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The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Viking, May 2002, 0-670-03526-2, $18.99, 384pp, hc, oa)     Original YA/adult crossover anthology of 15 stories and three poems about the “green man” and other nature spirits. Authors include Charles de Lint, Tanith Lee, and Patricia A. McKillip. Introduction by Windling. Illustrated by Charles Vess. 1 · Preface · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · pr 3 · Introduction: About the Green Man and Other Forest Lore · Terri Windling · in 18 · Going Wodwo · Neil Gaiman · pm 21 · Grand Central Park · Delia Sherman · nv 44 · Daphne · Michael Cadnum · ss 51 · Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box · Charles de Lint · nv 86 · Among the Leaves So Green · Tanith Lee · nv 115 · Song of the Cailleach Bheur · Jane Yolen · pm 118 · Hunter’s Moon · Patricia A. McKillip · ss 137 · Charlie’s Away · Midori Snyder · nv 168 · A World Painted by Birds · Katherine Vaz · nv 191 · Grounded · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv 223 · Overlooking · Carol Emshwiller · ss 238 · Fee, Fie, Foe, et Cetera · Gregory Maguire · nv 262 · Joshua Tree · Emma Bull · nv 299 · Ali Anugne O Chash (The Boy Who Was) · Carolyn Dunn · ss 312 · Remnants · Kathe Koja · ss 322 · The Pagodas of Ciboure · M. Shayne Bell · nv 350 · Green Men · Bill Lewis · pm 353 · The Green Word · Jeffrey Ford · nv 385 · About the Editors · [uncredited] · bg 387 · About the Artist · [uncredited] · bg

Haunted Legends ed. Ellen Datlow & Nick Mamatas (Tor, September 2010, 978-0-7653-2300-2, $27.99, 347pp, hc, oa, cover by Andreas Rentsch)     Original anthology of 20 retold and reimagined regional ghost stories. Authors include Jeffrey Ford, Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, and Joe R. Lansdale. A trade paperback edition (-2301-9, $15.99) is also available. 15 · Introduction · Nick Mamatas · in 17 · Knickerbocker Holiday · Richard Bowes · ss 33 · That Girl · Kaaron Warren · ss 45 · Akbar · Kit Reed · ss 63 · The Spring Heel · Steven Pirie · ss 75 · As Red as Red · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss 95 · Tin Cans · Ekaterina Sedia · ss 109 · Shoebox Train Wreck · John Mantooth · ss 121 · Fifteen Panels Depicting the Sadness of the Baku and the Jotai · Catherynne M. Valente · ss 139 · La Llorona · Carolyn Turgeon · ss 155 · Face Like a Monkey · Carrie Laben · ss 167 · Down Atsion Road · Jeffrey Ford · ss 183 · Return to Mariabronn · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss 199 · Following Double-Face Woman · Erzebet YellowBoy · ss 207 · Oaks Park · M. K. Hobson · ss 219 · For Those in Peril on the Sea · Stephen Dedman · nv 243 · The Foxes · Lily Hoang · ss 259 · The Redfield Girls · Laird Burton · nv 287 · Between Heaven and Hull · Pat Cadigan · ss 303 · Chucky Comes to Liverpool · Ramsey Campbell · nv 329 · The Folding Man · Joe R. Lansdale · ss

Haunted Nights ed. Ellen Datlow & Lisa Morton (Blumhouse Books, October 3, 2017, 978-1-101-97383-7, $16.95, xii+352pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Lisa Morton · in 3 · With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfsbane Seeds · Seanan McGuire · ss 23 · Dirtmouth · Stephen Graham Jones · nv 45 · A Small Taste of the Old Country · Jonathan Maberry · nv 70 · Wick’s End · Joanna Parypinski · ss 83 · The Seventeen-Year Itch · Garth Nix · ss 100 · A Flicker of Light on Devil’s Night · Kate Jonez · ss 114 · Witch Hazel · Jeffrey Ford · ss 129 · Nos Galan Gaeaf [Cainsville] · Kelley Armstrong · ss 149 · We’re Never Inviting Amber Again · S. P. Miskowski · ss 169 · Sisters · Brian Evenson · ss 182 · All Through the Night · Elise Forier Edie · ss 201 · A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds · Eric J. Guignard · nv 226 · The Turn · Paul Kane · ss 244 · Jack · Pat Cadigan · nv 269 · Lost in the Dark · John Langan · nv 325 · The First Lunar Halloween · John R. Little · ss

Hauntings ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, March 2013, 978-1-61696-088-9, $16.95, 422pp, tp, an, cover: Voice of Shades by Valentina Brostean)     Anthology of 24 stories involving ghosts. Authors include Peter Straub, Kelly Link, and Neil Gaiman. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 5 · Eenie, Meenie, Ipsateenie · Pat Cadigan · ss Shadows 6 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983 25 · Hunger: A Confession · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2003 39 · Cargo · E. Michael Lewis · ss Shades of Darkness ed. Barbara & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 55 · Delta Sly Honey · Lucius Shepard · ss In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, 1987 75 · Nothing Will Hurt You · David Morrell · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992 93 · The Ammonite Violin (Murder Ballad No. 4) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest October 2006 109 · Haunted · Joyce Carol Oates · nv The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 131 · The Have-Nots · Elizabeth Hand · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1992 149 · Closing Time · Neil Gaiman · ss McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books, 2003 161 · Anna · F. Paul Wilson · nv Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume 2 ed. Elizabeth Engstrom, IFD Publishing, 2000 187 · Mr. Fiddlehead · Jonathan Carroll · ss Omni February 1989 201 · The Fooly · Terry Dowling · ss Dreaming Again ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia, 2008 209 · The Toll · Paul Walther · ss New Genre Spring 2000 223 · The Pennine Tower Restaurant · Simon Kurt Unsworth · nv Lost Places by Simon Kurt Unsworth, Ash-Tree Press, 2010 245 · Distress Call · Connie Willis · ss The Berkley Showcase Vol. 4 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1981 259 · The Horn · Stephen Gallagher · nv Arrows of Eros ed. Alex Stewart, NEL, 1989 283 · Everybody Goes · Michael Marshall Smith · ss When God Lived in Kentish Town & Others by Michael Marshall Smith, W. H. Smith, 1998 289 · Transfigured Night · Richard Bowes · nv Tomorrow April 1995 311 · Hula Ville · James P. Blaylock · ss Sci Fiction November 3 2004 325 · The Bedroom Light · Jeffrey Ford · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007 337 · Spectral Evidence · Gemma Files · ss ChiZine #30, October/December 2006 351 · Two Houses · Kelly Link · nv Shadow Show ed. Sam Weller & Mort Castle, Morrow, 2012 371 · Where Angels Come In · Adam L. G. Nevill · ss Poe’s Progeny ed. Gary Fry, Gray Friar Press, 2005 [Ref. M. R. James] 389 · Hunger: An Introduction · Peter Straub · nv Peter Straub’s Ghosts ed. Peter Straub, Pocket Star, 1995

Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, December 2007, 978-0-7653-1558-8, $25.95, 381pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 20 horror stories. Authors include K.W. Jeter, Elizabeth Bear, Joyce Carol Oates, and Lucius Shepard. 13 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 19 · Riding Bitch · K. W. Jeter · nv 41 · Misadventure · Stephen Gallagher · ss 55 · The Forest · Laird Barron · nv 85 · The Monsters of Heaven · Nathan Ballingrud · ss 101 · Inelastic Collisions · Elizabeth Bear · ss 111 · The Uninvited · Christopher Fowler · ss 125 · 13 O’Clock · Mike O’Driscoll · ss 145 · Lives · John Grant · ss 157 · Ghorla · Mark Samuels · ss 175 · Face · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 181 · An Apiary of White Bees · Lee Thomas · nv 201 · The Keeper · P. D. Cacek · ss 215 · Bethany’s Wood · Paul Finch · nv 245 · The Ease with Which We Freed the Beast · Lucius Shepard · ss 261 · Hushabye [Paul Hearn] · Simon Bestwick · ss 273 · Perhaps the Last · Conrad Williams · ss 287 · Stilled Life · Pat Cadigan · nv 313 · The Janus Tree · Glen Hirshberg · nv 345 · The Bedroom Light · Jeffrey Ford · ss 357 · The Suits at Auderlene · Terry Dowling · nv

Lethal Kisses: 19 Stories of Sex, Horror and Revenge ed. Ellen Datlow (Millennium, December 16, 1996, 1-85798-481-1, £9.99, x+370pp, tp, oa, cover by Steve Crisp)     Anthology of original stories about revenge, retribution and recompense. A hardcover edition (-480-3, £15.99) is also available. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 3 · …Warmer · A. R. Morlan · nv 31 · Anamorphosis · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv 55 · A Grub Street Tale · Thomas Tessier · ss 67 · Back in the Dunes · Terry Lamsley · nv 95 · Leave Me Alone God Damn You · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 109 · Butcher’s Logic · Roberta Lannes · ss 123 · A Lie for a Lie · Pat Cadigan · nv 143 · Keeping Alice · Simon Ings · nv 179 · A Punch in the Doughtnut · David J. Schow · ss 191 · Unforgotten · Christopher Fowler · nv 213 · O, Rare and Most Exquisite · Douglas Clegg · ss 229 · Martyr and Pesty · Jonathan Lethem · ss 237 · Foreign Bodies · Michael Marshall Smith · na 283 · Ships · Michael Swanwick & Jack Dann · nv 303 · The Dreadful Day of Judgment · Ruth Rendell · ss The Fever Tree and Other Stories of Suspense by Ruth Rendell, Hutchinson, 1982 317 · A Flock of Lawn Flamingos · Pat Murphy · ss 335 · Touch Me Everyplace · Michael Cadnum · ss 343 · The Screaming Man · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 349 · Rare Promise · M. M. O’Driscoll · nv

Little Deaths: 24 Tales of Sex and Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Millennium, September 22, 1994, 1-85798-015-8, £9.99, 454pp, tp, oa)     Mainly original anthology with authors ranging from Lucius Shepard to Ruth Rendell, Harry Crews to Clive Barker. A hardcover edition (-014-X, £16.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 5 · The Lady of Situations · Stephen Dedman · ss 17 · Hungry Skin · Lucy Taylor · ss 31 · Becky Lives · Harry Crews · ss 51 · Lover Doll · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss 71 · The Swing · Nicholas Royle · ss 79 · Sahib · J. Calvin Pierce · nv 101 · The Careful Geometry of Love · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 115 · Yaguara · Nicola Griffith · na 159 · On Amen’s Shore [Book of the Art] · Clive Barker · ss Demons and Deviants ed. Michael Brown, Phantom Press/Fantaco, 1992 175 · Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring · M. John Harrison · nv 201 · The Pain Barrier · Joel Lane · ss 213 · Sinfonia Expansiva · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 221 · Fever Blisters · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 233 · The Rock · Melanie Tem · ss 253 · An Outside Interest · Ruth Rendell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 27 1982, as “The Man Who Frightened Women” 265 · And Salome Danced [Mars] · Kelley Eskridge · ss 279 · The Disquieting Muse · Kathe Koja · ss 293 · Holes · Sarah Clemens · ss 313 · That Old School Tie · Jack Womack · nv 343 · Ice Palace · Douglas Clegg · ss 363 · Serial Monogamist · Pat Cadigan · nv 389 · Black Nightgown · K. W. Jeter · ss 403 · Ménage à Trois · Richard Christian Matheson · vi 407 · The Last Time · Lucius Shepard · na

