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Magic ed. David C. & Morgan L. Kopaska-Merkel (Stone Lightning Press, May 1995, no ISBN, $10.00, 172pp, ph, oa)
Original anthology of 11 “fantastical” stories, with illustrations, in a perfect-bound chapbook format.

5 · Introduction · David C. Kopaska-Merkel · in

7 · Betrayal · Michael Mardis · ss

17 · Gorley’s Mold · G. W. Perriwils · nv

39 · The Treasure · B. Kim Meyer · ss

47 · Do Over · Ralph Greco, Jr. · ss

55 · Powers · Barbara Rosen · ss

69 · Dark Keep · N. G. Swanner · ss

79 · Could I Have Some Tartar Sauce with That, Please? · Buzz Lovko · ss

91 · Serpent Cove · Karen Elizabeth Rigley & Ann Miller House · ss

101 · Kitty · Barbara Rosen · ss

113 · Mani He · Joseph Carrabis · nv

149 · Dragon-Rain · Eileen Kernaghan · ss

Magic ed. Morgan L. & David C. Kopaska-Merkel--- see under David C. Kopaska-Merkel.

Two Friends and Other Nineteenth-Century Lesbian Stories by American Women Writers ed. Susan Koppelman (Meridian, August 1994, 0-452-01119-1, $10.95, 288pp, tp, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

9 · Introduction · Susan Koppelman · in

21 · My Visitation · Rose Terry · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1858, uncredited.

43 · Since I Died · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss Scribner’s Monthly February 1873

53 · Felipa · Constance Fenimore Woolson · nv Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science June 1876

77 · My Lorelei: A Heidelberg Romance · Alice French · nv (r); subtitled “From the Diary of Mrs. Louis Danton Lynde”.

99 · Miss Grief · Constance Fenimore Woolson · nv Lippincott’s Magazine of Popular Literature and Science May 1880

124 · Two Friends · Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman · ss (r)

140 · The Long Arm · Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman (with Joseph E. Chamberlin) · na Chapman’s Magazine #4, August 1895, as by Mary E. Wilkins

174 · The Falling in Love of Fedora · Kate Chopin · ss (r); subtitled “A Sketch”.

181 · There and Here · Alice Brown · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1897

198 · Martha’s Lady · Sarah Orne Jewett · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1897

220 · Max—or His Picture · Alice French · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1899, as by Octave Thanet

241 · A Note on the Text · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Fantasy Gone Wrong ed. Brittiany A. Koren & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Pharaoh Fantastic ed. Brittiany A. Koren & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Places to Be, People to Kill ed. Brittiany A. Koren & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Single White Vampire Seeks Same ed. Brittiany A. Koren & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

You Bet Your Planet ed. Brittiany A. Koren & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Confessions of a Ghoul and Other Stories by M. F. Korn (Silver Lake Publishing, May 2001, 1-931095-17-5, $14.95, 118pp, tp, co, cover by Lawrence D. P. Miller)
Collection of seven stories. Introduction by D.F. Lewis.

i · The Ghouldom of the Grand Guignol · D. F. Lewis · in

1 · Eternal Questions Posed at the International House of Pancakes · M. F. Korn · ss The Spectral Carnival Show and Other Stories by M. F. Korn, Golden Meteorite Press, 1998

13 · The Great Find of the Nontraditional Computer Cowboys · M. F. Korn · ss The Midnight Gallery #2, Spring 1997

20 · And Now, The Wizard of Gore, May I Present the President · M. F. Korn · vi Pablo Lennis

22 · Rags to Riches to Hell · M. F. Korn · vi Weird Stories #24, September 1998

24 · The Unwelcome Guest · M. F. Korn · ss Pablo Lennis

28 · Letters from Skitzo · M. F. Korn · ss Forbidden Lines #5, Summer 1991

42 · Confessions of a Ghoul: Apologia Pro Mea Vita · M. F. Korn · na House of Pain

121 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

The Spectral Carnival Show and Other Stories by M. F. Korn (Golden Meteorite Press Limited, January 1998, 189538561X, $30.95, 140pp, hc, oc)

· The Spectral Carnival Show · M. F. Korn · ss

· How Soothing Are My Anachronisms · M. F. Korn · vi

· Catch of the Century · M. F. Korn · ss

· A Digging in Providence · M. F. Korn · vi

· Who Are You, You and You? · M. F. Korn · vi

· Is It Live or Is It Lysergic Acid? · M. F. Korn · vi

· Going on a Submarine Ride · M. F. Korn · vi

· Laboring in the Valley of Ashes · M. F. Korn · ss

Stygian Relics of the Lachrymose by M. F. Korn (Golden Meteorite Press Limited, January 1998, 1895385636, 178pp, hc, co)

· The Goings-on at Harlem, Mars · M. F. Korn · ss

· Well, It Ain’t Jersey! · M. F. Korn · vi Sweet Dreams, Baby! #1, May 1990

· Jimbob Goes to Mars · M. F. Korn · ss Vision #9, 1991

· Golly Mister, Will Uou Sign My Laundry List? · M. F. Korn · vi

· Special Delivery—Deep Space—Handle with Care · M. F. Korn · ss Premonitions #1, Winter 1992

· Headlock · M. F. Korn · vi Startling Science Stories #17, December 1998

· An Off-World Tragedy · M. F. Korn · ss The Ultimate Unknown #3, Spring 1996

· Shoplifter in the Crowd · M. F. Korn · vi Stygian Relics of the Lachrymose by M. Korn, Golden Meteorite Press, January 1998

