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The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s, August 2002, 0-312-29067-5, $29.95, 540 + cxxviiipp, hc, an, cover by Thomas Canty)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 38 stories, 10 poems, and 128 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 2001 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, a comics summary by Charles Vess, and a manga/anime summary by Joan D. Vinge. Also available as a St. Martin’s Griffin trade paperback (-29069-1, $19.95). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates. xv · Summation 2001: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar xlvi · Summation 2001: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar lxxxvi · The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2001 · Edward Bryant · ar ci · Fantasy and Horror in Comics: 2001 · Charles Vess · ar cxi · Manga and Anime in 2001: Through the Looking Glass · Joan D. Vinge · ar cxxii · Obituaries: 2001 · James Frenkel · ob 1 · The Hunter’s Wife · Anthony Doerr · nv The Atlantic Monthly May 2001 20 · The Cowardly Coffin · Marin Sorescu · pm The American Poetry Review 2001 22 · In These Final Days of Sales · Steve Rasnic Tem · nv Wormhole Books, 2001 38 · To Dream of White Horses · June Considine · ss Thicker Than Water: Coming of Age Stories by Irish and Irish American Writers ed. Gordon Snell, Delacorte, 2001 50 · Skin · Charlee Jacob · pm Perihelion Broadside Series #3, 2000 54 · Prussian Snowdrops · Marion Arnott · nv Crimewave #4, 2000; illustrated by Roddy Williams 78 · The Honeyed Knot · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2001 89 · Timmy Gobel’s Bug Jar · Michael Libling · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2001 102 · The God of Dark Laughter · Michael Chabon · ss The New Yorker April 9 2001 116 · The Adolescence of Orpheus · Kurt Leland · pm The Beloit Poetry Journal Spring 2001 121 · Trading Hearts at the Half Kaffe Café · Charles de Lint · nv Single White Vampire Seeks Same ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Brittiany A. Koren, DAW, 2001 138 · Louise’s Ghost · Kelly Link · nv Stranger Things Happen by Kelly Link, Small Beer Press, 2001 159 · Fairy Tale Pantoum · Ellen Wernecke · pm The Louisville Review v49/50, 2001 160 · Puppet and the Train · Scott Thomas · ss Cobwebs and Whispers by Scott Thomas, Delirium Books, 2001 173 · Crocodile Lady · Christopher Fowler · nv Crimewave #5, 2001 187 · The Barbarian and the Queen: Thirteen Views · Jane Yolen · ss Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 198 · Becoming Bird · Bob Hicok · pm Quarterly West #51, 2000 200 · Sop Doll · Milbre Burch · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2001 206 · Plenty · Christopher Barzak · ss Strange Horizons May 28 2001 216 · The Bones of the Earth [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, 2001 228 · What the Story Weaves, the Spinner Tells · Terry Blackhawk · pm CALYX v20 #2, 2001 230 · Onion · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Wrong Things by Poppy Z. Brite & Caitlín R. Kiernan, Subterranean Press, 2001 251 · Where the Woodbine Twineth · Norman Partridge · ss The Man with the Barbed-Wire Fists by Norman Partridge, Night Shade Books, 2001 256 · Struwwelpeter · Glen Hirshberg · nv Sci Fiction November 28 2001 280 · Outfangthief · Gala Blau · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2001 293 · Rites: Cleaning the Last Bones · Gavin J. Grant · pm Dark Planet (online) 2001 295 · Watch Me When I Sleep · Jean-Claude Dunyach; translated by Sheryl Curtis · ss Interzone #174, December 2001 translated from the French (“Regarde-moi Quand Je Dors”, 2000). 