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If the melt-down, flood, plague, the third World War, new Ice Age, Rapture, alien invasion, clamp-down, meteor, or something else entirely hit today, what would tomorrow look like? Some of the biggest names in YA and adult literature answer that very question in this short story anthology, each story exploring the lives of teen protagonists raised in catastrophe's wake-whether set in the years soon after the change, or in decades far in the future. New York Times bestselling authors Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Carrie Ryan, Beth Revis, and Jane Yolen are among the many popular and award-winning storytellers lending their talents to this original and spellbinding anthology.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
• The Segment - shortfiction by Genevieve Valentine
• After the Cure - shortfiction by Carrie Ryan
• Valedictorian - shortstory by N. K. Jemisin
• Visiting Nelson - shortfiction by Katherine Langrish
• All I Know of Freedom - shortfiction by Carol Emshwiller
• The Other Elder - shortfiction by Beth Revis
• The Great Game at the End of the World - shortfiction by Matthew Kressel
• Reunion - shortfiction by Susan Beth Pfeffer
• Blood Drive - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Reality Girl - shortstory by Richard Bowes
• How Th'irth Wint Rong by Hapless Joey @ homeskool.gov - shortfiction by Gregory Maguire
• Rust with Wings - shortfiction by Steven Gould
• Faint Heart - shortfiction by Sarah Rees Brennan
• The Easthound - shortstory by Nalo Hopkinson
• Gray - shortfiction by Jane Yolen
• Before - shortfiction by Carolyn Dunn
• Fake Plastic Trees - shortfiction by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• You Won't Feel a Thing - shortfiction by Garth Nix
• The Marker - shortfiction by Cecil Castellucci
• Afterword - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow

Table of Contents:

• A Troll and Two Roses - short story by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Thirteenth Fey - short story by Jane Yolen
• Lullaby for a Changeling - (1976) - short story by Nicholas Stuart Gray
• Brat - (1941) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• Wild Garlic - short story by William F. Wu
• The Stranger - (1978) - short story by Shulamith Oppenheim
• Spirit Places - short story by Keith Taylor
• The Box of All Possibility - short story by Z. Greenstaff
• The Seekers of Dreams - (1963) - short story by Felix Marti-Ibanez
• Bridge - short story by Steven R. Boyett
• Crowley and the Leprechaun - short story by Gregory Frost
• The Antrim Hills - (1976) - novelette by Mildred Downey Broxon
• The Snow Fairy - novelette by M. Lucie Chin
• The Five Black Swans - (1973) - short story by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• Thomas the Rhymer - poem by Anonymous
• Prince Shadowbow - short story by Sheri S. Tepper
• The Erlking - (1977) - short story by Angela Carter
• The Elphin Knight - poem by Anonymous
• Rhian and Garanhir - (1979) - short story by Lin Carter
• The Woodcutter's Daughter - short story by Alison Uttley
• The Famous Flower of Serving Men - poem by Anonymous
• Touk's House - novelette by Robin McKinley
• The Boy Who Dreamed of Tir na n-Og - (1979) - short story by Michael M. McNamara

"Gaslamp Fantasy," or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels, including Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, and The Prestige by Christopher Priest, owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, the Brontës, and George Meredith to Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and William Morris. And, of course, the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period.

Queen Victoria's Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction, and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings, characters, and themes. These approaches stretch from steampunk fiction to the Austen-and-Trollope inspired works that some critics call Fantasy of Manners, all of which fit under the larger umbrella of Gaslamp Fantasy. The result is eighteen stories by experts from the fantasy, horror, mainstream, and young adult fields, including both bestselling writers and exciting new talents such as Elizabeth Bear, James Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Gregory Maguire, Delia Sherman, and Catherynne M. Valente, who present a bewitching visionof a nineteenth century invested (or cursed!) with magic.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• Introduction: Fantasy, Magic, and Fairyland in Nineteenth-Century England - essay by Terri Windling
• Queen Victoria's Book of Spells - shortfiction by Delia Sherman
• The Fairy Enterprise - shortfiction by Jeffrey Ford
• From the Catalogue of the Pavilion of the Uncanny and Marvelous, Scheduled for Premiere at the Great Exhibition (Before the Fire) - shortfiction by Genevieve Valentine
• The Memory Book - shortfiction by Maureen F. McHugh
• La Reine D'Enfer - shortfiction by Kathe Koja
• For the Briar Rose - shortfiction by Elizabeth Wein
• The Governess - shortfiction by Elizabeth Bear
• Smithfield - shortfiction by James P. Blaylock
• The Unwanted Women of Surrey - shortfiction by Kaaron Warren
• Charged - shortfiction by Leanna Renee Hieber
• Mr. Splitfoot - shortfiction by Dale Bailey
• Phosphorus - shortfiction by Veronica Schanoes
• We Without Us Were Shadows - novelette by Catherynne M. Valente
• The Vital Importance of the Superficial - shortfiction by Ellen Kushner and Caroline Stevermer
• The Jewel in the Toad Queen's Crown - (2013) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• A Few Twigs He Left Behind - shortfiction by Gregory Maguire
• Their Monstrous Minds - shortfiction by Tanith Lee
• Estella Saves the Village - shortfiction by Theodora Goss
• About the Authors - essay by uncredited
• Recommended Reading - essay by uncredited

Here are original stories that straddle the borderline between "fantasy" and "mainstream" fiction, stories both bright and dark in tone (without straying into the realm of horror fiction). Sometimes set in the contemporary or historical world, sometimes pure fantasy or an imagined "history," these are striking, fresh, finely crafted works that demonstrate the best the short story form has to offer. Among the authors included are Delia Sherman, Peter Beagle, Greer Gilman, Paul Di Filippo, Jeffrey Ford, Gregory Maguire, and Lucius Shepard.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• La Fée Verte - novelette by Delia Sherman
• Dust Devil on a Quiet Street - short story by Richard Bowes
• To Measure the Earth - short story by Jedediah Berry
• A Gray and Soundless Tide - short story by Catherynne M. Valente
• Concealment Shoes - short story by Marly Youmans
• The Guardian of the Egg - short story by Christopher Barzak
• My Travels with Al-Qaeda - short story by Lavie Tidhar
• Chandail - short story by Peter S. Beagle
• Down the Wall - short story by Greer Gilman
• Femaville 29 - short story by Paul Di Filippo
• Nottamun Town - short story by Gregory Maguire
• Yours, Etc. - short story by Gavin J. Grant
• The Mask of '67 - short story by David Prill
• The Night Whiskey - (2006) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• The Lepidopterist - short story by Lucius Shepard

A dangerously seductive collection of tales that--like the sirens themselves--are impossible to resist

Sensuality mingles with fantasy in this sultry anthology starring fairies, sphinxes, werewolves, and other beings by masterful storytellers including Joyce Carol Oates, Neil Gaiman, Jane Yolen, Ellen Kushner, and more. Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers features a vampire who falls in love with her human prey, an updated Red Riding Hood fantasy, an unsuspecting young man who innocently joins in seductive faerie revelry, and a cat goddess made human. Alluring and charismatic, this collection from master editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling will stimulate more than just your imagination.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1998) - essay by Terri Windling
• A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain - (1998) - shortstory by Dave Smeds
• Taking Loup - (1998) - shortstory by Bruce Glassco
• Persephone or, Why the Winters Seem to Be Getting Longer - (1998) - shortfiction by Wendy Froud
• The House of Nine Doors - (1998) - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• Private Words - (1998) - novelette by Mark W. Tiedemann
• The Light that Passes Through You - (1998) - shortstory by Conrad Williams
• O for a Fiery Gloom and Thee - (1998) - shortstory by Brian Stableford
• The Eye of the Storm - (1998) - novelette by Kelley Eskridge
• The Sweet of Bitter Bark and Burning Clove - (1998) - novelette by Doris Egan
• Tastings - (1998) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Bird Count - (1998) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• In the Season of Rains - (1998) - novelette by Ellen Steiber
• Attachments - (1998) - shortstory by Pat Murphy
• No Human Hands to Touch - (1998) - shortstory by Elizabeth E. Wein
• Midnight Express - (1998) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• Mirrors - (1998) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• Ashes on Her Lips - (1998) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Wolfed - (1998) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Broke Heart Blues - (1998) - shortstory by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Faerie Cony-Catcher - (1998) - shortstory by Delia Sherman
• My Lady of the Hearth - (1998) - shortstory by Storm Constantine
• Heat - (1998) - poem by Melissa Lee Shaw

The first bite is only the beginning.

Twenty of today's favorite writers explore the intersections between the living, dead, and undead. Their vampire tales range from romantic to chilling to gleeful--and touch on nearly every emotion in between.

Neil Gaiman's vampire-poet in "Bloody Sunrise" is brooding, remorseful, and lonely. Melissa Marr's vampires make a high-stakes game of possession and seduction in "Transition." And in "Why Light?" Tanith Lee's lovelorn vampires yearn most of all for the one thing they cannot have--daylight. Drawn from folk traditions around the world, popular culture, and original interpretations, the vampires in this collection are enticingly diverse.

But reader beware: The one thing they have in common is their desire for blood....

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
• Things to Know About Being Dead - (2011) - shortstory by Genevieve Valentine
• All Smiles - (2011) - shortstory by Steve Berman
• Gap Year - (2011) - novelette by Christopher Barzak
• Bloody Sunrise - (2011) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• Flying - (2011) - novelette by Delia Sherman
• Vampire Weather - (2011) - shortstory by Garth Nix
• Late Bloomer - (2011) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
• The List of Definite Endings - (2011) - shortstory by Kaaron Warren
• Best Friends Forever - (2011) - shortstory by Cecil Castellucci
• Sit the Dead - (2011) - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Sunbleached - (2011) - shortstory by Nathan Ballingrud
• Baby - (2011) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• In the Future When All's Well - (2011) - shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
• Transition - (2011) - novelette by Melissa Marr
• History - (2011) - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• The Perfect Dinner Party - (2011) - shortstory by Cassandra Clare and Holly Black
• Slice of Life - (2011) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• My Generation - (2011) - poem by Emma Bull
• Why Light? - (2011) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• About the Authors - essay by uncredited

The Armless Maiden is more than an extraordinary collection of original fiction and essays by many of fantasy's finest writers. A groundbreaking work in the tradition of Joseph Campbell, Bruno Bettelheim and Robert Bly, this book explores the darker side of childhood--loss, betrayal, oppression, and abuse.

Contents:

• Introduction (The Armless Maiden) - essay by Terri Windling
• The Armless Maiden - shortstory by Midori Snyder
• The Hero's Journey - essay by Midori Snyder
• Bedtime Story - poem by Lisel Mueller
• Allerleirauh - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Snow White to the Prince - poem by Delia Sherman
• She Sleeps in a Tower - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) - (1971) - poem by Anne Sexton
• In the House of My Enemy - (1993) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• Fear of Falling - poem by Susan Palwick
• Princess in Puce - shortstory by Annita Harlan
• The Stepsister's Story - poem by Emma Bull
• The Session - shortstory by Steven Gould
• The Mirror Speaks - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Juniper Tree - [Blue Rose] - (1988) - novelette by Peter Straub
• Dolls - poem by Guy Summertree Veryzer
• This Is Us, Excellent - (1989) - shortstory by Mark Richards
• Saturn - (1987) - poem by Sharon Olds
• The Twelve-Windowed Tower - shortstory by Silvana Siddali
• Now I Lay Me - (1987) - poem by Sharon Olds
• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• Reading the Brothers Grimm to Jenny - (1976) - poem by Lisel Mueller
• Knives - shortstory by Munro Sickafoose
• Scars - poem by Munro Sickafoose
• The Pangs of Love - (1990) - shortstory by Jane Gardam
• Brother and Sister - poem by Terri Windling
• The Face in the Cloth - (1985) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Their Father - (1990) - poem by Gwen Strauss
• The Chrysanthemum Robe - shortstory by Kara Dalkey
• Watching the Bobolinks - essay by Caroline Stevermer
• The Boy Who Needed Heroes - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Wolves - essay by Sonia Keizc
• Wolf's Heart - shortstory by Tappan King [as by Tappan Wright King ]
• The Story I Hadn't Planned to Write - essay by Tappan King [as by Tappan Wright King]
• Gretel in Darkness - (1969) - poem by Louise Gluck
• The Lily and the Weaver's Heart - shortstory by Nancy Etchemendy
• Silvershod - poem by Ellen Steiber
• The Lion and the Lark - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Iron Shoes - (1986) - poem by Johnny Clewell
• The Green Children - shortstory by Terri Windling
• Guardian Neighbor - (1991) - essay by Lynda Barry
• The Little Dirty Girl - (1982) - novelette by Joanna Russ
• Donkeyskin - poem by Terri Windling
• In the Night Country - novella by Ellen Steiber
• A Matter of Seeing - essay by Ellen Steiber
• Dream Catcher - shortstory by Will Shetterly
• About the Contributors to This Book - essay by uncredited
• A Short List of Recommended Reading - essay by uncredited

Leaving behind her fashionable West Coast life, Maggie Black comes to the Southwestern desert to pursue her passion and her dream. Her mentor, the acclaimed poet Davis Cooper, has mysteriously died in the canyons east of Tucson, bequeathing her his estate and the mystery of his life--and death.