· The Purloined Lovecraft Lettre · M. F. Korn · vi

· One of Dr. Radner’s Patients on Xenobe · M. F. Korn · ss Premonitions #2, Summer 1993

· Kirk Alyn at Swampcon · M. F. Korn · ar

· You Are What You Write · M. F. Korn · vi

· The Old Man & the Cyborg · M. F. Korn · ss Vision #8, 1991

· The Cobalt-Frog Ordeal · M. F. Korn · vi Weird Stories #15, December 1997

· History of the Comics: The Early Years (part 2) · M. F. Korn · ar Pablo Lennis 1989

· Ninjas at the Circle K · M. F. Korn · ss

· Under the Influence · M. F. Korn · ss

· Science Fiction and Gorror Gimmicks in Cinema · M. F. Korn · ar Pablo Lennis 1989

· Horror in the Comics: A Nonfiction Article · Rock Dollar · ar Pablo Lennis 1989

· At the Door of Faulkner’s Apartment · M. F. Korn · ss

Swamp Witch Sauce Piquante and Scream Queen Bisque (Over a Bed of Rice) by M. F. Korn (Silver Lake Publishing, February 2004, 1-931095-78-7, $13.95, 192pp, tp, oc, cover by Jason Just)
Horror collection of short novel The White Trash Witches’ Coven and novella “Pavane for a Scream Queen”.

7 · The White Trash Witches’ Coven · M. F. Korn · n.

119 · Pavane for a Scream Queen · M. F. Korn · na

Before the Universe and Other Stories by C. M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohl--- see under Frederik Pohl.

Critical Mass by C. M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohl--- see under Frederik Pohl.

Gunner Cade by C. M. Kornbluth & Judith Merril--- see under Cyril Judd.

Marching Morons and Other Famous Science Fiction Stories by C. M. Kornbluth (Ballantine, April 1959, 303K, 35¢, 158pp, pb, co)

5 · The Marching Morons · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951

41 · Dominoes · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, February 1953

51 · The Luckiest Man in Denv · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1952, as by Simon Eisner

66 · The Silly Season · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Fall 1950

83 · MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957

97 · The Only Thing We Learn · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Startling Stories July 1949

109 · The Cosmic Charge Account · C. M. Kornbluth · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1956

136 · I Never Ast No Favors · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1954

151 · The Remorseful · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, December 1953

Our Best: The Best of Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth by C. M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohl--- see under Frederik Pohl.

Thirteen O’Clock and Other Zero Hours by C. M. Kornbluth (Dell, December 1970, 8731, 75¢, 155pp, pb, co) [edited by James Blish]

7 · Preface · James Blish · pr

11 · Thirteen O’Clock [Peter Packer] · C. M. Kornbluth; edited by James Blish · nv
combined version of “Thirteen O’Clock” and “Mr. Packer Goes to Hell”, Stirring Science Stories Feb & Jun ’41, both as by Cecil Corwin.

62 · The Rocket of 1955 · C. M. Kornbluth · vi Escape August 1939

64 · What Sorghum Says · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Cosmic Stories May 1941, as by Cecil Corwin

72 · Crisis! · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Science Fiction Quarterly #6, Spring 1942, as by Cecil Corwin

88 · The Reversible Revolutions · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Cosmic Stories March 1941, as by Cecil Corwin

103 · The City in the Sofa · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Cosmic Stories July 1941, as by Cecil Corwin

119 · The Golden Road · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Stirring Science Stories March 1942, as by Cecil Corwin

143 · MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957

The Wonder Effect by C. M. Kornbluth & Frederik Pohl--- see under Frederik Pohl.

Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth (Doubleday, September 1959, LC:59-11601, $3.95, 264pp, hc, an)

7 · For C.M. Kornbluth · Frederik Pohl · ar

9 · Ticket to Anywhere [The Analogues] · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952

10 · That Low · Theodore Sturgeon · vi Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1948

46 · Or the Grasses Grow · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958

57 · The Man Who Ate the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1956

96 · The Long Remembering · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1957

111 · The End of the Beginning · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s October 27 1956, as “Next Stop: The Stars”

118 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1956, as “Art-Work”

140 · The Cold Green Eye · Jack Williamson · ss Fantastic March/April 1953

153 · Med Service [Med Service] · Murray Leinster · na Astounding Science Fiction August 1957

227 · Expendable · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953

235 · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv

259 · Nightmare Number Four · Robert Bloch · pm Diablerie January 1945

Science Fiction Showcase (var. 1) ed. Mary Kornbluth (Curtis, December 1969, 123-06068, 60¢, 128pp, pb, an)
Abridged reprint of the hardback edition (Doubleday 1959), omitting the story “Med Service”.

