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The Old Tailor & the Gaunt Man by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, March 2005, no ISBN, €5.00, 37pp, ph, ss, cover by Meggan Kehrli)
Reissue (Swan River Press 2003) chapbook ghost short story, illustrated by Meggan Kehrli; second printing.

Quis Separabit by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, December 2007, €5.00, 48pp, ph, nv, cover by Jeffrey C. Roche)
Limited to 300 copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

The Snow Came Softly Down; or, The Kindness of Ghosts by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, September 2005, no ISBN, €5.00, 37pp, ph, ss, cover by Duane Spurlock)
Reissue (Swan River Press 2004) chapbook ghost short story, illustrated by Duane Spurlock; second printing.

Tigh an Bhreithimh by Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, October 2005, no ISBN, €5.00, 37pp, ph, ss, cover by Duane Spurlock)
Chapbook ghost short story, illustrated by Duane Spurlock. This is a limited edition of 300.

An Arabian Night-mare and Others (1848-1854) by Fitz-James O’Brien ed. Brian J. Showers & Jim Rockhill--- see under Fitz-James O’Brien.

Atmospheric Disturbances by Helen Grant ed. Brian J. Showers & Timothy J. Jarvis--- see under Helen Grant.

Beasts with Five Fingers: Strange Tales of Disembodied Hands ed. Brian J. Showers (The British Library, May 21, 2026, 978-0-7123-6935-0, £10.99, 283pp, tp, an, cover by Mag Ruhig) [British Library Tales of the Weird]
Details supplied by Mike Ashley.

7 · Disembodied Hands in Weird Fiction · Brian J. Showers · in

15 · Ghost Stories of the Tiled House · J. S. Le Fanu · ex from “The House by the Church-Yard”, as by Charles de Cresseron, Dublin University Magazine October 1861 (+16), as by Charles de Cresseron

33 · The Flayed Hand · Guy de Maupassant; translated by E. C. Waggener · ss Twenty-Five Ghost Stories ed. W. Bob Holland, J.S. Ogilvie, 1904
translated from the French (“La Main d’écorché”, L’Almanach lorrain de Pont-à-Mousson, 1875 as by Joseph Prunier).

43 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant · ss Monsieur Parent, Queen Hortense, Fascination and Other Stories by Guy de Maupassant, P.F. Collier, 1910
translated from the French (“La main”, Le Gaulois, December 23, 1883).

53 · The Adventure of Lady Wishaw’s Hand · Richard Marsh · nv Curios by Richard Marsh, John Long, 1898

77 · Ghost Hand · Selma Lagerlöf; translated by Johan Wijkmark · ss
translated from the Swedish (“Spökhanden”, Iduns Julnummer, December 1898.

91 · The Blood Fetish · Morley Roberts · ss Midsummer Madness by Morley Roberts, Eveleigh Nash, 1909

109 · The Gateway of the Monster [Thomas Carnacki] · William Hope Hodgson · ss The Idler January 1910

137 · The Beast with Five Fingers · W. F. Harvey · nv The Beast with Five Fingers by William Fryer Harvey, Dent, 1928
revised from The New Decameron, Volume the First, B.H. Blackwell, 1919.

171 · The Dead Hand [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · ss Weird Tales May 1926

191 · The Hand of Götz von Berlichingen · Jean Ray; translated by Hubert Van Calenbergh · nv My Own Private Spectres by Jean Ray, tr. Hubert Van Calenbergh, Midnight House, 1999

209 · The Terror in Teakwood · Harold Lawlor · nv Weird Tales March 1947

247 · Like Two White Spiders · Eddy C. Bertin · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories No. 3 ed. Richard Davis, Sphere, 1973
translated from the Dutch (“Als twee grote witte spinnen”, De achtjaarlijkse god, Bruna, 1971).

263 · Bird in a Wrought Iron Cage · John Alfred Taylor · ss The Chill Winds of October, Laurel Arts Foundation, 1986

269 · The Late Post · Mark Valentine · ss The Peacock Escritoire by Mark Valentine, Ex Occidente Press, February 2011

Bending to Earth: Strange Stories by Irish Women ed. Brian J. Showers & Maria Giakaniki--- see under Maria Giakaniki.

The Diamond Lens and Others (1855-1858) by Fitz-James O’Brien ed. Brian J. Showers & Jim Rockhill--- see under Fitz-James O’Brien.

Dreams of Shadow and Smoke: Stories for J.S. Le Fanu ed. Brian J. Showers & Jim Rockhill--- see under Jim Rockhill.

A Mystery of Remnant and Other Absences by B. Catling ed. Brian J. Showers & Timothy J. Jarvis--- see under B. Catling.

Now It’s Dark by Lynda E. Rucker ed. Brian J. Showers & Timothy J. Jarvis--- see under Lynda E. Rucker.

Uncertainties: Volume I ed. Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, August 2016, 978-1-78380-014-8, €30.00, xii + 191pp, hc, oa, cover by Chris Priestley)
Limited edition of 400 copies.
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Foreword · John Connolly · fw

1 · The Faerie Ring · John Reppion · ss

19 · From the Archives of the Westmeath Examiner · Derek John · nv

40 · Wellaway · Martin Hayes · ss

56 · Last Love · John Kenny · ss

73 · On a Clear Day · Robert Neilson · ss

90 · A Letter from McHenry · Reggie Chamberlain-King · ss

103 · The Light at the Centre · Maura McHugh · ss

114 · Fran’s Nan’s Story · Sarah LeFanu · ss

· Flyblown · Timothy J. Jarvis · nv

· To the Eternal One · Mark Valentine · ss

· The Seance · Lynda E. Rucker · ss

Uncertainties: Volume II ed. Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, August 2016, 978-1-78380-015-5, €30.00, xii+189pp, hc, oa, cover by Chris Priestley)
Limited edition of 400 copies.
Details taken from online listing.

ix · Foreword · Brian J. Showers · fw

1 · The Swing · Peter Bell · ss

10 · The Mighty Mr Godbolt · R. B. Russell · ss

22 · Then and Now · John Howard · ss

39 · The Ice Beneath Us · Steve Duffy · ss

56 · Closing Time · Emma Darwin · ss

71 · Homecraft · Rosalie Parker · ss

83 · Half-Light · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

90 · Imago · Mat Joiner · ss

· The Edge of the World · Helen Grant · ss

· The Court of Midnight · Mark Samuels · ss

· What’s Out There? · Gary McMahon · ss

· Ruby · Adam Golaski · ss

· The Murky · V. H. Leslie · ss

· Love at Second Sight · Reggie Oliver · nv

Uncertainties: Volume V ed. Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, April 2021, 978-1-78380-038-4, €40.00, xiii+209pp, hc, oa, cover by Ksenia Korniewska)
Limited edition of 400 copies.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Foreword · Brian J. Showers · fw

· Three Sisters Bog · Eoin Murphy · ss

· First a Bird · Ramsey Campbell · ss

· To See the Sea · Sean Hogan · ss

· Everything We Say and All the Things We Do · Jason E. Rolfe · ss

· Not Even Legend · Alan Moore · ss

· Skeleton Day · Aislinn Clarke · ss

· Malady of Laughter · Inna Effress · ss

· Little Lives · Deirdre Sullivan · ss

· So Much Potential · Simon Strantzas · ss

· Away · Nina Antonia · ss

· Washed in the Blood of the Sun · John Langan · ss

· Trap · Carly Holmes · ss

· Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Uncertainties VI ed. Brian J. Showers (Swan River Press, July 11, 2023, 978-1-78380-045-2, €40.00, 217pp, hc, oa, cover: Dreams as Red Barn by David Tibet)
Limited to 450 copies of which 100 were embossed and hand numbered.
Details taken from publisher website.

