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The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2015 ed. John Joseph Adams & Joe Hill--- see under Joe Hill.

Brave New Worlds: Dystopian Stories ed. John Joseph Adams (Night Shade Books, January 2011, 978-1-59780-221-5, $15.99, 481pp, tp, oa, cover by Cody Tilson)     Original anthology of 33 dystopian stories. Authors include Shirley Jackson, J.G. Ballard, Paolo Bacigalupi, and Kim Stanley Robinson. Ross E. Lockhart provides a list of further reading. Night Shade Books, Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in 3 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 11 · Red Card · S. L. Gilbow · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2007 23 · Ten with a Flag · Joseph Paul Haines · ss Interzone #203, April 2006 33 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973 39 · Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008 47 · The Funeral · Kate Wilhelm · nv Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 69 · O Happy Day! · Geoff Ryman · nv Interzone: The 1st Anthology ed. John Clute, Colin Greenland & David Pringle, J.M. Dent, 1985 97 · Pervert · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2004 107 · From Homogenous to Honey · Neil Gaiman & Bryan Talbot · cs AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) ed. Alan Moore, Mad Love, 1988 113 · Billennium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 127 · Amaryllis · Carrie Vaughn · ss Lightspeed #1, June 2010 139 · Pop Squad · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 161 · Auspicious Eggs · James Morrow · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2000 179 · Peter Skilling · Alex Irvine · ss Salon February 19 2004, as “Death Penalty” 191 · The Pedestrian · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter August 7 1951 197 · The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away · Cory Doctorow · nv Tor.com August 6 2008 229 · The Pearl Diver · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006 243 · Dead Space for the Unexpected · Geoff Ryman · ss Interzone #88, October 1994 257 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 267 · Is This Your Day to Join the Revolution? · Genevieve Valentine · ss Futurismic (online) September 2009 275 · Independence Day · Sarah Langan · ss Darkness on the Edge ed. Harrison Howe, PS Publishing, 2010 293 · The Lunatics · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 315 · Sacrament · Matt Williamson · ss 327 · The Minority Report · Philip K. Dick · nv Fantastic Universe January 1956 357 · Just Do It · Heather Lindsley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2006 369 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 375 · Caught in the Organ Draft · Robert Silverberg · ss And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire ed. Roger Elwood, Chilton, 1972 385 · Geriatric Ward · Orson Scott Card · nv Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card, Tor, 2008 401 · Arties Aren’t Stupid · Jeremiah Tolbert · ss Seeds of Change ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2008 411 · Jordan’s Waterhammer · Joe Mastroianni · ss Realms of Fantasy April 1999 431 · Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs · Adam-Troy Castro · nv Imaginings ed. Keith R. A. DeCandido, Pocket, 2003 451 · Resistance · Tobias S. Buckell · ss Seeds of Change ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2008 463 · Civilization · Vylar Kaftan · ss Glorifying Terrorism ed. Farah Mendlesohn, Rackstraw Press, 2007 471 · For Further Reading · Ross E. Lockhart · ms