303 · The Tattoo Artist · Patrick Roscoe · ss Descant Fall 2001 308 · Cleopatra Brimstone · Elizabeth Hand · na Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 345 · Grass · Lawrence Miles · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2001 356 · If Death, A Preprimer · Sandra J. Lindow · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spring 2001 358 · The Bird Catcher · S. P. Somtow · na The Museum of Horrors ed. Dennis Etchison, Leisure, 2001 379 · Black Dust · Graham Joyce · ss Black Dust by Graham Joyce, Subterranean Press, 2001 389 · Annabelle’s Alphabet · Tim Pratt · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #9, November 2001 395 · Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 420 · Gestella · Susan Palwick · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 436 · The Legend · Ray Gonzales · pm The Ghost of John Wayne and Other Stories by Ray Gonzalez, University of Arizona Press, 2001 438 · Oh, Glorious Sight · Tanya Huff · nv Oceans of Magic ed. Brian M. Thomsen & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2001 451 · Home Cooking · Daniel Ulanovsky Sack; translated by Louise Popkin · ss With Signs & Wonders ed. Daniel M. Jaffe, Invisible Cities Press, 2001 translated from the Spanish (“El recetario”, 2001). 455 · Queen · Gene Wolfe · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2001 460 · The Project · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2001 472 · The Man in the Comic Strip · Liz Lochhead · pm The Poetry Review Winter 2001 474 · Strange Things About Birds · Scott Thomas · ss Cobwebs and Whispers by Scott Thomas, Delirium Books, 2001 477 · What We Did That Summer · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 486 · Aesculapius in the Underworld · Ryan G. Van Cleave · pm Poem May 2001 488 · Scarecrow · Gregory Maguire · ss Half-Human ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic Press US, 2001 496 · The Bockles · Melissa Hardy · ss The Uncharted Heart by Melissa Hardy, Knopf Canada, 2001 510 · His Own Back Yard · James P. Blaylock · nv Sci Fiction July 11 2001 527 · Honorable Mentions: 2001 · [uncredited] · bi

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Sixteenth Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s, August 2003, 0-312-31424-8, $35.00, 564 + cxxxivpp, tp, an, cover by Thomas Canty)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 40 stories, eight poems, one essay, and 134 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 2002 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, a comics summary by Charles Vess, and a manga/anime summary by Joan D. Vinge. Also available as a St. Martin’s Griffin trade paperback (-31425-6, $19.95). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates. xv · Summation 2002: Fantasy · Terri Windling · ar xlvii · Summation 2002: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar lxxxvi · The Year in Media of the Fantastic: 2002 · Edward Bryant · ar ci · Fantasy and Horror in Comics: 2002 · Charles Vess · ar cx · Manga and Anime 2002: The Light and Dark Fantastic · Joan D. Vinge · ar cxxix · Obituaries: 2002 · James Frenkel · ob 1 · Lull · Kelly Link · nv Conjunctions #39, Fall 2002 25 · Egyptian Avenue [Richard Jeperson; Diogenes Club] · Kim Newman · ss J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2002 36 · A Letter of Explanation · Corey Marks · pm Renunciation by Corey Marks, University of Illinois Press, 2002 38 · Details · China Miéville · ss The Children of Cthulhu ed. John Pelan & Benjamin Adams, Del Rey, 2002 49 · The Assistant to Dr. Jacob · Eric Schaller · ss Nemonymous #2, May 2002, uncredited. 56 · The Pagodas of Ciboure · M. Shayne Bell · nv The Green Man ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2002 70 · The Coventry Boy · Graham Joyce · nv The Third Alternative #32, Autumn 2002 89 · The Wild Hunt · Helga M. Novak · pm Chicago Review Summer 2002 originally published by Schöffling & Co. Verlag. 90 · The Green Word · Jeffrey Ford · nv The Green Man ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2002 106 · Stitch · Terry Dowling · ss Eidolon: SF Online December 2002 117 · Puce Boy · Michael Libling · nv On Spec Winter 2001 135 · The Violin-Maker · Zoran Zivkovic; translated by Alice Copple-Tosic & Chris Gilmore · ss Seven Touches of Music by Zoran Zivkovic, Ministry of Whimsy Press/Polaris, 2001 translated from the Serbian. 