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- If This Is Winnetka, You Must Be Judy F. M. Busby (Pulphouse 1-56146-554-2, Jun 92 [Jul 92], $1.95, 43pp, pb, cover by Gregorio Montejo); Sf short story that originally appeared in Universe 5. Short Story Paperback #54. A 100-copy signed limited hardcover edition (-934-3, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- Home By the Sea Pat Cadigan (WSFA Press 0-0962175-3-7, May 92 [Sep 92], $49.95, 283pp, hc); Collection of four stories, with an introduction by Mike Resnick. The full-color illustrations by David R. Works are plates on glossy stock lightly attached to the pages. This is a signed slipcased 500-copy limited edition.
- xiii · Introduction · Mike Resnick · in
- 1 · Dirty Work · nv Blood Is Not Enough, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989
- 101 · 50 Ways to Improve Your Orgasm · ss IASFM Apr 92
- 149 · Dispatches from the Revolution · nv IASFM Jul 91
- 205 · Home by the Sea · nv A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- 263 · A Cadigan Bibliography · bi
- 279 · Biographies · Misc. Material · bg
- My Brothers Keeper Pat Cadigan (Pulphouse 1-56146-555-0, Jul 92, $1.95, 50pp, pb, cover by Gregorio Montejo); Sf short story that originally appeared in IASFM and in the collection Patterns. Short Story Paperback #55. A 100-copy signed limited hardcover (-935-1, $20.00) edition is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- The Sons of Noah & Other Stories Jack Cady (Broken Moon Press 0-913089-40-0, Oct 92 [Nov 92], $13.95, 149pp, tp, cover by Nick Gregoric); Collection of seven dark fantasy/horror stories. Highly recommended (SW).
- 3 · The Sons of Noah · ss Omni Jan 91
- 23 · Now We Are Fifty · ss
- 39 · Resurrection · ss Chariton Review, 1989
- 53 · Tinker · ss Glimmer Train Spr 92
- 65 · The Patriarch · ss
- 77 · The Curious Candy Store · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1990
- 83 · By Reason of Darkness · na Prime Evil, ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL, 1988
- The Tenth Leper and Other Stories S. T. Cambridge (Vantage Press 0-533-09170-5, May 92, $13.95, 133pp, hc); Collection of 12 stories, most sf or fantasy. Published by a vanity publisher. Available from Vantage Press, 516 West 34th St., New York NY 10001.
- vii · Preface · pr
- 1 · The Gift · ss *
- 5 · The Tenth Leper · ss *
- 21 · The Four Corners of the Coffin Lid · gp *; Corner One: The People and the Perfect Political Structure, ss; Corner Two: It Happens, ss; Corner Three: A Matter of Principles, ss; Corner Four: The Right of Judgement Reserved, ss; Epilogue: The Funeral, ss
- 44 · Julia · ss *
- 51 · Henry Pollard · ss *
- 62 · The Game · ss *
- 76 · School · ss *
- 90 · Frith · ss *
- 101 · Tug · ss *
- 110 · The Fish and the Bicycle · ss *
- 120 · A Piece of Work that Man Is Not · ss *
- 129 · Minus Ten, and Falling · ss *
- The Changed Man Orson Scott Card (Tor 0-812-53365-8, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Paul Scanlon); Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of 11 stories, originally the first part of the massive collection Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card, with the original introduction by the author.
- 1 · Introduction · in
- 5 · Eumenides in the Fourth Floor Lavatory · nv Chrysalis 4, ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1979
- 26 · Quietus · ss Omni Aug 79
- 44 · Deep Breathing Exercises · ss Omni Jul 79
- 54 · Fat Farm · ss Omni Jan 80
- 69 · Closing the Timelid · ss F&SF Dec 79
- 87 · Freeway Games [Hard Driver] · ss Gallery Nov 79
- 103 · A Sepulcher of Songs · nv Omni Jun 81; as A Sepulchre of Songs
- 134 · Prior Restraint · ss Aboriginal SF Oct 86
- 149 · The Changed Man and the King of Words · nv Omni Dec 82
- 191 · Memories of My Head · ss Maps in a Mirror, Tor, 1990
- 200 · Lost Boys · ss F&SF Oct 89
- 225 · Afterword · aw
- Cruel Miracles Orson Scott Card (Tor 0-812-52304-0, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Peter Scanlan); Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of six stories, originally book four of the massive collection Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card, with an introduction and afterword by the author.
