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The Chronicles of Davids ed. David Afsharirad (Baen Books, September 3, 2019, 978-1-4814-8426-8, $16.00, 288pp, tp, oa, cover by David Mattingly)     Details taken from online listing. · Full Chicken Richness · Avram Davidson · ss Last Wave v1 #1, 1983 · The Traitor [Bolo] · David Weber · nv Last Stand ed. Bill Fawcett, Baen, 1997 · I Could’ve Done Better · Gregory Benford & David Brin · ss Jim Baen’s Universe February 2007 · Creation Unforgivable · David H. Keller · ss Weird Tales April 1930 · Long Nights Moon [Justis Fearsson] · David B. Coe · nv Baen Books: Free Stories 2014, Baen Books, 2014 · The Savage · David Drake · ss · The Seven Nipples of Molly Kitchen [Hiram Woolley] · D. J. Butler · ss · DeMille and Me · D. L. Young · ss · A Servant of the Protector · David Hardy · ss · As It Began · Dave Bara · ss · Four Days · David Carrico · ss · The Tyranny of Distance · Dave Freer · ss · Lyman Gilmore Jr.’s Impossible Dream · David Boop · ss · Too Many Gods · Hank Davis · ss · An Epilogue: The House of David · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

The Year’s Best Military SF & Space Opera ed. David Afsharirad (Baen, June 2015, 978-1-4767-8058-0, $16.00, 349pp, tp, an, cover by Sam Kennedy)     Year’s best anthology with 15 stories. Preface by Afsharirad and an introductory essay by David Drake. Authors include Linda Nagata, Brad R. Torgersen, Holly Black, and Michael Z. Williamson. There is a contest to see which story readers like best. 3 · Preface · David Afsharirad · pr 9 · Excitement! Adventure! Science Fiction! · David Drake · in 17 · Codename: Delphi [The Red] · Linda Nagata · ss Lightspeed #47, April 2014 29 · Persephone Descending · Derek Künsken · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2014 61 · The End of the Silk Road · David D. Levine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2014 91 · Picket Ship · Brad R. Torgersen · nv 113 · Decaying Orbit · Robert R. Chase · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2014 133 · Morrigan in the Sunglare · Seth Dickinson · ss Clarkesworld #90, March 2014 153 · Light and Shadow · Linda Nagata · nv War Stories ed. Jaym Gates & Andrew Liptak, Apex Publications, 2014 175 · Icarus at Noon · Eric Leif Davin · ss Galaxy’s Edge #8, May 2014 183 · Soft Casualty [Freehold Universe] · Michael Z. Williamson · ss 201 · Palm Strike’s Last Case · Charlie Jane Anders · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2014 231 · Brood · Stephen Gaskell · nv Extreme Planets ed. David Conyers, David Kernot & Jeff Harris, Chaosium, 2014 259 · Stealing Arturo · William Ledbetter · nv 285 · Rules of Engagement · Matthew Johnson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2014 309 · Ten Rules for Being an Intergalactic Smuggler (The Successful Kind) · Holly Black · nv Lightspeed #52, September 2014 331 · War Dog · Michael Barretta · ss War Stories ed. Jaym Gates & Andrew Liptak, Apex Publications, 2014