· Unfinished Business · Ruth Barber · ss

· The Switch · James Everington · ss

· Where Are They Now? · Alison Moore · ss

· The Bracken Box · Naben Ruthnum · ss

· Houses of Flesh · Anne-Sylvie Salzman · ss

· I See Minza · Eric Stener Carlson · ss

· Consumed as in Obsessed · Méabh de Brún · ss

· Aisles · B. Catling · ss

· Interference · Stephen J. Clark · ss

· The Contagion · L. C. von Hessen · ss

· The Sands · A. K. Benedict · ss

· Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Uncertainties 7 ed. Brian J. Showers, Carly Holmes & Timothy J. Jarvis--- see under Carly Holmes.

What Was It? and Others (1858-1864) by Fitz-James O’Brien ed. Brian J. Showers & Jim Rockhill--- see under Fitz-James O’Brien.

The Monsters of Madame Atomos by Michael Shreve--- see under André Caroff.

The Contemporary American Short Story ed. Porter Shreve & B. Minh Nguyen--- see under B. Minh Nguyen.

30/30: Thirty American Stories from the Last Thirty Years ed. Porter Shreve & B. Minh Nguyen (Penguin Academics, 2006, 0-321-33898-7, xi+305pp, pb, an)

ix · Preface · Porter Shreve & B. Minh Nguyen · pr

1 · Introduction · Porter Shreve & B. Minh Nguyen · in

12 · What You Pawn I Will Redeem · Sherman Alexie · nv The New Yorker April 21/April 28 2003

32 · River of Names · Dorothy Allison · ss Lesbian Fiction ed. Elly Bulkin, Persephone Press, 1981

41 · The School · Donald Barthelme · ss The New Yorker June 17 1974

44 · Snow · Charles Baxter · ss The New Yorker December 19 1988

54 · Snow · Ann Beattie · ss Vanity Fair (US) September 1983

56 · Greasy Lake · T. C. Boyle · ss The Paris Review #83, Spring 1982

65 · Milk · Ron Carlson · ss North American Review v271 #4, December 1986

76 · Cathedral · Raymond Carver · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1981

90 · The House on Mango Street · Sandra Cisneros · ex Arte Publico Press, 1984

92 · Story · Lydia Davis · ss Story and Other Stories by Lydia Davis, The Figure, 1983

95 · Fiesta, 1980 · Junot Díaz · ss Story Winter 1996

108 · We Didn’t · Stuart Dybek · ss Antæus #70, Spring 1993

118 · Saint Marie · Louise Erdrich · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1984

131 · The Fix · Percival Everett · ss New York Stories Winter 1999

144 · Tiny, Smiling Daddy · Mary Gaitskill · ss The Threepenny Review #53, Spring 1993

156 · A Coin · Aleksandar Hemon · ss Chicago Review Winter 1997

168 · Birthmates · Gish Jen · ss Ploughshares Winter 1994/1995

183 · Girl · Jamaica Kincaid · vi The New Yorker June 26 1978

185 · Interpreter of Maladies · Jhumpa Lahiri · nv Agni #47, 1998

204 · Gravity · David Leavitt · ss A Place I’ve Never Been by David Leavitt, Viking, 1990

209 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, October 1973

215 · Cold-Hearted · David Wong Louie · ss Los Angeles Times July 17 1994

223 · The Kind of Light That Shines on Texas · Reginald McKnight · ss The Kenyon Review Summer 1989

235 · Boys · Rick Moody · ss Elle October 2000

240 · How to Talk to Your Mother (Notes) · Lorrie Moore · ss Self-Help by Lorrie Moore, Knopf, 1985

249 · The Things They Carried · Tim O’Brien · ss Esquire August 1986

265 · The Shawl · Cynthia Ozick · ss The New Yorker May 26 1980

270 · Every Tongue Shall Confess · Z. Z. Packer · ss Ploughshares Fall 2002

283 · Job History · Annie Proulx · ss Close Range by Annie Proulx, Scribner, 1999

288 · Missing Women · June Spence · ss The Southern Review Summer 1996

296 · Appendix I—A Brief History of the Short Story · [uncredited] · ar

299 · Appendix II—Writing Prompts · [uncredited] · ar

305 · Index of Authors and Titles · [uncredited] · ix

306 · Additional Titles of Interest · [uncredited] · ms

Bulletproof Soul by Steven L. Shrewsbury (Black Death Books, December 2003, 0-9747680-0-6, $20.00, 256pp, hc, oc) [Dack Shannon]
Original collection of 20 horror/noir stories, most previously published online, many with genre elements, about albino covert agent Dack Shannon in the Majestic Universe.

9 · Who Is Dack Shannon? · Steven L. Shrewsbury · in

11 · Dust [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

27 · What Lurke Beneath [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

33 · Cocaine Cowboys [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

45 · Damnation Angels [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · na

93 · Devil’s Little Soldier [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

99 · Agent Aqua [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

106 · Hellraisers [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · nv

133 · Neck-Tie Party [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

137 · Never Born to Lose [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

144 · Thunder Underground [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

149 · Issue from the Rotten Womb [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

156 · Pariah [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

167 · Batch of Lies [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

175 · Black Helecopter [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · vi

177 · Murder Hole [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

191 · Eternally Jaded [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

196 · In the Company of Reapers [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

205 · Under the Neon Dragon [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

222 · No Allegiance [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · nv

252 · Resurrection [Dack Shannon] · Steven L. Shrewsbury · ss

The Mind Beyond ed. Irene Shubik (ghost written by ed. Brian Hayles) (Penguin, 1976, 0-1400-4352-7, 65p, 239pp, pb, oa)
Stories upon which the BBC television series The Mind Beyond was based. Includes two others transmitted in 1975 prior to the series. The anthology was compiled by the main scriptwriter, Brian Hayles, though published under the name of the series producer.

