The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, October 28, 1999, 1-84119-089-6, £6.99, xiv+494pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)
Anthology of 34 humorous stories, nine original or significantly revised for this book. Authors include Gene Wolfe, Esther Friesner, and Tom Holt.
- xiii · The Second Most Serious Page in This Book · Mike Ashley · in
- 1 · Neander-Tale · James P. Hogan · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980
- 8 · Uncle Henry Passes · Esther Friesner · ss
- 23 · A Dealing with Demons [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · nv Flashing Swords! #5 ed. Lin Carter, Dell, 1981
- 52 · The Case of Jack the Clipper or A Fimbulwinter’s Tale · David Langford · ss Interzone #126, December 1997
- 60 · A Shiver of Elves
- 60 · The Shoemaker and the Elvis · Lawrence Schimel · ss Elf Magic ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997
- 71 · Dances with Elves · Cynthia Ward · vi Galaxy March/April 1995
- 76 · A Hedge Against Alchemy [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1981
- 92 · A Slow Day in Hell · Julia S. Mandala · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Summer 1997
- 100 · Two Tall Tales
- 100 · How I Got Three Zip Codes · Gene Wolfe · ss
- 106 · The Failure of Hope and Wandel · Ambrose Bierce · ss Fun September 5 1874, as “Cool Correspondence”
- 110 · The Birhday Gift · Elisabeth Waters · ss Sword and Sorceress IX ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1992
- 119 · An Intrusion of Aliens
- 119 · Captain Honario Harpplayer, R.N. · Harry Harrison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1963
- 131 · The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything · George Alec Effinger · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1984
- 149 · History Book: A Thog the Mighty Text · John Grant · nv
extensively revised from the short original (Sou’Wester, 1994).
- 173 · A Doubling of Dragons
- 173 · Elijah P. Jopp and the Dragon · Archibald Marshall · ss The Royal Magazine November 1898
- 184 · The Dragon Doctor’s Apprentice · Charles Partington · nv
- 224 · Rules of Engagement [Queen Ruella] · Molly Brown · ss Substance Autumn 1995; revised.
- 230 · The Triumph of Vice · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Savage Club Papers ed. Andrew Halliday, Tinsley Brothers, 1867
- 244 · Some Wise Advice
- 244 · The Top 50 Things I’d Do if I Ever Became an Evil Overlord · Peter Anspach · fa
first published on Internet at www.eviloverlord.com. Edited.
- 250 · How to Be Fantastic · Elizabeth Counihan · ar Scheherazade #12, 1995
- 256 · Hershey’s Kisses · Ron Goulart · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1992
- 277 · Escape from the Planet of the Bears · Tom Holt · ss
- 295 · Quest · Sue Anderson · ss
- 305 · The Hills Behind Hollywood High · Avram Davidson & Grania Davis · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1983
- 328 · The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Over the Plum Pudding by John Kendrick Bangs, Harper, 1901
- 337 · A Gaggle of Gangsters
- 337 · The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds · Neil Gaiman · ss Knave (UK) 1984
- 349 · The Man Who Hated Cadillacs · E. K. Grant · nv
- 372 · The Ultimate · Seamus Cullen · nv
much revised from an episode in The Sultan’s Turret (Orbit, 1996).
- 401 · A Fancy of Fairy Tales
- 401 · The Star of the Farmyard · Terry Jones · ss Fantastic Stories by Terry Jones, Pavilion Books, 1992
- 408 · Diamonds—Black and White · Anthony Armstrong · ss The Prince Who Hiccuped and Other Tales by Anthony Armstrong, Ernest Benn, 1932
- 424 · An Inkling of Imps
- 424 · Malocchio · Eliot Fintushel · ss
- 439 · The Metrognome · Alan Dean Foster · nv The Metrognome and Other Stories by Alan Dean Foster, Del Rey, 1990
- 461 · The Eye of Tandyla [Pusadian] · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Fantastic Adventures May 1951
- 489 · The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1982; subtitled “A Tale of Three Kings and a Star for This Sacred Season”.
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