The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 ed. David Afsharirad (Baen, June 7, 2016, 978-1-4767-8177-8, $16.00, 277pp, tp, an, cover by Kurt Miller)     Year’s best anthology with 12 stories, as voted on by readers. This is the second annual edition; the series appeared last year as “The Year’s Best Military SF and Space Opera”. Preface by Afsharirad and introduction by David Weber. Authors include David Drake, Joe R. Landsdale, and David Brin. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Preface · David Afsharirad · pr 5 · Introduction · David Weber · in 11 · The Siege of Denver · Brendan DuBois · ss Baen Books: Free Stories 2015, Baen, 2015 29 · Save What You Can [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Onward, Drake! ed. Mark L. Van Name, Baen, 2015 61 · For the Love of Sylvia City · Andrea M. Pawley · ss Clarkesworld #104, May 2015 75 · The Wizard of the Trees · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Old Venus ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2015 109 · Helping Hand · Claudine Griggs · ss Lightspeed #61, June 2015 115 · Morrigan in Shadow · Seth Dickinson · nv Clarkesworld #111, December 2015 157 · Remembery Day · Sarah Pinsker · ss Apex Magazine #72, May 2015 165 · Gyre [Sargasso Universe] · Brad R. Torgersen · nv Galaxy’s Edge #13, March 2015 195 · Twilight on Olympus · Eric Leif Davin · ss The Ultimate Unknown #15, Spring 1999 203 · The Trouble with Telepaths · Hank Davis · ss Onward, Drake! ed. Mark L. Van Name, Baen, 2015 213 · This Is the Way the Universe Ends: with a Bang · Brian Dolton · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2015 235 · The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss · David Brin · nv Old Venus ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Bantam, 2015

The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF: Volume 3 ed. David Afsharirad (Baen, June 6, 2017, 978-1-4814-8268-4, $16.00, 315pp, tp, an, cover by Greg Bobrowski)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Preface · David Afsharirad · pr · Introduction · David Weber · in · Cadet Cruise [RCN] · David Drake · ss Baen.com May 2016 · Tethers · William Ledbetter · ss Baen.com November 2016 · Unlinkage · Eric Del Carlo · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2016 · Not in Vain [Black Tide Rising] · Kacey Ezell · nv Black Tide Rising ed. Gary Poole & John Ringo, Baen, 2016 · Between Nine and Eleven · Adam Roberts · ss Crises and Conflicts ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2016 · Sephine and the Leviathan · Jack Schouten · na Clarkesworld #118, July 2016 · The Good Food · Michael Ezell · nv Beyond the Stars: At Galaxy’s Edge ed. Ellen Campbell, Astral Books, 2016 · If I Could Give This Time Machine Zero Stars, I Would · James Wesley Rogers · ss Unidentified Funny Objects 5 ed. Alex Shvartsman, UFO Publishing, 2016 · Wise Child [Liaden] · Sharon Lee & Steve Miller · nv Baen.com June 2016 · Starhome [Freehold Universe] · Michael Z. Williamson · nv Baen.com October 2016 · The Art of Failure · Robert Dawson · ss Compelling Science Fiction #1, April 2016 · The Last Tank Commander · Allen Stroud · nv Crises and Conflicts ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2016 · One Giant Leap · Jay Werkheiser · ss Strange Horizons November 21 2016 · The Immortals: Anchorage [Symphony of War Universe] · David Adams · nv Beyond the Stars: A Planet Too Far ed. Ellen Campbell, Astral Books, 2016 · Backup Man · Paul Di Filippo · ss Terraform April 7 2016 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF: Volume 4 ed. David Afsharirad (Baen, June 5, 2018, 978-1-4814-8332-2, $16.00, 335pp, tp, an, cover by Melissa Gay)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Preface · David Afsharirad · pr 7 · The Secret Life of Bots [Bots] · Suzanne Palmer · nv Clarkesworld #132, September 2017 33 · The