9 · Introduction · Irene Shubik · in

13 · The Breakthrough · Daphne du Maurier · nv Ladies’ Home Journal March 1966

61 · Mrs. Acland’s Ghosts · William Trevor · ss Angels at the Ritz by William Trevor, The Bodley Head, 1975

79 · Stones · Irene Shubik & Malcolm Christopher · ss

101 · The Daedalus Equations · Bruce Stewart · ss

124 · Double Echo · Brian Hayles · nv

151 · The Man with the Power · Evan Jones · nv

182 · The Love of a Good Woman · William Trevor · ss The Eighth Ghost Book ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Jenkins, 1972

197 · Meriel, the Ghost Girl · David Halliwell · nv

237 · Notes on Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Yellow Wall-paper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman ed. Robert Shulman--- see under Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

Arcane ed. Nathan Shumate (Cold Fusion Media, December 20, 2011, 978-1-4680-6752-1, $14.99, 338pp, tp, oa, cover by Dan Verkys)
Details taken from online listing.

· You Gotta Have a Gimmick · Nathan Shumate · in

· We Belong to Her · Joe Mirabello · ss

· A Capella · Jonathan S. Pembroke · ss

· The Truth About Mother · Van Aaron Hughes · ss

· The Web of Legends · Damien Walters Grintalis · ss

· Reyes Rides the Deville · Dan Cavallari · ss

· The Heart of the Matter · Paul L. Bates · ss

· El Diablo de Paseo Grande [Coyote Cal] · Milo James Fowler · ss

· The Delivery · A. A. Garrison · ss

· Corporautolysis · Christopher Slatsky · ss

· Mallecho · Stephen Willcott · ss

· God of the Kiln · Eric Francis · ss

· Tied · D. T. Kastn · ss

· Lady of the Crossroads · Christine Lucas · ss

· Beneath the Arch of Knives · James Lecky · ss

· All Coated in Bonemeal · Bartholomew Klick · ss

· Possessed of Talent · Thomas Allein · ss

· Sweet Heaven in My View · Frank Stascik · ss

· It’s Not the Boys in This Family That Have to Worry · Brady Golden · ss

· Kiss of Death · Jeremy Zimmerman · ss

· Legacy · S. M. Williams · ss

· An Unquiet Slumber · Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein · ss

· A Friend, the Spider · Caitlin Hoffman · ss

· Destination Unknown · Anthony J. Rapino · ss

· In One There Is Many · Max Vile · ss

· Incident at the Geometric Church · David McGillveray · ss

· Black Bush · Gemma Files · ss

· The Best and Bitt’rest Kiss · S. K. Gilman · ss

· Visiting Hours · Josh Strnad · ss

· Sweet Dreams · Fran Walker · ss

· The Business of Herman Laczko · Mark Beech · ss

· Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

An Alternate History of the 21st Century by William Shunn (Spilt Milk Press, September 2007, no ISBN, $5.00, 68pp, ph, co, cover by Mattias Adolfsson)
Chapbook collection of six stories, two original, and two previously published online. Introduction by Cory Doctorow.

5 · Introduction · Cory Doctorow · in

8 · From Our Point of View We Had Moved to the Left · William Shunn · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1993

13 · Kevin₁₇ · William Shunn · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1995

15 · Observations from the City of Angels · William Shunn · ss Salon July 16 2003, as “Love in the Age of Spyware”

22 · Strong Medicine · William Shunn · ss Salon November 11 2003

23 · Objective Impermeability in a Closed System · William Shunn · ss

28 · Not of This Fold · William Shunn · nv

61 · A Look Back at the 21st Century · William Shunn · aw

63 · Publishing History · [uncredited] · bi

Best of British Fantasy 2018 ed. Jared Shurin (NewCon Press, May 21, 2019, 978-1-912950-18-8, £12.99, 254pp, tp, an, cover by Matty Long)
Also available in a hardback edition (-17-1, £24.99), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies, with an additional story.
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Jared Shurin · in

· There’s a Witch in the Word Machine · Jenni Fagan · pm There’s a Witch in the Word Machine by Jenni Fagan, Polygon, September 2018

· We Are Now Beginning Our Descent · Malcolm Devlin · ss Losslit #7, 2018

· The Dance of a Thousand Cuts · Liam Hogan · ss Terra! Tara! Terror! ed. Juliana Rew, Third Flatiron Publishing, September 2018

· A Son of the Sea · Priya Sharma · nv All the Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma, Undertow Publications, March 2018

· To Look Upon His Works · R. J. Barker · ss Art of War ed. Petros Triantafyllou, BookNest.eu, February 2018, as “The Art: Post War”

· 12 Answers Only You Can Question · James Warner · ss Epoch v67 #2, 2018

· The Woman Who Turned Into Soap · Harkiran Dhindsa · ss The Good Journal July 2018

· Mushroom Speed Boosts · Ben Reynolds · ss Losslit #8, 2018

· The Guile · Ian McDonald · ss Tor.com May 22 2018

· We Can Make Something Grow Between the Mushrooms and the Snow · Kirsty Logan · ss The Puritan Winter 2018

· The Moss Child · Lisa Fransson · ss The Forgotten and the Fantastical 4 ed. Teika Bellamy, Mother's Milk Books, May 2018

· Boys · Lizzie Hudson · ss Litro November 29 2018

· The Farm at the World’s End · Helen McClory · ss Occulum #7, 2018

· The Prevaricator · Matthew Hughes · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2018

· The Small Island · Heather Parry · ss F(r)iction Summer 2018

· A Gift of Tongues · Paul McQuade · ss Cōnfingō Magazine #10, 2018

· Velocity · Steph Swainston · ss Turning Point by Steph Swainston, Air and Nothingness Press, 2018

· Counting the Pennies · Rhys Hughes · ss The Early Bird Catches the Worm but the Wise Worm Stays in Bed by Rhys Hughes, Gloomy Seahorse Press, October 2018

· The Councillor’s Visit · Beth Goddard · ss Finesse, Comma Press, August 2018

· Yard Dog · Tade Thompson · ss Fiyah #7, Summer 2018

· Dark Shells · Aliya Whiteley · ss This Dreaming Isle ed. Dan Coxon, Unsung Stories, August 2018

· Coruvorn · Reggie Oliver · ss The Silent Garden v1, 2018

· The Godziliad · Adam Roberts · ss Morphosis November 4 2018

· Underground · Archie Black · ss Pornokitsch March 28 2018; in the limited edition hardback only.

Best of British Fantasy 2019 ed. Jared Shurin (NewCon Press, June 30, 2020, 978-1-912950-65-2, £12.99, 280pp, tp, an, cover by Jonathan Edwards)
Also available in a hardback edition (-64-5, £25.99), limited to 75 numbered, signed, copies, with an additional story.
Details taken from online listing.