Maggie is astonish by the power of this harsh but beautiful land and captivated by the uncommon people who call it home--especially Fox, a man unlike any she has ever known, who understands the desert's special power.

As she reads Cooper's letters and learns the secrets of his life, Maggie comes face-to-face withe the wild, ancient spirits of the desert--and discovers the hidden power at its heart, a power that will take her on a journey like no other.

Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Farrel Din
• Prodigy - novella by Steven R. Boyett
• Gray - short fiction by Terri Windling [as by Bellamy Bach ]
• Stick - novella by Charles de Lint
• Charis - novelette by Ellen Kushner

Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Farrel Din
• Danceland - novella by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly
• Demon - novella by Midori Snyder
• Exile - novelette by Terri Windling [as by Bellamy Bach ]
• Mockery - novella by Terri Windling and Ellen Kushner [as by Ellen Kushner and Bellamy Bach]

Contents:

• Lost in the Mall (I) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Global News Service: Life on the Border - uncredited short story
• Nevernever - [Wolfboy of Bordertown] - short story by Will Shetterly
• Lost in the Mall (II) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Nightwail - short story by Kara Dalkey
• Lost in the Mall (IV) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Alison Gross - novella by Midori Snyder
• Lost in the Mall (V) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Berlin - (1989) - novella by Charles de Lint
• Lost in the Mall (VI) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Reynardine - novella by Michael Korolenko
• Light and Shadow - short story by Craig Shaw Gardner
• Lost in the Mall (VII) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Rain and Thunder - novella by Terri Windling [as by Bellamy Bach ]
• For it All - poem by Emma Bull
• Lost in the Mall (VIII-IX) - short story by Ellen Kushner

Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling
• From the World to the Border - essay by Terri Windling
• Oak Hill - (1998) - short story by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Path from the True and Only Realm to the False Lands and the City of Illusion (Translation for Humans: How to Get from Elfland to Bordertown) - essay by Terri Windling
• Dragon Child - (1998) - novelette by Midori Snyder
• First Things First: So You Need a Place to Stay - essay by Terri Windling
• Socks - novelette by Delia Sherman
• The Gangs: And Life's Other Little Annoyances - essay by Terri Windling
• Half Life - novelette by Donnárd Sturgis
• What to Eat: A Tasteful Guide to Border Cuisine - essay by Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• Hot Water: A Bordertown Romance - short story by Ellen Kushner
• The Music Scene: What's Up and What Ain't - essay by Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• Arcadia - short story by Michael Korolenko
• Nightlife: Where to Find It - essay by Terri Windling
• Changeling - novelette by Elisabeth Kushner
• So You Want to Be a Star: Get Real - essay by Terri Windling
• May This Be Your Last Sorrow - short story by Charles de Lint
• Uptown: How the Other Half Lives - essay by Terri Windling
• Rag - short story by Caroline Stevermer
• The Peculiar Joy of Cooking on the Border - essay by Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• When the Bow Breaks - short story by Steven Brust
• A Human Guide to Elvin Etiquette - essay by Terri Windling and Mimi Panitch
• Argentine - novelette by Ellen Steiber
• A Trueblood Guide to Human Peccadillos - essay by Terri Windling
• Cover Up My Tracks with Rain - novelette by Micole Sudberg
• Famous Last Words - essay by Terri Windling
• How Shannaro Tolkinson Lost and Found His Heart - novelette by Felicity Savage

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold
• The Green Child - short story by John Crowley
• Pooka's Bridge - short story by Gillian Fitzgerald
• The Hosting of the Sidhe - (1893) - poem by William Butler Yeats
• The Judgement of St. Yves - short story by Evangeline Walton
• Sweetly the Waves Call to Me - short story by Pat Murphy
• The Merman in Love - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Renders - short story by Janny Wurts
• The Golden Slipper - (1959) - short story by Antanas Vaiciulaitis
• A Spell for Sleeping - poem by Alastair Reid
• The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship - (1972) - short story by Gabriel García Márquez (trans. of El último viaje del Buque Fantasma 1954)
• Pale Horse - (1969) - poem by Masao Takiguchi
• The Thunder Cat - (1965) - short story by Nicholas Stuart Gray
• Queen Louisa - (1972) - short story by John Gardner
• The Song of the Dragon's Daughter - (1977) - poem by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Prodigal Daughter - novelette by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Little Boy Waiting at the Edge of the Darkwood - short fiction by Andrew J. Offutt
• The Tree's Wife - (1978) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Introduction (An Islandian Tale: The Story of Alwina) - essay by Tappan King
• An Islandian Tale: The Story of Alwina - (1981) - novelette by Austin Tappan Wright
• The Unicorn Masque - novelette by Ellen Kushner
• The Succubus - (1971) - poem by John Alfred Taylor
• Ku Mei Li: A Chinese Ghost Story - novelette by M. Lucie Chin
• Tatuana's Tale - (1973) - short story by Miguel Angel Asturias (trans. of Leyenda de la Tatuana 1930)
• Overheard on a Saltmarsh - (1912) - poem by Harold Monro
• Tales of Houdini - short story by Rudy Rucker
• Oh! My Name Is John Wellington Wells - (1877) - poem by W. S. Gilbert
• Elric at the End of Time - novelette by Michael Moorcock
• Song of Amergin - (1948) - poem by Robert Graves
• Viriconium Knights - [Viriconium] - short story by M. John Harrison
• The Magician - (1971) - short story by William Kotzwinkle
• Sea Change - short story by C. J. Cherryh
• Contributors' Notes - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold
• In the Very Earliest Time - poem by Eskimo Chant
• Junction's Pleasure - novelette by Richard Englehart
• The Ern Queen - short story by Jane Newbold
• Gwydion's Loss of Llew - poem by Ellen Kushner
• Amigo Heliotropo - (1963) - short story by Felix Marti-Ibanez
• The Golden Goat - short story by Michael de Larrabeiti
• The Island and the Cattle - (1979) - poem by Nicholas Moore
• The Fallen Country - novelette by S. P. Somtow
• Small Dragon - (1962) - poem by Brian Patten
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses - (1971) - poem by Anne Sexton
• The Courtship of Mr. Lyon - (1979) - short story by Angela Carter
• Lord of the Reedy River - (1971) - poem by Donovan Leitch
• In the Hall of Grief - short story by Jane Yolen
• Magic Strings - poem by Li Ho
• The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World - (1971) - short story by Gabriel García Márquez (trans. of El ahogado más hermoso del mundo 1968)
• Haunted - (1955) - poem by R. P. Lister
• Visitors to a Castle - (1972) - short story by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• A Tourist Camped on a Donegal Field - poem by Terri Windling
• Gran and the Roaring Boys - (1974) - short story by Jenny Sullivan
• Homecoming - (1967) - poem by Peter Viereck
• The Little Dirty Girl - novelette by Joanna Russ
• A Young Man, Gleaming, White - (1968) - short story by Joäo Guimaräes Rosa
• Cerridwen and the Quern of Time - short story by Paul Hazel
• The Ship from Away - short story by Evangeline Walton
• The Day the World Died - short fiction by Thomas Wiloch
• Blood and Dreams - novelette by Richard Monaco
• The Trash Dragon of Shensi - (1978) - poem by Andrew Glazer
• The Vanishing Trolls - (1980) - short story by Gaird Wallig
• The Magic Wood - (1945) - poem by Henry Treece
• The Healer - novelette by Robin McKinley
• The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Moon Porthole - novelette by Fritz Leiber
• Contributors' Notes - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Betty Ballantine
• God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot - (1966) - poem by Leonard Cohen
• The Stagman - novelette by Robin McKinley
• Harvest Child - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• And When the Green Man Comes - (1966) - poem by John Haines
• Simpson's Lesser Sphynx - short story by Esther M. Friesner
• Intruder - (1975) - poem by Susan Feldman
• The Duke of Orkney's Leonardo - (1976) - short story by Sylvia Townsend Warner
• The Unknown - (1982) - short story by María Luisa Bombal (trans. of Lo secreto 1941)
• In the Court of the Crimson King - (1969) - poem by Peter Sinfield
• The Warrior's Daughter - short story by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe
• Gretel in Darkness - (1969) - poem by Louise Gluck
• Rocinante - short story by Steven R. Boyett
• Springsong in East Gruesome, Vermont - (1968) - poem by Ramon Guthrie
• The Idol's Eye - short story by James P. Blaylock
• The Lady of the House of Love - (1975) - short story by Angela Carter
• The Undead - (1954) - poem by Richard Wilbur
• Voices Answering Back: The Vampires - (1969) - poem by Lawrence Raab
• Happy Dens: or, A Day in the Old Wolves Home - short fiction by Jane Yolen
• The Six Badgers - (1960) - poem by Robert Graves
• The Chapel Perilous - (1955) - short story by Naomi Mitchison
• Malagan and the Lady of Rascas - short story by Michael de Larrabeiti
• Bones - novelette by P. C. Hodgell
• The Toaster - (1980) - poem by William Jay Smith
• The One We Were - novelette by Tanith Lee
• On the Dark Side of the Station Where the Train Never Stops - short story by Pat Murphy
• Simultaneously - (1964) - poem by David Ignatow
• "Franz Kafka" by Jorge Luís Borges - (1970) - short story by Alvin Greenberg
• The Strange Fellows' Palm-Wine Tapster - (1952) - short story by Amos Tutuola
• Tort and the Dancing Market-Women - (1952) - short story by Amos Tutuola
• Kitty - (1981) - short story by Paul Bowles
• Princeps Tenebrarum - (1984) - poem by John Alfred Taylor
• Riquiqui, I Love You! - (1963) - novelette by Felix Marti-Ibanez
• Being a Giant - (1976) - poem by Robert Mezey
• A Matter of Music - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
• Contributors' Notes - essay by uncredited
• Index to the Elsewhere Trilogy - essay by uncredited

Once upon a time, fairy tales were for children... But no longer.

You hold in your hands a volume of wonders -- magical tales of trolls and ogres, of bewitched princesses and kingdoms accursed, penned by some of the most acclaimed fantasists of our day. But these are not bedtime stories designed to usher an innocent child gently into a realm of dreams. These are stories that bite -- lush and erotic, often dark and disturbing mystical journeys through a phantasmagoric landscape of distinctly adult sensibilities... where there is no such thing as "happily ever after."

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: White as Snow: Fairy Tales and Fantasy - (1993) - essay by Terri Windling
• Introduction: Red as Blood: Fairy Tales and Horror - (1993) - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Like a Red, Red Rose - (1993) - novelette by Susan Wade
• The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep - (1993) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• The Frog Prince - (1993) - shortstory by Gahan Wilson
• Stalking Beans - (1993) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Snow-Drop - (1993) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Little Red - (1993) - shortstory by Wendy Wheeler
• I Shall Do Thee Mischief in the Wood - (1993) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Root of the Matter - (1993) - novelette by Gregory Frost
• The Princess in the Tower - (1993) - shortstory by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• Persimmon - (1993) - shortstory by Harvey Jacobs
• Little Poucet - (1993) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Changelings - (1993) - novelette by Melanie Tem
• The Springfield Swans - (1993) - shortstory by Caroline Stevermer and Ryan Edmonds
• Troll Bridge - (1993) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman (variant of Troll-Bridge)
• A Sound, Like Angels Singing - (1993) - shortstory by Leonard Rysdyk
• Puss - (1993) - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• The Glass Casket - (1993) - shortstory by Jack Dann
• Knives - (1993) - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Snow Queen - (1993) - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
• Breadcrumbs and Stones - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• Recommended Reading - (1993) - essay by uncredited
• Terri Windling - (1993) - essay by uncredited
• Ellen Datlow - (1993) - essay by uncredited

Eighteen masterful fairy tales for adults from a remarkable gathering of contemporary Grimms and Andersens, the new princesses and princes of fantastical fiction

World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling return with another superb collection of wonders and terrors. In Black Thorn, White Rose, the magical tales we were told at bedtime have been upended, turned inside out, reshaped, and given a keen, distinctly adult edge by eighteen of the most acclaimed storytellers ever to reinvent a fairy tale. Our favorite characters, from Sleeping Beauty to Rumpelstiltskin to the Gingerbread Man, are here but in different guises, brought to new life by such masters as Nancy Kress, Jane Yolen, Storm Constantine, and the late, great Roger Zelazny.

These breathtaking tales of dark enchantments range from the tragic and poignant to the humorous to the horrifying to the simply astonishing. The story of an aging woodcutter persuaded to help a desperate prince make his way through the brambles to save a sleeping beauty twists ingeniously around like the thorny wall that impedes them. The fable of an all-controlling queen mother who faces her most fearsome adversary in a sensitive princess who appears mysteriously during a storm is a dark, disturbing masterpiece. And readers will long remember the exquisite tale of Death, his godson, football, and MTV.

