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Suddenly: Great Stories of Suspense and the Unexpected ed. Marvin Allen Karp & Irving Settel (Popular Library, 1965, SP351, 50¢, 144pp, pb, an) 7 · Heartburn · Hortense Calisher · ss The American Mercury January 1951 19 · The Jar · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales November 1944 36 · Torch Song · John Cheever · ss The New Yorker October 4 1947 56 · Decadence · Romain Gary; translated by Richard Howard · ss Saga 1964 translated from the French (“Décadence”, Gloire à nos illustres pionniers, Gallimard, 1962). 74 · Pillar of Salt · Shirley Jackson · ss Mademoiselle October 1948 91 · Final Performance · Robert Bloch · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales September 1960 106 · The White Quail · John Steinbeck · ss North American Review March 1935 120 · The Aftertaste · Peter Ustinov · ss 1958 138 · 23 Pat O’Brien Movies · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Playboy December 1960

The Unhumans ed. Marvin Allen Karp (Popular Library, 1965, SP405, 50¢, 141pp, pb, an) 7 · Green Thoughts · John Collier · ss The London Mercury May 1931 23 · The Grey Ones · J. B. Priestley · nv Lilliput April/May 1953 40 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine June 1922 55 · Dearth’s Farm · Gerald Bullett · ss The Street of the Eye by Gerald Bullett, John Lane, 1923 66 · The Seed from the Sepulcher · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales October 1933 78 · Moxon’s Master · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899, as “A Night at Moxon’s” 88 · Tarnhelm · Hugh Walpole · ss Liberty December 28 1929 103 · The Father-Thing · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1954 116 · The Thing on the Doorstep [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales January 1937

Ghost Writers: Us Haunting Them ed. Laura Kasischke & Keith Taylor--- see under Keith Taylor.

Giving Well, Doing Good: Readings for Thoughtful Philanthropists ed. Amy A. Kass (Indiana University Press, 2008, hc, an)     Fiction and poetry only indexed. 16 · The Grand Inquisitor · Feodor Dostoyevsky; translated by Constance Garnett · ex (r) from The Brothers Karamazov. 34 · Perfection · Mark Helprin · na Commentary October 2004 91 · Alms-Giving · George Moore · ss (r) from The Untilled Field. 98 · A Woman with a Mission · Arna Bontemps · ss (r) from The Old South. 108 · A Patron of the Arts · Bruce Holland Rogers · nv (r) from Lost Pages, 10/03. 136 · The Eleventh · Henri Barbusse; translated by Fitzwater Wray · ss (r) from We Others. 152 · Ozymandias · Percy Bysshe Shelley · pm The Examiner January 11 1818 157 · Nathan the Wise · Gotthold E. Lessing; translated by George Alexander Kohut · ex (r) 165 · Howard’s End · E. M. Forster · ex (r) 169 · King Lear · William Shakespeare · ex Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies by William Shakespeare, Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623 177 · The Portrait of a Lady · Henry James · ex Houghton Mifflin, October 29 1881 210 · Christmas with the Children · Elizabeth Goudge · ex (r) from A Christmas Book. 239 · Three Questions · Leo Tolstoy; translated by L. Maude & A. Maude · ss (r) from What Men Live By, and Other Tales. 248 · The Joker · Maeve Brennan · nv The New Yorker December 27 1952 276 · The Beggar · Anton Chekhov; translated by Constance Garnett · ss (r) from The Horse Stealers. 281 · A Good Man’s Miracle · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Child’s Friend and Family Magazine February 1844 288 · Reb Yozifl and the Contractor · Sholom Aleichem; translated by Isidore Goldstick · ss (r) from Inside Kasrilevke. 294 · The Free Vacation House · Anzia Yezierska · nv The Forum December 1915 319 · Lines Indited with All the Depravity of Poverty · Ogden Nash · pm The New Yorker December 20 1930 320 · If You Give Me Your Attention · W. S. Gilbert · ex (r) from Princess Ida. 339 · The Old Cumberland Beggar · William Wordsworth · pm (r) 345 · Love and a Question · Robert Frost · pm (r) 349 · The Wife of His Youth · Charles W. Chesnutt · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1898 359 · The Applicant · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wave December 17 1892 363 · Invisible Man · Ralph Ellison · ex (r) 370 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973 376 · Younger Generation · Zona Gale · ss (r) from Old-Fashioned Tales. 388 · Haskell Hooked on the Northern Cheyenne · Gordon Weaver · nv (r) from The Entombed Man of Thule. 412 · Prometheus Bound · Aeschylus; translated by E. H. Plumptre · ex (r)