· “Someone Will Be Along to Dig You Out” · Jared Shurin · in

· A Manual for Avoiding Further Harm from [REDACTED] · Helen McClory · ss Paper Darts November 5 2019

· Tyrannosaurs Bask in the Warmth of the Asteroid · Gareth E. Rees · ss An Invite to Eternity ed. Gary Budden & Marian Womack, Calque Press, October 2019

· Burrowing Machines · Sara Saab · ss The Dark #44, January 2019

· Birds Fell from the Sky and Each One Spoke in Your Voice · Kirsty Logan · ss Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan, Harvill Secker, October 2019

· A Few Things I Miss About Skeletons · Tom Offland · ss Visions #2, 2019

· Tilt · Karen Onojaife · ss The Outcast Hours ed. Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin, Solaris, February 2019

· Mr. Fox · Heather Parry · ss We Were Always Here ed. Ryan Vance & Michael Lee Richardson, 404 Ink, January 2019

· Joss Papers for Porcelain Ghosts · Eliza Chan · nv Pareidolia ed. James Everington & Dan Howarth, Black Shuck Books, July 2019

· The Fisher · Melanie Harding-Shaw · ss ReadingRoom October 5 2019

· Canst Thou Draw Out the Leviathan · Christopher Caldwell · ss Uncanny Magazine #28, May/June 2019

· What the Sea Reaps, We Must Provide · Eleanor R. Wood · ss Diabolical Plots: Year Five ed. David Steffen, Diabolical Plots, April 2019

· No Children · E. Saxey · ss Corvid Queen November 1 2019

· The Colossus Stops · Dafydd McKimm · vi Daily Science Fiction May 20 2019

· Wake the Dead · Maura McHugh · ss The Boughs Withered by Maura McHugh, NewCon Press, August 2019

· Why Aren’t Millennials Continuing Traditional Worship of the Elder Dark? · Matt Dovey · ss Diabolical Plots #50, April 2019

· Demolition · Nick Adams · ss Tales from the Shadow Booth v3, 2019

· The Redemption of Billy Zane · Liz Jones · ss Stories from the Green House ed. K. M. Elkes, Comma Press, January 2019

· What It Sounds Like When You Fall · Natalia Theodoridou · ss Nightmare #76, January 2019

· Competing Before the King · Leila Aboulela · ss Extra Teeth November 2019

· Dem Bones · Lavie Tidhar · ss Strange Horizons February 18 2019

· Sin Eater · Chikodili Emelumadu · ss Omenana #13, May 2019

· Thank God in the Acknowledgements · Jess Brough · ss Extra Teeth November 2019

· The Timekeeper’s Tarot · Den Patrick · ss Legends 3 ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, May 2019; in the limited edition hardback only.

The Big Book of Cyberpunk ed. Jared Shurin (Vintage Books, September 26, 2023, 978-0-593-46723-7, $32.50, xx+1116pp, tp, an)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

xi · Editor’s Note · Jared Shurin · ms

xiii · The Day of Two Thousand Pigs · [uncredited] · in

3 · The Gernsback Continuum · William Gibson · ss Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, June 1981

11 · Self · [uncredited] · si

15 · The Girl Who Was Plugged In · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, October 1973

37 · Pretty Boy Crossover · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1986

44 · Wolves of the Plateau · John Shirley · ss Mississippi Review #47/48, 1988

54 · An Old-Fashioned Story · Phillip Mann · ss Interzone #29, May/June 1989

61 · The World as We Know It [Marîd Audran; Budayeen] · George Alec Effinger · nv Futurecrime ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai, Donald I. Fine, January 1992

77 · Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland · Gwyneth Jones · ss Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, February 1996

87 · Lobsters [Macx Family] · Charles Stross · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001

105 · Surfing the Khumbu · Richard Kadrey · vi Infinite Matrix July 3 2002

109 · Memories of Moments, Bright as Falling Stars · Cat Rambo · ss Talebones #34, Winter 2006

119 · The Girl Hero’s Mirror Says He’s Not the One · Justina Robson · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, February 2007

127 · The Completely Rechargeable Man · Karen Heuler · ss Clarkesworld #27, December 2008

133 · File: The Death of Designer D. · Christian Kirtchev; translated by Iliyan Batanov Malchev · ss
translated from the Bulgarian.

137 · Better Than [Shadowrun] · Jean Rabe · ss Spells and Chrome ed. John Helfers, Catalyst Game Labs, December 2010

146 · Ghost Codes of Sparkletown (New Mix) · Jeff Noon · ss 2011

152 · Choosing Faces · Lavie Tidhar · ss Arc August 2012

163 · I Tell Thee All, I Can No More · Sunny Moraine · ss Clarkesworld #82, July 2013

168 · Four Tons Too Late · K. C. Alexander · ss Fireside Magazine #11, March 2014, as by Karina Cooper

176 · Patterns of a Murmuration, in Billions of Data Points · Neon Yang · ss Clarkesworld #96, September 2014

185 · RealLife 3.0 · Jean-Marc Ligny; translated by N. R. M. Roshak · ss
translated from the French (Bifrost #75, July 2014).

191 · wysiomg · Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · ss Cyber World ed. Joshua Viola & Jason Heller, Hex Publishers, November 2016

195 · The Infinite Eye · J. P. Smythe · ss 2084 ed. George Sandison, Unsung Stories, September 2017

203 · The Real You™ · Molly Tanzer · ss Lightspeed #101, October 2018

209 · A Life of Its Own · Aleš Kot · ss self-published, July 2019

216 · Helicopter Story · Isabel Fall · ss Clarkesworld #160, January 2020, as “I Sexually Identify as an Attack Helicopter”

229 · Lena · qntm · ss Things of Interest January 4 2021

233 · Society · [uncredited] · si

238 · Time Considered as a Helix of Semiprecious Stones · Samuel R. Delany · nv New Worlds #185, December 1968

260 · Cyberpunk [Michael Harris] · Bruce Bethke · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic November 1983

268 · Hostile Takeover · Craig Padawer · ss After Yesterday’s Crash ed. Larry McCaffery, Penguin Books US, August 1995

273 · Rat · James Patrick Kelly · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1986

281 · Arachne · Lisa Mason · ss Omni December 1987

297 · Axiomatic · Greg Egan · ss Interzone #41, November 1990

306 · Consumimur Igni · Harry Polkinhorn · ss Avant-Pop ed. Larry McCaffery, Black Ice Books, March 1993

313 · Gene Wars · Paul J. McAuley · ss Interzone #48, June 1991
previously published in an abridged form as “Evan’s Progress” in New Internationalist, March 1991.

318 · Britworld™ · James Lovegrove · ss Interzone #66, December 1992

322 · Ripped Images, Rusted Dreams · Gerardo Horacio Porcayo · ss
translated from the Spanish (“Imágenes rotas, sueños de herrumbre”, 1993).

327 · The Great Simoleon Caper · Neal Stephenson · ss Time Spring 1995

336 · Immolation [Punktown] · Jeffrey Thomas · ss Punktown by Jeffrey Thomas, Ministry of Whimsy, June 2000

346 · 0wnz0red · Cory Doctorow · nv Salon August 28 2002

366 · Time of Day · Nick Mamatas · ss Strange Horizons January 21 2002

375 · Branded · Lauren Beukes · ss SL Magazine 2004

379 · P · Yun Ko-Eun; translated by Sean Lin-Halbert · ss
translated from the Korean (“2011”).

