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The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 7 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, October 1981, 0-87997-661-6, $2.25, 191pp, pb, an) 9 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 11 · The George Business · Roger Zelazny · ss Dragons of Light ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace, 1980 19 · The Princess and the Bear · Orson Scott Card · nv The Berkley Showcase Vol. 1 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1980 49 · Proteus · Paul H. Cook · ss Chrysalis 8 ed. Roy Torgeson, Doubleday, 1980 59 · Spidersong · Susan C. Petrey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1980 75 · The Narrow House · Phillip C. Heath · nv Gothic June 1980 99 · Wolfland · Tanith Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1980 129 · Melpomene, Calliope… and Fred · Nicholas V. Yermakov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980 141 · Kevin Malone · Gene Wolfe · ss New Terrors 1 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980 151 · Lan Lung · M. Lucie Chin · nv previously published in an abbreviated form as “Dragon…Ghost” (Ares #1, March 1980). 173 · Keeper of the Wood · Caradoc A. Cador · ss Dragonfields #3, Summer 1980 181 · The Sleep of Trees · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1980

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 8 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, October 1982, 0-87997-770-1, $2.50, 191pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 9 · When the Clock Strikes · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales #1 ed. Lin Carter, Zebra, 1981 26 · Midas Night · Sam Wilson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1981 35 · Unicorn Variation · Roger Zelazny · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 13 1981 60 · The Only Death in the City · C. J. Cherryh · ss Sunfall by C. J. Cherryh, DAW, 1981 78 · The Quickening · Michael Bishop · nv Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981 107 · The River Maid · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1981 113 · Skirmish on Bastable Street · Bob Leman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1981 129 · A Pattern of Silver Strings [Cerin Songweaver] · Charles de Lint · nv A Pattern of Silver Strings by Charles de Lint, Triskell Press, 1981 151 · A Friend in Need · Lisa Tuttle · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1981 164 · Pooka’s Bridge · Gillian FitzGerald · ss Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981 178 · The Belonging Kind · John Shirley & William Gibson · ss Shadows 4 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1981

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 9 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, October 1983, 0-87997-864-3, $2.50, 192pp, pb, an) 7 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 9 · Influencing the Hell Out of Time and Teresa Golowitz · Parke Godwin · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January 1982 28 · Mirage and Magia · Tanith Lee · ss Hecate’s Cauldron ed. Susan M. Shwartz, DAW, 1982 45 · “Other” · Jor Jennings · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1982 56 · The Horror on the #33 · Michael Shea · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1982 75 · Another Orphan · John Kessel · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1982 120 · Lest Levitation Come Upon Us · Suzette Haden Elgin · nv Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 142 · Sentences · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Death ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982 153 · Square and Above Board · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1982 166 · The Malaysian Mer · Jane Yolen · ss Neptune Rising by Jane Yolen, Philomel, 1982 174 · Djinn, No Chaser · Harlan Ellison · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1982

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 10 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, October 1984, 0-87997-963-1, $2.75, 254pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 11 stories, including Locus Poll winner “Beyond the Dead Reef” by James Tiptree, Jr., and the Hugo/Nebula/World Fantasy nominee “Wong’s Lost & Found Emporium” by William Wu. 9 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 12 · Blue Vase of Ghosts · Tanith Lee · nv Dragonfields #4, Winter 1983 39 · She Sells Sea Shells · Paul Darcy Boles · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1983 56 · Green Roses · Larry Tritten · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1983 64 · Wong’s Lost and Found Emporium [Wong] · William F. Wu · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic May 1983 83 · Huggins’ World · Ennis Duling · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July/August 1983 97 · The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · na Heroic Visions ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Ace, 1983 157 · The Silent Cradle · Leigh Kennedy · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983 173 · Into Whose Hands · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers IV ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1983 200 · Like a Black Dandelion · John Alfred Taylor · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine September/October 1983 205 · The Hills Behind Hollywood High · Avram Davidson & Grania Davis · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1983 232 · Beyond the Dead Reef · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1983