Lovecraft’s Monsters ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, April 2014, 978-1-6169-6121-3, $16.95, 379pp, tp, an, cover by John Coulthart)     Anthology of 18 Lovecraftian stories, two original. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, and Gemma Files. Foreword by Stefan Dziemianowicz. 7 · Foreword · Stefan Dziemianowicz · fw 13 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 17 · Only the End of the World Again [Cthulhu] · Neil Gaiman · ss Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 1994 35 · Bulldozer · Laird Barron · nv Sci Fiction August 25 2004 65 · Red Goat Black Goat · Nadia Bulkin · ss Innsmouth Free Press June 2010 79 · The Same Deep Waters as You · Brian Hodge · nv Weirder Shadows Over Innsmouth ed. Stephen Jones, Fedogan & Bremer, 2013 117 · A Quarter to Three [Cthulhu] · Kim Newman · ss Fear #2, September/October 1988 123 · The Dappled Thing · William Browning Spencer · nv Subterranean: Tales of Dark Fantasy 2 ed. William Schafer, Subterranean Press, 2011, as “That Dappled Thing” 141 · Inelastic Collisions · Elizabeth Bear · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007 151 · Remnants [Cthulhu] · Fred Chappell · na Cthulhu’s Reign ed. Darrell Schweitzer, DAW, 2010 197 · Love Is Forbidden, We Croak and Howl · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest May 2012 205 · The Sect of the Idiot [Cthulhu] · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #56, Roodmas 1988 215 · Jar of Salts · Gemma Files · pm Mythic Delirium #22, 2010 219 · Black as the Pit, from Pole to Pole · Steven Utley & Howard Waldrop · nv New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 7 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1977 259 · Waiting at the Crossroads Motel [Cthulhu] · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Wings II ed. S. T. Joshi, PS Publishing, 2012 269 · I’ve Come to Talk with You Again [The King in Yellow] · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Dark Terrors ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1995 275 · The Bleeding Shadow · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Down These Strange Streets ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Ace, 2011 305 · That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable · Nick Mamatas · ss Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse, 2009 313 · Haruspicy · Gemma Files · pm Strange Horizons October 3 2011 317 · Children of the Fang · John Langan · ss

Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse, October 2009, 978-1-59582-146-1, $19.95, 420pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 20 stories, four reprints, by authors including William Browning Spencer, Holly Phillips, and Michael Shea; reprint authors are Michael Chabon, Joyce Carol Oates, Brian Evenson, and Caitlín R. Kiernan. 9 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 11 · The Crevasse · Nathan Ballingrud & Dale Bailey · ss 31 · The Office of Doom [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss 43 · Sincerely, Petrified · Anna Tambour · nv 73 · The Din of Celestial Birds · Brian Evenson · ss The Din of Celestial Birds by Brian Evenson, Wordcraft of Oregon, 1997 85 · The Tenderness of Jackals · Amanda Downum · ss 99 · Sight Unseen · Joel Lane · ss 113 · Cold Water Survival · Holly Phillips · nv 139 · Come Lurk with Me and Be My Love · William Browning Spencer · nv 161 · Houses Under the Sea · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Thrillers 2 ed. Robert Morrish, Cemetery Dance, 2007 195 · Machines of Concrete Light and Dark · Michael Cisco · ss 213 · Leng · Marc Laidlaw · nv 239 · In the Black Mill · Michael Chabon · nv Playboy June 1997 267 · One Day, Soon · Lavie Tidhar · ss 277 · Commencement · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 305 · Vernon, Driving · Simon Kurt Unsworth · ss 315 · The Recruiter · Michael Shea · ss 331 · Marya Nox · Gemma Files · ss 347 · Mongoose [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv 375 · Catch Hell · Laird Barron · nv 413 · That of Which We Speak When We Speak of the Unspeakable · Nick Mamatas · ss

Mad Hatters and March Hares ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor, December 12, 2017, 978-0-7653-9106-3, $29.99, 332pp, hc, oa, cover by Dave McKean)     Details taken from online listing. 13 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 15 · Gentle Alice · Kris Dikeman · ss 17 · My Own Invention · Delia Sherman · ss 27 · Lily-White & the Thief of Lesser Night · C. S. E. Cooney · nv 51 · Conjoined · Jane Yolen · ss 65 · Eating the Alice Cake · Kaaron Warren · ss 65 · Mercury · Priya Sharma · nv 97 · Some Kind of Wonderland · Richard Bowes · ss 115 · Alis · Stephen Graham Jones · nv 147 · All the King’s Men · Jeffrey Ford · ss 163 · Run, Rabbit · Angela Slatter · ss 173 · In Memory of a Summer’s Day · Matthew Kressel · ss 185 · Sentence Like a Saturday · Seanan McGuire · ss 203 · Worrity, Worrity · Andy Duncan · nv 237 · The Queen of Hats · Ysabeau S. Wilce · ss 255 · A Comfort, One Way · Genevieve Valentine · ss 265 · The Flame After the Candle · Catherynne M. Valente · nv 303 · Moon, and Memory, and Muchness · Katherine Vaz · nv 325 · Run, Rabbit, Run · Jane Yolen · pm

The Monstrous ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, October 27, 2015, 978-1-61696-206-7, $16.95, 379pp, tp, an, cover by Reiko Murakami)     Anthology of 20 stories, one original, about monsters within and without. Authors include Peter Straub, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Kim Newman, and Terry Dowling. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 11 · A Natural History of Autumn · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2012 27 · Ashputtle · Peter Straub · nv Black Thorn, White Rose ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1994 45 · Giants in the Earth · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 1994 59 · The Beginning of the Year Without Summer · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest April 2014 77 · A Wish from a Bone · Gemma Files · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 107 · The Last, Clean, Bright Summer · Livia Llewellyn · ss Primeval: A Journal of the Uncanny #2, October 2014 123 · The Totals · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Nightmare #17, February 2014 133 · The Chill Clutch of the Unseen · Kim Newman · ss Quietly Now ed. Kealan Patrick Burke, Borderlands Press, 2004 149 · Down Among the Dead Men · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · nv Oui July 1982 177 · Catching Flies · Carole Johnstone · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 191 · Our Turn Too Will One Day Come · Brian Hodge · nv Alone on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2006, as “And Our Turn Too Will One Day Come” 209 · Grindstone · Stephen Graham Jones · ss 217 · Doll Hands · Adam L. G. Nevill · nv The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 239 · How I Met the Ghoul · Sofia Samatar · ss 245 · Jenny Come to Play [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · nv Eidolon Spring 1997 281 · Miss Ill-Kept Runt · Glen Hirshberg · ss The Twilight Limited: The Rolling Darkness Revue 2007 ed. Paul Miller, Earthling Publications, 2007 297 · Chasing Sunset · A. C. Wise · ss Whispers from the Abyss ed. Kat Rocha, 01 Publishing, 2014 309 · The Monster Makers · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Black Static #35, July/August 2013 319 · Piano Man · Christopher Fowler · ss Black Static #10, April/May 2009 335 · Corpsemouth · John Langan · nv