- 1 · Introduction · in
- 17 · Mortal Gods · ss F&SF Jan 79
- 29 · Saving Grace · ss Night Cry Fll 87
- 52 · Eye for Eye · na IASFM Mar 87
- 136 · St. Amys Tale · nv Omni Dec 80
- 169 · Kingsmeat · ss Analog Yearbook, ed. Ben Bova, Baronet, 1978
- 185 · Holy · nv New Dimensions 10, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1980
- 231 · Afterword · aw
- Flux Orson Scott Card (Tor 0-812-51685-0, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $4.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Peter Scanlan); Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of seven stories, originally book two of the massive collection Maps in a Mirror: The Short Fiction of Orson Scott Card, with an original introduction by the author.
- 1 · Introduction · in
- 11 · A Thousand Deaths [Worthing] · nv Omni Dec 78
- 33 · Clap Hands and Sing · ss The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 3, ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus, Omni, 1982
- 49 · Dogwalker · nv IASFM Nov 89
- 85 · But We Try Not to Act Like It · ss Destinies Aug 79
- 107 · I Put My Blue Genes On · ss Analog Aug 78
- 133 · In the Doghouse · Orson Scott Card & Jay A. Parry · ss Analog Dec 78
- 159 · The Originist · na Foundations Friends, ed. Martin H. Geeenberg, Tor, 1989
- 259 · Afterword · aw
- Unaccompanied Sonata Orson Scott Card (Pulphouse 1-56146-549-6, Feb 92, $1.95, 44pp, pb, cover by Gregorio Montejo); Sf short story that originally appeared in Omni in 1979 and also in the collection Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories. Short story paperback #49. A limited 100-copy signed leatherbound edition (-929-7, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- Masters of Fantasy ed. Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg (Galahad 0-883-65786-4, Aug 92 [Sep 92], $9.98, 512pp, hc, cover by Henri Rousseau); Anthology of 31 fantasy stories, an abridged version of A Treasury of Modern Fantasy (Avon 1981). Longtooth by Edgar Pangborn and Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Richard Cowper have been omitted. This is an instant remainder edition.
- Moonstone and Tiger Eye Suzy McKee Charnas (Pulphouse, Jul 92, $25.00, 86pp, hc, cover by George Barr); Collection of two stories with an introduction by the author. This edition is limited to 300 copies. A 50-copy leatherbound edition was announced but not seen. The magazine edition is listed under magazines. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- 1 · Polished Stones: An Introduction · in
- 9 · Scorched Supper on New Niger · nv New Voices III, ed. George R. R. Martin, Berkley, 1980
- 61 · Evil Thoughts · nv The SeaHarp Hotel, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1990
- Ark of Ice: Canadian Futurefiction ed. Lesley Choyce (Canada: Pottersfield Press 0-919001-73-4, Sep 92, $14.95, 285pp, tp, cover by Robert Rutherford); Anthology of 22 sf stories, 10 original, with an introduction by the editor and an afterword by Judith Merril. This is a Canadian edition, available from Pottersfield Press, Lawrencetown Beach, RR #2, Porters Lake, Nova Scotia B0J 2S0, Canada.
- 11 · Introduction · Lesley Choyce · in
- 13 · Blue Limbo · Terence Green · nv *
- 36 · The Letter · Andrew Weiner · ss F&SF Nov 82; revised
- 49 · The Newest Profession · Phyllis Gotlieb · nv Speculations, ed. Isaac Asimov & Alice Laurance, Houghton Mifflin, 1982
- 68 · Letters Home · G. M. Cunningham · vi *
- 71 · The Price of Land · Monica Hughes · ss *
- 85 · The Falafel Is Better in Ottawa · Jean-Louis Trudel · ss *
- 95 · Scenes from Successive Futures · Tom Marshall · nv *
- 124 · In His Moccasins · H. A. Hargreaves · ss Calgary Magazine Aug 79
- 134 · The Immaculate Conception Photography Gallery · Katherine Govier · ss Saturday Night Apr 90
- 144 · Living in Cities · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss *
- 163 · Memoirs of the Renaissance · Douglas Fetherling · ss Quarry Fll 87
- 170 · The Weighmaster of Flood · Eileen Kernaghan · ss *
- 181 · What Mrs. Felton Knew · Timothy Findley · ss Dinner Along the Amazon, Penguin Canada, 1984
- 197 · Outport · Garfield Reeves-Stevens · ss *
- 209 · Greenhouse · Geoffrey Ursell · ss The Bridge City Anthology, ed. Susan Gingell, Fifth House Press, 1991
- 216 · Where the Heart Is · Robert Sawyer · ss *
- 235 · Centrifugal Force · John Bell · ss Quarry Fll 86
- 243 · Shopping [from The Handmaids Tale] · Margaret Atwood · ss McClelland & Stewart, 1985
- 250 · Invasion · Sansoucy Walker · vi Cascade #3 82
- 253 · User Friendly · Spider Robinson · ss Tales from the Planet Earth, ed. Frederik Pohl & Elizabeth Anne Hull, St. Martins, 1986
- 263 · Patches · Lesley Choyce · ss *
- 274 · These Changing Times · W. P. Kinsella · vi The Alberta Civil Service Bulletin Oct 55
- 277 · Afterword · Judith Merril · aw
- 280 · Contributors · Misc. Material · bg
- The Forever Machine Mark Clifton & Frank Riley (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-842-5, Jun 92 [May 92], $4.95, 351pp, pb) [Joe Carter]; Reprint (Gnome 1957 as Theyd Rather Be Right) Hugo Award-winning sf novel about a telepathic student who influences a top-secret scientific project. This edition adds Crazy Joey, an earlier connected story written by Clifton and Alex Apostolides (not credited here).
