details supplied by Roger Robinson.

5 · Citadel of Lost Ships · Leigh Brackett · nv Planet Stories March 1943; given as by Leigh Bracket.

53 · Task to Lahri · Ross Rocklynne · nv Planet Stories Summer 1942

93 · The Million Year Picnic [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Summer 1946

107 · The Last Martian · Raymond Van Houten · ss Planet Stories Spring 1942

Tops in Science Fiction (UK) [No. 2, 1954] (Top Fiction Ltd., 128pp, digest) []
Details supplied by Roger Robinson.

7 · The First Man on the Moon · Alfred Coppel · ss Planet Stories Spring 1950

13 · The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears · Keith Bennett · nv Planet Stories Spring 1950; author not given.

68 · Black Friar of the Flame · Isaac Asimov · nv Planet Stories Spring 1942

Tops in Science Fiction (UK) [No. 3, 1954] (Top Fiction Ltd., 128pp, digest) []
Details supplied by Roger Robinson.

7 · Lorelei of the Red Mist · Ray Bradbury & Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Summer 1946; uncredited in the Table of Contents.

76 · The Sword of Johnny Damokles · Hugh Frazier Parker · nv Planet Stories March 1943; given as “The Sword of Johnny Damockles” in the Table of Contents.

105 · Grifters’ Asteroid · Harold C. Fosse · ss Planet Stories May 1943, as by H. L. Gold

Tops in Western Stories (about)

Tops in Western Stories [Vol. 1 No. 1, Spring 1953] ed. Jack O’Sullivan (Flying Stories, Inc., 25¢, 128pp, pulp) []

2 · The Last Ride of Pothooks Marrs · Les Savage, Jr. · na Lariat Story Magazine September 1948

50 · Slow Elk on Alder Crick · O. E. Fry · ss (r)

58 · Destiny Rides the Rio · Curtis Bishop · ss Lariat Story Magazine July 1945

73 · Beginner’s Luck · Bennett Foster · ss Action Stories June 1936

79 · The Laughing Town · Stewart Toland · ss Lariat Story Magazine July 1947

84 · Trigger Trial · Edgar L. Cooper · ss Action Stories March/April 1934, as “Kangaroo Court”

96 · Payoff in Mex · Walt Coburn · na Lariat Story Magazine March 1942

Tops in Western Stories [Vol. 1 No. 2, Fall 1953] ed. Jack O’Sullivan (Flying Stories, Inc., 35¢, pulp) []
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Crossfire Colts · Walt Coburn · nv Lariat Story Magazine July 1943

33 · The Maverick Brand · Anson Slaughter · ss (r)

45 · Epitaph from Tombstone · J. A. Saxon · ss (r)

56 · Stranger on the Stage · L. P. Holmes · nv Lariat Story Magazine September 1947

78 · Town of Twenty Triggers · Les Savage, Jr. · na Lariat Story Magazine January 1944

Tops in Westerns (about)

Tops in Westerns [Vol. 1, 1940] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Tops in Westerns [Vol. 3, 1942] (Warner Publications, Inc., pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Tops in Westerns [Vol. 4, 1943] (Warner Publications, Inc., 25¢, pulp) []
Issue not indexed.

Tops in Westerns [Vol. 6, 1945] (Warner Publications, Inc., 20¢, pulp) []
Issue partially indexed.

· Murder for the Circle M · Elsa Barker · na Ranch Romances 1st July 1944

· Beauty Bonanza · Robert Dale Denver · ss Ranch Romances 1st July 1944

· Flour for Fandango · L. P. Holmes · ss (r)

Tor.com:

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July 20, 2008:

· The Leviathan · Wesley Allsbrook · cs

· After the Coup [Old Man’s War] · John Scalzi · nv; illustrated by John Harris

· Down on the Farm [The Laundry] · Charles Stross · nv; illustrated by Craig Phillips

August 5, 2008:

· Old Flames Flare for Sweetie ’n Me · Joel Priddy · cs

August 6, 2008:

· The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away · Cory Doctorow · nv; illustrated by Red Nose Studio

August 26, 2008:

· Shade [Jumper] · Steven Gould · ss; illustrated by Eric Fortune

September 11, 2008:

· The Girl Who Sang Rose Madder · Elizabeth Bear · ss; illustrated by Brad Holland

September 15, 2008:

· A Softer World · Emily Horne & Joey Comeau · cs

September 16, 2008:

· Better Zombies Through Physics · Jim Ottaviani & Sean Bieri · cs

October 1, 2008:

· Catch ’Em in the Act · Terry Bisson · ss; illustrated by Jeremy Enecio

October 9, 2008:

· Jack and the Aktuals, or, Physical Applications of Transfinite Set Theory · Rudy Rucker · ss; illustrated by Marcos Chin

October 29, 2008:

· A Water Matter [Green Universe] · Jay Lake · nv; illustrated by Dan Dos Santos

November 6, 2008:

· An Inordinate Fondness for Sweetie ’n Me · Joel Priddy · cs

December 2, 2008:

· The Film-Makers of Mars · Geoff Ryman · ss; illustrated by Gary Kelley

December 17, 2008:

· Firstborn · Brandon Sanderson · nv The Leading Edge #50, October 2005; illustrated by Donato Giancola

December 22, 2008:

· The 12 Days of Zombie Christmas · Sean Bieri · cs

January 9, 2009:

· Great Uncle George’s Will · Andi Watson · cs

January 15, 2009:

· Errata · Jeff VanderMeer · ss; illustrated by Jonathan Twingley

January 19, 2009:

· Yes We Will · Dan Goldman · cs

February 6, 2009:

· Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction [Small Change] · Jo Walton · ss; illustrated by Gary Kelley

February 17, 2009:

· A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon [The Psalms of Isaak] · Ken Scholes · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

February 20, 2009:

· Montmartre a Trois · Wesley Allsbrook · cs

March 3, 2009:

· Eros, Philia, Agape · Rachel Swirsky · nv; illustrated by Sam Weber

March 19, 2009:

· We Haven’t Got There Yet · Harry Turtledove · ss; illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

April 17, 2009:

· Bugs in the Arroyo [7th Sigma] · Steven Gould · ss; illustrated by Mark Zug

April 28, 2009:

· TVA Baby · Terry Bisson · ss; illustrated by Rick Berry

May 5, 2009:

· Last Son of Tomorrow · Greg van Eekhout · ss; illustrated by Ross MacDonald

May 6, 2009:

· The Zen of Professor Nimbus · Michael Sloan · cs

· Black Strings · Ray Fawkes · cs

May 15, 2009:

· Star Drek · Adam McCauley · cs

June 4, 2009:

· The Dreaded Question · Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon · cs

June 9, 2009:

· The City Quiet as Death · Steven Utley & Michael Bishop · ss; illustrated by Jon Foster

June 17, 2009:

· Happy Birthday, Michael Mitchell · Joanna Estep · cs

June 23, 2009:

· The House That George Built · Harry Turtledove · ss; illustrated by James Bennett

June 30, 2009:

· Lord of the Ringlings · Adam McCauley · cs

July 14, 2009:

· The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles · Kij Johnson · nv; illustrated by Goñi Montes

July 20, 2009:

· 2009: A Birthday Odyssey · Gregory Manchess · cs

July 23, 2009:

· San Diego Zombie Con · Sean Bieri · cs

July 28, 2009:

· The Nostalgist · Daniel H. Wilson · ss; illustrated by Sam Weber

August 18, 2009:

· The Ruined Queen of Harvest World · Damien Broderick · ss; illustrated by Kekai Kotaki

August 25, 2009:

· First Flight · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss; illustrated by Pascal Milelli

September 15, 2009:

· Silver Linings · Tim Pratt · ss; illustrated by Thom Tenery

October 6, 2009:

· Zeppelin City · Michael Swanwick & Eileen Gunn · nv; illustrated by Benjamin Carre

October 20, 2009:

· The Strange Case of Mr. Salad Monday · G. D. Falksen · nv; illustrated by David Malki

November 3, 2009:

· A Memory of Wind · Rachel Swirsky · nv; illustrated by Sam Weber

November 10, 2009:

· My Grandmother’s House · Cassandra Diaz · cs

November 17, 2009:

· The Star and the Rockets · Harry Turtledove · ss; illustrated by Chris Buzelli

December 4, 2009:

· I Speak Fluent Giraffe · Jason Henninger · ss

December 8, 2009:

· The Horrid Glory of Its Wings · Elizabeth Bear · ss; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

December 16, 2009:

· The Tempest Wakens [Cthulhu] · Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon · cs

December 22, 2009:

· Overtime [Cthulhu] · Charles Stross · ss; illustrated by Carl Wiens

December 28, 2009:

· I, Cthulhu, or, What’s a Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing in a Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)? [Cthulhu] · Neil Gaiman · ss Dagon #16, January/February 1987, as “Bloody Peculiar Aeons, or, What’s a Tentacle-Faced Thing Like Me Doing in a Sunken City Like This (Latitude 47° 9′ S, Longitude 126° 43′ W)?”

