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Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel (Tachyon Publications, June 2006, 1-892391-35-X, $14.95, xv+288pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 15 genre-bending stories, one original. Authors include Carol Emshwiller, Kelly Link, Jonathan Lethem, and Howard Waldrop. This also includes excerpts from a discussion on the definition of “slipstream” from David Moles’ blog.

· Al · Carol Emshwiller · ss Orbit 10 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1972

· The Little Magic Shop · Bruce Sterling · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1987

· The Healer · Aimee Bender · ss Story Winter 1998

· The Specialist’s Hat · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon November 15 1998

· Light and the Sufferer · Jonathan Lethem · ex Century #1, March/April 1995

· Sea Oak · George Saunders · nv The New Yorker December 28 1998/January 4 1999

· Exhibit H: Torn Pages Discovered in the Vest Pocket of an Unidentified Tourist · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Secret Life by Jeff VanderMeer, Golden Gryphon Press, 2004

· Hell Is the Absence of God · Ted Chiang · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001

· Lieserl · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Author’s Choice Monthly #6, March 1990

· Bright Morning · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Fantasy Writer’s Assistant and Other Stories by Jeffrey Ford, Golden Gryphon Press, 2002

· Biographical Notes to “A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes” by Benjamin Rosenbaum · Benjamin Rosenbaum · nv All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories ed. David Moles & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press & All-Star Stories, 2004

· The God of Dark Laughter · Michael Chabon · ss The New Yorker April 9 2001

· The Rose in Twelve Petals · Theodora Goss · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2002

· The Lions Are Asleep This Night · Howard Waldrop · nv Omni August 1986

· You Have Never Been Here · M. Rickert · ss

Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel--- see under John Kessel.

Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel (Pyr, May 2012, 978-1-61614-619-1, $17.95, 332pp, tp, an, cover by Michael Whelan)
Anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction with 12 stories and two novel excerpts, plus two Rhysling Award-winning poems. The 46th volume in the annual series.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · In Which Your Editors Consider the Nebula Awards of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow · James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel · in

19 · Ponies · Kij Johnson · ss Tor.com November 17 2010

25 · The Sultan of the Clouds · Geoff Landis · na Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2010

75 · Map of Seventeen · Chris Barzak · nv The Beastly Bride ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2010

99 · And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1972

109 · In the Astronaut Asylum · Kendall Evans & Samantha Henderson · pm Mythic Delirium #20, Winter/Spring 2009

117 · Pishaach · Shweta Narayan · nv The Beastly Bride ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2010

140 · Blackout [Oxford Time Travel] · Connie Willis · ex Bantam Spectra, February 2010

· All Clear [Oxford Time Travel] · Connie Willis · ex Bantam Spectra, October 2010

159 · Bumbershoot · Howard Hendrix · pm Abyss & Apex #30, 2nd Quarter 2009

161 · Arvies · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Lightspeed #3, August 2010

177 · How Interesting: A Tiny Man · Harlan Ellison · ss Realms of Fantasy February 2010

186 · The Jaguar House, in Shadow [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2010

209 · The Green Book · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Apex Magazine #18, November 2010

224 · That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made · Eric James Stone · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2010

247 · I Shall Wear Midnight [Discworld] · Terry Pratchett · ex Doubleday UK, September 2010

263 · To Theia · Ann K. Schwader · pm Strange Horizons September 28 2009

266 · The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window · Rachel Swirsky · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2010

315 · 2011 Nebula Awards Nominees and Honorees · [uncredited] · bi

319 · Past Nebula Winners · [uncredited] · bi

Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology ed. James Patrick Kelly & John Kessel (Tachyon Publications, October 2007, 978-1-892391-53-7, $14.95, xvii+425pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 16 stories looking at developments in SF style growing out of the cyberpunk movement. Stories are interspersed with quotations from correspondence between John Kessel and Bruce Sterling debating the merits of cyberpunk.