6 · For C.M. Kornbluth · Frederik Pohl · ar Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth, Doubleday, September 1959

7 · Ticket to Anywhere [The Analogues] · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952

28 · That Low · Theodore Sturgeon · vi Famous Fantastic Mysteries October 1948

31 · Or the Grasses Grow · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1958

39 · The Man Who Ate the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1956

65 · The Long Remembering · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1957

75 · The End of the Beginning · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s October 27 1956, as “Next Stop: The Stars”

79 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1956, as “Art-Work”

95 · The Cold Green Eye · Jack Williamson · ss Fantastic March/April 1953

103 · Expendable · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1953

108 · Mantage · Richard Matheson · nv Science Fiction Showcase ed. Mary Kornbluth, Doubleday, September 1959

125 · Nightmare Number Four · Robert Bloch · pm Diablerie January 1945

When a Stranger Comes to Town ed. Michael Koryta (Hanover Square Press, April 20, 2021, 978-1-335-14147-7, 400pp, hc, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Michael Koryta · in

· Solomon Wept · S. A. Cosby · ss

· Relative Stranger · Amanda Witt · ss

· Seat 2C · Alafair Burke · ss

· Kohinoor · Smita Harish Jain · ss

· Avalon · Michael Connelly · ss

· Here’s to New Friends · Jacqueline Freimor · ss

· Room for One More · Joe R. Lansdale · ss

· Exit Now · Emilya Naymark · ss

· A Six Letter Word for Neighbor · Lisa Unger · ss

· Howard’s Heart · Bryon Quertermous · ss

· Perfect Strangers · Tilia Klebenov Jacobs · ss

· Do You Remember · Lori Roy · ss

· Assignment: Sheepshead Bay · Paul A. Barra · ss

· P.F.A. · Michael Koryta · ss

· Genius · Elaine Togneri · ss

· Russkies · Jonathan Stone · ss

· A Different Kind of Healing · Steve Hamilton · ss

· Tokyo Stranger · Tina deBellegarde · ss

· Last Fare · Joe Hill · ss

The Best of the Best ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman (Signet, January 1998, 0-451-19390-3, $22.95, 335pp, hc, oa)
Associational original anthology of 18 stories by big name authors, many having dabbled in the fantastic, including Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Sharyn McCrumb, Linda Lay Shuler, and E.L. Doctorow. A commemorative anthology for Signet’s 50th anniversary.

vii · Introduction · Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman · in

1 · Stormy Weather · Lisa Alther · nv

25 · Headaches and Bad Dreams · Lawrence Block · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1997

47 · Baby-sitting Ingrid · Larry Collins · ss

61 · Wrong Time, Wrong Place · Jeffery Deaver · nv

93 · Untitled · E. L. Doctorow · ss

101 · Mother’s Day · Joy Fielding · ss

111 · Paranoia · Stephen Frey · ss

131 · The Price of Tea in China · Eileen Goudge · ss

147 · Six Shades of Black · Joan Hess · ss

155 · The Naked Giant · Wendy Hornsby · ss

169 · Songs in the Key of I · Erica Jong · nv

191 · L.T.’s Theory of Pets · Stephen King · nv Six Stories by Stephen King by Stephen King, Philtrum Press, 1997

213 · Djinn & Tonic · Tabitha King · ss

227 · Where or When · Ed McBain · ss

243 · An Autumn Migration · Sharyn McCrumb · ss Foggy Mountain Breakdown and Other Stories by Sharyn McCrumb, Ballantine, September 1997

257 · Color Blind · Joyce Carol Oates · ss

277 · A Place for Nathan · Nancy Taylor Rosenberg · ss

297 · The Unsung Song of Mary Gallinger · Linda Lay Shuler · nv

331 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Crimes and Misdemeanors ed. Elaine Koster & Joseph Pittman (Signet, December 1998, 0-451-19567-1, $6.95, 395pp, pb, oa)
Reprint (Signet 1998 as The Best of the Best) original anthology.

Game On! ed. Stephen Kotowych & Tony Pi (Zombies Need Brains, July 11, 2023, 978-1-940709-58-1, $16.99, 230pp, tp, oa, cover by Justin Adams)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Turtle Cliffs · Aliette de Bodard · ss

16 · Machines · Jennifer R. Povey · ss

30 · Not His Best Feint · Ed Greenwood · ss

44 · Persistence of Memory · Cory Swanson · ss

53 · The Grim Reaper’s Game · David Hankins · ss

68 · The Cards As They Were Dealt · Cat Rambo · ss

73 · The Saltmarsh · Wulf Moon · ss

85 · Guilty Until Proven Victorious · Jo Miles · ss

96 · Solitaire for Three · James Alan Gardner · ss

113 · Connection · Karen Aria Lin · ss

122 · Dead Man’s Hand · Mike Rimar · ss

137 · Random Access Memory · Eric Choi · ss

147 · Worldplay · Tris Lawrence · ss

156 · Mythbot · Mark Silcox · ss

170 · Beat the Haunted House · Melissa Yi · ss

188 · The Prescience Game · Michael Picco · ss

198 · The Long Game · Sean Williams · ss

Nebula Awards Showcase 60 ed. Stephen Kotowych (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., June 9, 2025, 978-1-958243-08-4, $14.95, 262pp, tp, an, cover by Lauren Raye Snow)
Details taken from online listing.

13 · Introduction · Stephen Kotowych · in

19 · Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole · Isabel J. Kim · ss Clarkesworld #209, February 2024 [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin]

26 · The V*mpire · P. H. Lee · ss Reactor October 23 2024

40 · Five Views of the Planet Tartarus · Rachael K. Jones · vi Lightspeed #164, January 2024

42 · The Witch Trap · Jennifer Hudak · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #48, September 2024

49 · Evan: A Remainder · Jordan Kurella · ss Reactor January 31 2024

58 · We Will Teach You How to Read | We Will Teach You How to Read · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss Lightspeed #168, May 2024

76 · Negative Scholarship on the Fifth State of Being · A. W. Prihandita · nv Clarkesworld #218, November 2024

95 · Katya Vasilievna and the Second Drowning of Baba Rechka · Christine Hanolsy · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #405, April 18 2024

115 · Joanna’s Bodies · Eugenia Triantafyllou · nv Psychopomp July 1 2024

137 · Another Girl Under the Iron Bell · Angela Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #60, September/October 2024