- · The Forever Machine [Theyd Rather Be Right] · n. Gnome Press, 1957
- · Crazy Joey · Mark Clifton · ss Astounding Aug 53
- The Lady of Frozen Death and Other Weird Tales Leonard Cline (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-45-3, Jul 92, $6.50, 54pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt); Collection of five stories which appeared originally as by Alan Forsyth, with an introduction by Douglas A. Anderson and a bibliography. Available from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.
- Cold Turkey Nancy A. Collins (Crossroads Press, Sep 92, $12.00, 36pp, ph, cover by Mark Masztal) [Sonja Blue]; Vampire novella featuring Sonja Blue, who originally appeared in Sunglasses After Dark, with an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale and illustrations by Mark Masztal. This is a 500-copy limited edition signed by the author and artist. Order from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041-2033.
- Worlds in Small ed. John Robert Colombo (Cacanadadada Press 0-921870-14-0, Jun 92, $12.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Alvin Jang); Anthology of 104 minimalist excerpts, stories, and poems (most under 100 words, many under 20) including many by sf writers including Bradbury, Clarke, and Heinlein. Order from Cacanadadada Press, 3350 W. 21st Ave., Vancouver BC V6S 1G7, Canada; (604) 738-1195.
- 1 · Preface · John Robert Colombo · pr
- 27 · An Old Story, Not True [from Blowups Happen] · Robert A. Heinlein · ex Astounding Sep 40
- 27 · Mona Lisa Meets Buddha · Spencer Holst · vi The Language of Cats and Other Stories, Dutton, 1971
- 28 · Scare Tactics · F. J. Willett · vi Aphelion Sum 86
- 28 · Logic Loop · Steven Paulsen · vi Aphelion Sum 86
- 29 · So Passes an Ancient and Powerful Dynasty · Anon. · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton, 1985
- 29 · Crime in the City · Frederick Forsyth · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton, 1985
- 30 · Two Sides to Every Story · T. K. Dawber · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton, 1985
- 30 · Who Dares Win · N. M. Cooper · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton, 1988
- 31 · Saturday Shopping · Diana Rigg · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton, 1988
- 31 · Out of the Mouths of Babes? · Kathryn Clarke · vi The Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton, 1988
- 32 · Seeing Nobody [from Alices Adventures in Wonderland] · Lewis Carroll · ex, 1865
- 32 · Strange Dream · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · ms The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist, Lawrence LeShan, Viking, 1974
- 33 · Zen Koan · Traditional · vi Gödel, Escher, Bach, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Random House, 1980
- 33 · Bahaudin · Idries Shah · vi Thinkers of the East, Idries Shah, Penguin, 1974
- 34 · Intellects [from The War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · ex, 1898
- 34 · Shaggy Dog Story · Traditional · vi
- 35 · Circular Story · Traditional · vi The Hodgepodge Book, ed. Duncan Emrich, Four Winds Press, 1972
- 36 · What We Have Come To · Lord Dunsany · vi Fifty-One Tales, London: Elkin Mathews, 1915
- 37 · Rejection Slip · K. W. MacAnn · vi 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
- 38 · Minithriller · Nigel Morland · pm EQMM Oct 82
- 39 · Very Well · Elizabeth Smart · vi The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals, Cape/Polytantric, 1978
- 39 · Word Play · Traditional · pm Sally Go Round the Sun, Edith Fowke, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1969
- 40 · The Curious Incident [from Silver Blaze; Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex The Strand Dec, 1892
- 40 · untitled (Finding my wifes address book...) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi Openings, Ottawa: Ouroboros, 1989
- 41 · siseneG · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Analog May 84
- 42 · My Account of How It Happened · Unknown · vi
- 42 · Through a Night [from The Voyage of the Space Beagle; Beagle] · A. E. van Vogt · ex New York: Simon & Schuster, 1950
- 43 · Relativity [There Was a Young Lady Named Bright] · A. H. Reginald Buller · pm Punch Dec 19 12
- 43 · The Shortest Ghost Story · Julia Briggs · vi The Times Literary Supplement Jan 2 81
- 44 · Dreaming [Chuang Chu and the Butterfly] · Chuang Tzu · vi, 1926
- 44 · A Woman Alone with Her Soul · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · vi, 1912; this is most likely by Jorge Luís Borges.