Brave New Worlds: Second Edition ed. John Joseph Adams (Night Shade Books, December 2012, 978-1-59780-454-7, $16.99, 525pp, tp, an, cover by Cody Tilson)     Anthology of 36 dystopian stories. This is expanded from the original edition (Night Shade Books, 2011) by the addition of three stories by Robert Reed, Jennifer Pelland, and Ken Liu, plus a filmography and study guide by Gary K. Wolfe. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in Brave New Worlds ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, 2011 3 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 11 · Red Card · S. L. Gilbow · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2007 23 · Ten with a Flag · Joseph Paul Haines · ss Interzone #203, April 2006 33 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973 39 · Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008 47 · The Funeral · Kate Wilhelm · nv Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 69 · O Happy Day! · Geoff Ryman · nv Interzone: The 1st Anthology ed. John Clute, Colin Greenland & David Pringle, J.M. Dent, 1985 97 · Pervert · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2004 107 · From Homogenous to Honey · Neil Gaiman & Bryan Talbot · cs AARGH (Artists Against Rampant Government Homophobia) ed. Alan Moore, Mad Love, 1988 113 · Billennium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 127 · Amaryllis · Carrie Vaughn · ss Lightspeed #1, June 2010 139 · Pop Squad · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 161 · Auspicious Eggs · James Morrow · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2000 179 · Peter Skilling · Alex Irvine · ss Salon February 19 2004, as “Death Penalty” 191 · The Pedestrian · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter August 7 1951 197 · The Things That Make Me Weak and Strange Get Engineered Away · Cory Doctorow · nv Tor.com August 6 2008 229 · The Pearl Diver · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006 243 · Dead Space for the Unexpected · Geoff Ryman · ss Interzone #88, October 1994 257 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 267 · Is This Your Day to Join the Revolution? · Genevieve Valentine · ss Futurismic (online) September 2009 275 · Independence Day · Sarah Langan · ss Darkness on the Edge ed. Harrison Howe, PS Publishing, 2010 293 · The Lunatics · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 315 · Sacrament · Matt Williamson · ss Brave New Worlds ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, 2011 327 · The Minority Report · Philip K. Dick · nv Fantastic Universe January 1956 357 · Just Do It · Heather Lindsley · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2006 369 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961 375 · Caught in the Organ Draft · Robert Silverberg · ss And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire ed. Roger Elwood, Chilton, 1972 385 · Geriatric Ward · Orson Scott Card · nv Keeper of Dreams by Orson Scott Card, Tor, 2008 401 · Arties Aren’t Stupid · Jeremiah Tolbert · ss Seeds of Change ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2008 411 · Jordan’s Waterhammer · Joe Mastroianni · ss Realms of Fantasy April 1999 431 · Of a Sweet Slow Dance in the Wake of Temporary Dogs · Adam-Troy Castro · nv Imaginings ed. Keith R. A. DeCandido, Pocket, 2003 451 · Resistance · Tobias S. Buckell · ss Seeds of Change ed. John Joseph Adams, Prime Books, 2008 463 · Civilization · Vylar Kaftan · ss Glorifying Terrorism ed. Farah Mendlesohn, Rackstraw Press, 2007 471 · For Further Reading · Ross E. Lockhart · ms Brave New Worlds ed. John Joseph Adams, Night Shade Books, 2011 473 · The Cull · Robert Reed · ss Clarkesworld #48, September 2010 487 · Personal Jesus · Jennifer Pelland · ss Dark Futures ed. Jason Sizemore, Dark Quest Books, 2010 491 · The Perfect Match · Ken Liu · ss Lightspeed #31, December 2012 509 · Study Guide and Filmography · Gary K. Wolfe · ms

