Worlds in Small ed. John Robert Colombo (Cacanadadada Press 0-921870-14-0, Jun ’92, $12.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Alvin Jang)
Anthology of 104 minimalist excerpts, stories, and poems (most under 100 words, many under 20) including many by sf writers including Bradbury, Clarke, and Heinlein.
- 1 · Preface · John Robert Colombo · pr
- 27 · An Old Story, Not True [from “Blowups Happen”] · Robert A. Heinlein · ex Astounding Sep 1940
- 27 · Mona Lisa Meets Buddha · Spencer Holst · vi The Language of Cats and Other Stories, Dutton 1971
- 28 · Scare Tactics · F. J. Willett · vi Aphelion Sum 1986
- 28 · Logic Loop · Steven Paulsen · vi Aphelion Sum 1986
- 29 · So Passes an Ancient and Powerful Dynasty · Anon. · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton 1985
- 29 · Crime in the City · Frederick Forsyth · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton 1985
- 30 · Two Sides to Every Story · T. K. Dawber · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton 1985
- 30 · Who Dares Win · N. M. Cooper · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton 1988
- 31 · Saturday Shopping · Diana Rigg · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton 1988
- 31 · Out of the Mouths of Babes? · Kathryn Clarke · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton 1988
- 32 · Seeing Nobody [from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland] · Lewis Carroll · ex 1865
- 32 · Strange Dream · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · ms The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist, Lawrence LeShan, Viking 1974
- 33 · Zen Koan · Traditional · vi Gödel, Escher, Bach, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Random House 1980
- 33 · Bahaudin · Idries Shah · vi Thinkers of the East, Idries Shah, Penguin 1974
- 34 · Intellects [from The War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · ex 1898
- 34 · Shaggy Dog Story · Traditional · vi
- 35 · Circular Story · Traditional · vi The Hodgepodge Book, ed. Duncan Emrich, Four Winds Press 1972
- 36 · What We Have Come To · Lord Dunsany · vi Fifty-One Tales, London: Elkin Mathews 1915
- 37 · Rejection Slip · K. W. MacAnn · vi 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1978
- 38 · Minithriller · Nigel Morland · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine Oct 1982
- 39 · Very Well · Elizabeth Smart · vi The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals, Cape/Polytantric 1978
- 39 · Word Play · Traditional · pm Sally Go Round the Sun, Edith Fowke, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1969
- 40 · The Curious Incident [from “Silver Blaze”; Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex The Strand Dec 1892
- 40 · Untitled (“Finding my wife’s address book...”) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi Openings, Ottawa: Ouroboros 1989
- 41 · siseneG · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Analog May 1984
- 42 · My Account of How It Happened · Unknown · vi
- 42 · Through a Night [from The Voyage of the Space Beagle; Beagle] · A. E. van Vogt · ex Simon & Schuster 1950
- 43 · Relativity · A. H. Reginald Buller · pm Punch Dec 19 1923, as “There Was a Young Lady Named Bright”
- 43 · The Shortest Ghost Story · Julia Briggs · vi The Times Literary Supplement Jan 2 1981
- 44 · Dreaming · Chuang Tzu · ms
- 44 · A Woman Alone with Her Soul · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · vi 1912; this is most likely by Jorge Luís Borges.
- 45 · Antigonish · Hughes Mearns · pm 1899
- 45 · Atomyriades · Piet Hein · pm Grooks, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1969
- 46 · Unfinished Tail · Traditional · pm Sally Go Round the Sun, Edith Fowke, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart 1969
- 46 · Observe, a Flea [from “On Poetry: A Rhapsody”] · Jonathan Swift · pm 1733
- 47 · What Song the Syrens Sang [from “Urn-Burial”] · Sir Thomas Browne · ms 1658
- 47 · The Battle of Gettysburg · Praxiteles Swan · ms Brothers in Arms, William Broyles, Knopf 1986
- 48 · The Giant Rat of Sumatra [from “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”; Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex The Strand Jan 1924
- 48 · Ghost Story [1790] · Immanuel Kant; trans. by J. H. Bernard · vi Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant 1892
- 49 · Novel in Three Lines · Félix Fénéon; trans. by Joan U. Halperin · vi Félix Fénéon, Aesthete and Anarchist, Yale University Press 1988
- 50 · P.S. · Unknown · ms Vicious Circles and Infinity, Patrick Hughes & George Brecht, London: Cape 1976
- 50 · I Thought You Were Writing · Spencer Holst · vi Stories, New York: Horizon Press 1976
- 51 · Self-Referential Sentence · Douglas R. Hofstadter · ms Metamagical Themas, Basic Books 1985
- 51 · Untitled (“0 1 2...”) · Richard Kostelanetz · ms 1989
- 52 · Untitled (“Her bed had narrow wings...”) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi 1989
- 52 · Space Travel [from The Martian Chronicles] · Ray Bradbury · ex Doubleday 1950
- 53 · The Exile · Tristan Bernard · pl 1932
- 53 · Vietnam Story · Unknown · vi Dispatches, Michael Herr, Knopf 1978