Anyone who has ever loved or even feared the old tales of witches and trolls and remarkable transformations will find much to admire in this extraordinary collection--happily ever after or not.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
• Words Like Pale Stones - novelette by Nancy Kress
• Stronger than Time - novelette by Patricia C. Wrede
• Somnus's Fair Maid - novelette by Ann Downer
• The Frog King, or Iron Henry - shortstory by Daniel Quinn
• Near-Beauty - shortstory by M. E. Beckett
• Ogre - shortstory by Michael Kandel
• Can't Catch Me - shortstory by Michael Cadnum
• Journeybread Recipe - shortstory by Lawrence Schimel
• The Brown Bear of Norway - shortstory by Isabel Cole
• The Goose Girl - shortstory by Tim Wynne-Jones
• Tattercoats - novelette by Midori Snyder
• Granny Rumple - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• The Sawing Boys - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• Godson - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• Ashputtle - novelette by Peter Straub
• Silver and Gold - poem by Ellen Steiber
• Sweet Bruising Skin - novelette by Storm Constantine
• The Black Swan - novelette by Susan Wade
• Recommended Reading - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow

Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Goldilocks, Hansel and Gretel, and other storybook icons are ingeniously reimagined in this stunning collection of updated adult fairy tales from some of today's finest fantasists

For many of us, the fairy tale was our first exposure to the written word and the power of storytelling. These wondrous works of magic and morality enthralled us, enchanted us, sometimes terrified us, and remain in our hearts and memories still. Once again, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have compiled an extraordinary collection of reimagined tales conceived by some of today's most acclaimed contemporary purveyors of literary fantasy, science fiction, and horror, including Neil Gaiman, Gahan Wilson, Joyce Carol Oates, Tanith Lee, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, and others.

Remarkable things lurk in these dark and magical woods. Here Beauty confronts a serial-killer Beast, Hansel and Gretel's witch resides not in a gingerbread house but in a luxurious resort, and Rumpelstiltskin is truly the devil demanding his due, rightfully or otherwise. The hilarious "Roach in Loafers" ingeniously combines the classic "Elves and the Shoemaker" tale with "Puss in Boots" and adds an insectile twist, while in a modern fable that blends The Wizard of Oz and Hans Christian Andersen, Dorothy is set adrift in Hollywoodland, ruby slippers and all. These are not the fairy stories you remember from childhood.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1995) - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
• Ruby Slippers - (1995) - shortstory by Susan Wade
• The Beast - (1995) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Masterpiece - (1995) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• Summer Wind - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• This Century of Sleep or, Briar Rose Beneath the Sea - (1995) - poem by Farida S. T. Shapiro
• The Crossing - (1995) - novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
• Roach in Loafers - (1995) - shortstory by Roberta Lannes
• Naked Little Men - (1995) - shortstory by Michael Cadnum
• Brother Bear - (1995) - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• The Emperor Who Had Never Seen a Dragon - (1995) - shortstory by John Brunner
• Billy Fearless - (1995) - novelette by Nancy A. Collins
• The Death of Koshchei the Deathless (a tale of old Russia) - (1995) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• The Real Princess - (1995) - shortstory by Susan Palwick
• The Huntsman's Story - (1995) - shortstory by Milbre Burch
• After Push Comes to Shove - (1995) - poem by Milbre Burch
• Hansel and Grettel - (1995) - shortstory by Gahan Wilson
• Match Girl - (1995) - novelette by Anne Bishop
• Waking the Prince - (1995) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Fox Wife - (1995) - novella by Ellen Steiber
• The White Road - (1995) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• The Traveler and the Tale - (1995) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• The Printer's Daughter - (1995) - novelette by Delia Sherman
• Recommended Reading - (1995) - essay by uncredited

Unforgettable stories of witches and wishes, Sleeping Beauties and Snow Whites, ingeniously twisted into darker, more grown-up shapes by fantasy fiction's most talented practitioners

Once again, World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling prove that fairy tales don't have to be for little children and that happily ever after doesn't necessarily mean forever. Black Swan, White Raven is Datlow and Windling's fourth collection of once-familiar and much-beloved bedtime stories reimagined by some of the finest fantasists currently plying their literary trade--acclaimed writers like Jane Yolen, John Crowley, Michael Cadnum, and Joyce Carol Oates, who give new lives and new meanings to the plights of Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Rapunzel, and more.

Hansel and Gretel make several appearances here, not the least being at their trial for the murder of a supposedly helpless old woman. The shocking real reason for Snow White's desperate flight from her home is revealed in "The True Story," and the steadfast tin soldier, made flesh and blood, pays a terrible price for his love and devotion.

The twenty-one stories and poems in this collection run the gamut from triumphant to troubling to utterly outrageous, like Don Webb's brilliant merging of numerous tales into one wild, hallucinogenic trip in his "Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs." All in all, the reimagined fairy tales and fables in Datlow and Windling's literary offering mine the fantastical yarns we loved as children for new and darker gold.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
• The Flounder's Kiss - shortstory by Michael Cadnum
• The Black Fairy's Curse - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Snow in Dirt - novelette by Michael Blumlein
• Riding the Red - shortstory by Nalo Hopkinson
• No Bigger Than My Thumb - shortstory by Esther M. Friesner
• In the Insomniac Night - novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Little Match Girl - poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Trial of Hansel and Gretel - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• Rapunzel - shortstory by Anne Bishop
• Sparks - novelette by Gregory Frost
• The Dog Rose - shortstory by Sten Westgard
• The Reverend's Wife - novelette by Midori Snyder
• The Orphan the Moth and the Magic - shortstory by Harvey Jacobs
• Three Dwarves and 2000 Maniacs - shortstory by Don Webb
• True Thomas - novelette by Bruce Glassco
• The True Story - shortstory by Pat Murphy
• Lost and Abandoned - shortstory by John Crowley
• The Breadcrumb Trail - poem by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• On Lickerish Hill - novelette by Susanna Clarke
• Steadfast - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Godmother Death - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Recommended Reading - essay by uncredited

Twenty-one darker, deeper, more adult takes on some of our favorite childhood fairy tales, from acclaimed contemporary fantasists

Long ago, when we were children, our dreams were inspired by the fairy tales we heard at our mothers' and grandmothers' knees--stories of princesses and princes and witches and wondrous enchantments, by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, and from the pages of 1001 Arabian Nights. But, as World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling remind us, these stories were often tamed and sanitized versions. The originals were frequently darker--and in Silver Birch, Blood Moon, they turn darker still.

Twenty-one modern Grimms and Andersens--masterful storytellers including Neil Gaiman, Nancy Kress, and Tanith Lee--now reinvent beloved bedtime stories for our time. The Sea Witch gets her say, relating the story of "The Little Mermaid" from her own point of view. "Thumbelina" becomes a tale of creeping horror, while a delightfully naughty spin is put on "The Emperor's New Clothes." Author Caitlin R. Kiernan transports Snow White to a dark, gritty, industrial urban setting, and Patricia Briggs details "The Price" of dealing with a royal and unrepentantly evil Rumpelstiltskin.

Rich, provocative, and unabashedly adult, each of these tales is a modern treasure, reminding us that wishes have consequences and not all genies have our best interests at heart.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1999) - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
• Kiss Kiss - (1999) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Carabosse - (1999) - poem by Delia Sherman
• The Price - (1999) - shortstory by Patricia Briggs
• Glass Coffin - (1999) - shortstory by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Vanishing Virgin - (1999) - shortstory by Harvey Jacobs
• Clad in Gossamer - (1999) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Precious - (1999) - shortstory by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Sea Hag - (1999) - novelette by Melissa Lee Shaw
• The Frog Chauffeur - (1999) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• The Dybbuk in the Bottle - (1999) - novelette by Russell William Asplund
• The Shell Box - (1999) - novelette by Karawynn Long
• Ivory Bones - (1999) - shortstory by Susan Wade
• The Wild Heart - (1999) - shortstory by Anne Bishop
• You Wandered Off Like a Foolish Child to Break Your Heart and Mine - (1999) - shortstory by Pat York
• Arabian Phoenix - (1999) - shortstory by India Edghill
• Toad-Rich - (1999) - shortstory by Michael Cadnum
• Skin So Green and Fine - (1999) - novelette by Wendy Wheeler
• The Willful Child, the Black Dog, and the Beanstalk - (1999) - novelette by Melanie Tem
• Locks - (1999) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• Marsh-Magic - (1999) - novelette by Robin McKinley
• Toad - (1999) - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• Recommended Reading - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Favorite fairy tales are updated and hauntingly reimagined by twenty of today's finest writers of fiction and fantasy

Once upon a time, all our cherished dreams began with the words once upon a time. This is the phrase that opened our favorite tales of princes and spells and magical adventures. World Fantasy Award-winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling understand the power of beloved stories--and in Black Heart, Ivory Bones, their sixth anthology of reimagined fairy tales, they have gathered together stories and poetry from some of the most acclaimed writers of our time, including Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, Charles de Lint, and Joyce Carol Oates. But be forewarned: These fairy tales are not for children.

A prideful Texas dancer is cursed by a pair of lustrous red boots... Goldilocks tells all about her brutal and wildly dysfunctional foster family, the Bears... An archaeologist in Victorian England is enchanted by a newly exhumed Sleeping Beauty... A prince of tabloid journalism is smitten by a trailer-park Rapunzel... A clockwork amusement park troll becomes sentient and sets out to foment an automaton revolution. These are but a few examples of the marvels that await within these pages--tales that range from the humorous to the sensuous to the haunting and horrifying, each one a treasure with a distinctly adult edge.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling and Ellen Datlow
• Rapunzel - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• The Crone - poem by Delia Sherman
• Big Hair - shortstory by Esther M. Friesner
• The King with Three Daughters - novelette by Russell Blackford
• Boys and Girls Together - poem by Neil Gaiman
• And Still She Sleeps - novelette by Greg Costikyan
• Snow in Summer - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Briar Rose - poem by Debra Cash
• Witch - poem by Debra Cash
• Chanterelle - novelette by Brian Stableford
• Bear It Away - shortstory by Michael Cadnum
• Goldilocks Tells All - shortstory by Scott Bradfield
• My Life as a Bird - (1996) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• The Red Boots - shortstory by Leah Cutter
• Rosie's Dance - shortstory by Emma Hardesty
• You, Little Match-Girl - novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
• Dreaming Among Men - shortstory by Bryn Kanar
• The Cats of San Martino - novelette by Ellen Steiber
• The Golem - shortstory by Severna Park
• Our Mortal Span - shortstory by Howard Waldrop
• Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower - novella by Susanna Clarke
• Recommended Reading - essay by uncredited

These are not your mother's fairy tales...

Did you ever wonder how the dwarves felt after Snow White ditched them for the prince? Do you sometimes wish Cinderella hadn't been so helpless and petite? Are you ready to hear the Giant's point of view on Jack and his beanstalk? Then this is the book for you.

Thirteen award-winning fantasy and science fiction writers offer up their versions of these classic fairy tales as well as other favorites, including The Ugly Duckling, Ali Baba, Hansel and Gretel, and more. Some of the stories are funny, some are strange, and others are dark and disturbing -- but each offers something as unexpected as a wolf at the door.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (2000) - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• The Months of Manhattan - (2000) - short story by Delia Sherman
• Cinder Elephant - (2000) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Instructions - (2000) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• Mrs. Big: "Jack and the Beanstalk" Retold - (2000) - short story by Michael Cadnum
• Falada: The Goose Girl's Horse - (2000) - short story by Nancy Farmer
• A Wolf at the Door - (2000) - short story by Tanith Lee
• Ali Baba and the Forty Aliens - (1999) - short story by Janeen Webb
• Swans - (2000) - short story by Kelly Link
• The Kingdom of Melting Glances - (2000) - short story by Katherine Vaz
• Hansel's Eyes - (2000) - short story by Garth Nix
• Becoming Charise - (2000) - short story by Kathe Koja
• The Seven Stage a Comeback - (2000) - poem by Gregory Maguire
• The Twelve Dancing Princesses - (2000) - short story by Patricia A. McKillip

Just as fairy-tale magic can transform a loved one into a swan, the contributors to this book have transformed traditional fairy tales and legends into stories that are completely original, yet still tantalizingly familiar.

In this book you will find:

• a Rapunzel whose most confining prison is her loneliness
• a contemporary rendering of the Green Man myth
• two different versions of Red Riding Hood
• a tale that grew out of a Celtic folk song
• Sleeping Beauty's experience of her enchantment
• two works inspired by the Arabian Nights
• and more

In the follow-up to A Wolf at the Door, thirteen renowned authors come together with a selection of new and surprising adaptations of the fairy tales we think we know so well. These fresh takes on classic tales will show you sides of each.

Everyone thinks they know the real story behind the villains in fairy tales - evil, no two ways about it. But the villains themselves beg to differ. In Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's new anthology for younger readers, you'll hear from the Giant's wife ("Jack and the Beanstalk"), Rumplestiltskin, the oldest of the Twelve Dancing Princesses, and many more. A stellar lineup of authors, including Garth Nix, Holly Black, Neil Gaiman and Nancy Farmer, makes sure that these old stories do new tricks!