393 · I Can Transform You · Maurice Broaddus · nv Apex Magazine #52, September 2013

436 · Be Seeing You · Madeline Ashby · ss Pwning Tomorrow ed. Dave Maass, Electronic Frontier Foundation, December 2015

446 · Keeping Up with Mr. Johnson [Shadowrun] · Steven S. Long · ss World of Shadows ed. John Helfers, Catalyst Game Labs, February 2016

459 · Flyover Country · Tim Maughan · ss Terraform November 25 2016

463 · Darkout · E. Lily Yu · ss Cyber World ed. Joshua Viola & Jason Heller, Hex Publishers, November 2016

473 · 2045 Dystopia · Ryuko Azuma; translated by Marissa Skeels · ss
translated from the Japanese (2018).

478 · Thoughts and Prayers · Ken Liu · ss Slate January 26 2019

488 · Somatosensory Cortex Dog Mess You Up Big Time, You Sick Sack of S**t · Minister Faust · ss Cyberfunk! ed. Milton J. Davis, MVmedia, LLC, March 2021

497 · The Life Cycle of a Cyber-Bar · Arthur Liu; translated by Nathan Faries · ss Future Science Fiction Digest #12, September 2021
translated from the Chinese (“Jiuba de shengming zhouqi”, 2020).

505 · Culture · [uncredited] · si

510 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950

519 · With the Original Cast · Nancy Kress · nv Omni May 1982

536 · Dogfight · William Gibson & Michael Swanwick · nv Omni July 1985

549 · Glass Reptile Breakout · Russell Blackford · ss Strange Attractors ed. Damien Broderick, Hale & Iremonger, August 1985

559 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories by Candas Jane Dorsey, Porcepic Tesseract, 1988

570 · A Short Course in Art Appreciation · Paul Di Filippo · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1988

575 · D.GO · Nicholas Royle · ss Interzone #41, November 1990

583 · SQPR · Kim Newman · nv Interzone #59, May 1992

592 · Gray Noise · Pepe Rojo; translated by Andrea Bell · nv Cosmos Latinos ed. Andrea L. Bell & Yolanda Molina-Gavilán, Wesleyan University Press, July 2003
translated from the Spanish (“Ruido gris”, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, November 1996).

611 · Retoxicity · Steve Beard · ss Disco 2000 ed. Sarah Champion, Sceptre, February 1998

619 · Younis in the Belly of the Whale · Yasser Abdellatif · ss Sunspot Jungle, Volume Two ed. Bill Campbell, Rosarium Publishing, December 2018

623 · Synch Me, Kiss Me, Drop · Suzanne Church · ss Clarkesworld #68, May 2012

631 · The White Mask · Zedeck Siew · ss Cyberpunk: Malaysia ed. Zen Cho, Buku Fixi, July 2015

639 · Degrees of Beauty · Cassandra Khaw · ss Terraform October 2016

642 · Alligator Heap · E. J. Swift · ss 2016

654 · Glitterati · Oliver Langmead · ss 2084 ed. George Sandison, Unsung Stories, September 2017

662 · Rain, Streaming · Omar Robert Hamilton · ss The Outcast Hours ed. Mahvesh Murad & Jared Shurin, Solaris, February 2019

669 · Found Earworms · M. Lopes da Silva · ss A Punk Rock Future ed. Steve Zisson, Zsenon Publishing, October 2019

671 · Electric Tea · Marie Vibbert · ss A Punk Rock Future ed. Steve Zisson, Zsenon Publishing, October 2019

678 · Exopunk’s Not Dead · Corey J. White · ss A Punk Rock Future ed. Steve Zisson, Zsenon Publishing, October 2019

682 · Études [Analog/Virtual] · Lavanya Lakshminarayan · ss Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Hachette India, February 2020

701 · Apocalypse Playlist · Beth Cato · vi Nature (online) October 7 2020

704 · Act of Providence · Erica Satifka · ss How to Get to Apocalypse and Other Disasters by Erica L. Satifka, Fairwood Press, November 2021

713 · Feral Arcade Children of the American Northeast · Sam J. Miller · ss Southwest Review Autumn 2021

723 · Challenge · [uncredited] · si

729 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966

742 · Speed · Misha · pm Prayers of Steel by Misha, Wordcraft, 1988

746 · Computer Friendly · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1989

757 · I Was a Teenage Genetic Engineer · Nisi Shawl · vi Semiotext(e) #14, 1989

759 · The Gene Drain · Lewis Shiner · ss Semiotext(e) #14, 1989

767 · Deep Eddy [Chattanooga] · Bruce Sterling · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993

791 · The Yuletide Cyberpunk Yarn, or Christmas_Eve-117.DIR · Victor Pelevin; translated by Alex Shvartsman · ss
translated from the Russian (“Svyatochnyy kiberpank, ili Rozhdestvenskaya Noch’-117.DIR”, 1996).

799 · Wonderama · Bef · ss
translated from the Spanish (“Wonderama”, 1998).

805 · comp.basilisk.faq [Blit] · David Langford · vi Nature #6761, December 2 1999

808 · Spider’s Nest · Myra Çakan; translated by Jim Young · ss Infinite Matrix March 5 2002
translated from the German (“Im Netz der Silberspinne”, Der Atem Gottes und andere Visionen 2004 ed. Helmuth W. Mommers, Shayol, 2004).

815 · The Last American · John Kessel · ss Foundation #100, Summer 2007

825 · Earth Hour · Ken MacLeod · ss Tor.com June 22 2011

834 · Violation of the TrueNet Security Act · Taiyo Fujii; translated by Jim Hubbert · nv Lightspeed #62, July 2015
translated from the Japanese (“Koraborēshon”, 2013).

849 · Twelve Minutes to Vinh Quang · T. R. Napper · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 31 ed. David Farland, Galaxy, May 2015

858 · Operation Daniel · Khalid Kaki · ss Iraq+100 ed. Hassan Blasim, Comma Press, October 2016

862 · fallenangel.dll · Brandon O’Brien · ss New Worlds, Old Ways ed. Karen Lord, Peekash Press, July 2016

873 · CRISPR Than You · Ganzeer · nv
revised from an earlier version on Times New Human in 2018.

898 · Wi-Fi Dreams · Fábio Fernandes · ss
translated from the Portuguese (2019).

907 · Juicy Ghost · Rudy Rucker · ss Big Echo #13, October 2019

915 · Aboukela52 · Wole Talabi · ss Omenana #14, October 2019, as “Abeokuta52”

920 · Keep Portland Wired · Michael Moss · ss The Trench Coat Minotaur by Michael W. Moss, August 2020

932 · Do Androids Dream of Capitalism and Slavery? · Mandisi Nkomo · ss Omenana #15, August 2020

936 · The State Machine · Yudhanjaya Wijeratne · ss Slate September 26 2020

947 · The Tin Pilot · K. A. Teryna; translated by Alex Shvartsman · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2022
translated from the Ukrainian.