- 45 · Antigonish · Hughes Mearns · pm, 1899
- 45 · Atomyriades · Piet Hein · pm Grooks, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969
- 46 · Unfinished Tail · Traditional · pm Sally Go Round the Sun, Edith Fowke, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1969
- 46 · Observe, a Flea [from On Poetry: A Rhapsody] · Jonathan Swift · pm, 1733
- 47 · What Song the Syrens Sang [from Urn-Burial] · Sir Thomas Browne · ms, 1658
- 47 · The Battle of Gettysburg · Praxiteles Swan · ms Brothers in Arms, William Broyles, Knopf, 1986
- 48 · The Giant Rat of Sumatra [from The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire; Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex The Strand Jan 24
- 48 · Ghost Story [1790] · Immanuel Kant; trans. by J. H. Bernard · vi Critique of Judgment, Immanuel Kant, 1892
- 49 · Novel in Three Lines · Félix Fénéon; trans. by Joan U. Halperin · vi Félix Fénéon, Aesthete and Anarchist, Yale University Press, 1988
- 50 · P.S. · Unknown · ms Vicious Circles and Infinity, Patrick Hughes & George Brecht, London: Cape, 1976
- 50 · I Thought You Were Writing · Spencer Holst · vi Stories, New York: Horizon Press, 1976
- 51 · Self-Referential Sentence · Douglas R. Hofstadter · ms Metamagical Themas, Basic Books, 1985
- 51 · untitled (0 1 2...) · Richard Kostelanetz · ms, 1989
- 52 · untitled (Her bed had narrow wings...) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi, 1989
- 52 · Space Travel [from The Martian Chronicles] · Ray Bradbury · ex Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1950
- 53 · The Exile · Tristan Bernard · pl, 1932
- 53 · Vietnam Story · Unknown · vi Dispatches, Michael Herr, Knopf, 1978
- 54 · Heraclituss Regret · Jorge Luís Borges · pm, 1960
- 54 · Knock · Fredric Brown · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 48
- 56 · Epitaph for Sir Isaac Newton · Alexander Pope · pm ca., 1732
- 56 · The Taste of Space · A. J. M. Smith · pm Poems: New and Collected, Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1967
- 57 · The Briefest of Hauntings · E. J. Bryant · vi The Times Literary Supplement Feb 6 81
- 57 · Belief in Ghosts [from Dr. Van Helsings Handy Guide to Ghost Stories, Part 3, by Kurt Van Helsing; by T. E. D. Klein] · Unknown · vi Twilight Zone Oct 81
- 58 · Clerihew [Sir Humphry Davy] · Edmund Clerihew Bentley · pm, 1891
- 58 · untitled (I looked up from where I was lying...) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi, 1990
- 59 · Assiniboine Myth · Robert H. Lowie · vi, 1909
- 59 · He That Is Nothing · Russell Edson · vi The Very Thing That Happens, New York: New Directions, 1964
- 60 · Pot-Shot · Ashleigh Brilliant · ms
- 60 · A Perfect Sphere · Toby MacLennan · vi, 1972
- 61 · The Year 2150 A.D. · Ray Bradbury · vi Shangri-La, 1950
- 61 · Small Song · A. R. Ammons · pm
- 62 · Childrens Rhyme · Traditional · pm
- 62 · Cure for Hiccups · Anon. · ms
- 63 · A Challenge in the Papers · Ivan Adamovic · vi
- 63 · Stage Direction [from Waiting for Godot] · Samuel Beckett · pl, 1952
- 64 · The Spectator [from Don Juan Tenorio, 1844] · José Zorrilla; trans. by Anthony Kerrigan · pl Extraordinary Tales, ed. Jorge Luis Borges & Adolfo Bioy Casares, London: Souvenir, 1973
- 64 · Circle · Eugène Ionesco · ms Vicious Circles and Infinity, Patrick Hughes & George Brecht, London: Cape, 1976
- 65 · Sign at the End of the Universe · Duane Ackerson · vi Alternities, ed. David Gerrald, Dell, 1974