It’s Only Rock and Roll: An Anthology of Rock and Roll Short Stories ed. John Kastan & Janice Eidus--- see under Janice Eidus.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction on Earth ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 21, 2023, 978-1-884612-60-2, $19.99, 360pp, tp, an)     An anthology of the best science fiction stories set on planet Earth published in 2022 by leading authors of the genre. ix · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 11 · Quandary Aminu vs the Butterfly Man · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com September 21 2022 45 · The Ferryman · Saad Z. Hossain · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 59 · The White Leopard · Michael Swanwick · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 69 · Solidity · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2022 109 · Pollen and Salt · Octavia Cade · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2022 117 · The Cottage in Omena · Charles Andrew Oberndorf · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2022 169 · Inheritance · Hannah Yang · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022 179 · After the Storm · James Bradley · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 201 · The Empty · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2022 215 · Optimist Cleaver’s Last Transmission · J. C. Hsyu · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2022 241 · Coyoteland · Evan Marcroft · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022 273 · When the Tide Rises · Sarah Gailey · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 291 · The Talosite · Rebecca Campbell · na Undertow Publications, October 2022

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, September 6, 2017, 978-1-976168-98-7, $15.99, 211pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Seven Birthdays · Ken Liu · nv Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 17 · Sixteen Questions for Kamala Chatterjee · Alastair Reynolds · ss Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 29 · Number Nine Moon · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2016 49 · Chasing Ivory · Ted Kosmatka · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2016 57 · Something Happened Here, but We’re Not Quite Sure What It Was [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · ss Tor.com July 20 2016 71 · Of the Beast in the Belly · C. W. Johnson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2016 105 · RedKing · Craig DeLancey · ss Lightspeed #70, March 2016 123 · Vortex [Julia & Viktor] · Gregory Benford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2016 141 · The Visitor from Taured · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2016 163 · The Seventh Gamer · Gwyneth Jones · nv To Shape the Dark ed. Athena Andreadis, Candlemark & Gleam, 2016 189 · Fieldwork · Shariann Lewitt · nv To Shape the Dark ed. Athena Andreadis, Candlemark & Gleam, 2016

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 2 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, December 11, 2018, 978-1-79074-443-5, $15.99, 248pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Shadows of Eternity · Gregory Benford · nv Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 33 · Holdfast · Alastair Reynolds · nv Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 49 · The Use of Things · Ramez Naam · ss Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities ed. Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich & Juliet Ulman, Center for Science and the Imagination, 2017 63 · The Proving Ground · Alec Nevala-Lee · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2017 103 · ZeroS · Peter Watts · nv Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 141 · Canoe · Nancy Kress · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 159 · The Chatter of Monkeys · Bond Elam · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2017 175 · Vanguard 2.0 · Carter Scholz · ss Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities ed. Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich & Juliet Ulman, Center for Science and the Imagination, 2017 191 · Acadie · Dave Hutchinson · na Tor.com, September 5 2017

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 3 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, November 4, 2019, 978-1-70107-305-0, $16.99, 299pp, tp, an, cover by Mark Evans from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Umbernight · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na Clarkesworld #137, February 2018 51 · Kindred · Peter Watts · ss Infinity’s End ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2018 63 · The Woman Who Destroyed Us · S. L. Huang · nv Twelve Tomorrows ed. Wade Roush, The MIT Press, 2018 89 · Entropy War · Yoon Ha Lee · ss 2001: An Odyssey in Words ed. Tom Hunter & Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2018 95 · Intervention [The Lucky Peach] · Kelly Robson · nv Infinity’s End ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2018 119 · Cosmic Spring · Ken Liu · ss Lightspeed #94, March 2018 127 · The Spires · Alec Nevala-Lee · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2018 153 · Providence · Alastair Reynolds · ss 2001: An Odyssey in Words ed. Tom Hunter & Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2018 159 · Nothing Ever Happens on Oberon · Paul McAuley · nv Infinity’s End ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2018 187 · 3-adica [Sagreda] · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2018 235 · Icefall · Stephanie Gunn · na Twelfth Planet Press, October 31 2018

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 4 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 1, 2020, 979-863604544-1, $19.99, 427pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · This Is Not the Way Home · Greg Egan · ss Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019 29 · At the Fall · Alec Nevala-Lee · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact May/June 2019 55 · Winter Wheat · Gord Sellar · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2019 111 · On the Shores of Ligeia · Carolyn Ives Gilman · ss Lightspeed #106, March 2019 originally published in Chinese by the Future Affairs Administration. 129 · Sacrificial Iron · Ted Kosmatka · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2019 153 · Soft Edges · Elizabeth Bear · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019 163 · Ring Wave · Tom Jolly · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2019 197 · A Mate Not a Meal · Sarina Dorie · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2019 229 · By the Warmth of Their Calculus · Tobias S. Buckell · nv Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019 249 · The Little Shepherdess · Gwyneth Jones · ss Current Futures ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2019 259 · The Slipway · Greg Egan · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2019 291 · Cloud-Born [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · nv Clarkesworld #158, November 2019 315 · The Ocean Between the Leaves [Istanbul Protectorate] · Ray Nayler · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2019 333 · Cyclopterus · Peter Watts · ss Mission Critical ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2019 351 · The Menace from Farside [Luna] · Ian McDonald · ss Tor.com, November 12 2019