By Blood We Live ed. John Joseph Adams (Night Shade Books, August 2009, 978-1-59780-156-0, $15.95, 485pp, tp, an, cover by David Palumbo)     Anthology of 36 vampire stories, two original. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Anne Rice, Nancy Kilpatrick, and Stephen King. 1 · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in 3 · Snow, Glass, Apples · Neil Gaiman · ss DreamHaven Books, 1995 13 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · nv Redbook February 1984 33 · Under St. Peter’s · Harry Turtledove · nv The Secret History of Vampires ed. Darrell Schweitzer, DAW, 2007 45 · Child of an Ancient City · Tad Williams · nv Weird Tales Fall 1988 75 · Lifeblood · Michael A. Burstein · nv New Voices in Science Fiction ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003 88 · Endless Night · Barbara Roden · nv Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 106 · Infestation · Garth Nix · nv The Starry Rift ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2008 120 · Life Is the Teacher [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · nv Hotter Than Hell ed. Kim Harrison & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper, 2008 134 · The Vechi Barbat · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss Travellers in Darkness ed. Stephen Jones, World Horror Convention 2007, 2007 148 · The Beautiful, the Damned · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1995 161 · Pinecones · David Wellington · ss 2006 165 · Do Not Hasten to Bid Me Adieu · Norman Partridge · nv Love in Vein ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1994 180 · Foxtrot at High Noon · Sergei Lukyanenko · ss 189 · This Is Now · Michael Marshall Smith · ss BBCi Cult Vampire Magazine (online) 2004 199 · Blood Gothic · Nancy Jones Holder · ss Shadows 8 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985 204 · Mama Gone · Jane Yolen · ss Vampires ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperCollins, 1991 209 · Abraham’s Boys [Van Helsing] · Joe Hill · nv The Many Faces of Van Helsing ed. Jeanne Cavelos, Ace, 2004 224 · Nunc Dimittis · Tanith Lee · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983 240 · Hunger · Gabriela Lee · ss A Different Voice, 2007 250 · Ode to Edvard Munch · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2006 256 · Finders Keepers · L. A. Banks · nv Red Rose Publishing, 2008 275 · After the Stone Age · Brian Stableford · ss BBCi Cult Vampire Magazine (online) 2004 286 · Much at Stake · Kevin J. Anderson · ss The Ultimate Dracula ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller, Dell, 1991 297 · The House of the Rising Sun · Elizabeth Bear · ss The Third Alternative #42, Summer 2005 302 · A Standup Dame · Lilith Saintcrow · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampire Romance ed. Tricia Telep, Robinson, 2008 316 · Twilight [Otherworld] · Kelley Armstrong · nv Many Bloody Returns ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner, Ace, 2007 333 · In Darkness, Angels · Eric Van Lustbader · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd, Mead, 1983 355 · Sunrise on Running Water · Barbara Hambly · nv Dark Delicacies II: Fear ed. Del Howison & Jeff Gelb, Carroll & Graf, 2007 372 · Hit · Bruce McAllister · nv Aeon #13, March 2008 385 · Undead Again · Ken MacLeod · vi Nature #7027, February 17 2005 388 · Peking Man · Robert J. Sawyer · ss Dark Destiny III: Children of Dracula ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1996 396 · Necros · Brian Lumley · ss The Second Book of After Midnight Stories ed. Amy Myers, Kimber, 1986 409 · Exsanguinations · Catherynne M. Valente · ss catherynnemvalente.com 2005 415 · Lucy, in Her Splendor · Charles Coleman Finlay · ss www.marsdust.com 2003 426 · The Wide, Carnivorous Sky · John Langan · nv 464 · “One for the Road” [’Salem’s Lot] · Stephen King · ss Maine March 1977 477 · For Further Reading · Ross E. Lockhart · ms

Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams (Saga Press, April 2017, 978-1-4814-3501-7, $16.99, x+339pp, tp, oa, cover by Chris Foss)     Details taken from online listing. xi · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in 1 · A Temporary Embarrassment in Spacetime · Charlie Jane Anders · nv 35 · Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance · Tobias S. Buckell · nv 56 · The Deckhand, the Nova Blade, and the Thrice-Sung Texts · Becky Chambers · ss 71 · The Sighted Watchmaker · Vylar Kaftan · ss Lightspeed #19, December 2011 82 · Infinite Love Engine · Joseph Allen Hill · nv Lightspeed #83, April 2017 103 · Unfamiliar Gods · Adam-Troy & Judi B. Castro · ss 122 · Seven Wonders of a Once and Future World · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss Lightspeed #64, September 2015 142 · Our Specialty Is Xenogeology · Alan Dean Foster · ss 157 · Golden Ring · Karl Schroeder · nv 182 · Tomorrow When We See the Sun [Sun Lords of the Principality] · A. Merc Rustad · nv Lightspeed #67, December 2015 207 · Bring the Kids and Revisit the Past at the Traveling Retro Funfair! · Seanan McGuire · ss 223 · The Dragon That Flew Out of the Sun [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss 235 · Diamond and the World Breaker · Linda Nagata · nv 260 · The Chameleon’s Gloves [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv 285 · The Universe, Sung in Stars · Kat Howard · ss Lightspeed #59, April 2015 291 · Wakening Ouroboros · Jack Campbell · ss 306 · Warped Passages · Kameron Hurley · ss 323 · The Frost Giant’s Data · Dan Abnett · ss