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 11 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, November 1985, 0-88677-097-1, $2.95, 238pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 13 stories from 1984. 9 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 11 · Draco, Draco · Tanith Lee · nv Beyond Lands of Never ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Unicorn, 1984 38 · Harvest Child · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Elsewhere, Vol. III ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1984 56 · Love Among the Xoids · John Sladek · ss Chris Drumm Books, #15, 1984 71 · Stoneskin · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1984 94 · Unmistakably the Finest · Scott Bradfield · nv Interzone #8, Summer 1984 119 · The Foxwife · Jane Yolen · ss World Fantasy Convention, 1984 ed. Charles de Lint, Triskell Press, 1984 127 · Golden Apples of the Sun · Gardner R. Dozois, Jack M. Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv expanded from “Virgin Territory” (Penthouse, March 1984). 149 · My Rose and My Glove · Harvey Jacobs · ss Omni May 1984 161 · Strange Shadows · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #25, Michaelmas 1984 179 · A Little Two-Chair Barber Shop on Phillips Street · Donald R. Burleson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine March/April 1984 186 · Taking Heart · Stephen L. Burns · ss Sword and Sorceress ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1984 204 · The Storm · David Morrell · ss Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984 224 · A Cabin on the Coast · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1984 first published in German in Zu den Sternen ed. Peter Wilfert (Munich: Goldmann Verlag, 1981).

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 12 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, November 1986, 0-88677-163-3, $2.95, 226pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 11 stories from 1985 including the Locus Award winner “Paladin of the Lost Hour” by Harlan Ellison and the excellent “Flight” by Peter Dickinson. There is also a summation of the year in fantasy. ix · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 1 · Unferno · George Alec Effinger · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1985 27 · Dinner in Audoghast · Bruce Sterling · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 43 · Fortunes of a Fool · Nicholas V. Yermakov · ss Dragon February 1985 61 · Preliminary Notes on the Jang · Lisa Goldstein · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 79 · The Red House [Greystone Bay] · Robert R. McCammon · nv Greystone Bay ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985 101 · Flight · Peter Dickinson · nv Imaginary Lands ed. Robin McKinley, Ace, 1985 135 · The Castle at World’s End · Chris Naylor · ss Fantasy Tales #14, Summer 1985 147 · The Persistence of Memory · Gael Baudino · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November 1985 171 · The Face in the Cloth · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1985 185 · The Last Dragon Master · A. A. Attanasio · ss Beastmarks by A. A. Attanasio, Ziesing, 1985 199 · Paladin of the Lost Hour · Harlan Ellison · nv Universe 15 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1985

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 13 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, November 1987, 0-88677-233-8, $2.95, 238pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 11 stories from 1986 plus an introduction/summation of the year in fantasy. 11 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 15 · Beauty Is the Beast · Tanith Lee · ss American Fantasy Fall 1986 31 · Something in the Blood · Richard L. Purtill · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1986 47 · Piece de Resistance · Judith Tarr · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1986 70 · Long, Long Ago · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv Tales from the Shadows by R. Chetwynd-Hayes, William Kimber, 1986 96 · The Old Man and the Cherry Tree · Kevin J. Anderson · ss Grue #3, 1986 104 · Phone Repairs · Nancy Kress · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1986 119 · The Tale and Its Master · Michael Rutherford · na Delmar, NY, 1986 167 · Sanctuary · Kim Antieau · ss Shadows 9 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1986 180 · The Uncorking of Uncle Finn · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November 1986 188 · A Place to Stay for a Little While · Jim Aikin · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1986 223 · The Boy Who Plaited Manes · Nancy Springer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1986