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 5 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 1, 2021, 979-872595707-5, $19.99, 368pp, tp, an, cover: Waterlines by Maurizio Manzieri from Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2019)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · How Quini the Squid Misplaced His Klobučar · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com January 15 2020 37 · Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars · Mercurio D. Rivera · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2020 59 · 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know · Ken Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 65 · Time’s Own Gravity · Alexander Glass · ss Interzone #288, September/October 2020 77 · Test 4 Echo · Peter Watts · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2020 95 · Mediation · Cadwell Turnbull · ss Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 107 · Brother Rifle · Daryl Gregory · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2020 127 · You and Whose Army? · Greg Egan · nv Clarkesworld #169, October 2020 159 · A Mastery of German · Marian Denise Moore · nv Dominion ed. Ekpeki Oghenechovwe Donald & Zelda Knight, Aurelia Leo, 2020 181 · When God Sits in Your Lap · Ian Tregillis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2020 203 · Invisible People · Nancy Kress · nv Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 227 · Eyes of the Forest · Ray Nayler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2020 243 · Bereft, I Come to a Nameless World [The Unraveling] · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 261 · Salvage · Andy Dudak · nv Interzone #285, January/February 2020 291 · Tool Use by the Humans of Danzhai County · Derek Künsken · na Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 6 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 17, 2022, $6.99, ebook, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from online listing. · Paley’s Watch · Anil Menon · ss The Gollancz Book of South Asian Science Fiction, Volume 2 ed. Tarun K. Saint, Hachette India, 2021 · Light Up the Clouds · Greg Egan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 · Little Animals · Nancy Kress · nv Clarkesworld #177, June 2021 · The Metric · David Moles · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 · Vaccine Season · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Make Shift ed. Gideon Lichfield, The MIT Press, 2021 · Submergence · Arula Ratnakar · na Clarkesworld #174, March 2021 · The Egg Collectors · Lavie Tidhar · ss Interzone #290/291, 2021 · Aptitude · Cooper Shrivastava · nv Tor.com August 4 2021 · Striding the Blast · Gregory Feeley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 · Año Nuevo · Ray Nayler · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 · Flowers Like Needles [Needle] · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2021 · The Planetbreaker’s Son · Nick Mamatas · na The Planetbreaker’s Son Plus… by Nick Mamatas, PM Press, 2021

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 7 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 6, 2023, 978-1-884612-65-7, $19.99, 343pp, tp, an, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 13 · The Difference Between Love and Time · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2022 39 · Maryon’s Gift [Jackaroo] · Paul McAuley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 49 · Goldie · Sean Monaghan · na Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2022 99 · The Wine-Dark Deep [Lena and the Octopus] · Sheila Finch · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022 127 · The Lichens · Nina Allan · ss Someone in Time ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2022 143 · Beneath the Surface, a Womb of Ice · Deborah L. Davitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November/December 2022 161 · The Ploughshare and the Storm · Gwyneth Jones · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 171 · Cloudchaser · Tom Jolly · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2022 209 · Critical Mass · Peter Watts · ss Lightspeed #146, July 2022 227 · Nonstandard Candles · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Sunday Morning Transport March 6 2022 235 · The Abacus and the Infinite Vessel · Vikram Ramakrishnan · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2022 251 · Timekeepers’ Symphony · Ken Liu · ss Clarkesworld #192, September 2022 267 · I Give You the Moon · Justina Robson · ss Tomorrow’s Parties ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2022 287 · A Stone’s Throw [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2022 291 · Communion · Jay Werkheiser & Frank Wu · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2022

The Year’s Top Hard Science Fiction Stories 8 ed. Allan Kaster (Infinivox, June 4, 2024, 978-1-884612-57-2, $24.95, 477pp, tp, oa, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 9 · Introduction · Allan Kaster · in 13 · The Ghosts of Mars · Dominica Phetteplace · na Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2023 71 · The Enthnomusicology of the Last Dreadnaught · Yoon Ha Lee · ss The Sunday Morning Transport February 5 2023 77 · Even if Such Ways Are Bad · Rich Larson · nv Tor.com February 8 2023 99 · Lemuria 7 Is Missing · Allen M. Steele · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2023 149 · Cloudskimmer · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 161 · OCASTA · Daniel H. Wilson · ss New Suns 2 ed. Nisi Shawl, Solaris, 2023 173 · The Tinker and the Timestream · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2023 217 · Six Incidents of Evolution Using Time Travel · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023 225 · Defective · Peter Watts · nv Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 249 · Clockwork Melting · James Maxey · ss Artifice & Craft ed. David B. Coe & Edmund R. Schubert, Zombies Need Brains, 2023 267 · The Elephant Maker · Alec Nevala-Lee · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2023 349 · The Unpastured Sea [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023 375 · Exiled to Gravity · Marissa Lingen · ss The Sunday Morning Transport February 12 2023 383 · The Last Cathedral of Earth, In Flight · Tobias S. Buckell · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 399 · The Many Different Kinds of Love · Geoff Ryman & David Jeffrey · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2023