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (2009) - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• Wizard's Apprentice - (2009) - shortstory by Delia Sherman
• An Unwelcome Guest - (2009) - shortfiction by Garth Nix
• Faery Tales - (2009) - poem by Wendy Froud
• Rags and Riches - (2009) - shortfiction by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Up the Down Beanstalk: A Wife Remembers - (2009) - shortfiction by Peter S. Beagle
• The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces - (2009) - shortfiction by Ellen Kushner
• Puss in Boots, the Sequel - (2009) - poem by Joseph Stanton
• The Boy Who Cried Wolf - (2009) - shortstory by Holly Black
• Troll - (2009) - shortfiction by Jane Yolen
• Castle Othello - (2009) - shortfiction by Nancy Farmer
• 'Skin - (2009) - shortfiction by Michael Cadnum
• A Delicate Architecture - (2009) - shortstory by Catherynne M. Valente
• Molly - (2009) - shortfiction by Midori Snyder
• Observing the Formalities - (2009) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• The Cinderella Game - (2009) - shortstory by Kelly Link
• Further Reading

One of our most enduring, universal myths is that of the Green Man-the spirit who stands for Nature in its most wild and untamed form, a man with leaves for hair who dwells deep within the mythic forest. Through the ages and around the world, the Green Man and other nature spirits have appeared in stories, songs, and artwork, as well as many beloved fantasy novels, including Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.

Now Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, the acclaimed editors of over twenty anthologies, have gathered some of today's finest writers of magical fiction to interpret the spirits of nature in short stories and poetry. Charles Vess (Stardust) brings his stellar eye and brush to the decorations, and Windling provides an introduction exploring Green Man symbolism and forest myth.

The Green Man will become required reading for teenagers and adults alike-not only for fans of fantasy fiction, but for anyone interested in mythology and the mysteries of the wilderness.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• Introduction: About the Green Man and Other Forest Lore - essay by Terri Windling
• Going Wodwo - poem by Neil Gaiman
• Grand Central Park - novelette by Delia Sherman
• Daphne - shortstory by Michael Cadnum
• Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box - novelette by Charles de Lint
• Among the Leaves So Green - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Song of the Cailleach Bheur - poem by Jane Yolen
• Hunter's Moon - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• Charlie's Away - novelette by Midori Snyder
• A World Painted by Birds - novelette by Katherine Vaz
• Grounded - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Overlooking - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• Fee, Fie, Foe, et Cetera - novelette by Gregory Maguire
• Joshua Tree - novelette by Emma Bull
• Ali Anugne O Chash (The Boy Who Was) - shortstory by Carolyn Dunn
• Remnants - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Pagodas of Ciboure - novelette by M. Shayne Bell
• Green Men - poem by Bill Lewis
• The Green Word - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• About the Editors - essay by uncredited
• About the Artist - essay by uncredited

Faeries, or creatures like them, can be found in almost every culture the world over-benevolent and terrifying, charming and exasperating, shifting shape from country to country, story to story, and moment to moment. In The Faery Reel, acclaimed anthologists Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have asked some of today's finest writers of fantastic fiction for short stories and poems that draw on the great wealth of world faery lore and classic faery literature. This companion to the World Fantasy Award-winner and Locus bestseller The Green Man is edgy, provocative, and thoroughly magical. Like the faeries themselves.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• Introduction: The Faeries - essay by Terri Windling
• The Boys of Goose Hill - (1991) - poem by Charles de Lint
• CATNYP - novelette by Delia Sherman
• Elvenbrood - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Your Garnet Eyes - shortstory by Katherine Vaz
• Tengu Mountain - novelette by Gregory Frost
• The Faery Handbag - novelette by Kelly Link
• The Price of Glamour - novelette by Steve Berman
• The Night Market - shortstory by Holly Black
• Never Never - novelette by Bruce Glassco
• Screaming for Faeries - novelette by Ellen Steiber
• Immersed in Matter - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Undine - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Oakthing - novelette by Gregory Maguire
• Foxwife - novelette by Hiromi Goto
• The Dream Eaters - novelette by A. M. Dellamonica
• The Faery Reel - poem by Neil Gaiman
• The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole - novelette by Bill Congreve
• The Annals of Eelin-Ok - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• De La Tierra - shortstory by Emma Bull
• How to Find Faery - poem by Nan Fry
• Further Reading - essay by uncredited
• About the Editors - essay by uncredited
• About the Illustrator - essay by uncredited

Coyote. Anansi. Brer Rabbit. Trickster characters have long been a staple of folk literature. Twenty-six authors, including Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles), Charles de Lint (Little (Grrl) Lost), Ellen Klages, (The Green Glass Sea), Kelly Link (Pretty Monsters), Patricia A, McKillip (Ombria in Shadow), and Jane Yolen, have crafted stories and poems drawing from cultures and traditions all over the world--each surprising, engrossing, and thought provoking. Terri Windling provides a comprehensive introduction to the trickster myths of the world, and the entire book is highlighted by the remarkable decorations of Charles Vess.

The Coyote Road, like its companions The Green Man (winner of the World Fantasy Award) and The Faery Reel (a World Fantasy Award Finalist), is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary fantasy fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling
• One Odd Shoe - shortstory by Pat Murphy
• Coyote Woman - poem by Carolyn Dunn
• Wagers of Gold Mountain - shortstory by Steve Berman
• The Listeners - shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Realer Than You - shortstory by Christopher Barzak
• The Fiddler of Bayou Teche - shortstory by Delia Sherman
• A Tale for the Short Days - shortstory by Richard Bowes
• Friday Night at St. Cecilia's - shortstory by Ellen Klages
• The Fortune-Teller - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• How Raven Made His Bride - poem by Theodora Goss
• Crow Roads - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• The Chamber Music of Animals - shortstory by Katherine Vaz
• Uncle Bob Visits - shortstory by Caroline Stevermer
• Uncle Tompa - poem by Midori Snyder
• Cat of the World - shortstory by Michael Cadnum
• Honored Guest - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• Always the Same Story - shortstory by Elizabeth E. Wein
• The Señorita and the Cactus Thorn - shortstory by Kim Antieau
• Black Rock Blues - shortstory by Will Shetterly
• The Constable of Abal - shortstory by Kelly Link
• A Reversal of Fortune - shortstory by Holly Black
• God Clown - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• The Other Labyrinth - shortstory by Jedediah Berry
• The Dreaming Wind - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Kawaku Anansi Walks the World's Web - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change - novelette by Kij Johnson
• Further Reading - essay by uncredited
• About the Editors - essay by uncredited
• About the Illustrator - essay by uncredited

What do werewolves, vampires, and the Little Mermaid have in common? They are all shapechangers. In The Beastly Bride, acclaimed editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling bring together original stories and poems from a stellar lineup of authors including Peter S. Beagle, Ellen Kushner, Jane Yolen, Lucius Shepard, and Tanith Lee, as well as many new, diverse voices. Terri Windling provides a scholarly, yet accessible introduction, and Charles Vess's decorations open each story. From Finland to India, the Pacific Northwest to the Hamptons, shapechangers are part of our magical landscape and The Beastly Bride is sure to be one of the most acclaimed anthologies of the year.

Table of Contents:

• "Island Lake" by E. Catherine Tobler
• "The Puma's Daughter" by Tanith Lee
• "Map of Seventeen" by Christopher Barzak
• "The Selkie Speaks" by Delia Sherman
• "Bear's Bride" by Johanna Sinisalo
• "The Abominable Child's Tale" by Carol Emshwiller
• "The Hikikomori" by Hiromi Goto
• "The Comeuppance of Creegus Maxin" by Gregory Frost
• "Ganesha" by Jeffrey Ford
• "The Elephant's Bride" by Jane Yolen
• "The Children of Cadmus" by Ellen Kushner
• "The White Doe Mourns Her Childhood" by Jeanine Hall Gailey
• "The White Doe's Love Song" by Jeanine Hall Gailey
• "The White Doe Decides" by Jeanine Hall Gailey
• "Coyote and Valorosa" by Terra L. Gearheart
• "One Thin Dime" by Stewart Moore
• "The Monkey Bride" by Midori Snyder
• "Pishaach" by Shweta Narayan
• "The Salamander Fire" by Marly Youmans
• "The Margay's Children" by Richard Bowes
• "Thumbleriggery and Fledglings" by Steve Berman
• "The Flock" by Lucius Shepard
• "The Children of the Shark God" by Peter Beagle
• "Rosina" by Nan Fry

This is the first volume in what became Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1987: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1987: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• 1987: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen - essay by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries (1987) - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1987) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• A World Without Toys - (1986) - shortstory by T. M. Wright
• DX - (1987) - poem by Joe Haldeman
• Friend's Best Man - (1987) - shortstory by Jonathan Carroll
• The Snow Apples - (1987) - shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
• Ever After - (1987) - novelette by Susan Palwick
• My Name Is Dolly - (1987) - shortstory by William F. Nolan
• The Moon's Revenge - (1987) - shortstory by Joan Aiken
• Author's Notes - (1987) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Lake George in High August - (1987) - shortstory by John Robert Bensink
• Csucskári - (1987) - novelette by Steven Brust
• The Other Side - (1986) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Pamela's Get - (1987) - novelette by David J. Schow
• Voices in the Wind - (1987) - shortstory by Elizabeth S. Helfman
• Once Upon a Time, She Said - (1987) - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Circular Library of Stones - (1987) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• Soft Monkey - (1987) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Fat Face - (1987) - novelette by Michael Shea
• Uncle Dobbin's Parrot Fair - (1987) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• The Pear-Shaped Man - (1987) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• Delta Sly Honey - (1987) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• Small Heirlooms - (1987) - shortstory by M. John Harrison
• The Improper Princess - (1987) - shortstory by Patricia C. Wrede
• The Fable of the Farmer and Fox - (1987) - shortstory by John Brunner
• Haunted - (1987) - novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
• Dead Possums - (1987) - shortstory by Kathryn Ptacek
• Pictures Made of Stones - (1987) - poem by Lucius Shepard
• Splatter: A Cautionary Tale - (1987) - shortstory by Douglas E. Winter
• Gentlemen - (1987) - novelette by Craig Spector and John Skipp
• Demon Luck - (1987) - shortstory by Craig Shaw Gardner
• Words of Power - (1987) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Jamie's Grave - (1987) - shortstory by Lisa Tuttle
• The Maid on the Shore - (1987) - shortstory by Delia Sherman
• Halley's Passing - (1987) - shortstory by Michael McDowell
• White Trains - (1987) - poem by Lucius Shepard
• Simple Sentences - (1987) - shortstory by Natalie Babbitt
• A Hypothetical Lizard - (1987) - novelette by Alan Moore
• Honorable Mentions: 1987 - essay by uncredited

Here is a splendid selection of horror and fantasy stories.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1988: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1988: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• 1988: Horror and Fantasy on the Screen - essay by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries - essay by James R. Frenkel
• Death Is Different - (1988) - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (And What Came of It) - (1988) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• It Was the Heat - (1988) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• The Cutter - (1988) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• The Freezer Jesus - (1988) - shortfiction by John DuFresne
• Voices of the Kill - (1988) - shortstory by Thomas M. Disch
• Secretly - (1988) - poem by Ruth Roston
• The Devil's Rose - (1988) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Wempires - (1988) - shortstory by Daniel M. Pinkwater
• Scatter My Ashes - (1988) - shortstory by Greg Egan
• Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh - (1988) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• Shoo Fly - (1988) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
• The Thing Itself - (1988) - shortstory by Michael Blumlein
• The Soft Whisper of Midnight Snow - (1988) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• Roman Games - (1988) - shortstory by Anne Gay
• The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn - (1988) - shortstory by Patricia C. Wrede
• The Book and Its Contents - (1988) - shortstory by Robert Kelly
• The Great God Pan - (1988) - novelette by M. John Harrison
• Lost Bodies - (1988) - shortstory by Ian Watson
• Two Minutes Forty-Five Seconds - (1988) - shortstory by Dan Simmons
• Preflash - (1988) - shortstory by John M. Ford
• Life of Buddha - (1988) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Appointment with Eddie - (1988) - shortstory by Charles Beaumont
• Fragments of Papyrus from the Temple of the Older Gods - (1988) - shortstory by William Kotzwinkle
• Spillage - (1988) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Snowman - (1988) - shortstory by Charles L. Grant
• The Scar - (1987) - shortstory by Dennis Etchison
• Laiken Langstrand - (1988) - shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
• The Last Poem About the Snow Queen - (1988) - poem by Sandra M. Gilbert
• Pinocchio - (1988) - poem by Sandra M. Gilbert
• Game in the Pope's Head - (1988) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Playing the Game - (1988) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Faces - (1987) - novelette by F. Paul Wilson
• Snowfall - (1988) - shortstory by Jessie Thompson
• Seal-Self - (1987) - shortstory by Sara Maitland
• No Hearts, No Flowers - (1988) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• The Boy Who Drew Unicorns - (1988) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• The Darling - (1988) - shortstory by Scott Bradfield
• Night They Missed the Horror Show - (1988) - shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
• Your Story - (1988) - shortstory by Rick DeMarinis
• Winter Solstice, Camelot Station - (1988) - poem by John M. Ford
• The Boy Who Hooked the Sun - (1985) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Clem's Dream - (1985) - shortstory by Joan Aiken
• Love in Vain - (1988) - novelette by Lewis Shiner
• In the Darkened Hours - (1988) - poem by Robert Frazier
• A Golden Net for Silver Fishes - (1988) - shortstory by Ru Emerson
• Dancing Among Ghosts - (1988) - novella by Jim Aikin
• Honorable Mentions: 1988 - essay by uncredited

Collecting the creme de la creme of the horror and fantasy fields, this third volume amasses the best from 1989, including works by Scott Baker, Pat Cadigan, Joe Haldeman, Tanith Lee, Jonah Carroll, Robert McCammon and Bruce Sterling, as well as extensive overviews of the year in horror and fantasy, and Ed Bryant's survey of the year's movies.