157 · The Brotherhood of Montague St. Video · Thomas Ha · ss Clarkesworld #212, May 2024

174 · What Any Dead Thing Wants · Aimee Ogden · nv Psychopomp February 2024

206 · Loneliness Universe · Eugenia Triantafyllou · ss Uncanny Magazine #58, May/June 2024

227 · The Dragonfly Gambit · A. D. Sui · ex Neon Hemlock Press, April 2024

239 · Novella & Novel Finalists · [uncredited] · bi

251 · MultiMedia Award Finalists · [uncredited] · bi

Nebula Awards Showcase 57 ed. Stephen Kotowych (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., March 25, 2025, 978-1-958243-02-2, $14.95, 259pp, tp, an, cover: Star Deity 2022 by Lauren Raye Snow)
Details supplied by John Boston.

4 · 2021 Nebula Awards · [uncredited] · bi

9 · Short Stories

10 · Where Oaken Hearts Do Gather · Sarah Pinsker · nv Uncanny Magazine #39, March/April 2021; best short story winner.

29 · For Lack of a Bed · John Wiswell · ss Diabolical Plots #74, April 2021; best short story nominee.

37 · Let All the Children Boogie · Sam J. Miller · ss Tor.com January 6 2021; best short story nominee.

53 · Mr. Death · Alix E. Harrow · ss Apex Magazine #121, 2021; best short story nominee.

64 · Proof by Induction · José Pablo Iriarte · ss Uncanny Magazine #40, May/June 2021; best short story nominee.

80 · Laughter Among the Trees · Suzan Palumbo · ss The Dark #69, February 2021; best short story nominee.

93 · Novelettes

94 · O₂ Arena · Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki · nv Galaxy’s Edge #53, November 2021; best novelette winner.

115 · (emet) · Lauren Ring · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2021; best novelette nominee.

131 · That Story Isn’t the Story · John Wiswell · nv Uncanny Magazine #43, November/December 2021; best novelette nominee.

151 · Just Enough Rain · P. H. Lee · nv GigaNotoSaurus May 1 2021; best novelette nominee.

176 · Colors of the Immortal Palette · Caroline M. Yoachim · nv Uncanny Magazine #39, March/April 2021; best novelette nominee.

201 · Novella

202 · And What Can We Offer You Tonight · Premee Mohamed · na Neon Hemlock Press, July 2017; best novella winner.

243 · Novella & Novel Finalists · [uncredited] · bi

253 · MultiMedia Award Finalists · [uncredited] · bi

Nebula Awards Showcase 58 ed. Stephen Kotowych (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., March 25, 2025, 978-1-958243-04-6, $14.95, 233pp, tp, an, cover: Star Deity 2023 by Lauren Raye Snow)
Details supplied by John Boston.

4 · 2022 Nebula Awards · [uncredited] · bi

10 · Short Stories

10 · Rabbit Test · Samantha Mills · ss Uncanny Magazine #49, November/December 2022; best short story winner.

26 · D.I.Y. · John Wiswell · ss Tor.com August 24 2022; best short story nominee.

38 · Give Me English · Ai Jiang · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2022; best short story nominee.

48 · Dick Pig · Ian Muneshwar · ss Nightmare #112, January 2022; best short story nominee.

62 · Douen · Suzan Palumbo · ss The Dark #82, March 2022; best short story nominee.

74 · Destiny Delayed · Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022; best short story nominee.

87 · Novelettes

88 · If You Find Yourself Speaking to God, Address God with the Informal You · John Chu · nv Uncanny Magazine #47, July/August 2022; best novelette winner.

109 · The Prince of Salt and the Ocean’s Bargain · Natalia Theodoridou · nv Uncanny Magazine #48, September/October 2022; best novelette nominee.

129 · A Dream of Electric Mothers · Wole Talabi · nv Africa Risen ed. Sheree Renée Thomas, Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki & Zelda Knight, Tor.com, November 2022; best novelette nominee.

145 · Two Hands, Wrapped in Gold · S. B. Divya · nv Uncanny Magazine #46, May/June 2022; best novelette nominee.

175 · We Built This City · Marie Vibbert · nv Clarkesworld #189, June 2022; best novelette nominee.

193 · Murder by Pixel: Crime and Responsibility in the Digital Darkness · S. L. Huang · nv Clarkesworld #195, December 2022; best novelette nominee.

211 · Novella

212 · Even Though I Knew the End · C. L. Polk · ex Tor.com, November 2022; best novella winner.

218 · Novella & Novel Finalists · [uncredited] · bi

227 · MultiMedia Award Finalists · [uncredited] · bi

Nebula Awards Showcase 59 ed. Stephen Kotowych (Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., March 25, 2025, 978-1-958243-06-0, $14.95, 223pp, tp, an, cover: Star Deity 2024 by Lauren Raye Snow)
Details supplied by John Boston.

4 · 2023 Nebula Awards · [uncredited] · bi

9 · Short Stories

10 · Tantie Merle and the Farmhand 4200 · R. S. A. Garcia · ss Uncanny Magazine #53, July/August 2023; best short story winner.

23 · Bad Doors · John Wiswell · ss Uncanny Magazine #50, January/February 2023; best short story nominee.

33 · Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont · P. A. Cornell · ss Fantasy Magazine #96, October 2023; best short story nominee.

48 · Window Boy · Thomas Ha · ss Clarkesworld #203, August 2023; best short story nominee.