958 · The Memory Librarian · Alaya Dawn Johnson & Janelle Monáe · na The Memory Librarian by Janelle Monáe, Harper Voyager UK, April 2022

997 · Post-Cyberpunk · [uncredited] · si

1000 · Petra · Greg Bear · nv Omni February 1982

1011 · The Scab’s Progress · Paul Di Filippo & Bruce Sterling · na Sci Fiction January 3 2001

1035 · Salvaging Gods · Jacques Barcia · ss Clarkesworld #49, October 2010

1042 · Los Piratas del Mar de Plastico · Paul Graham Raven · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Bruce Sterling, Technology Review, Inc., August 2014

1057 · Cat Pictures Please [CatNet] · Naomi Kritzer · ss Clarkesworld #100, January 2015

1063 · The Day a Computer Wrote a Novel · Yurei Raita · ss Big Echo #13, October 2019

1067 · The Endless · Saad Hossain · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris US, March 2020

1077 · Ghosts · Vauhini Vara · ss The Believer August 9 2021

1087 · About the Authors and Translators · [uncredited] · bg

1107 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

The Book of the Dead ed. Jared Shurin (Jurassic London, October 2013, 978-0-9576462-4-7, hc, oa)
Original anthology of mummy stories, illustrated by Garen Ewing.

· Introduction · John J. Johnston · in

· Ramesses on the Frontier · Paul Cornell · ss

· Escape from the Mummy’s Tomb · Jesse Bullington · ss

· Old Souls · David Thomas Moore · ss

· Her Heartbeat, An Echo · Lou Morgan · ss

· Mysterium Tremendum · Molly Tanzer · ss

· Tollund · Adam Roberts · ss

· All Is Dust · Den Patrick · ss

· The Curious Case of the Werewolf That Wasn’t, the Mummy That Was and the Cat in the Jar [The Parasol Protectorate] · Gail Carriger · ss

· The Cats of Beni Hasan · Jenni Hill · ss

· Inner Goddess · Michael West · ss

· Cerulean Memories · Maurice Broaddus · ss

· The Roof of the World · Sarah Newton · ss

· Henry · Glen Mehn · ss

· The Dedication of Sweetheart Abbey · David Bryher · ss

· Bit-U-Men · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss

· Egyptian death and the afterlife: mummies (Rooms 62-3) · Jonathan Green · ss

· Akhenaten Goes to Paris · Louis Greenberg · ss

· The Thing of Wrath · Roger Luckhurst · ss

· Three Memories of Death · Will Hill · ss

The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories ed. Jared Shurin & Mahvesh Murad (Solaris, March 9, 2017, 978-1-78108-416-8, £10.99, 384pp, tp, oa)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · Jared Shurin & Mahvesh Murad · in

· The Djinn Falls in Love · Hermes; translated by Robin Moger · pm

· The Congregation · Kamila Shamsie · ss

· How We Remember You · Kuzhali Manickavel · ss

· Hurrem and the Djinn · Claire North · ss

· Glass Lights · J. Y. Yang · ss

· Authenticity · Monica Byrne · ss

· Majnun · Helene Wecker · ss

· Black Powder · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss

· A Tale of Ash in Seven Birds · Amal El-Mohtar · ss

· The Sand in the Glass Is Right · James Smythe · ss

· Reap · Sami Shah · ss

· Queen of Sheba · Catherine Faris King · ss

· The Jinn Hunter’s Apprentice · E. J. Swift · ss

· Message in a Bottle · K. J. Parker · ss

· Bring Your Own Spoon · Saad Z. Hossain · ss

· Somewhere in America · Neil Gaiman · ss

· Duende 2077 · Jamal Mahjoub · ss

· The Righteous Guide of Arabsat · Sophia Al-Maria · ss

· The Spite House · Kirsty Logan · ss

· Emperors of Jinn · Usman T. Malik · ss

· History · Nnedi Okorafor · ss

Pandemonium: Stories of the Smoke ed. Jared Shurin & Anne C. Perry--- see under Anne C. Perry.

Pandemonium: The Lowest Heaven ed. Jared Shurin & Anne C. Perry--- see under Anne C. Perry.

Darkness Creeping by Neal Shusterman (Lowell House, August 1993, 1-56565-069-7, $4.95, 126pp, tp, oc, cover by Michael Coy)
Young-adult collection of nine horror stories and one poem, illustrated by Michael Coy.

7 · Monkeys Tonight · Neal Shusterman · ss

17 · Black Box · Neal Shusterman · ss

31 · Flushie · Neal Shusterman · ss

47 · Screaming at the Wall · Neal Shusterman · ss

59 · Alexander’s Skull · Neal Shusterman · ss

69 · Same Time Next Year · Neal Shusterman · ss

85 · Not It · Neal Shusterman · ss

101 · Car Four · Neal Shusterman · ss

111 · Resting Deep · Neal Shusterman · ss

125 · Shadows of Doubt · Neal Shusterman · pm

Darkness Creeping II by Neal Shusterman (Lowell House Juvenile, September 1995, 1-56565-285-1, $5.95, 128pp, tp, oc, cover by Barbara Kiwak)
Young-adult collection of eight horror stories, with interior illustrations by Barbara Kiwak.

5 · Riding the Raptor · Neal Shusterman · ss

17 · Trash Day · Neal Shusterman · ss

33 · An Ear for Music · Neal Shusterman · ss

53 · Soul Survivor · Neal Shusterman · ss

67 · Security Blanket · Neal Shusterman · ss

81 · Growing Pains · Neal Shusterman · ss

95 · Connecting Flight · Neal Shusterman · ss

109 · Crystalloid · Neal Shusterman · ss

MindBenders: Stories to Warp Your Brain by Neal Shusterman (Tor, March 2000, 0-812-53872-2, $3.99, 118pp, tp, oc, cover by David Gaadt)
Original collection of nine young-adult horror stories, plus an afterword describing the inspiration for each.

1 · The Bob Squad · Neal Shusterman · ss

16 · The Living Place · Neal Shusterman · ss

32 · Ralphy Sherman’s Patty Melt on Rye · Neal Shusterman · ss

46 · Open House · Neal Shusterman · ss

54 · Mail Merge · Neal Shusterman · ss

62 · The Peter Pan Solution · Neal Shusterman · ss

75 · The Body Electric · Neal Shusterman · ss

85 · Bad Fortune at Wong Lee’s · Neal Shusterman · ss

100 · Obsidian Sky · Neal Shusterman · ss

115 · Where They Came From · Neal Shusterman · aw

MindQuakes: Stories to Shatter Your Brain by Neal Shusterman (Tor, May 1996, 0-812-55197-4, $3.99, 118pp, tp, oc, cover by Robert Papp)
Original collection of ten young-adult horror stories, plus an afterword describing the inspiration for each.

1 · Yardwork · Neal Shusterman · ss

13 · Caleb’s Colors · Neal Shusterman · ss

29 · Ralphy Sherman’s Jacuzzi of Wonders · Neal Shusterman · ss

36 · Number Two · Neal Shusterman · vi

39 · The Soul Exchange · Neal Shusterman · ss

53 · Damien’s Shadow · Neal Shusterman · ss

68 · Terrible Tannenbaum · Neal Shusterman · ss

81 · Dead Letter · Neal Shusterman · ss

85 · Boy on a Stoop · Neal Shusterman · ss

99 · Retaining Walls · Neal Shusterman · ss

115 · Where They Came From · Neal Shusterman · aw

MindTwisters by Neal Shusterman (Tor, June 1997, 0-812-55199-0, $3.99, 114pp, tp, oc, cover by Robert Papp)
Original collection of eight young-adult horror stories, plus an afterword describing the inspiration for each.