- 65 · Science Fiction for Telepaths · E. Michael Blake · vi, 1977
- 66 · After the Battle · William Gass · ms On Being Blue, Boston: David R. Godine, 1977
- 66 · The Shortest Science Fiction Love Story Ever Written · Jeffrey Renner · vi F&SF Mar 64
- 67 · The Sun · Anthony Burgess · vi New York Times Book Review Feb 5 84
- 67 · Rhymes · Tony Augarde · pm The Oxford Guide to Word Games, Tony Augarde, London: Oxford University Press, 1984
- 68 · Antimatter · Martin Gardner · vi The Ambidexterous Universe, Martin Gardner, New York: Basic Books, 1964
- 68 · The Perfect Minimalist Short Story · Stephen Reid · vi, 1990
- 69 · Palindrome · Leigh Mercer · ms
- 71 · Shortest Weird Tale Ever Written [from Dr. Van Helsings Handy Guide to Ghost Stories, Part 3] · Unknown · vi Twilight Zone Oct 81; attributed to E. Hoffmann Price.
- 71 · Dream · Miguel de Unamuno · ms
- 72 · Another Woman · Theodore Roethke · pm Straw for the Fire, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972
- 72 · Ships [from The Sky Was Full of Ships] · Theodore Sturgeon · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun 47
- 73 · Being Dead [from Introduction: One from the Vault, by Karl Edward Wagner] · Tamsin Campbell · ex The Years Best Horror Stories: Series XI, ed. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW, 1983
- 73 · The Shadows Song · Yvor Winters · pm Collected Poems, Alan Swallow, 1952
- 74 · Telegram · Al Horowitz · ms
- 74 · The Cad · Arthur C. Clarke · ms Astounding Days, Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz, 1990
- 75 · Atomigeddon 2419 A.D. · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Vertex Jun 73
- 75 · Cosmic Report Card: Earth · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Vertex Jun 73
- 77 · The Liar Paradox · Epimenides · ms
- 78 · Holocaust [from Across the Sea of Suns] · Gregory Benford · ex New York: Timescape Books, 1984
- 78 · Test [from The Semiology of Silence] · Samuel R. Delany · ex Science Fiction Studies Jul 87
- 79 · The Shortest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told · Roger Deeley · vi Generation, ed. David Gerrold, Dell, 1972
- 79 · Palindrome · Traditional · vi
- 80 · untitled (Shortest stories...) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi, 1990
- 80 · Lines Written on the Antiquity of Microbes · Strickland Gillilan · pm
- 81 · A Short Story in Two Chapters · Robert L. Ripley · pm, 1950
- 81 · One Question · Eli Siegel · pm, 1925
- 82 · Christmas Card · Traditional · ms
- 82 · Untitled · John Robert Colombo · pm *
- 83 · Eyeye · Aram Saroyan · ms Aram Saroyan, New York: Random House, 1968
- 83 · The Ultimate One-Word First-Contact Story · Ian Watson · vi Alien Encounters, ed. Jan Howard Finder, Taplinger, 1982
- 84 · One-Word Ghost Tale [from Dr. Van Helsings Handy Guide to Ghost Stories, Part 3] · Anon. · vi Twilight Zone Oct 81
- 84 · If Eve Had Failed to Conceive · Edward Wellen · vi Orbit 15, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974
- 85 · Why Booth Didnt Kill Lincoln · Edward Wellen · vi Orbit 15, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974
- 86 · A Typical Terrans Thought When Spoken to by an Alien from the Planet Quarn in its Native Language · Daryl F. Mallett & Forrest J Ackerman · vi The ISFA Newsletter Nov 90
- 93 · Bibliography · Misc. Material · bi
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