58 · Better Living Through Algorithms · Naomi Kritzer · ss Clarkesworld #200, May 2023; best short story nominee.

70 · The Sound of Children Screaming · Rachael K. Jones · ss Nightmare #133, October 2023; best short story nominee.

80 · Novelettes

81 · The Year Without Sunshine · Naomi Kritzer · nv Uncanny Magazine #55, November/December 2023; best novelette winner.

103 · Saturday’s Song · Wole Talabi · nv Lightspeed #156, May 2023; best novelette nominee.

122 · I Am AI · Ai Jiang · nv Shortwave Media, June 2023; best novelette nominee.

148 · A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair · Renan Bernardo · nv Samovar February 27 2023; best novelette nominee.

165 · Imagine: Purple-Haired Girl Shooting Down the Moon · Angela Liu · nv Clarkesworld #201, June 2023; best novelette nominee.

182 · Six Versions of My Brother Found Under the Bridge · Eugenia Triantafyllou · nv Uncanny Magazine #54, September/October 2023; best novelette nominee.

203 · Novella

204 · Linghun · Ai Jiang · ex Dark Matter Ink, April 2023; best novella winner.

207 · Novella & Novel Finalists · [uncredited] · bi

218 · MultiMedia Award Finalists · [uncredited] · bi

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume One ed. Stephen Kotowych (Ansible Press, December 14, 2023, 978-0-9939375-9-0, $24.95, 362pp, tp, an, cover by Tithi Luadthong)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Introduction · Stephen Kotowych · in

8 · Give Me English · Ai Jiang · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2022

19 · The Voice of a Thousand Years · Fawaz Al-Matrouk · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2022

31 · Bottom’s Dream · Glenn Clifton · ss On Spec #121, 2022

41 · And in the Arcade, Ego · Kate Heartfield · ss Pulp Literature #33, Winter 2022

50 · The Secret Lives of Shellwomen · Geneviève Blouin; translated by Margaret Sankey · ss
translated from the French (“La Vie secrète des carapacées”, Solaris #223, October 15, 2022).

63 · In Stock Images of the Future, Everything Is White · Terese Mason Pierre · pm Uncanny Magazine #46, May/June 2022

65 · Michif Man · Chelsea Vowel · ss Buffalo Is the New Buffalo by Chelsea Vowel, Arsenal Pulp Press, June 2022

82 · Sunday in the Park with Hank · Leah Bobet · ss The Deadlands #15, July 2022

87 · A New Brave World · Eric Choi · ss Brave New Worlds ed. S. C. Butler & Joshua Palmatier, Zombies Need Brains, July 2022

105 · Poltergeist · Rhonda Parrish · pm Star*Line Spring 2022

106 · One Day in the Afterlife of Detective Roshni Chaddha · Rati Mehrotra · ss Lightspeed #151, December 2022

124 · Big Trouble in Droidtown · Hayden Trenholm · ss Astronaut Always Rings Twice ed. Shannon Allen & J. R. Campbell, Tyche Books, August 2022

138 · First Contact · Lisa Timpf · pm Eye to the Telescope April 2022

140 · Distant Skies · Charlotte Ashley · ss Mythaxis Magazine #32, Winter 2022

153 · Shattered · Marie Bilodeau · ss Rogue Artists ed. E. D. E. Bell, Atthis Arts, June 2022

159 · Necklace · Carolyn Clink · pm Frost Zone #6, Spring 2022

161 · All That Burns Unseen · Premee Mohamed · ss Slate July 30 2022

176 · Rapunzel in the Desert · Melissa Yuan-Innes · pm On Spec #122, 2022

178 · Redfin Spine · Jonathan Olfert · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #346, January 1 2022

186 · Maximum Efficiency · Holly Schofield · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2022

194 · Choose Your Own · C. J. Lavigne · vi Daily Science Fiction April 22 2022

199 · After the Apocalypse · Colleen Anderson · pm New Myths #61, Winter 2022

201 · Rare Earths Pineapple · Michèle Laframboise · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2022

212 · Choke · Suyi Davies Okungbowa · ss Tor.com September 14 2022

222 · Three Herons · Geoffrey W. Cole · gp (r)

_222 · Three Herons: Black-Crested Night · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm Polar Starlight March 2022

_223 · Three Herons: Great Blue · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm Polar Starlight March 2022

_223 · Three Herons: Yellow-Crested Night · Geoffrey W. Cole · pm Polar Starlight March 2022

225 · Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead · K. T. Bryski · ss Strange Horizons October 31 2022

236 · Vi’Hun Heal · Michelle Tang · ss
previously available as an audio download from Escape Pod, 7 April 2022.

246 · The Bleak Communion of Abandoned Things · Ariel Marken Jack · ss
previously available as an audio download from PseudoPod, 22 April 2022.