- 54 · Heraclitus’s Regret · Jorge Luís Borges · pm 1960
- 54 · Knock · Fredric Brown · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1948
- 56 · Epitaph for Sir Isaac Newton · Alexander Pope · pm ca. 1732
- 56 · The Taste of Space · A. J. M. Smith · pm Poems: New and Collected, Toronto: Oxford University Press 1967
- 57 · The Briefest of Hauntings · E. J. Bryant · vi The Times Literary Supplement Feb 6 1981
- 57 · Belief in Ghosts [from “Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories,” Part 3] · Unknown · vi Twilight Zone Oct 1981
- 58 · Clerihew · Edmund Clerihew Bentley · pm 1891, as “Sir Humphry Davy”
- 58 · Untitled (“I looked up from where I was lying...”) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi 1990
- 59 · Assiniboine Myth · Robert H. Lowie · vi 1909
- 59 · He That Is Nothing · Russell Edson · vi The Very Thing That Happens, New York: New Directions 1964
- 60 · Pot-Shot · Ashleigh Brilliant · ms
- 60 · A Perfect Sphere · Toby MacLennan · vi 1972
- 61 · The Year 2150 A.D. · Ray Bradbury · vi Shangri-La 1950
- 61 · Small Song · A. R. Ammons · pm
- 62 · Children’s Rhyme · Traditional · pm
- 62 · Cure for Hiccups · Anon. · ms
- 63 · A Challenge in the Papers · Ivan Adamovic · vi
- 63 · Stage Direction [from Waiting for Godot] · Samuel Beckett · pl 1952
- 64 · The Spectator [from Don Juan Tenorio, 1844] · José Zorrilla; trans. by Anthony Kerrigan · pl Extraordinary Tales, ed. Jorge Luis Borges & Adolfo Bioy Casares, London: Souvenir 1973
- 64 · Circle · Eugène Ionesco · ms Vicious Circles and Infinity, Patrick Hughes & George Brecht, London: Cape 1976
- 65 · Sign at the End of the Universe · Duane Ackerson · vi Alternities, ed. David Gerrald, Dell 1974
- 65 · Science Fiction for Telepaths · E. Michael Blake · vi 1977
- 66 · After the Battle · William Gass · ms On Being Blue, Boston: David R. Godine 1977
- 66 · The Shortest Science Fiction Love Story Ever Written · Jeffrey Renner · vi F&SF Mar 1964
- 67 · The Sun · Anthony Burgess · vi New York Times Book Review Feb 5 1984
- 67 · Rhymes · Tony Augarde · pm The Oxford Guide to Word Games, Tony Augarde, London: Oxford University Press 1984
- 68 · Antimatter · Martin Gardner · vi The Ambidexterous Universe, Martin Gardner, New York: Basic Books 1964
- 68 · The Perfect Minimalist Short Story · Stephen Reid · vi 1990
- 69 · Palindrome · Leigh Mercer · ms
- 71 · Shortest Weird Tale Ever Written [from “Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories,” Part 3] · Unknown · vi Twilight Zone Oct 1981; attributed to E. Hoffmann Price.
- 71 · Dream · Miguel de Unamuno · ms
- 72 · Another Woman · Theodore Roethke · pm Straw for the Fire, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1972
- 72 · Ships [from “The Sky Was Full of Ships”] · Theodore Sturgeon · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 1947
- 73 · Being Dead [from “Introduction: One from the Vault,” by Karl Edward Wagner] · Tamsin Campbell · ex The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XI, ed. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW 1983
- 73 · The Shadow’s Song · Yvor Winters · pm Collected Poems, Alan Swallow 1952
- 74 · Telegram · Al Horowitz · ms
- 74 · The Cad · Arthur C. Clarke · ms Astounding Days, Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz 1990
- 75 · Atomigeddon 2419 A.D. · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Vertex Jun 1973
- 75 · Cosmic Report Card: Earth · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Vertex Jun 1973
- 77 · The Liar Paradox · Epimenides · ms
- 78 · Holocaust [from Across the Sea of Suns] · Gregory Benford · ex Timescape Books 1984
- 78 · Test [from “The Semiology of Silence”] · Samuel R. Delany · ex Science Fiction Studies Jul 1987
- 79 · The Shortest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told · Roger Deeley · vi Generation, ed. David Gerrold, Dell 1972
- 79 · Palindrome · Traditional · vi
- 80 · Untitled (“Shortest stories...”) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi 1990
- 80 · Lines Written on the Antiquity of Microbes · Strickland Gillilan · pm
- 81 · A Short Story in Two Chapters · Robert L. Ripley · pm 1950
- 81 · One Question · Eli Siegel · pm 1925
- 82 · Christmas Card · Traditional · ms
- 82 · Untitled · John Robert Colombo · pm *
- 83 · Eyeye · Aram Saroyan · ms Aram Saroyan, New York: Random House 1968
- 83 · The Ultimate One-Word First-Contact Story · Ian Watson · vi Alien Encounters, ed. Jan Howard Finder, Taplinger 1982
- 84 · One-Word Ghost Tale [from “Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories,” Part 3] · Anon. · vi Twilight Zone Oct 1981
- 84 · If Eve Had Failed to Conceive · Edward Wellen · vi Orbit 15, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1974
- 85 · Why Booth Didn’t Kill Lincoln · Edward Wellen · vi Orbit 15, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row 1974
- 86 · A Typical Terran’s Thought When Spoken to by an Alien from the Planet Quarn in its Native Language · Daryl F. Mallett & Forrest J Ackerman · vi The ISFA Newsletter Nov 1990
- 93 · Bibliography · [Misc.] · bi
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