December 31, 2009:

· Farewell Performance [Cthulhu] · Nick Mamatas · ss; illustrated by Tim Bower

January 13, 2010:

· Looking for Truth in a Wild Blue Yonder · Ken Scholes & Jay Lake · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess & Stephan Martiniere

· The Starship Mechanic · Jay Lake & Ken Scholes · ss; illustrated by Stephan Martiniere & Gregory Manchess

February 3, 2010:

· Vilcabamba · Harry Turtledove · ss; illustrated by Jason Chan

February 11, 2010:

· King of an Endless Sky · Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon · cs

February 17, 2010:

· Tourists · Sean Craven · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

March 4, 2010:

· The Final Now · Gregory Benford · ss; illustrated by Rick Berry

March 17, 2010:

· The Next Invasion · Robert Reed · ss; illustrated by Chris Buzelli

April 21, 2010:

· Four Horsemen, at Their Leisure · Richard Parks · ss; illustrated by Jon Foster

May 5, 2010:

· The Courtship of the Queen · Bruce McAllister · ss; illustrated by Eric Fortune

May 26, 2010:

· The Cockroach Hat · Terry Bisson · ss; illustrated by Red Nose Studio

June 8, 2010:

· What Doctor Gottlieb Saw [Milkweed] · Ian Tregillis · ss; illustrated by Gary Kelley

June 30, 2010:

· Small Offerings · Paolo Bacigalupi · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, February 2007

July 6, 2010:

· Olga · C. T. Adams · ss; illustrated by Dave Palumbo

July 12, 2010:

· The President’s Brain Is Missing · John Scalzi · ss; illustrated by Carl Wiens

· The Ghost of Leadville · Jeanne C. Stein · ss The Mammoth Book of Love Bites ed. Trisha Telep, Robinson, August 2009

July 15, 2010:

· Fare Thee Well · Cathy Clamp · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

July 19, 2010:

· A Stroke of Dumb Luck · Shiloh Walker · ss; illustrated by Jason Chan

July 21, 2010:

· Bogieman [Delilah Street, Paranormal Investigator] · Carole Nelson Douglas · nv Unusual Suspects ed. Dana Stabenow, Ace, December 2008

July 22, 2010:

· Eve of Sin City · Sylvia Day · ss; illustrated by Gordon Crabb

July 26, 2010:

· Fangs for Hire · Jenna Black · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance ed. Trisha Telep, Robinson, July 2008

July 28, 2010:

· The Cage · A. M. Dellamonica · ss; illustrated by Marcos Chin

August 4, 2010:

· What Makes a River · Deborah Coates · ss; illustrated by Sam R. Kennedy

August 5, 2010:

· Divided by Infinity · Robert Charles Wilson · nv Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, November 1998

August 11, 2010:

· The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model · Charlie Jane Anders · ss; illustrated by Chris Buzelli

August 25, 2010:

· The Speed of Time · Jay Lake · ss

September 8, 2010:

· The Monster’s Million Faces · Rachel Swirsky · ss; illustrated by Sam Weber

September 13, 2010:

· Bitter Grounds · Neil Gaiman · nv Mojo: Conjure Stories ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Warner Aspect, 2003

September 14, 2010:

· Zombies vs. Scenesters · Sean Bieri · cs

· Good People · David Wellington · ss The Living Dead 2 ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, September 2010

September 15, 2010:

· Dear Melissa · Kurt Huggins & Zelda Devon · cs

September 16, 2010:

· Preparations · Mark Mills · ss; illustrated by Brian Elig

September 29, 2010:

· Intersections and Interlopers · Ken Scholes & Lisa Desrochers · ss

· River of Souls · Beth Bernobich · ss; illustrated by Matt Stawicki

October 13, 2010:

· Good Night, Moon · Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling · ss; illustrated by Tim Bower

October 20, 2010:

· Clockwork Fairies [Altered America] · Cat Rambo · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

October 27, 2010:

· Lightbringers and Rainmakers · Felix Gilman · ss; illustrated by John Foster

October 28, 2010:

· A Different Engine · Eileen Gunn · ss; illustrated by Fyodor Pavlov [Ref. William Gibson & Bruce Sterling]; in fond tribute to Messrs. Gibson and Sterling’s The Difference Engine.

October 29, 2010:

· Day After the Cooters · Eileen Gunn · ss; illustrated by Lawrence Gullo [Ref. Howard Waldrop]; in fond tribute to Howard Waldrop’s Night of the Cooters.

November 1, 2010:

· The Perdido Street Project · Eileen Gunn · ss; illustrated by Fyodor Pavlov [Ref. China Miéville]; in fond tribute to China Miéville’s Perdido Street Station.