Naked City ed. Ellen Datlow (St. Martin’s Griffin, July 2011, 978-0-312-38524-8, $15.99, xiii+539pp, tp, oa, cover by Dan Dos Santos)     Original anthology of 20 urban fantasy stories. Authors include Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, John Crowley, and Peter S. Beagle. A hardcover edition (-60431-8, $25.99) was announced but not seen. xi · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Curses [Harry Dresden] · Jim Butcher · nv 31 · How the Pooka Came to New York City · Delia Sherman · nv 57 · On the Slide · Richard Bowes · nv 81 · The Duke of Riverside [Riverside] · Ellen Kushner · nv 110 · Oblivion by Calvin Klein · Christopher Fowler · nv 133 · Fairy Gifts [Mercy Thompson] · Patricia Briggs · nv 166 · Picking up the Pieces · Pat Cadigan · nv 194 · Underbridge · Peter S. Beagle · nv 222 · Priced to Sell · Naomi Novik · ss 242 · The Bricks of Gelecek · Matthew Kressel · nv 267 · Weston Walks · Kit Reed · nv 293 · The Projected Girl · Lavie Tidhar · nv 334 · The Way Station · Nathan Ballingrud · nv 363 · Guns for the Dead [Graveminder] · Melissa Marr · ss 383 · And Go Like This · John Crowley · ss 393 · Noble Rot · Holly Black · nv 419 · Daddy Long Legs of the Evening · Jeffrey Ford · ss 432 · The Skinny Girl · Lucius Shepard · nv 457 · The Colliers’ Venus (1893) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv 492 · King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree [Promethean Age] · Elizabeth Bear · ss

Nebula Awards Showcase 2009 ed. Ellen Datlow (Penguin/Roc, April 2009, 978-0-451-46255-8, $16.00, 448pp, tp, an)     Anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction—ten stories and one novel excerpt—plus three Rhysling Award-winning poems and commentary on SF by Barry N. Malzberg, Kathleen Ann Goonan, Gwenna Bond, and Ellen Asher; Howard Waldrop and Tim Lucas discuss film; and Kim Newman provides an appreciation of Grand Master Michael Moorcock. The 43rd volume in the annual series. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 3 · About the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America · [uncredited] · ms 5 · About the Nebula Awards · [uncredited] · ms 7 · The 2008 Nebula Awards Final Ballot · [uncredited] · ms 11 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007 41 · Always · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007 57 · Where the Sidewalk Ends · Barry N. Malzberg · ar 61 · Why I Write Science Fiction · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ar 65 · Titanium Mike Saves the Day · David D. Levine · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2007 83 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 123 · The Yiddish Policemen’s Union · Michael Chabon · ex HarperCollins, 2007 137 · About the Rhysling Award · [uncredited] · ms 139 · Last Unicorn · Jane Yolen · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 141 · The Graven Idol’s Godheart · Rich Ristow · pm The Shantytown Anomaly #2, 2006 143 · The Journey to Kailash · Mike Allen · pm Strange Horizons January 23 2006 149 · Stars Seen Through Stone · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2007 231 · What You Saw Was What You Got: The Year in Films · Howard Waldrop · mr 239 · Pan’s Labyrinth: Dreaming with Eyes Wide Open · Tim Lucas · mr 245 · The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change · Kij Johnson · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007 271 · About the Damon Knight Grand Master Award · [uncredited] · ms 273 · An Appreciation of Michael Moorcock · Kim Newman · ar [Ref. Michael Moorcock] 277 · The Pleasure Garden of Felipe Sagittarius [von Bek family] · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds SF #154, September 1965, as by James Colvin 295 · The Andre Norton Award · [uncredited] · ms 297 · New Golden Age: The Rise of Young Adult Science Fiction and Fantasy · Gwenda Bond · ar 301 · Clubbing · Ellen Asher · ar 305 · Captive Girl · Jennifer Pelland · nv Helix #2, Fall 2006 331 · Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse · Andy Duncan · ss Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007 347 · Fountain of Age · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2007 413 · Past Nebula Award Winners · [uncredited] · ms 425 · The Authors Emeriti · [uncredited] · ms 427 · Ardath Mayhar, Talent from the Pines · Joe R. Lansdale · ar [Ref. Ardath Mayhar] 433 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg

Night: Dreadful Dark: Tales of Nighttime Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Saga Press, September 2, 2025, 978-1-6680-8000-9, $20.00, tp, oa, cover by Samuel Araya)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Day. Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Preface · Ellen Datlow · pr 1 · Trash Night · Clay McLeod Chapman · ss 25 · We Take Off Our Skin in the Dark · Eric LaRocca · ss 33 · The Door of Sleep · Stephen Graham Jones · ss 55 · At Night, My Dad · Dan Chaon · ss 63 · The Night House · Gemma Files · nv 92 · The Night-Mirrors · Pat Cadigan · nv 120 · Fear of the Dark · Benjamin Percy · ss 141 · The Picknicker · Josh Malerman · ss 152 · Secret Night · Nathan Ballingrud · ss

Nightmare Carnival ed. Ellen Datlow (Dark Horse Books, September 2014, 978-1-61655-427-9, $19.99, 381pp, tp, oa, cover by E. M. Gist)     Original anthology of 15 dark stories involving carnivals. Introduction by Katherine Dunn. Authors include Terry Dowling, Jeffrey Ford, Genevieve Valentine, and Laird Barron. E-book also available. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Katherine Dunn · in · Scapegoats · N. Lee Wood · ss · The Firebrand · Priya Sharma · ss · Work, Hook, Shoot, Rip · Nick Mamatas · ss · And the Carnival Leaves Town · A. C. Wise · ss · Corpse Rose · Terry Dowling · nv · Last of the Fair · Joel Lane · ss · A Small Part in the Pantomime · Glen Hirshberg · ss · Hibbler’s Minions · Jeffrey Ford · ss · Swan Song and Then Some · Dennis Danvers · ss · The Lion Cage · Genevieve Valentine · ss · The Darkest Part · Stephen Graham Jones · ss · The Popping Fields · Robert Shearman · ss · Skullpocket · Nathan Ballingrud · nv · The Mysteries · Livia Llewellyn · ss · Screaming Elk, Mt. [Jessica Mace] · Laird Barron · ss

