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Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse, October 2009, 978-1-59582-146-1, $19.95, 420pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 20 stories, four reprints, by authors including William Browning Spencer, Holly Phillips, and Michael Shea; reprint authors are Michael Chabon, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Evenson, and Caitlín R. Kiernan. 9 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 11 · The Crevasse · Nathan Ballingrud & Dale Bailey · ss 31 · The Office of Doom [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss 43 · Sincerely, Petrified · Anna Tambour · nv 73 · The Din of Celestial Birds · Brian Evenson · ss The Din of Celestial Birds by Brian Evenson, Wordcraft of Oregon, 1997 85 · The Tenderness of Jackals · Amanda Downum · ss 99 · Sight Unseen · Joel Lane · ss 113 · Cold Water Survival · Holly Phillips · nv 139 · Come Lurk with Me and Be My Love · William Browning Spencer · nv 161 · Houses Under the Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Thrillers 2 ed. Robert Morrish, Cemetery Dance, 2007 195 · Machines of Concrete Light and Dark · Michael Cisco · ss 213 · Leng · Marc Laidlaw · nv 239 · In the Black Mill · Michael Chabon · nv Playboy June 1997 267 · One Day, Soon · Lavie Tidhar · ss 277 · Commencement · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 305 · Vernon, Driving · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss 315 · The Recruiter · Michael Shea · ss 331 · Marya Nox · Gemma Files · ss 347 · Mongoose [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv 375 · Catch Hell · Laird Barron · nv 413 · That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable · Nick Mamatas · ss

Mad Hatters and March Hares ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, December 12, 2017, 978-0-7653-9106-3, $29.99, 332pp, hc, oa, cover by Dave McKean)     Details taken from online listing. 13 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 15 · Gentle Alice · Kris Dikeman · ss 17 · My Own Invention · Delia Sherman · ss 27 · Lily-White & the Thief of Lesser Night · C. S. E. Cooney · nv 51 · Conjoined · Jane Yolen · ss 65 · Eating the Alice Cake · Kaaron Warren · ss 65 · Mercury · Priya Sharma · nv 97 · Some Kind of Wonderland · Richard Bowes · ss 115 · Alis · Stephen Graham Jones · nv 147 · All the King’s Men · Jeffrey Ford · ss 163 · Run, Rabbit · Angela Slatter · ss 173 · In Memory of a Summer’s Day · Matthew Kressel · ss 185 · Sentence Like a Saturday · Seanan McGuire · ss 203 · Worrity, Worrity · Andy Duncan · nv 237 · The Queen of Hats · Ysabeau S. Wilce · ss 255 · A Comfort, One Way · Genevieve Valentine · ss 265 · The Flame After the Candle · Catherynne M. Valente · nv 303 · Moon, and Memory, and Muchness · Katherine Vaz · nv 325 · Run, Rabbit, Run · Jane Yolen · pm

The Monstrous ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, October 27, 2015, 978-1-61696-206-7, $16.95, 379pp, tp, an, cover by Reiko Murakami)     Anthology of 20 stories, one original, about monsters within and without. Authors include Peter Straub, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Kim Newman, and Terry Dowling. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 11 · A Natural History of Autumn · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012 27 · Ashputtle · Peter Straub · nv Black Thorn, White Rose ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1994 45 · Giants in the Earth · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1994 59 · The Beginning of the Year Without Summer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2014 77 · A Wish from a Bone · Gemma Files · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 107 · The Last, Clean, Bright Summer · Livia Llewellyn · ss Primeval: A Journal of the Uncanny #2, October 2014 123 · The Totals · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Nightmare #17, February 2014 133 · The Chill Clutch of the Unseen · Kim Newman · ss Quietly Now ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Borderlands Press, 2004 149 · Down Among the Dead Men · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · nv Oui July 1982 177 · Catching Flies · Carole Johnstone · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 191 · Our Turn Too Will One Day Come · Brian Hodge · nv Alone on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2006, as “And Our Turn Too Will One Day Come” 209 · Grindstone · Stephen Graham Jones · ss 217 · Doll Hands · Adam L. G. Nevill · nv The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 239 · How I Met the Ghoul · Sofia Samatar · ss 245 · Jenny Come to Play [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · nv Eidolon Spring 1997 281 · Miss Ill-Kept Runt · Glen Hirshberg · ss Twilight Limited: The Rolling Darkness Revue 2007 ed. Paul Miller, Earthling Publications, 2007 297 · Chasing Sunset · A. C. Wise · ss Whispers from the Abyss ed. Kat Rocha, 01 Publishing, 2014 309 · The Monster Makers · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Static #35, July/August 2013 319 · Piano Man · Christopher Fowler · ss Black Static #10, April/May 2009 335 · Corpsemouth · John Langan · nv