256 · A sinkhole invites a street to consider its future · Dominik Parisien · pm Uncanny Magazine #44, January/February 2022

257 · Broken Vow: The Adventures of Flick Gibson, Intergalactic Videographer · Peter G. Reynolds · ss On Spec #120, 2022

265 · Green Witch · Elizabeth Whitton · ss Prairie Witch ed. Stacey Kondla, Prairie Soul, August 2022

277 · The Mall at Night · Millie Ho · pm Augur Magazine v5 #1, 2022

280 · Homeplus · Liz Westbrook-Trenholm · ss Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine #34, 2022

292 · Into the Frozen Wilds · P. A. Cornell · ss Galaxy’s Edge #59, November 2022

304 · The Wolf of Your Passions · Lynne Sargent · pm Augur Magazine v5 #2, 2022

305 · Critical Mass · Peter Watts · ss Lightspeed #146, July 2022

322 · Douen · Suzan Palumbo · ss The Dark #82, March 2022

334 · Year’s Best Novellas and Novelettes 2022 · [uncredited] · bi

335 · Aurora Awards 2022 · [uncredited] · bi

337 · Prix Boréal-Aurora 2022 · [uncredited] · bi

338 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

346 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg

347 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two ed. Stephen Kotowych (Ansible Press, November 12, 2024, 978-1-7381875-1-5, $23.99, 510pp, tp, an, cover: Summon by Xiofan Zhang)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · 2023 Year in Review · Stephen Kotowych · in

23 · The Canadian Miracle [The Lost Cause] · Cory Doctorow · ss Tor.com November 1 2023

33 · John Hollowback and the Witch · Amal El-Mohtar · nv The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager US, August 2023

52 · Third Life · Julie E. Czerneda · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, January 2023

60 · The Girl Who Cried Diamonds · Rebecca Hirsch Garcia · ss The Girl Who Cried Diamonds & Other Stories by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, ECW Press, October 2023

67 · The Nothings · Beth Cato & Rhonda Parrish · pm Utopia Science Fiction Magazine February/March 2023

69 · Six Incidents of Evolution Using Time Travel · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023

76 · Manic Pixie Girl · A. C. Wise · ss The Other Side of Never ed. Paul Kane & Marie O’Regan, Titan Books, May 2023

85 · The Distance Between Us · Rati Mehrotra · pm Fantasy Magazine #89, March 2023

87 · At Every Door a Ghost · Premee Mohamed · nv Communications Breakdown ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, October 2023

105 · Negative Theology of the Child from “The King of Tars” · Sonia Sulaiman · vi Fantasy Magazine #96, October 2023

109 · The Bestiary · Diana Dima · pm Small Wonders #5, November 2023

112 · If I Should Fall Behind · Douglas Smith · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2023

131 · A Summer Soup to Cure Magical Thinking · Kim Harbridge · ss Pulp Literature #39, Summer 2023

134 · Your Great Mother Across the Salt Sea · Kelsey Hutton · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #376, February 23 2023

154 · Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil · Elis Montgomery · pm Playlist of the Damned ed. Willow Dawn Becker & Jessica Landry, Weird Little Worlds, October 2023

156 · Solar Gravitational Lens · Pauline Barmby · ss On Spec #126, 2023

164 · The Toll of the Snake · Grace P. Fong · ss Apex Magazine #137, 2023

176 · How Noah Saved the Dinosaurs—A Litany · David Clink · pm The Black Ship by David Clink, Aeolus House, November 2023

178 · The Long Way Home from Gaia BH1 · Manuela Amiouny · ss Heartlines Spec #2, Spring/Summer 2023

187 · Solitaire for Three · James Alan Gardner · ss Game On! ed. Stephen Kotowych & Tony Pi, Zombies Need Brains, July 2023

205 · Sleeper Ship · Carolyn Clink · pm Polar Starlight May 2023

206 · Secondhand Music · Aleksandra Hill · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2023

218 · Sink Your Sorrows to the Sea · Chandra Fisher · ss Saltwater Sorrows ed. Rhonda Parrish, Tyche Books, August 2023

226 · The Lover · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · nv Amazon Original Stories, November 1 2023

252 · For the Robots · J. D. Dresner · pm Polar Starlight January 2023

254 · What’s Left Behind · Isabelle Piette; translated by Margaret Sankey · ss
translated from the French (Solaris, Summer 2022).

269 · Exit Greeting, or How to Cultivate Your Big Book of Grudges · Chadwick Ginther · ss What Draws Us Near ed. Keith Cadieux & Adam Petrash, Little Ghosts Books, May 2023

271 · Scarecrow · David Shultz · pm Polar Starlight March 2023

276 · Svitla · A. D. Sui · ss Embroidered Worlds ed. Olha Brylova, Valya Dudycz & Iryna Pasko, Atthis Arts, December 2023

287 · Predictive Text · Dominik Parisien · pm Augur Magazine v6 #1, 2023

288 · LOL, Said the Scorpion · Rich Larson · ss Clarkesworld #200, May 2023

296 · Horsewoman · A. M. Dellamonica · ss Uncanny Magazine #50, January/February 2023

318 · The Dust Bowl Café · Justin Dill · ss Augur Magazine v6 #1, 2023

325 · Letter to a Brother on a Generation Ship · M. W. Irving · pm On Spec #125, 2023

327 · Revelstoke · Gemma Files · ss New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine Winter 2023

341 · Tongue Mining · Jack Morton · ss Radon Journal #4, May 2023

348 · A Siren’s Call, A Banshee’s Wail, A Grandmother’s Dream · Ai Jiang · pm Uncanny Magazine #54, September/October 2023

349 · Wapnintu’tijig: They Sang Until Dawn · Tiffany Morris · ss
previously available as an audio download from PodCastle, January 24, 2023.