Nightmares: A New Decade of Modern Horror ed. Ellen Datlow (Tachyon Publications, November 2016, 978-1-61696-232-6, $16.95, 427pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 24 horror stories all first published from 2005-2015. Authors include Gene Wolfe, John Langan, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Richard Kadrey. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 13 · Shallaballah · Mark Samuels · ss Don’t Turn Out the Light ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2005 23 · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, DreamHaven, 2006 41 · Our Turn Too Will One Day Come · Brian Hodge · nv Alone on the Darkside ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2006, as “And Our Turn Too Will One Day Come” 59 · Dead Sea Fruit · Kaaron Warren · ss Fantasy Magazine #4, Fall 2006 71 · Closet Dreams · Lisa Tuttle · ss Postscripts #10, Spring 2007 85 · Spectral Evidence · Gemma Files · ss ChiZine #30, October/December 2006 97 · Hushabye [Paul Hearn] · Simon Bestwick · ss Inferno ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2007 109 · Very Low-Flying Aircraft · Nicholas Royle · ss Exotic Gothic 2 ed. Danel Olson, Ash-Tree Press, 2008 121 · The Goosle · Margo Lanagan · ss The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, 2008 135 · The Clay Party · Steve Duffy · nv The Werewolf Pack ed. Mark Valentine, Wordsworth Editions, 2008 173 · Lonegan’s Luck · Stephen Graham Jones · nv New Genre Summer 2009 201 · Mr. Pigsny · Reggie Oliver · ss The Sixth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2010 219 · At Night, When the Demons Come · Ray Cluley · ss Black Static #20, December 2010/January 2011 243 · Was She Wicked? Was She Good? · M. Rickert · ss Holiday by M. Rickert, Golden Gryphon Press, 2010 255 · The Shallows [Cthulhu] · John Langan · nv Cthulhu’s Reign ed. Darrell Schweitzer, DAW, 2010 257 · Strappado · Laird Barron · nv Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009 277 · Little Pig · Anna Taborska · ss The Eighth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2011 285 · Omphalos · Livia Llewellyn · nv Engines of Desire by Livia Llewellyn, Lethe Press, 2011 311 · How We Escaped Our Certain Fate · Dan Chaon · ss 21st Century Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2012 327 · That Tiny Flutter of the Heart I Used to Call Love · Robert Shearman · ss Psycho-Mania! ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2013 345 · Interstate Love Song (Murder Ballad No. 8) · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Sirenia Digest May 2014 367 · Shay Corsham Worsted · Garth Nix · ss Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 381 · The Atlas of Hell · Nathan Ballingrud · nv Fearful Symmetries ed. Ellen Datlow, ChiZine Publications, 2014 405 · Ambitious Boys Like You · Richard Kadrey · nv The Doll Collection ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2015

Off Limits: Tales of Alien Sex ed. Ellen Datlow (St. Martin’s, February 1996, 0-312-14019-3, $22.95, 316pp, hc, oa, cover by Alan Dingman)     Original anthology of 20 stories (four reprints) of alien sex, alienated sex, etc. Authors include Scott Bradfield, Richard Christian Matheson, Joyce Carol Oates, and Neil Gaiman. There is a foreword by Robert Silverberg, and an introduction by Datlow. xi · Foreword · Robert Silverberg · fw xv · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · The Reality Trip · Robert Silverberg · nv If May/June 1970 23 · The Tattooist · Susan Wade · ss 42 · Dolly Sodom · John Kaiine · ss 47 · The Lucifer of Blue · Sherry Coldsmith · nv 75 · The Queen of the Apocalypse · Scott Bradfield · ss 89 · Oral · Richard Christian Matheson · ss 95 · Grand Prix · Simon Ings · ss Omni June 1993 114 · The House of Mourning · Brian Stableford · ss 133 · Fetish · Martha Soukup · ss 141 · Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland · Gwyneth Jones · ss 160 · The Future of Birds · Mike O’Driscoll · nv 193 · Captain China · Bruce McAllister · ss 210 · Background: The Dream · Lisa Tuttle · vi 214 · Aye, and Gomorrah… · Samuel R. Delany · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 227 · Ursus Triad, Later · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss 236 · Sextraterrestrials · Joe Haldeman & Jane Yolen · gp 237 · To the marriage of two kinds · Joe Haldeman · pm 238 · Intermarriage · Jane Yolen · pm 239 · Sex on the Planet of the Trees · Joe Haldeman · pm 240 · First Contact/Second Coming · Jane Yolen · pm 241 · Sex Among the Abos · Jane Yolen · pm 242 · Come, talk · Joe Haldeman · pm 244 · The Dream-Catcher · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 263 · His Angel · Roberta Lannes · ss 279 · Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) · Neil Gaiman · pl 287 · In the Month of Athyr [Winterlong] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Omni Best Science Fiction Two ed. Ellen Datlow, Omni, 1992

Omni Best Science Fiction One ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, October 1992, 0-87455-277-X, $8.95, 267pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Parkes)     Anthology of ten stories, six original. 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 5 · California Dreaming · Elizabeth A. Lynn · ss 17 · Diner · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss Omni November 1987 39 · Horse Latitudes · Richard Kadrey · nv 61 · Snake Eyes · Tom Maddox · nv Omni April 1986 89 · Sister Moon · Bruce McAllister · nv 123 · The Perfect Host · Robert Silverberg · nv 149 · The Lost Sepulcher of Huascar Capec · Paul Park · nv 171 · Tattoos · Jack M. Dann · nv Omni November 1986 203 · The Heart’s Own Country · J. R. Dunn · nv 235 · Listening to Brahms · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv Omni September 1986