Dead Man’s Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West ed. John Joseph Adams (Titan US, May 2014, 978-1781164501, $16.95, 409pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 23 weird Western stories. Authors include Jeffrey Ford, Tad Williams, and Seanan McGuire. Details supplied by Denny Lien. 9 · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in 13 · The Red-Headed Dead [Reverend Jebediah Mercer (aka Rains)] · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 21 · The Old Slow Man and His Gold Gun from Space · Ben H. Winters · ss 31 · Hellfire on the High Frontier · David Farland · nv 49 · The Hell-Bound Stagecoach · Mike Resnick · ss 61 · Stingers and Strangers [InCryptid] · Seanan McGuire · nv 87 · Bookkeeper, Narrator, Gunslinger · Charles Yu · ss 97 · Holy Jingle [Mad Amos Malone] · Alan Dean Foster · ss 111 · The Man with No Heart · Beth Revis · ss 125 · Wrecking Party · Alastair Reynolds · nv 145 · Hell from the East · Hugh Howey · ss 157 · Second Hand [Card Sharp] · Rajan Khanna · ss 177 · Alvin and the Apple Tree [Alvin Maker] · Orson Scott Card · ss 197 · Madam Damnable’s Sewing Circle · Elizabeth Bear · ss 213 · Strong Medicine · Tad Williams · nv 241 · Red Dreams · Jonathan Maberry · ss 261 · Bamboozled [Otherworld] · Kelley Armstrong · ss 273 · Sundown · Tobias S. Buckell · nv 295 · La Madre del Oro · Jeffrey Ford · ss 311 · What I Assume You Shall Assume · Ken Liu · nv 335 · The Devil’s Jack · Laura Anne Gilman · nv 347 · The Golden Age · Walter Jon Williams · nv 377 · Neversleeps · Fred Van Lente · ss 393 · Dead Man’s Hand · Christie Yant · ss 399 · Acknowedgements · [uncredited] · ms 401 · About the Contributors · Various · bg 409 · About the Editor · The Editor · bg

Dead Man’s Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West ed. John Joseph Adams (Titan, May 30, 2014, 978-1-7811-6451-8, £10.00, tp, oa)     Original fantasy/horror anthology. Simultaneous with the US (Titan US) edition. 23 previously unpublished stories.

The End Has Come ed. John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey (Broad Reach Publishing, May 1, 2015, 978-1-4974-8440-5, $17.95, 324pp, tp, oa, cover by Julian Aguilar Faylona)     Original anthology of 22 stories about people dealing with the aftermath of an apocalypse, the third volume in the Apocalypse Triptych. Authors include Hugh Howey, Ken Liu, Mira Grant, and Nancy Kress. Details taken from online listing. Volume three in the “The Apocalypse Triptych” series. · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in · Bannerless · Carrie Vaughn · nv · Like All Beautiful Places · Megan Arkenberg · ss · Dancing with a Stranger in the Land of Nod · Will McIntosh · ss · The Seventh Day of Deer Camp · Scott Sigler · ss · Prototype · Sarah Langan · ss · Acts of Creation · Chris Avellone · ss · Resistance · Seanan McGuire · ss · Wandering Star · Leife Shallcross · ss · Heaven Come Down · Ben H. Winters · ss · Agent Neutralized · David Wellington · ss · Goodnight Earth · Annie Bellet · ss Lightspeed #60, May 2015 · Carriers · Tananarive Due · ss · In the Valley of the Shadow of the Promised Land · Robin Wasserman · ss · The Uncertainty Machine · Jamie Ford · ss · Margin of Survival · Elizabeth Bear · ss · Jingo and the Hammerman · Jonathan Maberry · ss · The Last Movie Ever Made · Charlie Jane Anders · ss · The Gray Sunrise · Jake Kerr · ss · The Gods Have Not Died in Vain · Ken Liu · nv · The Happiest Place · Mira Grant · ss · In the Woods · Hugh Howey · nv · Blessings · Nancy Kress · ss