November 2, 2010:

· Internal Devices · Eileen Gunn · ss; illustrated by Lawrence Gullo [Ref. K. W. Jeter]; in fond tribute to K. W. Jeter’s Infernal Devices.

November 3, 2010:

· Sacrifice of the First Sheason [The Vault of Heaven] · Peter Orullian · ss; illustrated by Kekai Kotaki

November 17, 2010:

· Ponies · Kij Johnson · ss; illustrated by Chris Buzelli

November 23, 2010:

· The Green Bird [Dying Earth] · Kage Baker · nv Songs of the Dying Earth ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Subterranean Press, October 2009

December 1, 2010:

· The Man with the Knives [Swordspoint] · Ellen Kushner · ss Temporary Culture, 2010

December 8, 2010:

· Sweetheart · Abbey Mei Otis · ss; illustrated by Greg Ruth

December 21, 2010:

· The Trains That Climb the Winter Tree · Michael Swanwick & Eileen Gunn · nv; illustrated by Gary Kelley

January 12, 2011:

· Making My Entrance Again with My Usual Flair · Ken Scholes · ss; illustrated by Ellen Weinstein

January 26, 2011:

· Beauty Belongs to the Flowers · Matthew Sanborn Smith · nv; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu

February 2, 2011:

· The Great Defense of Layosah [The Vault of Heaven] · Peter Orullian · ss; illustrated by Kekai Kotaki

February 10, 2011:

· The Go-Slow · Nnedi Okorafor · ss The Way of the Wizard ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, November 2010

February 14, 2011:

· Though Smoke Shall Hide the Sun · Brit Mandelo · ss; illustrated by Dave Palumbo

March 2, 2011:

· The Desecrator · Steven Brust · ss; illustrated by John Stanko

March 30, 2011:

· Our Candidate · Robert Reed · ss; illustrated by Tom Jellett

April 1, 2011:

· The Shadow War of the Night Dragons, Book One: The Dead City · John Scalzi · ss; illustrated by John Stanko

April 3, 2011:

· Sonnet: Against Entropy · John M. Ford · pm

April 6, 2011:

· Chicken Little · Cory Doctorow · na With a Little Help by Cory Doctorow, CorDoc-Co, Ltd., December 2009

April 10, 2011:

· Twelve Steampunk Sonnets · Roz Kaveney · pm

April 12, 2011:

· The Battle of the Round [The Vault of Heaven] · Peter Orullian · ss; illustrated by Kekai Kotaki

April 13, 2011:

· The Lunatics · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, July 1988

April 14, 2011:

· Shtetl Days · Harry Turtledove · na; illustrated by Gary Kelley

April 17, 2011:

· Ragnarok · Paul Park · pm

April 24, 2011:

· When We Were Robots in Egypt · Jo Walton · pm

· Troy: The Movie · John M. Ford · pm Weird Tales Spring 1994

· Shadows on the Road · Robert E. Howard · pm Weird Tales May 1930

May 4, 2011:

· The Iron Shirts · Michael F. Flynn · nv; illustrated by Richard Anderson

May 5, 2011:

· Shannon’s Law [Borderlands] · Cory Doctorow · nv

May 11, 2011:

· Crazy Me · James Patrick Kelly · ss; illustrated by Jonathan Bartlett

May 25, 2011:

· Time Considered as a Series of Thermite Burns in No Particular Order · Damien Broderick · ss; illustrated by Victo Ngai

May 31, 2011:

· Nine-Tenths of the Law · Jenna Black · nv

June 7, 2011:

· The Rook [Wild Cards] · Melinda Snodgrass · nv Fort Freak ed. George R. R. Martin, Tor, 2011

June 8, 2011:

· Six Months, Three Days · Charlie Jane Anders · nv; illustrated by Sam Weber

June 22, 2011:

· Earth Hour · Ken MacLeod · ss; illustrated by Robh Ruppel

June 27, 2011:

· Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan [Wild Cards] · Carrie Vaughn · ss Wild Cards I ed. George R. R. Martin, Tor, November 2010

July 11, 2011:

· Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes · Michael Bishop · ss A Festschrift for David Hartwell ed. Henry Wessells, Temporary Culture, July 2011; illustrated by Scott Brundage

July 13, 2011:

· The Dala Horse · Michael Swanwick · nv; illustrated by Julie Dillon

July 27, 2011:

· The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland—for a Little While [Fairyland] · Catherynne M. Valente · nv; illustrated by Ana Juan

August 3, 2011:

· Journey Into the Kingdom · Mary Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006

August 10, 2011:

· A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel · Yoon Ha Lee · ss; illustrated by John Harris