Omni Best Science Fiction Two ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, November 1992, 0-87455-278-8, $8.95, 250pp, tp, oa, cover by Di-Maccio)     Anthology of ten stories, six original, with an introduction by the editor. v · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · All the Perfumes of Araby · Lucius Shepard · nv 33 · The Robot and the One You Love · Tom Maddox · ss Omni March 1988 53 · Chimera Dreams · Gregg Keizer · nv Omni June 1986 77 · The Pear-Shaped Man · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1987 115 · Kingdom Come · Bruce McAllister · ss Omni February 1987 135 · Mother’s Milt · Pat Cadigan · ss 151 · Black Velvet · Maggie Flinn · nv 175 · One Small Step for Max · Dan Simmons · ss 195 · The Cave Painting · Garry Kilworth · nv 219 · In the Month of Athyr [Winterlong] · Elizabeth Hand · nv

Omni Best Science Fiction Three ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, June 1993, 0-87455-284-2, $10.00, 266pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Parkes)     Anthology of 10 original stories and one reprint from Omni. v · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Moving On · Bruce McAllister · nv 43 · The Black Lotus · Simon Ings · nv 66 · Palindrome · Thomas M. Disch · nv Omni September 1987 96 · Along the River · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss 103 · One Night, or Scheherazade’s Bare Minimum · Thomas M. Disch · ss 110 · It Twineth Round Thee in Thy Joy · Gahan Wilson · ss 124 · Exogamy · John Crowley · ss 130 · Love Toys of the Gods · Pat Cadigan · ss 149 · Some Strange Desire · Ian McDonald · nv 177 · Virus Dreams · Scott Baker · na 239 · A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State · Pat Murphy · nv

Omni Visions One ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, November 1993, 0-87455-298-2, $10.00, 193pp, tp, an, cover by Gervasio Gallardo)     Anthology of ten stories, one original, with an introduction by the editor. v · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · The Girl Who Loved Animals · Bruce McAllister · nv Omni May 1988 21 · The Ghost Lemurs of Madagascar · William S. Burroughs · ss Omni April 1987 35 · Stardust · Harvey Jacobs · ss Omni August 1987 57 · Unidentified Objects · James P. Blaylock · nv Omni July 1989 75 · The Gates of Babel · J. R. Dunn · nv Omni May 1989 93 · Hoover’s Men · Howard Waldrop · vi Omni October 1988 103 · Phase Change · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 121 · The Evening and the Morning and the Night · Octavia E. Butler · nv Omni May 1987 145 · His Powder’d Wig, His Crown of Thornes · Marc Laidlaw · ss Omni September 1989 161 · Covenant of Souls · Michael Swanwick · nv Omni December 1986

Omni Visions Two ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books, July 1994, 0-87455-308-3, $10.00, 222pp, tp, an, cover by Gervasio Gallardo)     Anthology of 13 stories from Omni. v · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 1 · Against Babylon · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni May 1986 21 · The Gods of Mars · Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv Omni March 1985 43 · Pictures Made of Stones · Lucius Shepard · pm Omni September 1987 53 · E-Ticket to Namland · Dan Simmons · nv Omni November 1987 73 · The Domino Master · Michael Blumlein · ss Omni June 1988 91 · The Circular Library of Stones · Carol Emshwiller · ss Omni February 1987 103 · Reason Seven · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Omni May 1985 113 · The Fire Catcher · Richard Kadrey · ss Interzone #12, Summer 1985 121 · Dead Run · Greg Bear · ss Omni April 1985 143 · Adeste Fideles · Frederik Pohl · ss Omni December 1987 161 · The Lions Are Asleep This Night · Howard Waldrop · nv Omni August 1986 183 · The Dragon Seed · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni December 1985 201 · Permafrost · Roger Zelazny · nv Omni April 1986

Poe: 19 New Tales of Suspense, Dark Fantasy, and Horror: Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe ed. Ellen Datlow (Solaris, January 5, 2009, 978-1-84416-652-7, £7.99, 523pp, pb, oa, cover by Darius Hinks & Getty Images)     Anthology of 19 original stories based on the life or works of Edgar Allan Poe. Each story has a note on the author by Datlow, and an explanatory afterword from the writer. 7 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 13 · Illimitable Domain · Kim Newman · nv 39 · The Pickers · Melanie Tem · ss 57 · Beyond Porch and Portal · E. Catherine Tobler · nv 81 · The Final Act · Gregory Frost · ss 97 · Strappado · Laird Barron · nv 121 · The Mountain House · Sharyn McCrumb · ss 141 · The Pikesville Buffalo · Glen Hirshberg · nv 171 · The Brink of Eternity · Barbara Roden · nv 193 · The Red Piano · Delia Sherman · nv 215 · Sleeping with the Angels · M. Rickert · ss 235 · Shadow · Steve Rasnic Tem · nv 257 · Truth and Bone · Pat Cadigan · na 307 · The Reunion · Nicholas Royle · ss 325 · The Tell · Kaaron Warren · ss 343 · The Heaven and Hell of Robert Flud · David Prill · nv 367 · Flitting Away · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv 391 · Kirikh’quru Krokundor · Lucius Shepard · na 453 · Lowland Sea · Suzy McKee Charnas · nv 4850 · Technicolour · John Langan · nv

Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Tor, March 2013, 978-0-7653-3227-1, $15.99, 347pp, tp, oa, cover by Allen Williams)     Original anthology of 18 gaslight fantasy stories. Authors include James P. Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Catherynne M. Valente, and Gregory Maguire. The editors provide a joint preface; Windling provides an introduction on the surge of interest in fairy tales and fantasy in Victorian England. Hardcover (-3226-4, $25.99) also available. 13 · Preface · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · pr 15 · Fantasy, Magic, and Fairyland in Nineteenth-Century England · Terri Windling · in 29 · Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells · Delia Sherman · nv 50 · The Fairy Enterprise · Jeffrey Ford · nv 66 · From the Catalogue of the Pavilion of the Uncanny and Marvelous, Scheduled for Premiere at the Great Exhibition (Before the Fire) · Genevieve Valentine · ss 78 · The Memory Book · Maureen McHugh · ss 94 · La Reine D’Enfer · Kathe Koja · ss 107 · For the Briar Rose · Elizabeth Wein · nv 130 · The Governess · Elizabeth Bear · ss 143 · Smithfield · James P. Blaylock · ss 157 · The Unwanted Women of Surrey [The Grey Ladies] · Kaaron Warren · nv 178 · Charged · Leanna Renee Hieber · ss 189 · Mr. Splitfoot · Dale Bailey · ss 203 · Phosphorus · Veronica Schanoes · nv 224 · We Without Us Were Shadows · Catherynne M. Valente · nv 243 · The Vital Importance of the Superficial · Ellen Kushner & Caroline Stevermer · nv 265 · The Jewel in the Toad Queen’s Crown · Jane Yolen · ss Tor.com February 28 2013 280 · A Few Twigs He Left Behind · Gregory Maguire · nv 301 · Their Monstrous Minds · Tanith Lee · ss 321 · Estella Saves the Village · Theodora Goss · ss 337 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 344 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · ms