1 · Dark Alley · Neal Shusterman · ss

17 · The In Crowd · Neal Shusterman · ss

37 · Special Deliverance · Neal Shusterman · ss

43 · Mr. Vandermeer’s Attic of Shame · Neal Shusterman · ss

68 · Pea Soup · Neal Shusterman · ss

86 · The Elsewhere Botique · Neal Shusterman · ss

94 · Ralphy Sherman’s Bag of Wind · Neal Shusterman · ss

104 · Loveless · Neal Shusterman · ss

Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma and Other Stories by Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, February 1, 2015, 978-0-9884328-5-7, $15.99, 334pp, tp, co, cover by Dixon Leavitt)
Collection of 40 stories, two original, with notes on the inspiration for each by the author. Introduction by Ken Liu.
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Ken Liu · in

5 · Explaining Cthulhu to Grandma · Alex Shvartsman · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #33, April 2013

19 · The Rumination on What Isn’t · Alex Shvartsman · vi Nature #7468, September 26 2013

23 · Doubt · Alex Shvartsman · ss Galaxy’s Edge #8, May 2014

39 · Spidersong · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction October 17 2011

43 · Things We Leave Behind · Alex Shvartsman · ss Daily Science Fiction May 3 2013

53 · The Epistolary History · Alex Shvartsman · vi Nature #7446, April 25 2013

57 · The Shard Glows in Brooklyn · Alex Shvartsman · ss

71 · Requiem for a Druid · Alex Shvartsman · ss Galaxy’s Edge #1, March 2013

91 · Nuclear Family · Alex Shvartsman · ss Kasma SF June 2012

93 · Bedtime Story on Christmas Eve, 1,000,000 AD · Alex Shvartsman · ss Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume IV ed. Brian Lewis, Empire & Great Jones Little Press, January 2014

97 · Seven Conversations in Locked Rooms · Alex Shvartsman · ss The Memory Eater ed. Matthew Hance, Hance LLC, June 2012

103 · High-Tech Fairies and the Pandora Perplexity · Alex Shvartsman · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #37, January 2014

117 · The Keepsake Box · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction January 22 2014

121 · The Field Trip · Alex Shvartsman · ss In Situ ed. Carrie Cuinn, Dagan Books, July 2012

129 · Superior Firepower · Alex Shvartsman · vi Bards and Sages Quarterly July 2011

133 · Life at the Lake’s Shore · Alex Shvartsman · ss Fish ed. Carrie Cuinn & K. V. Taylor, Dagan Books, January 2013

141 · The Take · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction March 12 2012

145 · The Dragon Ships of Tycho · Alex Shvartsman · ss Galactic Creatures ed. Elektra Hammond, Dark Quest Books, July 2012

159 · A Brief Respite from Eternity · Alex Shvartsman · ss Stupefying Stories March 2012

163 · A Thousand Cuts · Alex Shvartsman · ss

169 · Ravages of Time · Alex Shvartsman · vi Nature #7398, May 17 2012

173 · Price of Allegiance · Alex Shvartsman · ss Penumbra (online) July 2012

183 · The Tell-Tale Ear · Alex Shvartsman · vi Nature #7420, October 18 2012

189 · The Miracle on Tau Prime · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction December 27 2012

195 · The Tinker Bell Problem · Alex Shvartsman · ss

203 · True Love · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction June 6 2013

207 · You Bet · Alex Shvartsman · ss UFO Publishing October 29 2012

215 · The Far Side of the Wilderness · Alex Shvartsman · ss Beyond the Sun ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Fairwood Press, August 2013

225 · Worldbuilding · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction September 23 2013

229 · In the Wake of the Storm · Alex Shvartsman · ss

241 · Putting It All Together · Alex Shvartsman · vi Nine #1, April 2012

245 · Dominoes Falling · Alex Shvartsman · ss Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse ed. Alex Shvartsman & William Snee, Deorc Enterprise, March 2014

265 · Notes on the Game in Progress, Played Almost to a Draw · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction June 12 2014

269 · Small Magics · Alex Shvartsman · ss

279 · Icarus Falls · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction September 23 2014

287 · Coffee in End Times · Alex Shvartsman · ss

293 · The Hourglass Brigade · Alex Shvartsman · ss

305 · A One-Sided Argument · Alex Shvartsman · vi Nature #7506, June 26 2014

309 · How Earth Narrowly Escaped an Invasion from Space · Alex Shvartsman · vi Daily Science Fiction April 15 2014

315 · Fate and Other Variables · Alex Shvartsman · ss Galaxy’s Edge #11, November 2014

Coffee: 14 Caffeinated Tales of the Fantastic ed. Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, December 9, 2013, 978-0-9884328-3-3, $9.99, 168pp, tp, oa, cover by Emerson Matsuuchi)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Alex Shvartsman · fw

· A Darker Brew · Teri Babcock · ss

· At the Everywhere Cafe · A. C. Wise · ss

· Caution: Contents Hot · E. C. Myers · ss From the Asylum April 2007

· Dungeons and Dental Plans · Tim McDaniel · ss Abandoned Towers #3, July 2009

· From the Shores of Tripoli · Jonathan Shipley · ss Worlds of Fantasy & Horror Winter 1996/1997

· Ghost in the Coffee Machine · Charity Tahmaseb · ss

· Sexiest Fun Time Drug · Katherine Sparrow · ss

· The Civet Whisperer · James Beamon · ss

· The Coffeemaker’s Passion · Cat Rambo · ss Bull Spec #5, Spring 2011

· The Cup of Truth · Matt Mikalatos · ss

· The Man Who Heard Doughnuts · Oliver Buckram · ss

· The Perfect Book · Ken Liu · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2012

· The Seven Samovars · Peter Sursi · ss Lightspeed #28, September 2012

· Toilet Gnomes at War · Beth Cato · ss Stupefying Stories November 2012

Dark Expanse: Surviving the Collapse ed. Alex Shvartsman & William Snee (Deorc Enterprise, March 19, 2014, $4.99, ebook, oa, cover by Alex Schnarr)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Alex Shvartsman · fw