· Bicycle Repairman [Chattanooga] · Bruce Sterling · nv Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, 1996

· Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland · Gwyneth Jones · ss Off Limits ed. Ellen Datlow, St. Martin's, 1996

· How We Got in Town and Out Again · Jonathan Lethem · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1996

· Yeyuka · Greg Egan · ss Meanjin v56 #1, 1997

· The Final Remake of “The Return of Little Latin Larry,” with a Completely Remastered Soundtrack and the Original Audience · Pat Cadigan · na Future Histories ed. Stephen McClelland, Horizon House, 1997

· Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City · William Gibson · ss New Worlds ed. David Garnett, White Wolf, 1997

· The Wedding Album [Cathy] · David Marusek · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999

· Daddy’s World · Walter Jon Williams · nv Not of Woman Born ed. Constance Ash, Roc, 1999

· The Dog Said Bow-Wow [Surplus & Darger] · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2001

· Lobsters [Macx Family] · Charles Stross · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001

· What’s Up, Tiger Lily? · Paul Di Filippo · nv The Silver Gryphon ed. Gary Turner & Marty Halpern, Golden Gryphon Press, 2003

· The Voluntary State · Christopher Rowe · nv Sci Fiction May 5 2004

· Two Dreams on Trains · Elizabeth Bear · ss Strange Horizons January 3 2005

· The Calorie Man · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005

· Search Engine · Mary Rosenblum · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2005

· When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth · Cory Doctorow · nv Jim Baen’s Universe August 2006

Virtue Inverted by Kenneth Kelly & Piers Anthony--- see under Piers Anthony.

I Held My Breath as Long as I Could by Kristopher Kelly (, October 6, 2011, 978-1-4664-0487-8, $9.86, 210pp, tp, oc, cover by Amanda Iger & Kristopher Kelly)
Details taken from online listing.

9 · Introduction · Kristopher Kelly · in

13 · This Is All My Fault · Kristopher Kelly · ss

15 · Radiation · Kristopher Kelly · ss

35 · Brains · Kristopher Kelly · ss

39 · You Know What Your Problem Is? · Kristopher Kelly · ss

41 · REX · Kristopher Kelly · ss

53 · Peppercorn Salami · Kristopher Kelly · ss

55 · Frosty Out There · Kristopher Kelly · ss

57 · The Man with No Hands · Kristopher Kelly · ss

69 · The Night Light · Kristopher Kelly · ss

75 · An Acceptable Bid · Kristopher Kelly · ss

81 · Please Don’t · Kristopher Kelly · ss

85 · The Worm, the Road, and the Sun · Kristopher Kelly · nv

111 · Esther’s Prayer · Kristopher Kelly · ss

113 · Things That Went Through His Head as the Mold Grew · Kristopher Kelly · ss

115 · Grim Remains · Kristopher Kelly · ss

135 · The Side-Effect · Kristopher Kelly · ss

137 · King to E1 · Kristopher Kelly · ar

141 · The Bradford Pear Is Not a Very Strong Tree · Kristopher Kelly · ar

145 · When You Have to Go (In There) · Kristopher Kelly · ss

147 · Knife in Hand · Kristopher Kelly · ss

167 · Doggie-Style · Kristopher Kelly · ss

177 · Dogs of Nashua · Kristopher Kelly · ss

191 · The Field · Kristopher Kelly · ss The Harvard Advocate Spring 2002; slightly revised.

The Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly (Secker & Warburg, 1958, hc, n.) [Brett Nightingale]

The Christmas Egg by Mary Kelly (The British Library, October 10, 2019, 978-0-7123-5310-6, £8.99, 272pp, tp, n.) [Brett Nightingale; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1958) mystery novel.

Due to a Death by Mary Kelly (Michael Joseph, 1962, hc, n.) [Hedley Nicholson]

Due to a Death by Mary Kelly (The British Library, April 19, 2021, 978-0-7123-5314-4, £8.99, 240pp, tp, n.) [Hedley Nicholson; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Michael Joseph 1962) mystery novel.

The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly (Michael Joseph, 1961, hc, n.) [Hedley Nicholson]

The Spoilt Kill by Mary Kelly (The British Library, May 10, 2020, 978-0-7123-5336-6, £8.99, 224pp, tp, n.) [Hedley Nicholson; British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Michael Joseph 1961) mystery novel. Subtitled “A Staffordshire Mystery”.

Undertow and Other Laments by Michael Kelly (Dark Regions Press, 2009, 978-1-888993-74-5, $15.95, 142pp, tp, co, cover by Jason Whitley)
Collection of 18 stories, four original. Illustrated by Jason Whitley. Foreword by Gary A. Braunbeck.