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 14 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW, November 1988, 0-88677-307-5, $3.50, 239pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 13 stories from 1987 plus an introduction describing the year in fantasy. 9 · Introduction · Arthur W. Saha · in 12 · Night’s Daughter, Day’s Desire · Tanith Lee · nv Night’s Sorceries by Tanith Lee, DAW, 1987 38 · The Little Magic Shop · Bruce Sterling · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1987 54 · Transients · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Amazing Stories January 1987 69 · The Snow Apples · Gwyneth Jones · ss Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1987 85 · The Glassblower’s Dragon · Lucius Shepard · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1987 93 · The Apotheosis of Isaac Rosen · Jack M. & Jeanne Van Buren Dann · vi Omni June 1987 99 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987 134 · Waiting for a Bus [Binscombe] · John Whitbourn · ss a shorter version appeared in The Third Book of After Midnight Stories, Myers, Kimber, 1987. 152 · Happy Hour · J. N. Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine February 1987 163 · Ever After · Susan Palwick · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1987 191 · A Little of What You Fancy · Mary Catherine McDaniel · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume III ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1987 202 · Inky · Jayge Carr · ss Whispers October 1987 226 · Maxie Silas · Augustine Funnell · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1987

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction ed. Tarun K. Saint (Hachette India, February 25, 2019, 978-93-88322-05-8, Rp599.00, xlii+376pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Spice-Ship to Infinity · Manjula Padmanabhan · fw xiii · SF Matters: South Asian Futures to Come · Tarun K. Saint · in 1 · Planet of Terror · Adrish Bardhan · ss translated from the Bengali (“Atankera graha”). 6 · Inspector Matadeen on the Moon · Harishankar Parsai · ss Inspector Matadeen on the Moon by Harishankar Parsai, Affiliated East-West Press, 1996 translated from the Hindi (“Inspektar Maataadeen Chaand Par”, 1968). 17 · Stealing the Sea · Asif Aslam Farrukhi · ss translated from the Urdu (“Samandar Ki Chori”). 30 · Chernobyl · Somendra Singh Kharola · pm 36 · The Sea Sings at Night · Mimi Mondal · ss WisCon Chronicles, Volume 9: Intersections and Alliances ed. Mary Anne Mohanraj, Aqueduct Press, 2015 40 · The Twenty-Second Century · Rahul Sankrityayan · ss translated from the Hindi (“Baeesaveen Sadee”, 1923). 51 · Shit Flower · Anil Menon · nv Brave New Now ed. Liam Young, Lisbon Architecture Triennale, 2014 74 · The Man Who Turned Into Gandhi · Shovon Chakraborty · ss 91 · Seventy Years After Seventy Years After Partition · Kaiser Haq · pm 94 · Moksha · Sumita Sharma · pm 95 · A Visit to Partition World · Tarun K. Saint · ss 107 · Dreaming of the Cool Green River · Priya Sarukkai Chabria · ss 115 · Mirror-Rorrim · Clark Prasad · nv 147 · Flexi-Time · Manjula Padmanabhan · ss 154 · The Other Side · Payal Dhar · nv 183 · 15004 · Sami Ahmad Khan · nv 204 · Why the War Ended · Premendra Mitra · ss translated from the Bengali (“Yud’dha Kena Thamalo”). 215 · Were It Not For · Arjun Rajendran · pm 216 · The Beneficient Brahma · Chandrashekhar Sastry · ss 221 · The Goddess Project · Giti Chandra · ss 236 · The Last Tiger · Mohammad Salman · ss 255 · A Night with the Joking Clown [Antisense Universe] · Rimi B. Chatterjee · nv 280 · The Dream · Muhammed Zafar Iqbal · ss 282 · Anandna · Rukmini Bhaya Nair · ss 298 · We Were Never Here · Nur Nasreen Ibrahim · ss 306 · The Narrative of Naushirwan Shavaksha Sheikh Chilli · Keki N. Daruwalla · ss 326 · Looking Up · S. B. Divya · ss Where the Stars Rise ed. Lucas K. Law & Derwin Mak, Laksa Media, 2017 341 · Reunion · Vandana Singh · nv