145 · Maya’s Mother · Bentley Little · nv The Collection by Bentley Little, Signet, 2002 157 · Porno in August · Carlton Mellick, III · ss Random Acts of Weirdness ed. Brian Knight, Catalyst Press, 2002 170 · Nesting Instincts · Brian Hodge · nv Lies & Ugliness by Brian Hodge, Night Shade Books, 2002 188 · The Machine · Conrad Williams · ss The Third Alternative #31, Summer 2002 197 · Hansel, A Retrospective, or, The Danger of Childhood Obesity · Tom Disch · pm The Antioch Review Autumn 2002 199 · Aquerò · Melissa Hardy · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 2002 211 · The Receivers · Joel Lane · ss Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002 216 · Standard Gauge · Nicholas Royle · ss Thirteen ed. Marc Atkins, The Do-Not Press, 2002 226 · Creation · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2002 235 · Seven Pairs of Iron Shoes · Tracina Jackson-Adams · pm Star*Line March/April 2002 237 · What I Didn’t See · Karen Joy Fowler · nv Sci Fiction July 10 2002 250 · Reading Myth to Kindergartners · Jackie Bartley · pm The Louisville Review Spring 2002 251 · Mermaid Song · Peter Dickinson · nv Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley & Peter Dickinson, Penguin Putnam, 2002 266 · Pages from a Journal Found in a Shoebox Left in a Greyhound Bus Somewhere Between Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Louisville, Kentucky · Neil Gaiman · ss Tori Amos 2002 Tour Book, 2002 270 · No End of Fun · Ramsey Campbell · nv J.K. Potter’s Embrace the Mutation ed. William Schafer & Bill Sheehan, Subterranean Press, 2002 283 · Swiftly · Adam Roberts · nv Sci Fiction April 3 2002 310 · The Green Man · Christopher Fowler · ss The Third Alternative #31, Summer 2002 324 · Some Other Me · Brian Hodge · ss Lies & Ugliness by Brian Hodge, Night Shade Books, 2002 first appeared in audio format on Hear the Fear. 336 · The Snow Queen · Robert Phillips · pm The Hudson Review Summer 2002 338 · Hides · Jay Russell · nv Stranger: Dark Tales of Eerie Encounters ed. Michele Slung, HarperPerennial, 2002 356 · Mr. Mendoza’s Paintbrush · Luis Alberto Urrea · ss Six Kinds of Sky by Luis Alberto Urrea, Cinco Puntos Press, 2002 364 · First Night with Lancelot · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002 364 · Second Night · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002 364 · From the Walls · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002 364 · Guinevere: On Hearing of Galahad’s Birth · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002 364 · Elaine Watches Galahad · Margaret Lloyd · pm Poem May 2002 367 · Little Dead Girl Singing · Stephen Gallagher · ss Weird Tales Spring 2002 376 · A Pool in the Desert · Robin McKinley · na Water: Tales of Elemental Spirits by Robin McKinley & Peter Dickinson, Penguin Putnam, 2002 406 · Thailand · Haruki Murakami · ss After the Quake by Haruki Murakami, Knopf, 2002 418 · The Rose in Twelve Petals · Theodora Goss · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2002 431 · Road Trip · Kathe Koja · ss World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 2002 437 · Unspeakable · Lucy Taylor · ss The Darker Side: Generations of Horror ed. John Pelan, Roc, 2002 447 · Inside Out: On Henry Darger · Elizabeth Hand · ex from “Books”, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2002 454 · The Green Children · Kevin Brockmeier · ss The Truth About Celia by Kevin Brockmeier, Pantheon Books, 2002 465 · After the Chuck Jones Tribute on Teletoon · Sharon McCartney · pm Malahat Review Fall 2002 466 · Feeders and Eaters · Neil Gaiman · ss Keep Out the Night ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2002 originally published in different form in Revolver, 1990. 473 · Roofwalker · Susan Power · ss Roofwalker by Susan Power, Milkweed Editions, 2002 483 · The Prospect Cards · Don Tumasonis · nv Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002 497 · Hide and Seek · Nicholas Royle · ss Dark Terrors 6 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002 503 · The Wolf’s Story · Nan Fry · pm Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #11, November 2002 505 · The Least Trumps · Elizabeth Hand · na Conjunctions #39, Fall 2002 545 · Honorable Mentions: 2002 · [uncredited] · bi 563 · The People Behind the Book · [uncredited] · bg