Naked City ed. Ellen Datlow (St. Martin’s Griffin, July 2011, 978-0-312-38524-8, $15.99, xiii+539pp, tp, oa, cover by Dan Dos Santos)     Original anthology of 20 urban fantasy stories. Authors include Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, John Crowley, and Peter S. Beagle. A hardcover edition (-60431-8, $25.99) was announced but not seen. xi · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Curses [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · nv 31 · How the Pooka Came to New York City · Delia Sherman · nv 57 · On the Slide · Richard Bowes · nv 81 · The Duke of Riverside [Riverside] · Ellen Kushner · nv 110 · Oblivion by Calvin Klein · Christopher Fowler · nv 133 · Fairy Gifts [Mercy Thompson] · Patricia Briggs · nv 166 · Picking up the Pieces · Pat Cadigan · nv 194 · Underbridge · Peter S. Beagle · nv 222 · Priced to Sell · Naomi Novik · ss 242 · The Bricks of Gelecek · Matthew Kressel · nv 267 · Weston Walks · Kit Reed · nv 293 · The Projected Girl · Lavie Tidhar · nv 334 · The Way Station · Nathan Ballingrud · nv 363 · Guns for the Dead [Graveminder] · Melissa Marr · ss 383 · And Go Like This · John Crowley · ss 393 · Noble Rot · Holly Black · nv 419 · Daddy Long Legs of the Evening · Jeffrey Ford · ss 432 · The Skinny Girl · Lucius Shepard · nv 457 · The Colliers’ Venus (1893) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv 492 · King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree [Promethean Age] · Elizabeth Bear · ss

Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 ed. Ellen Datlow (Penguin/Roc, April 2009, 978-0-451-46255-8, $16.00, 448pp, tp, an)     Anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction—ten stories and one novel excerpt—plus three Rhysling Award-winning poems and commentary on SF by Barry N. Malzberg, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Gwenna Bond, and Ellen Asher; Howard Waldrop and Tim Lucas discuss film; and Kim Newman provides an appreciation of Grand Master Michael Moorcock. The 43rd volume in the annual series. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 3 · About the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America · [uncredited] · ms 5 · About the Nebula Awards · [uncredited] · ms 7 · The 2008 Nebula Awards Final Ballot · [uncredited] · ms 11 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007 41 · Always · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007 57 · Where the Sidewalk Ends · Barry N. Malzberg · ar 61 · Why I Write Science Fiction · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ar 65 · Titanium Mike Saves the Day · David D. Levine · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2007 83 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 123 · The Yiddish Policemen’s Union · Michael Chabon · ex HarperCollins, 2007 137 · About the Rhysling Award · [uncredited] · ms 139 · Last Unicorn · Jane Yolen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 141 · The Graven Idol’s Godheart · Rich Ristow · pm The Shantytown Anomaly #2, 2006 143 · The Journey to Kailash · Mike Allen · pm Strange Horizons January 23 2006 149 · Stars Seen Through Stone · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2007 231 · What You Saw Was What You Got: The Year in Films · Howard Waldrop · mr 239 · Pan’s Labyrinth: Dreaming with Eyes Wide Open · Tim Lucas · mr 245 · The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change · Kij Johnson · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007 271 · About the Damon Knight Grand Master Award · [uncredited] · ms 273 · An Appreciation of Michael Moorcock · Kim Newman · ar [Ref. Michael Moorcock] 277 · The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius [von Bek family] · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds SF #154, September 1965, as by James Colvin 295 · The Andre Norton Award · [uncredited] · ms 297 · New Golden Age: The Rise of Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy · Gwenda Bond · ar 301 · Clubbing · Ellen Asher · ar 305 · Captive Girl · Jennifer Pelland · nv Helix #2, Fall 2006 331 · Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse · Andy Duncan · ss Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007 347 · Fountain of Age · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2007 413 · Past Nebula Award Winners · [uncredited] · ms 425 · The Authors Emeriti · [uncredited] · ms 427 · Ardath Mayhar, Talent from the Pines · Joe R. Lansdale · ar [Ref. Ardath Mayhar] 433 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Nightmare Carnival ed. Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books, September 2014, 978-1-61655-427-9, $19.99, 381pp, tp, oa, cover by E. M. Gist)     Original anthology of 15 dark stories involving carnivals. Introduction by Katherine Dunn. Authors include Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Genevieve Valentine, and Laird Barron. E-book also available. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Katherine Dunn · in · Scapegoats · N. Lee Wood · ss · The Firebrand · Priya Sharma · ss · Work, Hook, Shoot, Rip · Nick Mamatas · ss · And the Carnival Leaves Town · A. C. Wise · ss · Corpse Rose · Terry Dowling · nv · Last of the Fair · Joel Lane · ss · A Small Part in the Pantomime · Glen Hirshberg · ss · Hibbler’s Minions · Jeffrey Ford · ss · Swan Song and Then Some · Dennis Danvers · ss · The Lion Cage · Genevieve Valentine · ss · The Darkest Part · Stephen Graham Jones · ss · The Popping Fields · Robert Shearman · ss · Skullpocket · Nathan Ballingrud · nv · The Mysteries · Livia Llewellyn · ss · Screaming Elk, Mt. [Jessica Mace] · Laird Barron · ss

Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, November 2016, 978-1-61696-232-6, $16.95, 427pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 24 horror stories all first published from 2005-2015. Authors include Gene Wolfe, John Langan, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Richard Kadrey. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 13 · Shallaballah · Mark Samuels · ss Don’t Turn Out the Light ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2005 23 · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006 41 · Our Turn Too Will One Day Come · Brian Hodge · nv Alone on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2006, as “And Our Turn Too Will One Day Come” 59 · Dead Sea Fruit · Kaaron Warren · ss Fantasy Magazine #4, Fall 2006 71 · Closet Dreams · Lisa Tuttle · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007 85 · Spectral Evidence · Gemma Files · ss ChiZine #30, October/December 2006 97 · Hushabye [Paul Hearn] · Simon Bestwick · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007 109 · Very Low-Flying Aircraft · Nicholas Royle · ss Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 121 · The Goosle · Margo Lanagan · ss The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, 2008 135 · The Clay Party · Steve Duffy · nv The Werewolf Pack ed. Mark Valentine, Wordsworth Editions, 2008 173 · Lonegan’s Luck · Stephen Graham Jones · nv New Genre Summer 2009 201 · Mr. Pigsny · Reggie Oliver · ss The Sixth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010 219 · At Night, When the Demons Come · Ray Cluley · ss Black Static #20, December 2010/January 2011 243 · Was She Wicked? Was She Good? · M. Rickert · ss Holiday by M. Rickert, Golden Gryphon Press, 2010 255 · The Shallows [Cthulhu] · John Langan · nv Cthulhu’s Reign ed. Darrell Schweitzer, DAW, 2010 257 · Strappado · Laird Barron · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009 277 · Little Pig · Anna Taborska · ss The Eighth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2011 285 · Omphalos · Livia Llewellyn · nv Engines of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, Lethe Press, 2011 311 · How We Escaped Our Certain Fate · Dan Chaon · ss 21st Century Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 327 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013 345 · Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No. 8) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest May 2014 367 · Shay Corsham Worsted · Garth Nix · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 381 · The Atlas of Hell · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 405 · Ambitious Boys Like You · Richard Kadrey · nv The Doll Collection ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2015

Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex ed. Ellen Datlow (St. Martin’s, February 1996, 0-312-14019-3, $22.95, 316pp, hc, oa, cover by Alan Dingman)     Original anthology of 20 stories (four reprints) of alien sex, alienated sex, etc. Authors include Scott Bradfield, Richard Christian Matheson, Joyce Carol Oates, and Neil Gaiman. There is a foreword by Robert Silverberg, and an introduction by Datlow. xi · Foreword · Robert Silverberg · fw xv · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · The Reality Trip · Robert Silverberg · nv If May/June 1970 23 · The Tattooist · Susan Wade · ss 42 · Dolly Sodom · John Kaiine · ss 47 · The Lucifer of Blue · Sherry Coldsmith · nv 75 · The Queen of the Apocalypse · Scott Bradfield · ss 89 · Oral · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 95 · Grand Prix · Simon Ings · ss Omni June 1993 114 · The House of Mourning · Brian Stableford · ss 133 · Fetish · Martha Soukup · ss 141 · Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland · Gwyneth Jones · ss 160 · The Future of Birds · Mike O’Driscoll · nv 193 · Captain China · Bruce McAllister · ss 210 · Background: The Dream · Lisa Tuttle · vi 214 · Aye, and Gomorrah… · Samuel R. Delany · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 227 · Ursus Triad, Later · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 236 · Sextraterrestrials · Joe Haldeman & Jane Yolen · gp 237 · To the marriage of two kinds · Joe Haldeman · pm 238 · Intermarriage · Jane Yolen · pm 239 · Sex on the Planet of the Trees · Joe Haldeman · pm 240 · First Contact/Second Coming · Jane Yolen · pm 241 · Sex Among the Abos · Jane Yolen · pm 242 · Come, talk · Joe Haldeman · pm 244 · The Dream-Catcher · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 263 · His Angel · Roberta Lannes · ss 279 · Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) · Neil Gaiman · pl 287 · In the Month of Athyr [Winterlong] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Omni Best Science Fiction Two ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni, 1992