The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Volume 2 ed. Tarun K. Saint (Hachette India, September 30, 2021, 978-93-91028-62-6, Rp699, 488pp, hc, an, cover by Bhavi Mehta)     Details taken from online listing. · South Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy: Carving New Spaces in Time · Tarun K. Saint · in · And Now His Lordship Is Laughing · Shiv Ramdas · ss Strange Horizons September 9 2019 · Jupiter, Dark Sister · Medha Singh · ss · The Traveller · Tashan Mehta · ss · The Zoo · Muhammed Zafar Iqbal · ss · The Maker of Memorials · Vajra Chandrasekera · ss · The Glow-in-the-Dark Girls · Senaa Ahmad · ss Strange Horizons January 15 2018 · The Pain Merchant · Manjula Padmanabhan · ss · The Ministry of Relevance · Arjun Raj Gaind · ss · Dimensions of Life Under Fascism · Jayaprakash Satyamurthy · ss · The Song of Ice · Soham Guha · ss · Goodbye Is the Shape of a Palm Pressed to the Sky · Lavanya Lakshminarayan · ss · Almost Human · Kehkashan Khalid · ss · Looney Ka Tabadla · Bina Shah · ss · Paley’s Watch · Anil Menon · ss · Elsewhere · Aparna Ramachandran · ss · Gift of the Angels · Jayant V. Narlikar · ss · A Different Sea · Vandana Singh · ss · The List · Gautam Bhatia · ss · 2020-NKARV · Kaiser Haq · ss · The Crossing · Kalsang Yangzom · ss · A Species of Least Concern · Giti Chandra · ss · Champollion’s Foot · Haris A. Durrani · nv Mithila Review #8, April/June 2017 · Resurrection Points · Usman T. Malik · nv Strange Horizons August 4 2014 · Shambala · Salik Shah · ss · Confessor · Yudhanjaya Wijeratne · ss · Scavenger · Priya Sarukkai Chabria · ss · Biryani Bagh · Sami Ahmad Khan · ss · Malini · Shovon Chowdhury · ss · The Midas Touch · Sukanya Datta · ss · The Arrival of the New World · Premee Mohamed · ss · The Diamond Library · Navin Weeraratne · ss · Bring Your Own Spoon · Saad Z. Hossain · ss The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories ed. Jared Shurin & Mahvesh Murad, Solaris, 2017

Evening Tales for the Winter ed. Henry St. Clair (R. Marsh, 1856, 370pp, hc, an)     Expanded edition of Tales of Terror, 1835. New third volume added. · Volume 1 · The Magic Dice, an Awful Narrative · Thomas De Quincey, uncredited · nv The London Magazine August 1823 · The Gored Hunstman · [uncredited] · ss The Keepsake · The Nikkur Holl · [uncredited] · nv (r) · Der Freischütz, or The Magic Balls · Johann August Apel · nv (r) translated from the German (Gespensterbuch, 1810-17). · The Story of Judar · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Boarwolf · Johann August Apel, uncredited · ss (r) translated from the German (Gespensterbuch, 1810-17). · The Cavern of Death · [uncredited] · nv (r) · The Mysterious Bell · [uncredited] · vi (r) · The Dervise Alfournan · Charles Morell, uncredited · nv Tales of the Genii by James Ridley, London, 1765 · Hassan Assar; or, The History of the Caliph of Bagdat · Charles Morell, uncredited · nv Tales of the Genii by James Ridley, London, 1765 · Volume 2 · The Astrologer of the Nineteenth Century · translated by Peter Teuthold · ex from The Necromancer, as by Lawrence Flammenberg, Minerva Press, 1794, as by Lawrence Flammenberg translated from the German (Der Geisterbanner, 1792). · The Flying Dutchman · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Tiger’s Cave · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Peter Rugg, the Missing Man · William Austin, uncredited · nv New England Galaxy September 10 1824, as “Some Account of Peter Rugg, the Missing Man, Late of Boston, New England in a Letter to Mr. Herman Krauff” by Jonathan Dunwell · The Haunted Forest · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Lonely Man of the Ocean · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Hungarian Horse Dealer · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Wrecker of St. Agnes · [uncredited] · nv (r) · Volume 3 · Old Adventures · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Love and Authorship · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Magdalen · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Old House in the City · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Nina Dalgorooki · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Sir Henry Skurry · [uncredited] · ss (r) · Marie Marnet · [uncredited] · ss (r) · The Prophecy · Rev. Henry Cauntner, uncredited · ss (r) · My Two Aunts · [uncredited] · ss (r)