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• Summation 1989: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1989: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy on the Screen: 1989 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries (1989) - essay by James R. Frenkel
• The Edge of the World - (1989) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• The Adder - (1989) - shortstory by Fred Chappell
• Cat in Glass - (1989) - shortstory by Nancy Etchemendy
• Monsters, Tearing Off My Face - (1989) - shortstory by Rory Harper
• Family - (1989) - shortstory by Joyce Carol Oates
• A Dirge for Clowntown - (1990) - shortstory by James Powell
• Miss Carstairs and the Merman - (1989) - novelette by Delia Sherman
• Unknown Things - (1989) - shortstory by Reginald Bretnor
• Return to the Mutant Rain Forest - (1989) - poem by Bruce Boston and Robert Frazier
• Date with a Bird - (1989) - shortstory by Tatyana Tolstaya (trans. original 1983)
• Them Bald-Headed Snays - (1989) - shortstory by Joseph A. Citro
• A Sad Last Love at the Diner of the Damned - (1989) - novelette by Edward Bryant
• Hanging the Fool - (1989) - novelette by Michael Moorcock
• Hansel's Finger - (1989) - shortstory by Leif Enger
• Dogfaerie - (1989) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• A Bird That Whistles - (1989) - shortstory by Emma Bull
• The Walled Garden - (1989) - shortstory by Lisa Tuttle
• Varicose Worms - (1989) - novelette by Scott Baker
• The War with Things - (1989) - shortstory by Leszek Kolakowski
• The Faery Flag - (1989) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Souls Tied to the Knots on a Leather Cord - (1989) - shortstory by Zhaxi Dawa (trans. original 1985)
• The Illusionist - (1989) - shortstory by Steven Millhauser
• Timeskip - (1989) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• Something Passed By - (1989) - shortstory by Robert R. McCammon
• Self-Portrait Mixed Media on Pavement, 1988 - (1988) - shortstory by Dan Daly
• The Plane Tree and the Fountain - (1989) - shortstory by Michael de Larrabeiti
• White as Sin, Now - (1989) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• The Power and the Passion - (1989) - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• Jack Straw - (1989) - shortstory by Midori Snyder
• The Sudd - (1989) - shortstory by J. N. Williamson
• Mr. Fiddlehead - (1989) - shortstory by Jonathan Carroll
• Shave and a Haircut, Two Bites - (1989) - shortstory by Dan Simmons
• Cinema Altéré - (1989) - shortstory by Andrew M. Stephenson
• Matters of Family - (1989) - shortstory by Gary A. Braunbeck
• Beauty and the Beast: An Anniversary - (1989) - poem by Jane Yolen
• Find Me - (1989) - shortstory by Joan Aiken
• Unidentified Objects - (1989) - shortstory by James P. Blaylock
• Meeting the Author - (1989) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• The Lovers - (1989) - shortstory by Gwyneth Jones
• "Yore Skin's Jes's Soft 'N Purty..." He Said. (Page 243) - (1989) - shortstory by Chet Williamson
• Dori Bangs - (1989) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• The Steel Valentine - (1989) - shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
• Equilibrium - (1989) - shortstory by John Shirley
• Time Lapse - (1989) - poem by Joe Haldeman
• White Noise - (1989) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• Terrible Kisses - (1989) - shortstory by Robley Wilson
• Sleepside Story - (1988) - novella by Greg Bear
• Honorable Mentions: 1989 - essay by uncredited

This acclaimed series, winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, continues its tradition of excellence with scores of short stories from such writers as Michael Bishop, Edward Byrant, Angela Carter, Terry Lamsley, Gabriel Garcia Marquex, A.R. Morlan, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen and many others. Supplementing the stories are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, Edward Bryant's witty roundup of the year's fantasy films, and a long list of Honorable Mentions -- all of which adds up to an invaluable reference source, and a font of fabulous reading.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1990: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1990: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1990 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries - essay by uncredited
• Freewheeling - (1990) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• Coming Home - (1990) - shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• The Sweeper - (1990) - shortstory by George Szanto
• Ladies and Gentlemen - (1990) - shortstory by Joyce Carol Oates
• Freaktent - (1990) - shortstory by Nancy A. Collins
• Missolonghi 1824 - (1990) - shortstory by John Crowley
• The Last Feast of Harlequin - (1990) - novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• Sounding the Praises of Shadow to the Merchants of Light - (1991) - poem by David Memmott
• Harvest - (1990) - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Fantasy in the Real World - (1990) - essay by Susan Cooper
• The Dream - (1990) - shortstory by Dyan Sheldon
• Moths - (1990) - shortstory by John Brunner
• Frozen Charlottes - (1990) - poem by Susan Prospere
• Little Nightmares, Little Dreams - (1990) - shortstory by Rachel Simon
• Timekeeper - (1990) - novelette by John Morressy
• Sonata: For Two Friends in Different Times of the Same Trouble - (1990) - poem by Ellen Kushner
• Death of a Right Fielder - (1990) - shortstory by Stuart Dybek
• Not from Around Here - (1990) - novelette by David J. Schow
• Lieserl - (1990) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• The Last Game - (1990) - shortstory by Sharon M. Hall
• Offerings - (1990) - shortstory by Susan Palwick
• The Muses of Rooms - (1990) - poem by Vern Rutsala
• A Touch of the Old Lilith - (1990) - novelette by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• The Calling - (1990) - shortstory by David B. Silva
• TV People - (1990) - shortstory by Haruki Murakami
• In the Trees - (1990) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Truman Capote's Trilby: The Facts - (1990) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• Green - (1990) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks - (1990) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• The Panic Hand - (1989) - shortstory by Jonathan Carroll
• Bestseller - (1990) - novelette by Michael Blumlein
• Nanny Peters and the Feathery Bride - (1990) - shortstory by Delia Sherman
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind - (1990) - shortstory by Jack Womack
• Midwife to the Fairies - (1990) - shortstory by Éilis Ní Dhuibhne
• The Phone Woman - (1990) - shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
• Ladder - (1990) - shortstory by T. E. D. Klein
• Alice, Falling - (1990) - shortstory by Steven Millhauser
• Ashputtle: or, The Mother's Ghost - (1987) - shortstory by Angela Carter
• Face to Face - (1990) - shortstory by Adrian Cole
• The Dog's Tale - (1933) - shortstory by Karel Capek
• Stephen - (1990) - novelette by Elizabeth Massie
• A Short Guide to the City - (1990) - shortstory by Peter Straub
• The Story of Little Briar-Rose, A Scholarly Study - (1988) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• The First Time - (1990) - shortstory by K. W. Jeter
• Coyote v. Acme - (1990) - shortstory by Ian Frazier
• Arousal - (1990) - shortstory by Richard Christian Matheson
• The Waiting Wolf - (1990) - poem by Gwen Strauss
• The Beast - (1990) - poem by Gwen Strauss
• Snapshots from the Butterfly Plague - (1990) - shortstory by Michael Bishop
• Two Words - (1989) - shortstory by Isabel Allende
• The All-Consuming - (1990) - novelette by Lucius Shepard and Robert Frazier
• The Sadness of Detail - (1989) - shortstory by Jonathan Carroll
• Honorable Mentions: 1990 - essay by uncredited

This acclaimed series, winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, continues its tradition of excellence with scores of short stories from such writers as Michael Bishop, Edward Byrant, Angela Carter, Terry Lamsley, Gabriel Garcia Marquex, A.R. Morlan, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen and many others. Supplementing the stories are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, Edward Bryant's witty roundup of the year's fantasy films, and a long list of Honorable Mentions -- all of which adds up to an invaluable reference source, and a font of fabulous reading.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1991: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1991: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1991 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries - essay by uncredited
• The Beautiful Uncut Hair of Graves - (1991) - novelette by David Morrell
• In Carnation - (1991) - shortstory by Nancy Springer
• The Somewhere Doors - (1991) - novelette by Fred Chappell
• Poe at the End - (1991) - poem by R. H. W. Dillard
• Angels in Love - (1991) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• Vivian - (1991) - novelette by Midori Snyder
• True Love - (1991) - shortstory by K. W. Jeter
• The Second Most Beautiful Woman in the World - (1991) - shortstory by A. R. Morlan
• The Swordsman Whose Name Was Not Death - (1991) - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• The Ragthorn - (1991) - novelette by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth
• The Smell - (1991) - shortstory by Patrick McGrath
• The Tenth Scholar - (1991) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
• Fisher Death - (1991) - poem by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Walk in Sable - (1991) - poem by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• The Cut Man - (1991) - shortstory by Norman Partridge
• The Kind Men Like - (1991) - shortstory by Karl Edward Wagner
• The Coon Suit - (1991) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• Queen Christina and the Windsurfer - (1991) - shortfiction by Alison Fell
• Chui Chai - (1991) - shortstory by S. P. Somtow
• Mama Gone - (1991) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Peter - (1991) - shortstory by Pat Murphy
• Our Lady of the Harbour - (1991) - novella by Charles de Lint
• The Visitors' Book - (1991) - shortstory by Stephen Gallagher
• At the End of the Day - (1991) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Monster - (1991) - shortfiction by Nina Katerli
• Hummers - (1991) - novelette by Lisa Mason
• Santa's Way - (1991) - shortfiction by James Powell
• Call Home - (1991) - shortstory by Dennis Etchison
• The Braille Encyclopaedia - (1991) - shortstory by Grant Morrison
• The Poisoned Story - (1991) - shortstory by Rosario Ferré (trans. of El cuento envenenado 1985)
• Blood - (1991) - shortstory by Janice Galloway
• Dogstar Man - (1991) - shortstory by Nancy Willard
• Persistence of Memory - (1991) - shortfiction by Joanne Greenberg
• You'll Never Eat Lunch on This Continent Again - (1991) - shortfiction by Adam Gopnik
• The Glamour - (1991) - shortstory by Thomas Ligotti
• The Peony Lantern - (1991) - shortstory by Kara Dalkey
• To Be a Hero - (1991) - poem by Nancy Springer
• The Same in Any Language - (1991) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Teratisms - (1991) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Life of a Poet - (1991) - shortstory by Kobo Abe
• The Witch of Wilton Falls - (1991) - shortfiction by Gloria Ericson
• Home by the Sea - (1991) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• Pish, Posh, Said Hieronymus Bosch - (1991) - poem by Nancy Willard
• The Ash of Memory, the Dust of Desire - (1991) - novelette by Poppy Z. Brite
• The Pavilion of Frozen Women - (1991) - novelette by S. P. Somtow
• Moon Songs - (1990) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• The Afternoon of June 8, 1991 - (1991) - shortfiction by Ian Frazier
• Gwydion and the Dragon - (1991) - novelette by C. J. Cherryh
• A Story Must Be Held - (1991) - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Ogre's Wife - (1991) - shortfiction by Pierrette Fleutiaux
• Honorable Mentions: 1991 - essay by uncredited

More than four dozen stories and poems, featuring writings by Joyce Carol Oates, Jane Yolen, Harlan Ellison, and many others, investigate the outermost perimeters of the human imagination.