Snatchers · Edward McDermott · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2017 47 · Imperium Imposter [View from the Imperium] · Jody Lynn Nye · nv Infinite Stars ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Titan, 2017 71 · A Thousand Deaths Through Flesh and Stone [Posthuman Universe] · Brian Trent · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2017 93 · Hope Springs · Lindsay Buroker · nv Beyond the Stars: New Worlds, New Suns ed. Ellen Campbell, Astral Books, 2017 117 · Orphans of Aries · Brad R. Torgersen · nv Rocket’s Red Glare ed. James Reasoner, Rough Edges Press, 2017 153 · By the Red Giant’s Light [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2017 161 · Family Over Blood [Freehold Universe] · Kacey Ezell · nv Forged in Blood ed. Michael Z. Williamson, Baen, 2017 181 · A Man They Didn’t Know · David Hardy · ss Rocket’s Red Glare ed. James Reasoner, Rough Edges Press, 2017 193 · Swarm · Sean Patrick Hazlett · ss Terraform December 8 2017 199 · A Hamal in Hollywood · Martin L. Shoemaker · nv Rocket’s Red Glare ed. James Reasoner, Rough Edges Press, 2017 225 · Lovers [Freehold Universe] · Tony Daniel · nv Forged in Blood ed. Michael Z. Williamson, Baen, 2017 269 · The Ghost Ship Anastasia · Rich Larson · nv Clarkesworld #124, January 2017 291 · You Can Always Change the Past · George Nikolopoulos · ss Galaxy’s Edge #25, March 2017 293 · Our Sacred Honor [Honor Harrington] · David Weber · na Infinite Stars ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Titan, 2017

The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF: Volume 5 ed. David Afsharirad (Baen, June 4, 2019, 978-1-4814-8406-0, $16.00, 319pp, tp, an, cover by Marianne Plumridge)     Details taken from ebook Table of Contents. · Preface · David Afsharirad · pr · Introduction · David Weber · in · Love in the Time of Interstellar War · Brendan DuBois · ss Baen.com September 2018 · Going Dark · Richard Fox · ss Backblast Area Clear ed. Ellen Campbell, Bayonet Books, 2018 · The Scrapyard Ship · Felix R. Savage · nv Bridge Across the Stars ed. Rhett C. Bruno & Chris Pourteau, Sci-Fi Bridge, 2018 · Broken Wings · William Ledbetter · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2018 · A Song of Home, the Organ Grinds · James Beamon · ss Lightspeed #98, July 2018 · Once on the Blue Moon · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv Infinity’s End ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2018 · Crash-Site [Posthuman Universe] · Brian Trent · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2018 · Thirty-Three Percent Joe · Suzanne Palmer · nv Clarkesworld #145, October 2018 · Hate in the Darkness · Michael Z. Williamson · nv Star Destroyers ed. Tony Daniel & Christopher Ruocchio, Baen, 2018 · Homunculus · Stephen Lawson · ss Baen.com June 2018 · Not Made for Us [The Sun Eater] · Christopher Ruocchio · ss Star Destroyers ed. Tony Daniel & Christopher Ruocchio, Baen, 2018 · The Erkennen Job [SynCorp] · Chris Pourteau · nv Bridge Across the Stars ed. Rhett C. Bruno & Chris Pourteau, Sci-Fi Bridge, 2018 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Conversations with Ray Bradbury ed. Steven L. Aggelis (University Press of Mississippi, July 2004, 1-57806-641-7, $20.00, xxxvi+208pp, tp, an) [Ref. Ray Bradbury]     Non-fiction collection of interviews with Bradbury. There is an index. A hardcover edition ($48.00, -640-9) was announced but not seen.

The Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women of Argentina and Chile ed. Marjorie Agosin (White Pine Press, October 1991, 1-877727-15-6, $11.00, 339pp, tp, oa, cover by Remedios Varo)     Anthology of many stories, excerpts, and fragments with fantastic elements ranging from fairy tale to sf, by women from Argentina and Chile. Translated from the Spanish by various translators. 13 · Reflections on the Fantastic · Marjorie Agosin · in 27 · The Compulsive Dreamer · Silvina Ocampo; translated by Nina M. Scott · ss 36 · Things · Silvina Ocampo; translated by Nina M. Scott · ss 40 · The Velvet Dress · Silvina Ocampo; translated by Nina M. Scott · ss 44 · The House of Sugar · Silvina Ocampo; translated by Nina M. Scott · ss 53 · Thus Were Their Faces · Silvina Ocampo; translated by Nina M. Scott · ss 60 · The Story of María Griselda · María Luisa Bombal; translated by Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman · nv 81 · The Little Island · Luisa Mercedes Levinson; translated by Elaine Dorough Johnson · ss 85 · The Boy Who Saw God’s Tears · Luisa Mercedes Levinson; translated by Elaine Dorough Johnson · ss 93 · An Eternal Fear · Elvira Orpheé; translated by Janice Molloy · ss 100 · I Will Return, Mommy · Elvira Orpheé; translated by Janice Molloy · ss 104 · How the Little Crocodiles Cry! · Elvira Orpheé; translated by Janice Molloy · ss 108 · For Friends and Enemies · Olga Orozco; translated by Alison Weber · ss 117 · And the Wheel Still Spins · Olga Orozco; translated by Alison Weber · ss 133 · The Mirror of Melancholy · Alejandra Pizarnik; translated by Suzanne Jill Levine · vi 136 · Blood Baths · Alejandra Pizarnik; translated by Suzanne Jill Levine · vi 138 · Severe Measures · Alejandra Pizarnik; translated by Suzanne Jill Levine · vi 141 · Excerpts from The Wild Papers · Marosa Di Giorgio; translated by Lorraine Elena Roses · ex (r) 144 · Excerpts from Dream Time · Ana María Shua; translated by Regina Harrison · ex (r) 146 · Other/Other · Ana María Shua; translated by Mary G. Berg · ss 157 · Fishing Days · Ana María Shua; translated by Mary G. Berg · ss 164 · The Man in the Araucaria · Sara Gallardo; translated by Elizabeth Rhodes · vi 166 · The Blue Stone Emperor’s Thirty-Three Wives · Sara Gallardo; translated by Elizabeth Rhodes · ss 181 · The Condemned Dress in White · Marcela Solá; translated by Shaun T. Griffin & Emma Sepulveda-Pulvirenti · ss 186 · Happiness · Marcela Solá; translated by Shaun T. Griffin & Emma Sepulveda-Pulvirenti · ss 190 · Invisible Embroidery · Marcela Solá; translated by Shaun T. Griffin & Emma Sepulveda-Pulvirenti · ss 194 · The Storm · Alina Diaconú; translated by Richard Schaff · ss 199 · Welcome to Albany · Alina Diaconú; translated by Richard Schaff · ss 203 · The Widower · Alina Diaconú; translated by Richard Schaff · ss 210 · Country Carnival · Luisa Valenzuela; translated by Christopher Leland · ss 216 · Legend of the Self-Sufficient Child · Luisa Valenzuela; translated by Christopher Leland · ss 221 · Viennese Waltz · Alicia Steimberg; translated by Lorraine Elena Roses · ss 227 · Garcia’s Thousandth Day · Alicia Steimberg; translated by Lorraine Elena Roses · vi 230 · Segismundo’s Better World · Alicia Steimberg; translated by Lorraine Elena Roses · ss 243 · The Perfect Married Woman · Angélica Gorodischer; translated by Lorraine Elena Roses · ss 248 · Letters from an English Lady · Angélica Gorodischer; translated by Mónica Bruno · ss 259 · Under the Flowering Juleps · Angélica Gorodischer; translated by Mary G. Berg · nv 281 · The Resurrection of the Flesh · Angélica Gorodischer; translated by Lorraine Elena Roses · ss 287 · When Everything Shines · Liliana Hecker; translated by Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman · ss 296 · The Annunciation · Cristina Peri Rossi; translated by Mary Jane Tracy · ss 311 · Selections from Silendra · Elizabeth Subercaseaux; translated by Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman · ex 320 · Two Words · Isabel Allende; translated by Alberto Manguel · ss Black Water 2 ed. Alberto Manguel, Lester & Orpen Dennys, 1990; dated 1989. 328 · The Authors · [uncredited] · bg 337 · The Translators · [uncredited] · bg