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Morrow AvoNova, December 1995, 0-688-14363-6, $22.00, 416pp, hc, oa, cover by Matt Stawicki)     Original anthology of 22 contemporary retellings of fairy tales. Authors include Tanith Lee, Lisa Goldstein, John Brunner, and Gene Wolfe. There is an introduction by the editors, and an annotated list of “Recommended Reading”. 1 · Introduction · Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow · in 8 · Ruby Slippers · Susan Wade · ss 15 · The Beast · Tanith Lee · ss 33 · Masterpiece · Garry Kilworth · nv 54 · Summer Wind · Nancy Kress · ss 68 · This Century of Sleep or, Briar Rose Beneath the Sea · Farida S. T. Shapiro · pm 72 · The Crossing · Joyce Carol Oates · nv 97 · Roach in Loafers · Roberta Lannes · ss 116 · Naked Little Men · Michael Cadnum · ss 124 · Brother Bear · Lisa Goldstein · ss 134 · The Emperor Who Had Never Seen a Dragon · John Brunner · ss 154 · Billy Fearless · Nancy A. Collins · nv 178 · The Death of Koshchei the Deathless · Gene Wolfe · ss 198 · The Real Princess · Susan Palwick · nv 219 · The Huntsman’s Story · Milbre Burch · vi 222 · After Push Comes to Shove · Milbre Burch · pm 225 · Hansel and Grettel · Gahan Wilson · nv 247 · Match Girl · Anne Bishop · nv 272 · Waking the Prince · Kathe Koja · ss 285 · The Fox Wife · Ellen Steiber · na 359 · The White Road · Neil Gaiman · pm 372 · The Traveler and the Tale · Jane Yolen · ss 379 · The Printer’s Daughter · Delia Sherman · nv 409 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Thunder’s Mouth Press, October 2006, 1-56025-833-0, $16.95, 394pp, tp, oa, cover by Jim Zaccaria)     Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Gregory Maguire, and Lucius Shepard. Details taken from online listing. xi · Introduction · Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling · in 1 · La Fée Verte · Delia Sherman · nv 47 · Dust Devil on a Quiet Street [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · nv 76 · To Measure the Earth · Jedediah Berry · nv 102 · A Gray and Soundless Tide · Catherynne M. Valente · ss 112 · Concealment Shoes · Marly Youmans · nv 146 · The Guardian of the Egg · Christopher Barzak · nv 172 · My Travels with Al-Qaeda · Lavie Tidhar · ss 184 · Chandail [Innkeeper] · Peter S. Beagle · nv 224 · Down the Wall · Greer Gilman · ss 242 · Femaville 29 · Paul Di Filippo · nv 274 · Nottamun Town · Gregory Maguire · ss 289 · Yours, Etc. · Gavin J. Grant · nv 310 · The Mask of ’67 · David Prill · nv 341 · The Night Whiskey · Jeffrey Ford · nv 374 · The Lepidopterist · Lucius Shepard · ss

Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous ed. Ellen Datlow (Tor Nightfire, June 7, 2022, 978-1-250-79706-3, $29.99, 479pp, hc, an) 1 · Introduction · Ellen Datlow · in 4 · You Have What I Need · Ian Rogers · ss 20 · The Midway · Fran Wilde · ss 39 · Wet Red Grin · Gemma Files · ss 59 · The Virgin Jimmy Peck · Daryl Gregory · ss 82 · The Ghost of a Flea · Priya Sharma · ss 100 · The Atrocity Exhibitionists · Brian Hodge · ss 120 · “The Father of Modern Gynecology”: J. Marion Syms, M.D. (1813-1883) · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 134 · Here Comes Your Man · Indrapramit Das · ss 148 · Siolaigh · Siobhan Carroll · ss 165 · What Is Love but the Quiet Moments After Dinner? · Richard Kadrey · ss 182 · The Island · Norman Partridge · ss 202 · Flaming Teeth · Garry Kilworth · ss 216 · Strandling · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss 232 · The Special One · Chikọdili Emelumadu · ss 241 · Devil · Glen Hirshberg · ss 260 · Crick Crack Rattle Tap · A. C. Wise · ss 278 · Children of the Night · Stephen Graham Jones · ss 289 · The Smell of Waiting · Kaaron Warren · ss 306 · Now Voyager · Livia Llewellyn · ss 327 · The Last Drop · Carole Johnstone · ss 342 · Three Mothers Mountain · Nathan Ballingrud · ss 359 · Widow-Light · Margo Lanagan · ss 368 · Sweet Potato · Joe R. Lansdale · ss 379 · Knock, Knock · Brian Evenson · ss 392 · What Is Meat with No God? · Cassandra Khaw · ss 397 · Bitten by Himself · Laird Barron · ss 411 · Burial · Kristi DeMeester · ss 420 · Beautiful Dreamer · Jeffrey Ford · ss 432 · Bloedzuiger · John Langan · na