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• Summation 1992: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1992: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1992 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries - essay by uncredited
• Silver or Gold - (1992) - novelette by Emma Bull
• Tinker - (1992) - shortstory by Jack Cady
• Queequeg - (1992) - shortstory by Craig Curtis
• Anima - (1992) - shortstory by M. John Harrison
• Skin - (1992) - poem by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Homunculus: A Novel in One Chapter - (1992) - shortstory by Reginald McKnight
• The Annunciation - (1991) - shortstory by Cristina Peri Rossi
• The Bone Woman - (1992) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• The Story of the Eldest Princess - (1991) - novelette by A. S. Byatt
• Calcutta, Lord of Nerves - (1992) - shortstory by Poppy Z. Brite
• In the Looking Glass, Life Is Death - (1992) - poem by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• The Parakeet and the Cat - (1992) - shortstory by Scott Bradfield
• Glory - (1992) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• Murder Mysteries - (1992) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
• Hungry - (1992) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Playing With - (1992) - shortstory by M. R. Scofidio
• Human Remains - (1992) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• It Comes and Goes - (1992) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• The Bewitched Burr - (1992) - shortstory by Grozdana Olujic
• Swimming Lesson - (1992) - shortstory by Charlotte Watson Sherman
• Memories of the Flying Ball Bike Shop - (1992) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• Bats - (1992) - shortstory by Diane de Avalle-Arce
• Origami Mountain - (1992) - shortstory by Nancy Farmer
• Ruby Laughter, Tears of Pearl - (1992) - shortstory by James Powell
• I Sing of a Maiden - (1992) - novelette by Judith Tarr
• Also Starring - (1991) - shortstory by Cliff Burns
• On Edge - (1992) - shortstory by Christopher Fowler
• Martyrdom - (1992) - novelette by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Second Bakery Attack - non-genre - (1992) - shortstory by Haruki Murakami
• A Little Night Music - (1992) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• Tom and Jerry visit England - (1992) - poem by Jo Shapcott
• The Sluice - (1992) - shortstory by Stephen Gallagher
• Ratbird - (1992) - shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
• The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun - (1992) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• On Death and the Deuce - (1992) - shortstory by Richard Bowes
• The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore - (1991) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Graves - (1992) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• The Ugly File - (1992) - shortstory by Ed Gorman
• Elfhouses - (1992) - shortstory by Midori Snyder
• Candles on the Pond - (1992) - shortstory by Sue Ellen Sloca
• Tree of Life, Book of Death - (1992) - novelette by Grania Davis
• Puja - (1992) - shortstory by D. R. McBride
• Hermione and the Moon - (1992) - shortstory by Clive Barker
• Absence of Beast - (1992) - shortstory by Graham Masterton
• Rat Catcher - (1992) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Will - (1992) - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Question of the Grail - (1992) - poem by Jane Yolen
• In the Season of the Dressing of the Wells - (1992) - novella by John Brunner
• The Blue Stone Emperor's Thirty-Three Wives - (1991) - shortstory by Sara Gallardo
• Alice in Prague, or The Curious Room - (1990) - shortstory by Angela Carter
• Replacements - (1992) - novelette by Lisa Tuttle
• The Ghost Village - (1992) - novelette by Peter Straub
• Honorable Mentions: 1992 - essay by uncredited

An appealing and eclectic anthology of some of the finest horror and fantasy tales written over the last year includes works by Patricia A. McKillip, Ursula K. Le Guin, Dan Simmons, Jane Yolen, Robert Silverberg, Joyce Carol Oates, and others.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1993: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Comics 1993 - essay by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull and Laura Poehlman
• Summation 1993: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1993 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries - essay by James R. Frenkel
• The Poacher - (1993) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• England Underway - (1993) - novelette by Terry Bisson
• The Woman in the Painting - (1993) - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• The Daemon Street Ghost-Trap - (1993) - shortstory by Terry Dowling
• Memo for Freud - (1993) - poem by Daina Chaviano
• The Sunday-Go-To-Meeting Jaw - (1993) - shortstory by Nancy A. Collins
• Breath - (1993) - shortstory by Adam Corbin Fusco
• Knives - (1993) - poem by Jane Yolen
• Mrs. Jones - (1993) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• Snow Man - (1993) - novelette by John Coyne
• One Night, or Scheherazade's Bare Minimum - (1993) - shortstory by Thomas M. Disch
• Dead Man's Shoes - (1993) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• The Lodger - (1993) - shortstory by Fred Chappell
• The Erl-King - (1993) - novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• The Chrysanthemum Spirit - (1993) - shortstory by Osamu Dazai (trans. of Seihintan 1941)
• Angel - (1993) - shortstory by Mary Ellis
• The Taking of Mr. Bill - (1993) - shortstory by Graham Masterton
• The Saint - (1993) - shortstory by Gabriel García Márquez (trans. of La santa 1992)
• Cottage - (1993) - shortstory by Bruce McAllister
• Doodles - (1993) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Dying in Bangkok - (1993) - novelette by Dan Simmons
• Prisoners of the Royal Weather - (1993) - poem by Bruce Boston
• The Snow Queen - (1993) - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
• Troll-Bridge - (1993) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• The Storyteller - (1993) - shortstory by Rafik Schami
• Rice and Milk - (1993) - shortfiction by Rosario Ferré
• Ridi Bobo - (1993) - shortstory by Robert Devereaux
• Playing with Fire - (1993) - novelette by Ellen Kushner
• Later - (1993) - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• Distances - (1993) - shortfiction by Sherman Alexie
• Crash Cart - (1993) - shortstory by Nancy Holder
• Some Strange Desire - (1993) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• The Dog Park - (1993) - shortstory by Dennis Etchison
• Wooden Druthers - (1993) - shortstory by Gene Stewart
• Inscription - (1993) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• In Camera - (1992) - novelette by Robert Westall
• The Wealth of Kingdoms (An Inflationary Tale) - (1993) - shortstory by Daniel Hood
• The Crucian Pit - (1993) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• The Ecology of Reptiles - (1993) - shortstory by John Coyne
• The Last Crossing - (1993) - shortstory by Thomas Tessier
• Small Adjustments - (1993) - shortstory by Caila Rossi
• Precious - (1993) - shortstory by Roberta Lannes
• Susan - (1993) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Freud at Thirty Paces - (1992) - shortstory by Sara Paretsky
• If Angels Ate Apples - (1993) - poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Exogamy - (1993) - shortstory by John Crowley
• The Princess Who Kicked Butt - (1993) - shortstory by Will Shetterly
• The Apprentice - (1993) - shortstory by Miriam Grace Monfredo
• Alvyta (A Lithuanian Fairy Tale) - (1993) - shortstory by O. V. de L. Milosz
• The Pig Man - (1993) - shortstory by Augustine Funnell
• Tattoo - (1993) - shortstory by A. R. Morlan
• Lady of the Skulls - (1993) - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• To Scale - (1993) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Roar at the Heart of the World - (1993) - shortstory by Danith McPherson
• Honorable Mentions 1993 - (1994) - essay by uncredited
• The People Behind the Book- (1994) - essay by uncredited

This acclaimed series, winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, continues its tradition of excellence with scores of short stories from such writers as Michael Bishop, Edward Byrant, Angela Carter, Terry Lamsley, Gabriel Garcia Marquex, A.R. Morlan, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen and many others. Supplementing the stories are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, Edward Bryant's witty roundup of the year's fantasy films, and a long list of Honorable Mentions -- all of which adds up to an invaluable reference source, and a font of fabulous reading.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1994: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1994: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1994 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Comics 1994 - essay by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull
• Obituaries - essay by James R. Frenkel
• Transmutations - (1994) - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• Bottom's Dream - (1994) - poem by Rachel Wetzsteon
• La Promesa - (1994) - shortstory by Leroy Quintana
• Aweary of the Sun - (1994) - novelette by Gregory Feeley
• A Wheel in the Desert, the Moon on Some Swings - (1994) - shortstory by Jonathan Carroll
• Who Will Love the River God? - (1994) - shortstory by Emily Newland
• Brothers - (1994) - shortstory by Joyce Carol Oates
• Subsoil - (1994) - shortstory by Nicholson Baker
• Elvis's Bathroom - (1989) - shortstory by Pagan Kennedy
• Yet Another Poisoned Apple for the Fairy Princess - (1994) - shortstory by A. R. Morlan
• The Big Game - (1994) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• Buenaventura and the Fifteen Sisters - (1994) - shortstory by Margarita Engle
• De Natura Unicorni - (1994) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Blue Motel - (1994) - novelette by Ian McDonald
• A Friend Indeed - (1994) - shortstory by David Garnett
• Sometimes, in the Rain - (1994) - shortstory by Charles L. Grant
• Rain Falls - (1994) - shortstory by Michael Marshall Smith
• That Old School Tie - (1994) - novelette by Jack Womack
• Animals Behind Bars! - (1994) - shortstory by Scott Bradfield
• Monuments to the Dead - (1994) - shortstory by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Unterseeboot Doktor - (1994) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• Young Woman in a Garden - (1994) - novelette by Delia Sherman
• The Man in the Black Suit - (1994) - shortstory by Stephen King
• "In the Tradition ..." - (1994) - essay by Michael Swanwick
• Words Like Pale Stones - (1994) - novelette by Nancy Kress
• Marchen - (1994) - poem by Jane Yolen
• Giants in the Earth - (1994) - shortstory by Dale Bailey
• A Conflagration Artist - (1994) - shortstory by Bradley Denton
• Report - (1993) - shortstory by Carme Riera
• The Village of the Mermaids - (1994) - poem by John Bradley
• —And the Horses Hiss at Midnight - (1994) - shortstory by A. R. Morlan
• The Entreaty of the Wiideema - (1994) - shortstory by Barry Lopez
• White Chapel - (1994) - novelette by Douglas Clegg
• The Stone Woman - (1994) - poem by Linda Weasel Head
• Coyote Stories - (1993) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• The Box - (1994) - shortstory by Jack Ketchum
• A Fear of Dead Things - (1994) - shortstory by Andrew Klavan
• He Unwraps Himself - (1994) - poem by Darrell Schweitzer
• Chandira - (1994) - shortstory by Brian Mooney
• Fever - (1994) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• The Best Things in Life - (1994) - shortstory by Lenora Champagne
• Mending Souls - (1994) - shortstory by Judith Tarr
• The Ocean and All Its Devices - (1994) - novelette by William Browning Spencer
• Strings - (1994) - shortstory by Kelley Eskridge
• Superman's Diary - (1994) - shortstory by B. Brandon Barker
• Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring - (1994) - novelette by M. John Harrison
• The Sisterhood of Night - (1994) - shortstory by Steven Millhauser
• Winter Bodies - (1994) - shortstory by Noy Holland
• The Sloan Men - (1994) - shortstory by David Nickle
• Is That Them? - (1994) - shortstory by Kevin Roice
• The Kingdom of Cats and Birds - (1994) - shortstory by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Angel Combs - (1994) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Snow, Glass, Apples - (1995) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Honorable Mentions 1994 - essay by uncredited

This renowned series, recipient of three World Fantasy Awards, continues to captivate and fascinate readers. Stories by such notables as: Scott Bradfield, A.S. Byatt, Pat Cadigan, Peter Crowther, Charles De Lint, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Patricia A. McKillip, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Douglas E. Winter, and thirty-three other acclaimed writers show off the very best of contemporary fantasy and horror, while comprehensive and exhaustive summations add critical depth to this unique anthology. This book is essential for all fans of the weird and wonderful.

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• Summation 1995: Fantasy - (1996) - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1995: Horror - (1996) - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1995 - (1996) - essay by Edward Bryant
• Obituaries - essay by James R. Frenkel
• Home for Christmas - (1995) - novella by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Heartfires - (1994) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• Screens - (1995) - novelette by Terry Lamsley
• King of Crows - (1995) - shortstory by Midori Snyder
• Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros - (1995) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• The Hunt of the Unicorn - (1995) - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• More Tomorrow - (1995) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• Penguins for Lunch - (1995) - shortstory by Scott Bradfield
• Ether OR - (1995) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Paper Lantern - (1995) - shortstory by Stuart Dybek
• Lunch at the Gotham Café - (1995) - novelette by Stephen King
• Queen of Knives - (1995) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Dragon-Rain - (1995) - novelette by Eileen Kernaghan
• Llantos de La Llorona: Warnings from the Wailer - (1995) - poem by Pat Mora
• Too Short a Death - (1995) - novelette by Peter Crowther
• The James Dean Garage Band - (1995) - shortstory by Rick Moody
• Because of Dust - (1995) - shortstory by Chris Kenworthy
• Loop - (1995) - novelette by Douglas E. Winter
• La Loma, La Luna - (1995) - shortstory by Sue Kepros Hartman
• Women's Stories - (1995) - poem by Jane Yolen
• Swan/Princess - (1995) - poem by Jane Yolen
• Switch - (1995) - shortstory by Lucy Taylor
• Scaring the Train - (1994) - novelette by Terry Dowling
• Blood Knot - (1995) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Girl Who Married the Reindeer - (1995) - poem by Eiléan ní Chuilleanáin
• The Otter Woman - (1995) - poem by Mary O'Malley
• Resolve and Resistance - (1995) - shortstory by S. N. Dyer
• La Dame - (1995) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Circe's Power - (1996) - poem by Louise Gluck
• Dragon's Fin Soup - (1995) - novelette by S. P. Somtow
• The Granddaughter - (1995) - shortstory by Vivian Vande Velde
• Daphne and Laura and So Forth - (1995) - poem by Margaret Atwood
• A Lamia in the Cévennes - (1995) - shortstory by A. S. Byatt
• The Guilty Party - (1995) - shortstory by Susan Moody
• She's Not There - (1995) - novelette by Pat Cadigan
• The White Road - (1995) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• Refrigerator Heaven - (1995) - shortstory by David J. Schow
• After the Elephant Ballet - (1995) - novelette by Gary A. Braunbeck
• Henry V, Part 2 - (1995) - shortstory by Marcia Guthridge
• Mrs. Greasy - (1995) - novelette by Robert Reed
• ¦¦¦¦¦ - (1995) - shortstory by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Printer's Daughter - (1995) - novelette by Delia Sherman
• Prayer - (1995) - poem by Nancy Willard
• Jacob and the Angel - (1995) - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Lion and the Lark - (1995) - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• Honorable Mentions: 1995 - (1996) - essay by uncredited