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventeenth Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow, Gavin Grant & Kelly Link (St. Martin’s Griffin, August 2004, 0-312-32928-8, $19.95, 562 + clvpp, tp, an, cover by Thomas Canty)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 39 stories, five poems, and 155 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 2003 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, a comics summary by Charles Vess, a music summary by Charles de Lint, and a manga/anime summary by Joan D. Vinge. Gavin Grant & Kelly Link replace Terri Windling as fantasy editor for the first time. Also available as a St. Martin’s hardcover (-32927-X, $35.95). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates. xv · Summation 2003: Fantasy · Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant · ar xlix · Summation 2003: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar xciii · Media of the Fantastic: 2003 · Edward Bryant · ar cvii · Comics and Graphic Novels: 2003 · Charles Vess · ar cxvii · Anime and Manga: 2003 · Joan D. Vinge · ar cxlv · Music of the Fantastic: 2003 · Charles de Lint · ar cli · Obituaries: 2003 · James Frenkel · bi 1 · At the Mouth of the River of Bees · Kij Johnson · ss Sci Fiction October 7 2003 16 · Why I Became a Plumber · Sara Maitland · ss On Becoming a Fairy Godmother by Sara Maitland, The Maia Press, 2003 24 · Bread and Bombs · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2003 35 · The Red Bow · George Saunders · ss Esquire September 2003 44 · The Wife · Vandana Singh · ss Polyphony, Volume 3 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2003 52 · Only Partly Here · Lucius Shepard · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2003 73 · Bone · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm The Hydrocephalic Ward by Steve Rasnic Tem, Dark Regions Press, 2003 75 · Old Virginia · Laird Barron · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2003 92 · A Study in Emerald [Sherlock Holmes] · Neil Gaiman · nv Shadows Over Baker Street ed. Michael Reaves & John Pelan, Del Rey, 2003 108 · You Go Where It Takes You · Nathan Ballingrud · ss Sci Fiction July 16 2003 119 · L’Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) · Dean Francis Alfar · ss Strange Horizons January 6 2003 127 · Harvey’s Dream · Stephen King · ss The New Yorker June 30 2003 135 · Woeful Tales from Mahigul · Ursula Le Guin · nv Changing Planes by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, 2003 150 · King Rat · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Trampoline ed. Kelly Link, Small Beer Press, 2003 155 · The Hortlak · Kelly Link · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 176 · With Acknowledgements to Sun Tzu · Brian Hodge · nv The Third Alternative #33, Winter 2003 191 · Ash City Stomp · Richard Butner · ss Trampoline ed. Kelly Link, Small Beer Press, 2003 201 · King Dragon · Michael Swanwick · na The Dragon Quintet ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC, 2003 231 · Invisible Geese: A Theory · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Stars As Seen from This Particular Angle of Night ed. Sandra Kasturi, Red Deer Press/The Bakka Collection, 2003 232 · The Perfect City · Patrick O’Leary · pm The Stars As Seen from This Particular Angle of Night ed. Sandra Kasturi, Red Deer Press/The Bakka Collection, 2003 235 · Bedfordshire · Peter Crowther · nv Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003 255 · N002-JK1 · Adam Corbin Fusco · ss Borderlands 5 ed. Elizabeth E. & Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 2003 260 · Cell Call · Marc Laidlaw · ss By Moonlight Only ed. Stephen Jones, PS Publishing, 2003 268 · The Fishie · Philip Raines & Harvey Welles · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #12, June 2003 286 · Hunger: A Confession · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2003 297 · Mr. Sly Stops for a Cup of Joe · Scott Emerson Bull · ss Gathering the Bones ed. Dennis Etchison, Ramsey Campbell & Jack Dann, Tor, 2003 304 · The Baby in the Night Deposit Box · Megan Whalen Turner · nv Firebirds ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2003 318 · Lamentation Over the Destruction of Ur · Paul La Farge · ss Politically Inspired ed. Stephen Elliott, MacAdam/Cage Publishing, 2003 332 · The Silence of the Falling Stars · Mike O’Driscoll · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 349 · At the Mythical Beast · Jon Woodward · pm Mister Goodbye Easter Island by Jon Woodward, Alice James Books, 2003 352 · The Fluted Girl · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2003 372 · The Brief History of the Dead · Kevin Brockmeier · ss The New Yorker September 8 2003 383 · Flotsam · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · nv Firebirds ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2003 407 · The Bees · Dan Chaon · ss McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage Books, 2003 421 · Dancing Men · Glen Hirshberg · nv The Dark ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2003 447 · Lily, with Clouds · Theodora Goss · ss Alchemy #1, Winter 2003 453 · The Man Who Did Nothing · Karen Traviss · ss Realms of Fantasy June 2003 468 · Husband · Shelley Jackson · ss The Paris Review #164, Winter 2002/2003 475 · Open Doors · Michael Marshall Smith · ss More Tomorrow & Other Stories by Michael Marshall Smith, Earthling Publications, 2003 482 · The Valley of Giants · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Argosy Magazine January/February 2004 486 · Purity · Thomas Ligotti · ss Weird Tales Spring 2003 499 · Ancestor Money · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Sci Fiction October 1 2003 511 · Final Girl II: The Frame · Daphne Gottlieb · pm Final Girl by Daphne Gottlieb, Soft Skull Press, 2003 513 · Almost Home · Terry Bisson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2003

The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant (St. Martin’s Griffin, August 2005, 0-312-34194-6, $19.95, 480 + cxxviiipp, tp, an, cover by Thomas Canty)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 39 stories, five poems, and 128 additional pages containing a necrology by James Frenkel, summations of 2004 fantasy and horror by the editors, a media summary by Edward Bryant, a comics summary by Charles Vess, a music summary by Charles de Lint, and a manga/anime summary by Joan D. Vinge. Also available as a St. Martin’s hardcover (-34193-8, $35.00). Packaged and copyrighted by James Frenkel & Associates. xiii · Summation 2004: Fantasy · Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant · ar xxxvii · Summation 2004: Horror · Ellen Datlow · ar lxxiii · Fantasy and Horror in the Media: 2004 · Edward Bryant · ar xciii · Comics and Graphic Novels: 2004 · Charles Vess · ar ci · Anime and Manga: 2004 · Joan D. Vinge · ar cxvii · Fantasy and Horror in Music: 2004 · Charles de Lint · ar cxxv · Obituaries: 2004 · James Frenkel · bi 1 · The Oakthing · Gregory Maguire · nv The Faery Reel ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2004 13 · Horton’s Store · R. T. Smith · pm Georgia Review v58 #1, 2004 15 · Rite of Spring · Margo Lanagan · ss Black Juice by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin Australia, 2004 21 · A Hazy Shade of Winter · Simon Bestwick · ss A Hazy Shade of Winter by Simon Bestwick, Ash-Tree Press, 2004 31 · The Skin of the World · Douglas Clegg · ss The Machinery of Night by Douglas Clegg, Cemetery Dance, 2004 38 · Zora and the Zombie · Andy Duncan · nv Sci Fiction February 4 2004 53 · The Changeling · Theodora Goss · pm The Rose in Twelve Petals and Other Stories by Theodora Goss, Small Beer Press, 2004 54 · Revenge of the Calico Cat · Stepan Chapman · nv Leviathan 4: Cities ed. Forrest Aguirre, Ministry of Whimsy, 2004 80 · Frozen Charlottes · Lucy Sussex · ss Forever Shores ed. Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch, Aphelion Publications, 2003 89 · Reports of Certain Events in London · China Miéville · nv McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage, 2004 103 · House of Ice · Jean Esteve · pm Harvard Review #26, 2004 104 · Restraint · Stephen Gallagher · nv Postscripts #1, Spring 2004 119 · The Baum Plan for Financial Independence · John Kessel · ss Sci Fiction March 24 2004 129 · Dancing on Air · Frances Oliver · ss Dancing on Air by Frances Oliver, Ash-Tree Press, 2004 141 · Cold Fires · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2004 152 · And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead · Richard Mueller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2004, as “Jew if by Sea” 164 · A Trick of the Dark · Tina Rath · ss The Mammoth Book of Vampires (var. 1) ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2004 171 · The Bad Magician · Philip Raines & Harvey Welles · ss Albedo One #28, 2004 185 · Speir-Bhan · Tanith Lee · ss Emerald Magic ed. Andrew M. Greeley, Tor, 2004 203 · Hunting Meth Zombies in the Great Nebraskan Wasteland · John Farris · ss Elvisland by John Farris, Babbage Press, 2002 215 · Guts · Chuck Palahniuk · ss Playboy March 2004 221 · Water Babies · Simon Brown · nv Agog! Smashing Stories ed. Cat Sparks, Agog! Press, 2004 243 · Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle · Peter Straub · nv McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories ed. Michael Chabon, Vintage, 2004 263 · We Find Things Old · Bentley Little · ss The Last Pentacle of the Sun: Writings in Support of the West Memphis Three ed. M. W. Anderson & Brett Alexander Savory, Arsenal Pulp Press, 2004 272 · Wonderwall · Elizabeth Hand · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004 284 · Postcretaceous Era · D. Ellis Dickerson · ss Story Quarterly #40, 2004 290 · Watch and Wake · M. T. Anderson · nv Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales ed. Deborah Noyes, Candlewick Press, 2004 299 · The Oracle Alone · Catherynne M. Valente · pp Music of a Proto-Suicide by Catherynne M. Valente, J*A*M Pie Press, 2004 301 · A Night in the Tropics · Jeffrey Ford · ss Argosy Magazine January/February 2004 313 · Clownette · Terry Dowling · ss Sci Fiction December 15 2004 324 · Stripping · Joyce Carol Oates · vi Postscripts #1, Spring 2004 326 · Seven Feet · Christopher Fowler · ss Demonized by Christopher Fowler, Serpent's Tail, 2004 337 · Singing My Sister Down · Margo Lanagan · ss Black Juice by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin Australia, 2004 344 · Bulldozer · Laird Barron · nv Sci Fiction August 25 2004 366 · These Various Methods of Brightness · Anna Ross · pm Southwest Review v89 #1, 2004 368 · The Cajun Knot · Mélanie Fazi; translated by Brian Stableford · ss The Third Alternative #40, Winter 2004/2005 379 · Tales from the City of Seams · Greg van Eekhout · ss Polyphony, Volume 4 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2004 390 · The Specialist · Alison Smith · ss McSweeney’s #11, 2003 402 · Here Is the Church · Shelley Jackson · ss Black Clock #2, Fall 2004/Winter 2005 409 · The Witch of Truro · Alice Hoffman · ss The Kenyon Review Spring 2004 416 · Lapland, or Film Noir · Peter Straub · ss Conjunctions #42, Spring 2004 422 · What Her Mother Said · Theodora Goss · pm The Journal of Mythic Arts Autumn 2004 424 · The Owl · Conrad Williams · ss Use Once, Then Destroy by Conrad Williams, Night Shade Books, 2004 435 · The Silver Dragon · Elizabeth A. Lynn · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004 461 · Honorable Mentions: 2004 · [uncredited] · bi