The Second Omni Book of Science Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow (Zebra, December 1983, 0-8217-1320-5, $3.95, 414pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 17 stories from Omni. 9 · Foreword · Ellen Datlow · fw 11 · On the Slab [Cthulhu] · Harlan Ellison · ss Omni October 1981 25 · Lobotomy Shoals · Juleen Brantingham · ss Omni February 1979 41 · Fivesight [Callahan’s Place] · Spider Robinson · nv Omni July 1979 67 · Icons · Barry N. Malzberg · vi Omni March 1981 71 · The Genius House · Dmitri Bilenkin; translated by Antonina W. Bouis · nv 107 · The Man Who Met Picasso · Michael Swanwick · nv Omni September 1982 129 · The Vacuum-Packed Picnic · Rick Gauger · nv Omni September 1979 155 · Blind Spot · Jayge Carr · nv Omni July 1981 183 · A Sepulcher of Songs · Orson Scott Card · nv Omni June 1981 217 · Colonel Stonesteel’s Genuine Home-Made Truly Egyptian Mummy · Ray Bradbury · ss Omni May 1981 235 · Triggering · John Shirley · ss Omni January 1982 255 · Out of Luck · Walter S. Tevis · ss Omni November 1980 275 · Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams · Dan Simmons · nv Omni September 1982 315 · Vox Olympica · Michael Bishop · nv Omni December 1981 345 · Forever · Damon Knight · ss Omni November 1981 355 · Johnny Mnemonic [Molly Millions] · William Gibson · nv Omni May 1981 381 · Waiting for the Earthquake [Medea] · Robert Silverberg · nv The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 2 ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus, Omni, 1981

The Seventh Omni Book of Science Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow (Zebra, June 1989, 0-8217-2688-9, $4.50, 408pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 17 stories, 16 reprints and an original novelette by Alfred Bester. 7 · Introduction to The Omni Book of Science Fiction #7 · Ellen Datlow · in 11 · Mozart in Mirrorshades · Bruce Sterling & Lewis Shiner · ss Omni September 1985 31 · Variation on a Man [Deadpan Allie] · Pat Cadigan · nv Omni January 1984 59 · Under Siege · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni October 1985 97 · Hong’s Bluff [Jack Hong] · William F. Wu · ss Omni March 1985 105 · Bean Bag Cats® · Edward Bryant · vi Omni November 1983 109 · Itself Surprised [Berserker] · Roger Zelazny · nv Omni August 1984 139 · The Mind Like a Strange Balloon · Tom Maddox · ss Omni June 1985 159 · The Ark · Bruce McAllister · nv Omni September 1985 189 · Flying Saucer Rock & Roll · Howard Waldrop · nv Omni January 1985 215 · Dreams Unwind · Karl Hansen · nv Omni May 1985 251 · The Wandering Jew · Thomas M. Disch · vi Omni November 1983 255 · Wired · David F. Bischoff · nv Omni August 1983 287 · Snow · John Crowley · nv Omni November 1985 307 · To Mark the Times We Had · Barry N. Malzberg · vi Omni November 1984 309 · O Homo, O Femina, O Tempora · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni May 1985 315 · Trojan Horse · Michael Swanwick · nv Omni December 1984 359 · Never Love a Hellhag · Alfred Bester · na

Silver Birch, Blood Moon ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Avon, March 1999, 0-380-78622-2, $13.50, 371pp, tp, oa, cover by Thomas Canty)     Original anthology of 21 adult fairy tales. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Melanie Tem, and Patricia A. McKillip. Includes a list of recommended reading. 1 · Introduction · Terri Windling & Ellen Datlow · in 7 · Kiss Kiss · Tanith Lee · ss 25 · Carabosse · Delia Sherman · pm 28 · The Price · Patricia Briggs · ss 48 · Glass Coffin [Salmagundi Desvernine] · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss 67 · The Vanishing Virgin · Harvey Jacobs · ss 81 · Clad in Gossamer · Nancy Kress · ss 92 · Precious · Nalo Hopkinson · ss 100 · The Sea Hag · Melissa Lee Shaw · nv 122 · The Frog Chauffeur · Garry Kilworth · ss 132 · The Dybbuk in the Bottle · Russell William Asplund · nv 157 · The Shell Box · Karawynn Long · nv 193 · Ivory Bones · Susan Wade · ss 203 · The Wild Heart · Anne Bishop · ss 215 · You Wandered Off Like a Foolish Child to Break Your Heart and Mine · Pat York · ss 231 · Arabian Phoenix · India Edghill · ss 251 · Toad-Rich · Michael Cadnum · ss 258 · Skin So Green and Fine · Wendy Wheeler · nv 289 · The Willful Child, the Black Dog, and the Beanstalk · Melanie Tem · nv 313 · Locks · Neil Gaiman · pm 319 · Marsh-Magic · Robin McKinley · nv 354 · Toad · Patricia A. McKillip · ss 362 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (HarperPrism, October 1998, 0-06-105372-4, $14.00, 302pp, tp, oa, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp)     Original anthology of 22 stories of weird sex. Authors include Storm Constantine, Edward Bryant, Brian Stableford, and Tanith Lee. vii · Introduction · Terri Windling · in 1 · My Lady of the Hearth [Magravandias Chronicles] · Storm Constantine · ss 16 · The Faerie Cony-Catcher · Delia Sherman · ss 27 · Broke Heart Blues · Joyce Carol Oates · ss 35 · Wolfed · Tanith Lee · ss 48 · Ashes on Her Lips · Edward Bryant · ss 59 · Mirrors · Garry Kilworth · ss 71 · Midnight Express · Michael Swanwick · ss 77 · No Human Hands to Touch · Elizabeth E. Wein · ss 97 · Attachments · Pat Murphy · ss 107 · In the Season of Rains · Ellen Steiber · nv 133 · Bird Count · Jane Yolen · ss 139 · A Wife of Acorn, Leaf, and Rain · Dave Smeds · ss 156 · Tastings · Neil Gaiman · ss 163 · The Sweet of Bitter Bark and Burning Clove · Doris Egan · nv 194 · Heat · Melissa Lee Shaw · pm 204 · The Eye of the Storm [Mars] · Kelley Eskridge · nv 235 · O for a Fiery Gloom and Thee · Brian Stableford · ss 244 · The Light That Passes Through You · Conrad Williams · ss 256 · Private Words · Mark W. Tiedemann · nv 281 · The House of Nine Doors · Ellen Kushner · ss 290 · Persephone or, Why the Winters Seem to Be Getting Longer · Wendy Froud · vi 292 · Taking Loup · Bruce Glassco · ss