355 · Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont · P. A. Cornell · ss Fantasy Magazine #96, October 2023

373 · Hemlock on Mars · Eric Choi · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, January 2023

391 · Lying Flat · Lynne Sargent · pm Strange Horizons October 9 2023

394 · Lady Koi-Koi: A Book Report · Suyi Davies Okungbowa · ss Apex Magazine #138, 2023

401 · In a Cabin, In a Wood · Kelly Robson · ss The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager US, August 2023

417 · Eclipsed · Lisa Timpf · pm Polar Borealis October 2023

418 · The Spoil Heap · Fiona Moore · ss Clarkesworld #198, March 2023

435 · As a, I want to, so I can · Kelley Tai · pm Heartlines Spec #2, Spring/Summer 2023

437 · And Prison on My Back · Phoebe Barton · ss Luminescent Machinations ed. Rhiannon Rasmussen & Dave Ring, Neon Hemlock Press, July 2023

447 · Seeds for Titanium · Brandon Crilly · ss Utopia Science Fiction Magazine August/September 2023

456 · The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Out There Screaming ed. Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, Random House, October 2023

475 · Year’s Best Novellas and Novelettes 2023 · [uncredited] · bi

477 · Aurora Awards 2023 · [uncredited] · bi

479 · Prix Boréal-Aurora 2023 · [uncredited] · bi

480 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

491 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg

492 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

494 · Publication Details · [uncredited] · bi

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Three ed. Stephen Kotowych (Ansible Press, October 21, 2025, 978-1-73818-753-9, $18.99, 546pp, tp, an, cover: Repair Station 73 by Pascal Blanché from 2020)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

xiii · Year in Review 2024 · Stephen Kotowych · in

1 · The High Cost of Heat · Kelly Robson · ss The Sunday Morning Transport June 2 2024

11 · Hijack · Karl Schroeder · ss IEEE Spectrum March 2024

20 · Saving Week · Julie E. Czerneda · ss On Spec #129, 2024

24 · Turn About · Tanya Huff · ss Last-Ditch ed. Gerald Brandt & Troy Carrol Bucher, Zombies Need Brains, June 2024

38 · The Goddess of Loneliness and Misfortune · Anna Bendiy · ss Khōréō v4 #1, 2024

51 · Not Lost (Never Lost) · Premee Mohamed · ss Psychopomp April 1 2024

56 · Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka · Y. M. Pang · pm Invitation ed. David F. Shultz, TDotSpec Inc., December 2024

60 · Phosphorescence · Ben Berman Ghan · ss Clarkesworld #210, March 2024

78 · The Patron Saint of Flatliners · K. A. Wiggins · ss Mysterion March 25 2024

87 · Vasilisa · Melanie Marttila · pm Polar Borealis May 2024

89 · Buddy Raymond’s No-Bullshit Guide to Drone Hunting · Gillian Secord · ss Diabolical Plots #108, February 2024

95 · The Pain of a Twilight · Annie Tenaglio; translated by Margaret Sankey · ss
translated from the French (“La Douleur des crépuscules”, Solaris 232, Summer 2024).

113 · The Portmeirion Road · Fiona Moore · ss Clarkesworld #212, May 2024

128 · Trip Through the Robot · Carolyn & David Clink · pm Giant Robot Poems ed. Randy Brown, Middle West Press, July 2024

130 · A Vine Entwines Them · Geoff Gander · ss Abyss & Apex #91, 3rd Quarter 2024

136 · The Warfighter · Timothy Quinn · vi Nature (online) March 20 2024

140 · The Breath of Kannask · Hiron Ennes · ss Northern Nights ed. Michael Kelly, Undertow Publications, October 2024

151 · Star Stitcher · A. J. Van Belle · pm Haven Speculative #13, January 2024

154 · Swallowtail · Blake Jessop · ss Last-Ditch ed. Gerald Brandt & Troy Carrol Bucher, Zombies Need Brains, June 2024

175 · A Portal Fantasy for Grown-Ups · Catherine George · ss Gamut Magazine #8, August 2024

182 · Midnight Man Versus the Long Night · Chadwick Ginther · ss Carpe Noctem ed. Megan Fennell & Leslie Van Zwol, Tyche Books, August 2024

196 · Welcome to Resurrection Lodge · Chris Clemens · pm Strange Locations ed. Marissa van Uden, Apex Book Company, 2024

198 · Hearsay · Holly Schofield · ss Through the Portal ed. Lynn Hutchinson Lee & Nina Munteanu, Exile Editions, December 2024

204 · A World of Milk and Promises · R. H. Wesley · ss Clarkesworld #216, September 2024

213 · What Beautiful Heavens These · Kaya Skovdatter · pm Strange Horizons December 23 2024

216 · And When She Shatters · Kerry C. Byrne · ss Heartlines Spec #4, Spring 2024

227 · Giant of the Stars · Alex Langer · ss On Spec #129, 2024

239 · Markets of the Otherworld · Rati Mehrotra · ss Uncanny Magazine #58, May/June 2024

250 · Angakkuq · Shantell Powell · pm On Spec #130, 2024

252 · Telling the Soul of Mars · Alina Pete · ss Augur Magazine v7 #2, 2024

263 · On Slate and Skin [Larkh] · Jonathan Olfert · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #403, March 21 2024

281 · This Grimoire Belongs to Miss Cleo Jackson · Elis Montgomery · ss For a Friend ed. Samiha Meah & Lisa Byus, Lucent Dreaming, August 2024

289 · Corn God Revival · Colleen Anderson · pm Journ-E #5, Vernal Equinox 2024

291 · After the Apocalypse in Moosonee · James Bow · ss Tales from the Silence ed. James Bow, Endless Sky Books, November 2024

309 · Margery Lung Is Unstoppable · Lisa Chen · ss Diabolical Plots #118, December 2024

318 · Once Upon a Planet · Kelsey Hutton · ss Augur Magazine v7 #1, 2024

326 · A Simple Errand · Matthew John · ss Tales from the Magician’s Skull #10, 2023