The Butterfly Artist by Forrest Aguirre (Flesh & Blood Press, October 2002, no ISBN, $5.00, 48pp, ph, oc, cover by Nick Demakis)     Chapbook original collection of 10 stories, four reprints. 5 · Downstream Flow: A Fugue · Forrest Aguirre · ss Flesh & Blood #10, 2002 9 · It Keeps Them Coming Back · Forrest Aguirre · ss 13 · Judgement Day · Forrest Aguirre · ss 17 · Precognitive Myopia · Forrest Aguirre · ss Strangewood Tales ed. Jack Fisher, Eraserhead Press, 2002 21 · Return from Abaddon · Forrest Aguirre · ss 23 · Something Familiar About the Farm · Forrest Aguirre · ss 27 · Tea Time · Forrest Aguirre · ss 31 · The Nut Lady’s Cabin · Forrest Aguirre · ss Earwig Flesh Factory #3/4, Fall/Winter 2000 33 · The Reverie Styx · Forrest Aguirre · ss Flesh & Blood v2 #8, 2001 35 · The Butterfly Artist · Forrest Aguirre · nv

Fugue XXIX by Forrest Aguirre (Raw Dog Screaming, October 2005, 1-933293-07-1, $15.95, 217pp, tp, co, cover by Terry Rentzepis)     Collection of 29 stories, six original. 9 · Downstream Flow: A Fugue · Forrest Aguirre · ss Flesh & Blood #10, 2002 13 · Mystic Flower · Forrest Aguirre · nv 35 · Tickest, Please · Forrest Aguirre · vi Crown of Bones 37 · Four Canopus · Forrest Aguirre · vi Exquisite Corpse 39 · Convergence on a Panoptic Newtonian: The Interstices of Heaven · Forrest Aguirre · ss Apocalypse Fiction 52 · The Night Factory · Forrest Aguirre · vi Vicious Shivers 55 · Bearing Seed · Forrest Aguirre · vi Yellow Bat Review #4, Fall 2002 57 · The Reverie Styx · Forrest Aguirre · ss Flesh & Blood v2 #8, 2001 60 · Loyal · Forrest Aguirre · ss DeathGrip e-zine 68 · Precognitive Myopia · Forrest Aguirre · ss Strangewood Tales ed. Jack Fisher, Eraserhead Press, 2002 72 · Hopless: A Triptych · Forrest Aguirre · ss 78 · Waiting for Felicity · Forrest Aguirre · ss Journal of Experimental Fiction 94 · Over Alsace · Forrest Aguirre · ss Polyphony, Volume 4 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2004 98 · Return from Abaddon · Forrest Aguirre · ss The Butterfly Artist by Forrest Aguirre, Flesh & Blood Press, 2002 100 · In the Place Where Suffering Was Not · Forrest Aguirre · ss The Dream People 104 · The Universal Language of Silence · Forrest Aguirre · ss infinity plus April 2003 117 · Kaleidoscopes of Africa · Forrest Aguirre · ss 3rd Bed 121 · Frenzy · Forrest Aguirre · vi Problem Child 122 · Matriarch · Forrest Aguirre · vi All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories ed. David Moles & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press & All-Star Stories, 2004 123 · The Butterfly Artist · Forrest Aguirre · nv The Butterfly Artist by Forrest Aguirre, Flesh & Blood Press, 2002 150 · The Nut Lady’s Cabin · Forrest Aguirre · ss Earwig Flesh Factory #3/4, Fall/Winter 2000 153 · The Bones of Ndundi · Forrest Aguirre · ss Notre Dame Review 166 · Beyond the Flame · Forrest Aguirre · ss 173 · The Death Machines · Forrest Aguirre · ss 177 · Improv and the Man of Means · Forrest Aguirre · ss 183 · The Color of Laughter · Forrest Aguirre · ss The Fifth Di… 191 · Queen Phoebe · Forrest Aguirre · ss Whispers from the Shattered Forum #9, 2002 196 · Headlong · Forrest Aguirre · ss 202 · The Further Adventures of Star Boy · Forrest Aguirre · ss Surreal #2, Spring 2005