August 24, 2011:

· Swingers · Robert Reed · ss; illustrated by Chris Buzelli

August 31, 2011:

· Wikihistory · Desmond Warzel · ss Abyss & Apex #24, 4th Quarter 2007

September 7, 2011:

· Lee at the Alamo · Harry Turtledove · ss; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

September 13, 2011:

· The Lake · Tananarive Due · ss St. Martin’s, August 2011

September 14, 2011:

· Day One · Matthew Costello · ss; illustrated by Jason Ramirez

September 21, 2011:

· The Night Children [Escape from Furnace] · Alexander Gordon Smith · ss; illustrated by Steve Argyle

September 27, 2011:

· Specimen 313 · Jeff Strand · ss The Monster’s Corner ed. Christopher Golden, Piatkus, September 2011

October 5, 2011:

· The Last Mortician · Dean Haspiel & Tim Hall · cs

October 7, 2011:

· Nursery Rhyme Comics: “The Grand Old Duke of York” · Kate Beaton · cs

· The Ghost of Cwmlech Manor · Delia Sherman · nv Steampunk! ed. Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, Walker, October 2011

October 8, 2011:

· Nursery Rhyme Comics: “Rub-A-Dub-Dub” · Tony Millionaire · cs

October 9, 2011:

· Nursery Rhyme Comics: “Sing a Song of Sixpence” · Lilli Carré · cs

October 10, 2011:

· Nursery Rhyme Comics: “Solomon Grundy” · Mike Mignola · cs

October 19, 2011:

· Grace Immaculate · Gregory Benford · ss; illustrated by Greg Ruth

October 24, 2011:

· Apologue · James Morrow · vi Sci Fiction September 11 2001

October 25, 2011:

· The Dead · Michael Swanwick · ss Starlight 1 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, September 1996

October 26, 2011:

· Wishbones · Cherie Priest · ss Aegri Somnia ed. Jason Sizemore & Gill Ainsworth, Apex Publications, December 2006

October 27, 2011:

· Monster Cops · Chip Zdarsky · cs

October 28, 2011:

· Trading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Café · Charles de Lint · nv Single White Vampire Seeks Same ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW, January 2001

November 2, 2011:

· Hello, Moto · Nnedi Okorafor · ss; illustrated by Jillian Tamaki

November 11, 2011:

· First Contact · Theresa DeLucci · vi

November 16, 2011:

· Ghost Hedgehog · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

November 30, 2011:

· The Rotten Beast · Mary E. Pearson · ss; illustrated by Sam Weber

December 8, 2011:

· Tortured · Caragh O’Brien · ss Roaring Brook Press, 2011

December 13, 2011:

· If Dragon’s Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear · Ken Scholes · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

December 14, 2011:

· A Clean Sweep with All the Trimmings · James Alan Gardner · nv; illustrated by Lars Leetaru

December 20, 2011:

· Reading in Bed · Joan Aiken · ss The Monkey’s Wedding and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Small Beer Press, April 2011

December 27, 2011:

· The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine January 1892

December 29, 2011:

· Kitty’s Zombie New Year [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · ss Weird Tales June/July 2007

January 4, 2012:

· Swift, Brutal Retaliation · Meghan McCarron · ss; illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal

January 23, 2012:

· The Metal Men of Mars [Barsoom] · Joe R. Lansdale · nv

January 25, 2012:

· The Situation · Jeff VanderMeer · cs

February 1, 2012:

· Uncle Flower’s Homecoming Waltz · Marissa K. Lingen · ss

February 8, 2012:

· The Effect of Centrifugal Forces · Maureen F. McHugh · ss After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, Small Beer Press, October 2011

February 15, 2012:

· Among the Silvering Herd · A. M. Dellamonica · ss; illustrated by Richard Anderson

February 22, 2012:

· Mother, Crone, Maiden [Books of Oreyn] · Cat Hellisen · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

February 29, 2012:

· New World Blues · L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, February 2012; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

March 5, 2012:

· The Film-Makers of Mars · Geoff Ryman · ss Tor.com December 2 2008; illustrated by Greg Kelley

March 7, 2012:

· Dormanna · Gene Wolfe · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, February 2012; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

March 14, 2012:

· Thanatos Beach · James Morrow · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, February 2012; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

March 20, 2012:

· Fields of Gold · Rachel Swirsky · nv Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, May 2011

March 21, 2012:

· The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree · Michael Swanwick · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, February 2012; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

March 28, 2012:

· The Sigma Structure Symphony [SETI Library] · Gregory Benford · nv The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, February 2012; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

April 2, 2012:

· Mouse Koan · Catherynne M. Valente · pm

April 8, 2012:

· Nemi · Jo Walton · pm

April 11, 2012:

· On 20468 Petercook · Andy Duncan · ss; illustrated by Scott Brundage

April 15, 2012:

· The Ballad of Death and the Maid · Roz Kaveney · pm

April 21, 2012:

· What the Dragon Said: A Love Story · Catherynne M. Valente · pm

April 22, 2012:

· Jane Austen Among the Women · Jo Walton · pm

April 25, 2012:

· Prophet · Jennifer Bosworth · ss; illustrated by Nekro

April 29, 2012:

· Aquaman and the Duality of Self/Other, America, 1985 · Catherynne M. Valente · pm

May 3, 2012:

· At the Foot of the Lighthouse (Todai Moto Kurashi) · Erin Hoffman · ss; illustrated by Scott Bakal

May 9, 2012:

· About Fairies · Pat Murphy · ss; illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal

May 16, 2012:

· Dress Your Marines in White · Emmy Laybourne · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

May 23, 2012:

· Legacy Lost · Anna Banks · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

May 30, 2012:

· Our Human · Adam-Troy Castro · nv; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

June 6, 2012:

· The Witch of Duva [Grisha] · Leigh Bardugo · nv; illustrated by Anna & Elena Balbusso

June 13, 2012:

· A Spell of Vengeance · D. B. Jackson · ss; illustrated by Chris McGrath

June 20, 2012:

· Loco · Bruce Sterling & Rudy Rucker · ss; illustrated by Carl Wiens

July 4, 2012:

· The Mongolian Wizard [Mongolian Wizard] · Michael Swanwick · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

July 12, 2012:

· Brother. Prince. Snake. · Cecil Castellucci · ss; illustrated by Sam Burley

July 20, 2012:

· A Tall Tail · Charles Stross · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

August 1, 2012:

· The Cairn in Slater Woods · Gina Rosati · ss; illustrated by Eric Fortune

August 8, 2012:

· Faster Gun · Elizabeth Bear · nv; illustrated by Richard Anderson

August 15, 2012:

· The Fire Gown [Mongolian Wizard] · Michael Swanwick · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

August 22, 2012:

· Portrait of Lisane de Patagnia · Rachel Swirsky · nv; illustrated by Sam Weber

August 29, 2012:

· Men Who Wish to Drown · Elizabeth Fama · ss; illustrated by Anna & Elena Balbusso

September 11, 2012:

· Nell · Karen Hesse · ss What You Wish For, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 2011

September 19, 2012:

· Ruled · Caragh O’Brien · ss

September 26, 2012:

· Day of the Kraken [Mongolian Wizard] · Michael Swanwick · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

September 27, 2012:

· The Department of Alterations [Crewel World] · Gennifer Albin · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

October 1, 2012:

· The Commonplace Book · Jacob Clifton · ss; illustrated by Allen Williams

October 3, 2012:

· King of Marbury · Andrew Smith · ss; illustrated by Scott M. Fischer

October 17, 2012:

· Jacks and Queens at the Green Mill · Marie Rutkoski · ss; illustrated by Victo Ngai

October 22, 2012:

· The Terrible Old Man · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The Tryout July 1921

October 23, 2012:

· Too Fond · Leanna Renee Hieber · ss; illustrated by Sam Wolfe Connelly

October 24, 2012:

· The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916

· Foundation [Razorland] · Ann Aguirre · ss; illustrated by Victo Ngai

October 25, 2012:

· A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888

October 29, 2012:

· Legends of the Joystick · Thien Pham & Gene Luen Yang · cs

November 7, 2012:

· Wild Things [Astrid Lethewood] · A. M. Dellamonica · ss; illustrated by Allen Williams

November 14, 2012:

· How to Make a Triffid [Triffids] · Kelly Lagor · ss; illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook

November 28, 2012:

· Heads Will Roll · Lish McBride · ss; illustrated by Hannah Christenson

December 5, 2012:

· The Finite Canvas · Brit Mandelo · nv; illustrated by Rick Berry

December 12, 2012:

· Am I Free to Go? · Kathryn Cramer · nv; illustrated by Scott Bakal

December 17, 2012:

· Intestate · Charlie Jane Anders · ss; illustrated by Lou Beach

December 19, 2012:

· The Ghosts of Christmas · Paul Cornell · nv; illustrated by Scott Bakal

January 16, 2013:

· When We Were Heroes [Wild Cards] · Daniel Abraham · nv; illustrated by John Picacio

February 4, 2013:

· Paintwork · Tim Maughan · nv Paintwork by Tim Maughan, CreateSpace, July 2011

February 6, 2013:

· Last Train to Jubilee Bay · Kali Wallace · ss; illustrated by Richard Anderson

February 13, 2013:

· Angel Season · J. T. Petty · ss; illustrated by Jon Foster

February 20, 2013:

· The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere · John Chu · ss; illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal

February 26, 2013:

· Sleeps with Monsters: Epic Fantasy Is Crushingly Conservative? · Liz Bourke · cl

February 27, 2013:

· The Memory Coder · Jessica Brody · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

February 28, 2013:

· The Jewel in the Toad Queen’s Crown · Jane Yolen · ss

March 6, 2013:

· Terrain · Genevieve Valentine · nv; illustrated by Richard Anderson

March 12, 2013:

· Border Dogs [SEAL Team 666] · Weston Ochse · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

March 13, 2013:

· The Hanging Game · Helen Marshall · ss; illustrated by Chris Buzelli

March 20, 2013:

· The Titular Hero · Jonathan Hill & M. K. Reed · cs

March 27, 2013:

· Running of the Bulls · Harry Turtledove · ss; illustrated by Greg Ruth

April 1, 2013:

· The Testing Guide [The Testing] · Joelle Charbonneau · ss

April 2, 2013:

· House · Neil Gaiman · pm; illustrated by Allen Williams

April 3, 2013:

· Backscatter · Gregory Benford · ss; illustrated by Sam Burley

April 9, 2013:

· Portrait of the Book As Golem · Jane Yolen · pm

April 10, 2013:

· Rag and Bone · Priya Sharma · nv; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

April 16, 2013:

· The Fox Wife · Theodora Goss · pm

April 17, 2013:

· Sing · Karin Tidbeck · ss; illustrated by Greg Ruth

April 23, 2013:

· Snowmelt · Mari Ness · pm

· Do Not Touch · Prudence Shen · ss; illustrated by Noreen Rana & Faith Erin Hicks

April 24, 2013:

· The Ink Readers of Doi Saket · Thomas Olde Heuvelt · ss; illustrated by Victo Ngai
translated from the Dutch (“De Inktlezers van Doi Saket”, Grenzeloze Fantasie ed. Alex de Jong, Books of Fantasy, 2012).

April 30, 2013:

· Professor Incognito Apologizes · Austin Grossman · ss The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination ed. John Joseph Adams, Tor, February 2013

May 1, 2013:

· Jack of Coins · Christopher Rowe · ss; illustrated by Red Nose Studio

May 7, 2013:

· We Have Always Lived on Mars · Cecil Castellucci · ss; illustrated by Carl Wiens

May 8, 2013:

· Fire Above, Fire Below · Garth Nix · ss; illustrated by Robert Hunt

May 14, 2013:

· Shall We Gather · Alex Bledsoe · ss; illustrated by Jonathan Bartlett

May 15, 2013:

· The Button Man and the Murder Tree [Wild Cards] · Cherie Priest · ss; illustrated by John Picacio

May 21, 2013:

· Skin Like Porcelain Death · Daniel José Older · nv Salsa Nocturna by Daniel José Older, Crossed Genres Publications, July 2012

May 22, 2013:

· Super Bass [The Sorcerer of the Wildeeps] · Kai Ashante Wilson · ss; illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook

May 29, 2013:

· The Elephant in the Room [Wild Cards] · Paul Cornell · nv; illustrated by John Picacio

June 4, 2013:

· The Too-Clever Fox [Grisha] · Leigh Bardugo · nv

June 5, 2013:

· A Window or a Small Box · Jedediah Berry · nv; illustrated by Victo Ngai

June 11, 2013:

· A Visit to the House on Terminal Hill · Elizabeth Knox · ss; illustrated by Pascal Campion

June 12, 2013:

· Porn & Revolution in the Peaceable Kingdom · Micaela Morrissette · ss; illustrated by Sam Bosma

June 18, 2013:

· The Stranger · Anna Banks · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

June 19, 2013:

· Burning Girls · Veronica Schanoes · na; illustrated by Anna & Elena Balbusso

June 25, 2013:

· Sleeps with Monsters: Tomb Raider Is Bloody Awesome · Liz Bourke · cl

June 26, 2013:

· Jake and the Other Girl [Monument 14] · Emmy Laybourne · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

July 3, 2013:

· The Ministry of Changes · Marissa K. Lingen · ss

July 10, 2013:

· Homecoming · Susan Palwick · ss; illustrated by Karla Ortiz

July 11, 2013:

· Wave of Infection [Darwin Elevator] · Jason Hough · ss

· The Plague · Ken Liu · vi Nature #7449, May 16 2013

July 13, 2013:

· The Monsters of Heaven · Nathan Ballingrud · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, December 2007

July 16, 2013:

· Experience NASA Firsthand—Rocket Launch Included—In This New Comic · Alison Wilgus · cs

July 17, 2013:

· Old Dead Futures · Tina Connolly · ss; illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook

· Contains Multitudes · Ben Burgis · ss; illustrated by Jeff Simpson

· Dragonkin · Lavie Tidhar · ss; illustrated by Greg Ruth

· One · Nancy Kress · na; illustrated by Dave Palumbo

· The Best We Can · Carrie Vaughn · ss; illustrated by Greg Ruth

July 20, 2013:

· Rocket Ship to Hell · Jeffrey Ford · nv; illustrated by Dave Palumbo

July 24, 2013:

· A Terror · Jeffrey Ford · nv; illustrated by John Jude Palencar

July 31, 2013:

· All the Snake Handlers I Know Are Dead · Dennis Danvers · ss

August 1, 2013:

· Delilah Dirk and the Easy Mark [Delilah Dirk] · Tony Cliff · cs; illustrated by Scott Bakal

August 7, 2013:

· Cayos in the Stream · Harry Turtledove · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

August 20, 2013:

· Warm Up · V. E. Schwab · ss; illustrated by Victo Ngai

August 21, 2013:

· Work Sets You Free [Gideon Smith] · David Barnett · ss; illustrated by Nekro

August 28, 2013:

· Lawful Interception [Marcus Yallow] · Cory Doctorow · na; illustrated by Yuko Shimizu

September 4, 2013:

· Business As Usual [Gideon Smith] · David Barnett · ss; illustrated by Nekro

September 10, 2013:

· The Death of Me [Johannes Cabal] · Jonathan L. Howard · ss; illustrated by Greg Ruth

September 11, 2013:

· The Lady Astronaut of Mars [Lady Astronaut] · Mary Robinette Kowal · nv
originally appeared in the 2012 audio anthology Rip-Off! ed. Gardner Dozois.

· A Rumor of Angels · Dale Bailey · nv; illustrated by Nicolas Delort

September 16, 2013:

· Fairy Tale Comics: “Baba Yaga” · Jillian Tamaki · cs

September 17, 2013:

· Drona’s Death · Max Gladstone · ss xo Orpheus: Fifty New Myths ed. Kate Bernheimer, Penguin US, September 2013

September 18, 2013:

· Thief of War · Beth Bernobich · nv; illustrated by Dominick Saponaro

September 24, 2013:

· It Was a Day · Ursula Vernon · pm

· Equoid [The Laundry] · Charles Stross · na; illustrated by Dave Palumbo

September 25, 2013:

· Fireworks in the Rain [The Incrementalists] · Steven Brust · ss; illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook

October 1, 2013:

· The Rain Is a Lie [Crewel World] · Gennifer Albin · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

October 2, 2013:

· Wakulla Springs · Ellen Klages & Andy Duncan · na; illustrated by Gary Kelley

October 8, 2013:

· Slayers: The Making of a Mentor · C. J. Hill · ss; illustrated by Sam Burley

October 15, 2013:

· The Legend of Sleepy Hollow · Washington Irving · nv The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent #6, March 15 1820, as by Geoffrey Crayon

October 16, 2013:

· Come Back to the Sea · Jason Vanhee · ss; illustrated by Pascal Campion

October 23, 2013:

· Freeze Warning [Midgard] · Susan Krinard · ss; illustrated by Goñi Montes

October 28, 2013:

· Ramesses on the Frontier · Paul Cornell · ss The Book of the Dead ed. Jared Shurin, Jurassic London, October 2013

October 30, 2013:

· Brimstone and Marmalade · Aaron Corwin · ss; illustrated by Chris Buzelli

November 4, 2013:

· Some Desperado [First Law] · Joe Abercrombie · nv Dangerous Women ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, December 2013

November 6, 2013:

· The Oregon Trail Diary of Willa Porter · Andy Marino · ss; illustrated by Wesley Allsbrook

November 13, 2013:

· Feature Development for Social Networking · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss; illustrated by Scott Bakal

November 20, 2013:

· Thirteen Steps in the Underworld · Su-Yee Lin · ss; illustrated by Sam Wolfe Connelly

November 27, 2013:

· House of Dreams [Mongolian Wizard] · Michael Swanwick · ss; illustrated by Gregory Manchess

December 4, 2013:

· In the Greenwood · Mari Ness · ss; illustrated by Allen Williams

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