· Castles in the Sky · Nancy Fulda · ss

· Dominoes Falling · Alex Shvartsman · ss

· The Ten Suns · Ken Liu · ss

· Betrayal, Clear as Kanzai Glass · Deborah Walker · ss

· The Price of Escape · David Walton · ss

· Hellfire Unleashed · Simon Kewin · ss

· Breaking Down · Michael Haynes · ss

· They Cannot Scare Me with Their Empty Spaces · Deborah Walker · ss

· A Small and Secret Freedom · Matt Mikalatos · ss

· Lightspeed Back to You · David Wayne · ss

· Escape from Planet Error · Michael Greenhut · ss

· Jump · Deborah Walker · ss

· Loud, for All the Stars to Hear · Alex Kane · ss

· To Soar on Winds of War · David Wayne · ss

· Fires of Night · Alvaro Zinos-Amaro · ss

· Gorlack the Destroyer’s All You Can Eat Adventure · Robert Lowell Russell · ss

· Ghost Ship · Nancy Fulda · ss

· The Shadow Conspiracy · Nancy Fulda · ss

Funny Fantasy ed. Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, April 26, 2016, 978-0-9884328-8-8, $14.99, 292pp, tp, oa, cover by Tomasz Maronski)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Foreword · Alex Shvartsman · fw

3 · Dave the Mighty Steel-Thewed Avenger · Laura Resnick · nv

27 · Crumbs · Esther Friesner · nv Fantasy Gone Wrong ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW, September 2006

53 · Fellow Traveler · Donald J. Bingle · ss Fantasy Gone Wrong ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW, September 2006

65 · A Fish Story · Sarah Totton · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2006

81 · Another End of the Empire · Tim Pratt · ss Strange Horizons June 22 2009

99 · Giantkiller · G. Scott Huggins · nv Heroes in Training ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Jim C. Hines, DAW, September 2007

123 · A Mild Case of Death · David Gerrold · ss Galaxy’s Edge #15, July 2015

141 · Fairy Debt · Gail Carriger · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress XXII ed. Elisabeth Waters, Norilana Books, November 2007, as by T. Borregaard

161 · A Very Special Girl [Harry the Book] · Mike Resnick · ss Blood Lite ed. Kevin J. Anderson, Pocket, October 2008

179 · The Blue Corpse Corps · Jim C. Hines · ss The Goblin Master’s Grimoire by Jim C. Hines, ISFiC Press, November 2013

199 · Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel · Shaenon K. Garrity · ss Strange Horizons October 17 2011

217 · The Queen’s Reason · Richard Parks · nv Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #25, May 2010

241 · The Best Little Cleaning Robot in All of Faerie · Susan Jane Bigelow · ss Apex Magazine #69, February 2015

261 · Suede This Time · Jean Rabe · nv Magic Tails ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Janet Pack, DAW, September 2005

Funny Horror ed. Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, February 23, 2017, 978-1-5430-0689-6, $14.99, 251pp, tp, an, cover by Michelle Tolo)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Foreword · Alex Shvartsman · fw

3 · No Children, No Pets · Esther Friesner · nv Full Moon City ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Darrell Schweitzer, Pocket, March 2010

25 · 43 Responses to “In Memory of Dr. Alexandra Nako” · Barbara A. Barnett · vi Daily Science Fiction February 5 2016

39 · Kvetchula’s Daughter [Kvetchula] · Darrell Schweitzer · nv Full Moon City ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Darrell Schweitzer, Pocket, March 2010

61 · The Great VüDü Linux Teen Zombie Massacree · Lucy A. Snyder · ss Spacesuits and Sixguns Spring 2007

75 · Good Neighbors · Amanda C. Davis · ss Not Our Kind ed. Nayad Monroe, Alliteration Ink, January 2015

93 · Happily and Righteously · Larry Hodges · ss

99 · Stalking the Zombie · Mike Resnick · nv Stalking the Zombie by Mike Resnick, American Fantasy Press, 2012

125 · Restless in R’lyeh · Oliver Buckram · ss
originally appeared in the audio download The Drabblecast #368, August 30, 2015.

135 · P.R. Problems · Eric James Stone · ss Blood Lite ed. Kevin J. Anderson, Pocket, October 2008

145 · Hot Fudge and Whipped Cream · Tarl Kudrick · ss The Town Drunk 2007

163 · Death: A List · Tanya Bryan · ss Feathertale November 28 2013

167 · Soccer Mom SmackDown · Julia S. Mandala · ss Fangs for the Mammaries ed. Esther Friesner, Baen, October 2010

181 · The God Whisperer · Daniel J. Davis · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 31 ed. David Farland, Galaxy, May 2015

191 · Meat and Greet · Jamie Todd Rubin · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #43, January 2015

197 · Something Virtual This Way Comes · Laura Resnick · ss Something Magic This Way Comes ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Sarah A. Hoyt, DAW, March 2008

213 · The Story of Emily and Control · Scott Alexander · ss squid314.livejournal.com April 7 2011

223 · Howl! · Jody Lynn Nye · nv Strip Mauled ed. Esther Friesner, Baen, October 2009

247 · Final Corrections · M. Bennardo · vi Daily Science Fiction January 3 2013

Funny Science Fiction ed. Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, January 14, 2016, 978-0-9884328-7-1, $14.99, 283pp, tp, an, cover by Flavio Greco Paglia)
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Foreword · Alex Shvartsman · fw

3 · Observation Post · Mike Resnick · nv Beyond the Sun ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Fairwood Press, August 2013

43 · Flying on My Hatred of My Neighbor’s Dog · Shaenon K. Garrity · ss
originally appeared in the audio download The Drabblecast #298, October 3, 2013.

59 · Wikihistory · Desmond Warzel · ss Abyss & Apex #24, 4th Quarter 2007

67 · Distant Gates of Eden Gleam · Brian Trent · nv Crossed Genres Magazine #25, January 2015

89 · Half a Conversation, Overheard While Inside an Enormous Sentient Slug · Oliver Buckram · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2013

95 · Hark! Listen to the Animals · Lisa Tang & Ken Liu · nv Galaxy’s Edge #9, July 2014
a different version of this story appeared in The ePocalypse: e-mails at the end ed. Jessy Marie Roberts (Pill Hill Press, 2011).

119 · Whaliens · Lavie Tidhar · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2014

141 · See DANGEROUS EARTH-POSSIBLES! · Tina Connolly · vi Lightspeed #49, June 2014

145 · Kallakak’s Cousins · Cat Rambo · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008

167 · Kulturkampf · Anatoly Belilovsky · ss The Immersion Book of Steampunk ed. Gareth D. Jones & Carmelo Rafala, Immersion Press, September 2011

173 · Let Us Now Praise Awesome Dinosaurs · Leonard Richardson · ss Strange Horizons July 13 2009

189 · Miss Darcy’s First Intergalactic Ballet Class · Dantzel Cherry · ss Galaxy’s Edge #15, July 2015

207 · Pidgin · Lawrence M. Schoen · ss Aliens and AIs by Lawrence M. Schoen, Eggplant Literary Productions, March 2005

213 · Nothing, Ventured · James Beamon · ss AE: The Canadian Science Fiction Review October 1 2013

223 · Last Thursday at Supervillain Supply Depot · Sarah Pinsker · vi Daily Science Fiction April 10 2015

229 · Chicka-Chicka-Bow-Wow · Mike Rimar · ss Cucurbital 2 ed. Lawrence M. Schoen, Paper Golem, November 2011

247 · Troublesolving · Tim Pratt · nv Subterranean (online) Fall 2009

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