This acclaimed series, winner of numerous World Fantasy Awards, continues its tradition of excellence with scores of short stories from such writers as Michael Bishop, Edward Bryant, Angela Carter, Terry Lamsley, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, A.R. Morlan, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen, and many others. Supplementing the stories are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, Edward Bryant's witty roundup of the year's fantasy films, and a long list of Honorable Mentions-all of which adds up to an invaluable reference source, and a font of fabulous reading.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1996: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1996: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1996 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Comics 1996 - essay by Seth Johnson
• Obituaries (1996) - essay by James R. Frenkel
• The Last Rainbow - (1978) - novelette by Parke Godwin
• Lily's Whisper - (1996) - novelette by Jay Russell
• The Reason for Not Going to the Ball - (1996) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Among the Handlers or, The Mark 16 Hands On Assembly of Jesus Risen, Formerly Snake-o-rama - (1996) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• The Phantom Church - (1996) - shortstory by Ana Blandiana
• Birthdream - (1996) - shortstory by Laurie Kutchins
• Disillusion - (1996) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Diana of the Hundred Breasts - (1996) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• La Llorona - (1996) - shortstory by Yxta Maya Murray
• Teatro Grottesco - (1996) - shortstory by Thomas Ligotti
• The Secret Shih Tan - (1996) - novelette by Graham Masterton
• In the Matter of the Ukdena - (1996) - shortstory by Bruce Holland Rogers
• O, Rare and Most Exquisite - (1996) - shortstory by Douglas Clegg
• Never Seen by Waking Eyes - (1996) - novelette by Stephen Dedman
• Walking the Dog - (1996) - novelette by Terry Lamsley
• The Goatboy and the Giant - (1996) - shortstory by Garry Kilworth
• Gourd - (1996) - poem by Olive Senior
• The Phoenix - (1996) - shortstory by Isobelle Carmody
• Caribe Magico - (1996) - shortstory by Gabriel García Márquez (trans. of Caribe Magico 1981)
• The Witch's Heart - (1996) - novelette by Delia Sherman
• Plumas - (1996) - shortstory by Patricia Preciado Martin
• Crow Girls - (1995) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• Rapunzel's Exile - (1996) - shortstory by Lisa Russ Spaar
• The Witches of Junket - (1996) - novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Cruel Countess - (1996) - shortstory by Chris Bell
• Little Beauty's Wedding - (1996) - shortstory by Chang Hwang
• Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) - (1996) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• Angel - (1996) - shortstory by Philip Graham
• Elk Man - (1996) - poem by Amy Breau
• Beckoning Nightframe - (1996) - shortstory by Terry Dowling
• The Dead Cop - (1996) - novelette by Dennis Etchison
• Ursus Triad, Later - (1996) - shortstory by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
• JFK Secretly Attends Jackie Auction - (1996) - shortstory by Robert Olen Butler
• ... Warmer - (1996) - novelette by A. R. Morlan
• Not Waving - (1996) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Ladies of Grace Adieu - (1996) - novelette by Susanna Clarke
• Wilderness - (1996) - shortstory by Ron Hansen
• Oshkiwiinag: Hearlines on the Trickster Express - (1996) - shortstory by Gerald Vizenor
• Persephone Sets the Record Straight - (1996) - shortstory by Shara McCallum
• Cruel Sisters - (1996) - shortstory by Patricia C. Wrede
• The House of Seven Angels - (1996) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Radio Waves - (1995) - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Honorable Mentions: 1996 - essay by uncredited

Culled from the best of a wide variety of sources, this eleventh annual collection of fantasy fiction features contributions by Kim Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Ellen Kushner, Jack Womack, Karen Joy Fowler, and others.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1997: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1997: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1997 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Comics: 1997 - essay by Seth Johnson
• Obituaries: 1997 - essay by James R. Frenkel
• The Tale of the Skin - (1997) - short story by Emma Donoghue
• Beauty and the Beast - (1997) - poem by Jaimes Alsop
• Gulliver at Home - (1997) - novelette by John Kessel
• It Had to Be You - (1997) - novelette by Nancy Pickard
• The Skull of Charlotte Corday - (1995) - short story by Leslie Dick
• I Am Infinite; I Contain Multitudes - (1997) - short story by Douglas Clegg
• Coffee Jerk at the Gates of Hell - (1997) - poem by Christopher Jones
• Riding the Black - (1997) - novelette by Charles L. Grant
• In the Fields - (1997) - short story by Christopher Harman
• Mbo - (1997) - short story by Nicholas Royle
• Winner Take All - (1997) - short story by Jeffrey Shaffer
• Safe - (1997) - novella by Gary A. Braunbeck
• El Castillo de la Perseverancia - (1995) - novelette by Howard Waldrop
• The Sin-Eater's Tale - (1997) - short story by Brennen Wysong
• A Visit - (1997) - short story by Steven Millhauser
• A Globe of Glass - (1997) - short story by Sonia Gernes
• The Fall of the Kings - (1997) - novelette by Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman
• Coyote and the White Folks - (1997) - poem by Bill Lewis
• Sheela Na Gig - (1997) - poem by Bill Lewis
• The Flounder's Kiss - (1997) - short story by Michael Cadnum
• Residuals - (1997) - novelette by Paul J. McAuley and Kim Newman
• The Psychomantium - (1997) - short story by Molly Brown
• In the Black Mill - (1997) - short story by Michael Chabon
• Dust Motes - (1997) - short story by P. D. Cacek
• La Muerte - (1997) - poem by Pat Mora
• Spanky's Back in Town - (1997) - novelette by Christopher Fowler
• Marriage - (1997) - poem by Denise Duhamel
• Kingyo no fun - (1997) - novelette by Nicholas Royle
• Bucket of Blood - (1997) - short story by Norman Partridge
• Mermaid - (1997) - poem by A. Alvarez
• Estate - (1997) - short story by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Sin of Elijah - (1997) - short story by Steve Stern
• Driving Blind - (1997) - novelette by Ray Bradbury
• The Sky-Blue Ball - (1997) - short story by Joyce Carol Oates
• The Black Fairy's Curse - (1997) - short story by Karen Joy Fowler
• The Last Song of Sirit Byar - (1996) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• Marina's Fragrance - (1997) - short story by Mayra Santos-Febres
• Setting Celestial Signs on Terrestrial Beings - (1996) - poem by Emily Warn
• Rabbit Hole - (1997) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Wild Horses - (1997) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• Princess - (1997) - poem by Matthew Sweeney
• Audience - (1997) - short story by Jack Womack
• Merlin - (1997) - short story by Robert Clinton
• The Crawl - (1997) - novelette by Stephen Laws
• The Remains of Princess Kaiulani's Garden - (1997) - short story by Katherine Vaz
• Dharma - (1994) - short story by Vikram Chandra
• Honorable Mentions: 1997 - essay by uncredited

For more than a decade, readers have looked to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to showcase the highest achievements of fantastic fiction. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantastic fiction, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this volume a valubale reference source as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1998: Fantasy - (1999) - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1998: Horror - (1999) - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1998 - (1999) - essay by Edward Bryant
• Comics: 1998 - (1999) - essay by Seth Johnson
• Obituaries: 1998 - (1999) - essay by James R. Frenkel
• Travels with the Snow Queen - (1996) - novelette by Kelly Link
• Running Dogs - (1998) - shortstory by Steve Duffy
• Wiglaf - (1998) - poem by Marisa de los Santos
• Mrs Mabb - (1998) - novelette by Susanna Clarke
• Due West - (1997) - novelette by Rick Kennett
• Kokopelli - (1998) - poem by Catharine Savage Brosman
• Taking Loup - (1998) - shortstory by Bruce Glassco
• The Evil Within - (1998) - novelette by Sara Douglass
• Wile E. Coyote's Lament - (1998) - poem by Larry Fontenot
• The Rainmaker - (1998) - novelette by Mary Rosenblum
• A Place to Stay - (1998) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Fantasma of Q____ - (1998) - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• Hoopa, the White Deer Dance - (1998) - shortstory by Ralph Salisbury
• That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French - (1998) - shortstory by Stephen King
• The Travails - (1998) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Suburban Blight - (1998) - novelette by Terry Lamsley
• Inside the Cackle Factory - (1998) - novelette by Dennis Etchison
• The House of the Black Cat - (1989) - shortstory by Yumiko Kurahashi
• Every Angel Is Terrifying - (1998) - shortstory by John Kessel
• Shoggoth's Old Peculiar - (1998) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Great Sedna - (1998) - shortstory by Lawrence Osgood
• The Bird Chick - (1998) - shortstory by Sylvia Brownrigg
• Psyché - (1998) - shortstory by Mark W. Tiedemann
• Mrs. Beast - (1998) - poem by Carol Ann Duffy
• Become a Warrior - (1998) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Blackbirds - (1998) - shortstory by Norman Partridge
• Carp Man - (1998) - shortstory by Nicholas A. DiChario
• The Faerie Cony-Catcher - (1998) - shortstory by Delia Sherman
• At the River of Crocodiles - (1998) - poem by Zan Ross
• Clair de Lune - (1998) - shortstory by Steven Millhauser
• The Rose of Paracelsus - (1998) - shortstory by Jorge Luís Borges (trans. of La rosa de Paracelso 1983)
• Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff - (1997) - novella by Peter Straub
• Revenge - (1998) - shortstory by Michael Blumlein
• The Tall, Upheaving One - (1998) - poem by Holly Prado
• Oak Hill - (1998) - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• Jackdaw Jack - (1998) - shortstory by Christopher Harman
• Dark Moon - (1998) - poem by Sarah Corbett
• The Death of the Duke - (1998) - shortstory by Ellen Kushner
• Hershel - (1998) - shortstory by Judy Budnitz
• By the Time We Get to Uranus - (1998) - shortstory by Ray Vukcevich
• The Specialist's Hat - (1998) - shortstory by Kelly Link
• Twa Corbies - (1998) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• Jenny Come to Play - (1997) - novelette by Terry Dowling
• Blimunda - (1998) - shortstory by Ilan Stavans
• Mrs. Dumpty - (1998) - poem by Chana Bloch
• Cold - (1998) - novella by A. S. Byatt
• Honorable Mentions: 1998 - (1999) - essay by uncredited
• The People Behind the Book - (1999) - essay by uncredited

For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 1999: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 1999: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 1999 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Comics: 1999 - essay by Seth Johnson
• Obituaries: 1999 - essay by James R. Frenkel
• Darkrose and Diamond - (1999) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Chop Girl - (1999) - novelette by Ian R. MacLeod
• The Girl Detective - (1999) - novelette by Kelly Link
• The Transformation - (1999) - shortstory by N. Scott Momaday
• Carabosse - (1999) - poem by Delia Sherman
• Harlequin Valentine - (1999) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Toad - (1999) - shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
• Washed in the River - (1999) - poem by Beckian Fritz Goldberg
• The Dinner Party - (1999) - shortstory by Robert Girardi
• Heat - (1999) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Wedding at Esperanza - (1999) - shortstory by Linnet Taylor
• Redescending - (1999) - poem by Ursula K. Le Guin
• You Don't Have to Be Mad ... - (1999) - novelette by Kim Newman
• The Paper-Thin Garden - (1999) - shortstory by Thomas Wharton
• The Anatomy of a Mermaid - (1999) - shortstory by Mary Sharratt
• The Grammarian's Five Daughters - (1999) - shortstory by Eleanor Arnason
• The Tree Is My Hat - (1999) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• Welcome - (1999) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Pathos of Genre - (1999) - shortstory by Douglas E. Winter
• Shatsi - (1999) - shortstory by Peter Crowther
• Keepsakes and Treasures: A Love Story - (1999) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• What You Make It - (1999) - novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• The Parwat Ruby - (1999) - shortstory by Delia Sherman
• Odysseus Old - (1999) - poem by Geoffrey Brock
• The Smell of the Deer - (1999) - shortstory by Kent Meyers
• Chorion and the Pleiades - (1999) - poem by Sarah Van Arsdale
• Crosley - (1998) - shortstory by Elizabeth Engstrom
• Naming the Dead - (1999) - shortstory by Paul J. McAuley
• The Stork-men - (1999) - shortstory by Juan Goytisolo
• The Disappearance of Elaine Coleman - (1999) - shortstory by Steven Millhauser
• White - (1999) - novella by Tim Lebbon
• Dear Floods of Her Hair - (1999) - shortstory by James Sallis
• Mrs. Santa Decides to Move to Florida - (1999) - shortstory by April Selley
• Tanuki - (1999) - shortstory by Jan Hodgman
• At Reparata - (1999) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• Skin So Green and Fine - (1999) - novelette by Wendy Wheeler
• Old Merlin Dancing on the Sands of Time - (1999) - poem by Jane Yolen
• Sailing the Painted Ocean - (1999) - shortstory by Denise Lee
• Grandmother - (1999) - poem by Laurence Snydal
• Small Song - (1999) - novelette by Gary A. Braunbeck
• The Emperor's Old Bones - (1999) - shortstory by Gemma Files
• The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse - (1999) - shortstory by Susanna Clarke
• Halloween Street - (1999) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• The Kiss - (1999) - novelette by Tia V. Travis
• The Beast - (1999) - poem by Bill Lewis
• The Hedge - (1999) - poem by Bill Lewis
• Pixel Pixies - (1999) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• Falling Away - (1999) - shortstory by Elizabeth Birmingham
• Honorable Mentions: 1999 - (1999) - essay by uncredited
• The People Behind the Book - essay by uncredited