345 · Bright Horizons · P. A. Cornell · ss Learning to Be Human, Flame Tree Publishing, January 2024

354 · As Twilight Approaches · Lisa Timpf · pm Dreams and Nightmares #127, May 2024

356 · Desolation Sounds · Geoffrey W. Cole · ss Zebra Meridian & Other Stories by Geoffrey W. Cole, Stelliform Press, September 2024

376 · One Becomes Two · A. D. Sui · ss Augur Magazine v7 #3, 2024

387 · Light of My Life · Ian Li · pm Astrolabe December 2024

388 · Rented · Agata Antonow · ss Through the Portal ed. Lynn Hutchinson Lee & Nina Munteanu, Exile Editions, December 2024

395 · The Bread Boy · Ariel Marken Jack · ss Fictionable Winter 2023

411 · Born Against Teeth · Tiffany Morris · pm Grimm Retold ed. L. C. W. Allingham & River Eno, Speculation Publications, September 2024

413 · Mars Needs Psychopaths · Derryl Murphy · ss Last-Ditch ed. Gerald Brandt & Troy Carrol Bucher, Zombies Need Brains, June 2024

433 · Blood and Desert Dreams · Y. M. Pang · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #408, May 30 2024

446 · Our Time and Space · Mahaila Smith · pm Polar Starlight April 2024

447 · Intergalactic Imperative · Pauline Barmby · ss Astral #2, Autumn Equinox 2024

451 · The World in Our Hands · Sophie Gazarian · ss Fusion Fragment #22, August 2024

462 · Songs for Intergalactic Seas · Lynne Sargent · pm Trollbreath Magazine #2, Winter 2024

464 · Vigilant [Marcus Yallow] · Cory Doctorow · nv Reactor September 26 2024

485 · Honourable Mentions 2024 · [uncredited] · bi

487 · Year’s Best Novellas and Novelettes 2024 · [uncredited] · bi

489 · Aurora Awards 2024 · [uncredited] · bi

491 · Prix Aurora-Boréal 2024 · [uncredited] · bi

493 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg

495 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Hearts of Wood and Other Timeless Tales by William Kotzwinkle (Godine, October 1986, 0-87923-648-5, $12.95, 85pp, hc, oc)
Collection of 5 new fantasy/fairytale stories, illustrated by Joe Servello.

1 · Hearts of Wood · William Kotzwinkle · nv

29 · The Dream of Chuang · William Kotzwinkle · ss

41 · The Fairy King · William Kotzwinkle · ss

57 · The Oldest Man · William Kotzwinkle · ss

71 · The Enchanted Horses · William Kotzwinkle · ss

The Hot Jazz Trio by William Kotzwinkle (Houghton Mifflin, November 1989, 0-395-50096-6, $17.95, 153pp, hc, oc)
Collection of three literary fantasy stories, illustrated by Joe Servello.

1 · Django Reinhardt Played the Blues · William Kotzwinkle · na

101 · Blues on the Nile · William Kotzwinkle · ss

115 · Boxcar Blues · William Kotzwinkle · nv

Jewel of the Moon by William Kotzwinkle (Putnam, December 1985, 0-399-13113-2, $14.95, 160pp, hc, oc)
Collection of 15 stories, only seven of them previously published. Most are very short fantasies.

9 · The Day Stokowski Saved the World · William Kotzwinkle · ss

15 · The Curio Shop · William Kotzwinkle · vi Omni September 1980

21 · Jewel of the Moon · William Kotzwinkle · ss Viva November 1973

41 · Postcard Found in a Trunk · William Kotzwinkle · ss

49 · Sun, Moon, and Storm · William Kotzwinkle · ss

65 · Tell Her You Love Her with a Ring from Dave’s House of Diamonds · William Kotzwinkle · ss

69 · Disturbance Reported on a Pipeline · William Kotzwinkle · ss

77 · Mr. Jones’s Convention · William Kotzwinkle · ss Penthouse (US) November 1974

87 · Fading Tatoo · William Kotzwinkle · ss

93 · Victory at North Antor · William Kotzwinkle · ss Penthouse (US) May 1975

113 · A Man Who Knew His Birds · William Kotzwinkle · ss Omni February 1985

123 · Letter to a Swan · William Kotzwinkle · ss Transatlantic Review #58/59, February 1977

133 · Star Cruisers, Welcome · William Kotzwinkle · ss

141 · That Winter When Prince Borisov Was Everybody’s Favorite · William Kotzwinkle · ss

151 · Fana · William Kotzwinkle · ss Penthouse (UK) September 1972

World’s Spring ed. Mikhail Kovalchuk--- see under Vladimir Gakov.

Scenting the Dark and Other Stories by Mary Robinette Kowal (Subterranean Press, December 2009, 978-1-59606-267-2, $25.00, 80pp, hc, co, cover by Sandro Castelli)
Collection of eight stories, with notes on each by Kowal. The author’s first collection. Introduction by John Scalzi.

7 · Introduction · John Scalzi · in

9 · Portrait of Ari · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Strange Horizons January 30 2006

17 · Death Comes but Twice · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007

23 · Some Other Day · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss All Possible Worlds Fall 2007

35 · Just Right · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The First Line 2004

43 · Scenting the Dark · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Online August 25 2008

53 · Locked In · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest #9, 2007

57 · This Little Pig · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Cicada 2007

69 · Jaiden’s Weaver · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Diamonds in the Sky ed. Mike Brotherton, National Science Foundation, 2009

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