A Cross of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About the Christ ed. Michael Bishop (Thunder’s Mouth, May 2007, 978-1-56025-926-8, $16.95, 411pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 25 stories about Jesus and other Christ-like figures, with commentary by the authors or editor on each. Authors include Jorge Luis Borges, Ray Bradbury, Gene Wolfe, and Oscar Wilde.
- xiii · An Epistle to the Curious · Michael Bishop · in
- 1 · The Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories February 1949
- 16 · Author’s Commentary · Ray Bradbury · ms
- 17 · Early Marvels · Romulus Linney · ss (r)
- 26 · Author’s Commentary · Romulus Linney · ms
- 29 · Miriam · Nōni Tyent · ss
- 34 · Editor’s Commentary · Michael Bishop · ms
- 35 · Friends in High Places · Jack McDevitt · ss
- 45 · Author’s Commentary · Jack McDevitt · ms
- 47 · Behold the Man [Karl Glogauer] · Michael Moorcock · na New Worlds SF #166, 1966
- 110 · Author’s Commentary · Michael Moorcock · ms
- 113 · Sequel on Skorpiós · Michael Bishop · ss Interzone #134, August 1998
- 117 · Author’s Commentary · Michael Bishop · ms
- 119 · Shimabara · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Full Spectrum 5 ed. Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree & Janna Silverstein, Bantam Spectra, 1995
- 130 · Author’s Commentary · Karen Joy Fowler · ms
- 133 · The Pale, Thin God · Mike Resnick · vi Xanadu ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1993
- 136 · Author’s Commentary · Mike Resnick · ms
- 139 · The Inquisitor General · Fyodor Dostoyevsky · ss (r)
- 155 · Editor’s Commentary · Michael Bishop · ms
- 159 · The Sin of Jesus · Isaac Babel · ss (r)
- 164 · Editor’s Commentary · Michael Bishop · ms
- 165 · The Detective of Dreams · Gene Wolfe · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
- 186 · Author’s Commentary · Gene Wolfe · ms
- 189 · The Gospel According to Mark · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss The New Yorker October 23 1971
translated from the Spanish (“El evangelio según Marcos”, La Nación, August 1970).
- 195 · Editor’s Commentary · Michael Bishop · ms
- 197 · Ragman · Walter Wangerin, Jr. · ss (r)
- 201 · Editor’s Commentary · Michael Bishop · ms
- 203 · Christus Destitutus · Bud Webster · ss Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic ed. Brett Cox & Andy Duncan, Tor, 2004
- 214 · Author’s Commentary · Bud Webster · ms
- 217 · Slow Dancing with Jesus · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · ss Penthouse July 1983
- 222 · Authors’ Commentaries · Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann · ms
- 225 · On the Road to New Egypt · Jeffrey Ford · ss Aberrations #32, August 1995
- 237 · Author’s Commentary · Jeffrey Ford · ms
- 239 · Understanding Entropy · Barry Malzberg · vi Science Fiction Age July 1994
- 244 · Author’s Commentary · Barry Malzberg · ms
- 247 · Murmur’s Laws · Jack Slay, Jr. · ss Talebones #23, Winter 2001
- 260 · Author’s Commentary · Jack Slay, Jr. · ms
- 263 · The Coming of Christ the Joker · George Zebrowski · ss Envisioning the Future ed. Marleen S. Barr, Wesleyan University Press, 2003
- 286 · Author’s Commentary · George Zebrowski · ms
- 287 · Passion · John M. Williams · nv (r)
- 327 · Author’s Commentary · John M. Williams · ms
- 329 · Lignum Crucis · Paul Di Filippo · ss (r)
- 340 · Author’s Commentary · Paul Di Filippo · ms
- 343 · Touring JesusWorld · Gregory Frost · ss Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #18, 1995
- 354 · Author’s Commentary · Gregory Frost · ms
- 355 · Cross Carriers · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss (r)
- 363 · Author’s Commentary · Bruce Holland Rogers · ms
- 365 · A Cross of Centuries · Henry Kuttner · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958
- 381 · Commentary · Frederik Pohl · ms
- 381 · Editor’s Commentary · Michael Bishop · ms
- 383 · The Selfish Giant · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, David Nutt, 1888
- 389 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg
- 403 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · ms
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