For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. The critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition continues with another stunning collection, including stories by Jack Cady, Ramsey Campbell, Susanna Clarke, Jack Dann, Terry Dowling, Dennis Etchison, Greer Gilman, Nalo Hopkinson, Kelly Link, Kathe Koja, Paul J. McAuley, Delia Sherman. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 2000: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 2000: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2000 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Comics: 2000 - essay by Seth Johnson
• Obituaries: 2000 - essay by James R. Frenkel
• Incognita, Inc. - (2001) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Maria de Jesus - (2000) - shortstory by Claudia Barbosa Nogueira
• Le Mooz - (2000) - shortstory by Louise Erdrich
• Gretel in Berkeley - (2000) - poem by Eve Sweetser
• Granny Weather - (2000) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• The Shape of Things - (2000) - shortstory by Ellen Steiber
• No Strings - (2000) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Marilyn - (2000) - shortstory by Jack Dann
• Greedy Choke Puppy - (2000) - shortstory by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Crone - (2000) - poem by Delia Sherman
• Achilles' Grave - (2000) - novelette by Ben Pastor
• Down Here in the Garden - (2000) - shortstory by Tia V. Travis
• Meeting the Graiae - (2000) - poem by Laurence Goldstein
• Riding the Black Horse - (2000) - shortstory by Elizabeth Engstrom
• At Eventide - (2000) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• The Saltimbanques - (2000) - novelette by Terry Dowling
• The Monster of Childhood - (2000) - poem by Janet McAdams
• Ship, Sea, Mountain, Sky - (2000) - shortstory by Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant
• Mr. Dark's Carnival - (2000) - novelette by Glen Hirshberg
• The Cavemen in the Hedges - (2000) - shortstory by Stacey Richter
• Circe - (2000) - poem by Carol Ann Duffy
• Little Red-Cap - (2000) - poem by Carol Ann Duffy
• Basic Black - (2000) - novelette by Terry Dowling
• The Man on the Ceiling - (2000) - novelette by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
• Climbing Down from Heaven - (2000) - novelette by Terry Lamsley
• Jeremiah - (2000) - novelette by Jack Cady
• Three Questions - (2000) - poem by Jane Yolen
• The Penny Drops - (2000) - shortstory by Ian Rodwell and Steve Duffy
• The Train, the Lake, the Bridge - (2000) - shortstory by Bret Lott
• Buttons - (2000) - shortstory by Claudia Adriázola
• Snow Blindness - (2000) - poem by Elizabeth Howkins
• Jack Daw's Pack - (2000) - shortstory by Greer Gilman
• The Artificial Cloud - (2000) - shortstory by Justin Tussing
• No Story in It - (2000) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• A Migrant Bird - (2000) - shortstory by John F. Deane
• The Thousandth Night - (2000) - poem by Donelle R. Ruwe
• The Pottawatomie Giant - (2000) - novelette by Andy Duncan
• George Is All Right - (1997) - shortstory by Howard Wandrei
• Mr. Simonelli or the Fairy Widower - (2000) - novella by Susanna Clarke
• Bones - (2000) - shortstory by Francesca Lia Block
• The Abortionist's Horse (A Nightmare) - (2000) - shortstory by Tanith Lee
• Endless Summer - (2000) - shortstory by Stewart O'Nan
• The Heidelberg Cylinder - (2000) - novella by Jonathan Carroll
• Gone - (2000) - shortstory by Jack Ketchum
• An Earthly Mother Sits and Sings - (2000) - shortstory by John Crowley
• Atasdi: Fish Story - (2000) - shortfiction by Dawn Karima Pettigrew
• Tooth Fairy - (2000) - poem by Amy Wack
• The Sandman - (2000) - poem by Amy Wack
• Tasting Songs - (2000) - shortstory by Leone Ross
• My Present Wife - (2000) - shortstory by Dennis Etchison
• The Flaying Season - (2000) - shortstory by Jeffrey Thomas
• Bone Orchards - (2000) - shortstory by Paul J. McAuley
• Instructions - (2000) - poem by Neil Gaiman
• Hallowmass - (2000) - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• Honorable Mentions: 2000 - essay by uncredited
• The People Behind the Book - (2001) - essay by uncredited

For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, a new Year's Best section, on comics, by Charles Vess, and on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 2001: Fantasy - (2001) - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 2001: Horror - (2001) - essay by Ellen Datlow
• The Year in Media of the Fantastic - (2001) - essay by Edward Bryant
• Fantasy and Horror in Comics: 2001 - (2001) - essay by Charles Vess
• Manga and Anime in 2001: Through the Looking Glass - essay by Joan D. Vinge
• Obituaries: 2001 - (2001) - essay by James R. Frenkel
• The Hunter's Wife - (2001) - shortstory by Anthony Doerr
• The Cowardly Coffin - (2001) - poem by Marin Sorescu
• In These Final Days of Sales - (2001) - shortstory by Steve Rasnic Tem
• To Dream of White Horses - (2001) - shortstory by June Considine
• Skin - (2001) - poem by Charlee Jacob
• Prussian Snowdrops - (2000) - novelette by Marion Arnott
• The Honeyed Knot - (2001) - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Timmy Gobel's Bug Jar - (2001) - shortstory by Michael Libling
• The God of Dark Laughter - (2001) - shortstory by Michael Chabon
• The Adolescence of Orpheus - (2001) - poem by Kurt Leland
• Trading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Café - (2001) - novelette by Charles de Lint
• Louise's Ghost - (2001) - novelette by Kelly Link
• Fairy Tale Pantoum - (2001) - poem by Ellen Wernecke
• The Puppet and the Train - (2001) - shortstory by Scott Thomas
• Crocodile Lady - (2001) - shortstory by Christopher Fowler
• The Barbarian and the Queen: Thirteen Views - (2001) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Becoming Bird - (2001) - poem by Bob Hicok
• Sop Doll - (2001) - shortstory by Milbre Burch
• Plenty - (2001) - shortstory by Christopher Barzak
• The Bones of the Earth - (2001) - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• What the Story Weaves, the Spinner Tells - (2001) - poem by Terry Blackhawk
• Onion - (2001) - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Where the Woodbine Twineth - (2001) - shortstory by Norman Partridge
• Struwwelpeter - (2001) - novelette by Glen Hirshberg
• Outfangthief - (2001) - shortstory by Gala Blau
• Rites: Cleaning the Last Bones - (2001) - poem by Gavin J. Grant
• Watch Me When I Sleep - (2001) - shortstory by Jean-Claude Dunyach (trans. of Regarde-moi quand je dors 2000)
• The Tattoo Artist - (2001) - shortstory by Patrick Roscoe
• Cleopatra Brimstone - (2001) - novella by Elizabeth Hand
• Grass - (2001) - shortstory by Lawrence Miles
• If Death, A Preprimer - (2001) - poem by Sandra J. Lindow
• The Bird Catcher - (2001) - novelette by S. P. Somtow
• Black Dust - (2001) - shortstory by Graham Joyce
• Annabelle's Alphabet - (2001) - shortstory by Tim Pratt
• Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby - (2001) - novelette by Susanna Clarke
• Gestella - (2001) - novelette by Susan Palwick
• The Legend - (2001) - shortstory by Ray Gonzalez
• Oh, Glorious Sight - (2001) - novelette by Tanya Huff
• Home Cooking - (2001) - shortstory by Daniel Ulanovsky Sack
• Queen - (2001) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• The Project - (2001) - shortstory by Carol Emshwiller
• The Man in the Comic Strip - (2001) - poem by Liz Lochhead
• Strange Things About Birds - (2001) - shortstory by Scott Thomas
• What We Did That Summer - (2001) - shortstory by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
• Aesculapius in the Underworld - (2001) - poem by Ryan G. Van Cleave
• Scarecrow - (2001) - shortstory by Gregory Maguire
• The Bockles - (2001) - shortstory by Melissa Hardy
• His Own Back Yard - (2001) - novelette by James P. Blaylock
• Honorable Mentions: 2001 - (2001) - essay by uncredited
• The People Behind the Book - (2001) - essay by uncredited

For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling continue their critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition with another stunning collection of stories. The fiction and poetry here is culled from an exhaustive survey of the field, nearly four dozen stories ranging from fairy tales to gothic horror, from magical realism to dark tales in the Grand Guignol style. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, new Year's Best sections on comics, by Charles Vess, and on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

The critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition continues with another stunning collection, including stories by Kelly Link, Kim Newman, Corey Marks, Eric Schaller, M. Shayne Bell, Helga M. Novak, Terry Dowling, Michael Libling, Zoran Zivkovic, Bentley Little, Carlton Mellick III, Brian Hodge, Conrad Williams, Tom Disch, Melissa Hardy, Joel Lane, Nicholas Royle, Tracina Jackson-Adams, Karen Joy Fowler, Jackie Bartley, Peter Dickerman, Ramsey Campbell, Adam Roberts, Robert Phillips, Jay Russell, Luis Alberto Urrea, Margaret Lloyd, Stephen Gallagher, Robin McKinley, Haruki Murakami, Theodora Goss, Kathy Koja, Lucy Taylor, Elizabeth Hand, Kevin Brickmeier, Sharon McCartney, Susan Power, Don Tumasonis, Nan Fry. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, Year's Best sections on comics, by Charles Vess, and on anime and manga, by Joan D. Vinge, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.

Table of Contents:

• Summation 2002: Fantasy - essay by Terri Windling
• Summation 2002: Horror - essay by Ellen Datlow
• The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2002 - essay by Edward Bryant
• Fantasy and Horror in Comics: 2002 - essay by Charles Vess
• Manga and Anime 2002: The Light and Dark Fantastic - essay by Joan D. Vinge
• Obituaries: 2002 - essay by James R. Frenkel
• Lull - (2002) - novelette by Kelly Link
• Egyptian Avenue - (2002) - shortstory by Kim Newman
• A Letter of Explanation - (2002) - poem by Corey Marks
• Details - (2002) - shortstory by China Miéville
• The Assistant to Dr. Jacob - (2002) - shortstory by Eric Schaller
• The Pagodas of Ciboure - (2002) - novelette by M. Shayne Bell
• The Coventry Boy - (2002) - novelette by Graham Joyce
• The Wild Hunt - (2002) - poem by Helga M. Novak
• The Green Word - (2002) - novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• Stitch - (2002) - shortstory by Terry Dowling
• Puce Boy - (2001) - novelette by Michael Libling
• The Violin-Maker - (2002) - shortstory by Zoran Živkovic
• Maya's Mother - (2002) - novelette by Bentley Little
• Porno in August - (2002) - shortstory by Carlton Mellick, III
• Nesting Instincts - (2002) - novelette by Brian Hodge
• The Machine - (2002) - shortstory by Conrad Williams
• Hansel, A Retrospective, or, The Danger of Childhood Obesity - (2002) - poem by Thomas M. Disch
• Aquerò - (2002) - shortstory by Melissa Hardy
• The Receivers - (2002) - shortstory by Joel Lane
• Standard Gauge - (2002) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• Creation - (2002) - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Seven Pairs of Iron Shoes - (2002) - poem by Tracina Jackson-Adams
• What I Didn't See - (2002) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Reading Myth to Kindergartners - (2002) - poem by Jackie Bartley
• Mermaid Song - (2002) - novelette by Peter Dickinson
• Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky - (2002) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• No End of Fun - (2002) - shortstory by Ramsey Campbell
• Swiftly - (2002) - novelette by Adam Roberts
• The Green Man - (2002) - shortstory by Christopher Fowler
• Some Other Me - (2002) - shortstory by Brian Hodge
• The Snow Queen - (2002) - poem by Robert Phillips
• Hides - (2002) - novelette by Jay Russell
• Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush - (2002) - shortstory by Luis Alberto Urrea
• First Night With Lancelot - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• Second Night - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• From the Walls - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• Guinevere: On Hearing of Galahad's Birth - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• Elaine Watches Galahad - (2002) - poem by Margaret Lloyd
• Little Dead Girl Singing - (2002) - shortstory by Stephen Gallagher
• A Pool in the Desert - (2002) - novella by Robin McKinley
• Thailand - non-genre - (2001) - shortstory by Haruki Murakami
• The Rose in Twelve Petals - (2002) - shortstory by Theodora Goss
• Road Trip - (2002) - shortstory by Kathe Koja
• Unspeakable - (2002) - shortstory by Lucy Taylor
• Inside Out: On Henry Darger - (2002) - essay by Elizabeth Hand
• The Green Children - (2002) - shortstory by Kevin Brockmeier
• After the Chuck Jones Tribute on Teletoon - (2002) - poem by Sharon McCartney
• Feeders and Eaters - (2002) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Roofwalker - (2002) - shortstory by Susan Power
• The Prospect Cards - (2002) - novelette by Don Tumasonis
• Hide and Seek - (2002) - shortstory by Nicholas Royle
• The Wolf's Story - (2002) - poem by Nan Fry
• The Least Trumps - (2002) - novella by Elizabeth Hand
• Honorable Mentions: 2002 - essay by uncredited
• The People Behind the Book - essay by uncredited