· Introduction · Gary Braunbeck · in

· Summer Ghosts · Michael Kelly · ss

· The Kraken · Michael Kelly · ss The First Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories ed. Ian Alexander Martin, Humdrumming, 2007

· Nervous Goats, Huddling in the Dark · Michael Kelly · ss

· Chelsea Grin · Michael Kelly · ss The Second Humdrumming Book of Horror Stories ed. Ian Alexander Martin, Humdrumming, 2008

· Like a Gift from the Ocean · Michael Kelly · ss Not One of Us #39, April 2008

· A Haunt of Hammers · Michael Kelly · ss Bare Bone #10, 2007

· Time, as Seen in a Merry-Go-Round Blur · Michael Kelly · ss Lone Star Stories #7, February 2005

· Basking in the White of the Midnight Sun · Michael Kelly · ss Extremes 2 ed. Brian A. Hopkins, Lone Wolf Publications, 2001

· A Song of Knives · Michael Kelly · ss

· The Bluest of Grey Skies · Michael Kelly · vi Nemonymous #3, 2003, uncredited.

· A Blue Hand, Reaching · Michael Kelly · ss Bare Bone #11, 2009

· In the Valley of Sweet Sorrows · Michael Kelly · ss Champagne Shivers #5, 2009

· Winter Birds · Michael Kelly · ss City Slab #10, 2007

· If You Only Look Down, There Will Never Be Stars · Michael Kelly · ss

· Wolves and Angels · Michael Kelly · ss

· Princess of the Night · Michael Kelly · vi

· The Teeth of the World · Michael Kelly · ss

· Undertow · Michael Kelly · ss

Apparitions ed. Michael Kelly (Undertow Publications, October 31, 2009, 978-0-9813177-0-0, 208pp, tp, oa, cover by Erin S. Wells)
Details taken from online listing.

· A Certain Slant of Light · Christopher Conlon · ss

· High Water · Joel Lane · ss

· Incantation · Jessica Reisman · ss

· Men of Old · Paul Finch · ss

· Finishing the Dig · Patricia J. Esposito · ss

· Behind the Black · Michael R. Colangelo · ss

· The Jacaranda Smile · Gemma Files · ss

· There Stand the Dead · Iain Rowan · ss

· Home on the Range · Barbara Roden · ss

· The Suicide Chair · Simon Bestwick · ss

· Whisper My Name · Gary A. Braunbeck · ss

· Proof · Gary McMahon · ss

· Certain Death for a Known Person · Steve Duffy · nv

Chilling Tales: Evil Did I Dwell; Lewd I Did Live ed. Michael Kelly (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, April 30, 2011, 978-1-894063-52-4, $14.95, 206pp, tp, oa, cover by Les Edwards)
Original anthology of 18 horror stories by Canadian authors including Barbara Roden, Nancy Kilpatrick, David Nickle, and Gemma Files.
Details taken from online listing.

· A Disquieting Solitude · Michael Kelly · in

· Tom Chestnutt’s Midnight Blues · Robert J. Wiersema · ss

· Dead · Claude Lalumière · ss

· King Him · Richard Gavin · ss

· The Needle’s Eye · Suzanne Church · ss

· The Weight of Stones · Tia V. Travis · ss

· Stay · Leah Bobet · nv

· 404 · Barbara Roden · ss

· Blacklight · Michael R. Colangelo · ss

· The Deafening Sound of Slumber · Simon Strantzas · ss

· Last Waltz · Jason S. Ridler · ss

· Sympathy for the Devil · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss

· Looker · David Nickle · ss

· Cowboy’s Row · Christopher K. Miller · ss

· Safe · Brett Alexander Savory · ss

· The Carpet Maker · Brent Hayward · ss

· Foxford · Sandra Kasturi · ss

· My Body [Felix Renn] · Ian Rogers · ss

· The Shrines · Gemma Files · ss

Chilling Tales Two: In Words, Alas, Drown I ed. Michael Kelly (Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, September 30, 2013, 978-1-77053-024-9, $14.95, 221pp, tp, oa, cover by John Kaiine)
Original anthology of 21 horror stories by Canadian authors including David Nickle, Claude Lalumière, and Gemma Files, second in the Chilling Tales series. E-book also available.
Details taken from online listing.

· In Libitina’s House · Camille Alexa · ss

· Gingerbread People · Colleen Anderson · ss

· Meteor Lake · Kevin Cockle · ss

· Homebody · Gemma Files · ss

· Snowglobes · Lisa L. Hannett · ss

· The Hair Dress · Sandra Kasturi · ss

· The Dog’s Paw · Derek Künsken · ss

· The Flowers of Katrina · Claude Lalumière · ss

· Goldmine · Daniel LeMoal · ss

· The Salamander’s Waltz · Catherine MacLeod · ss

· The Slipway Grey · Helen Marshall · ss

· Weary, Bone Deep · Michael Matheson · ss

· Black Hen a la Ford · David Nickle · ss

· Day Pass · Ian Rogers · ss

· Fiddleheads · Douglas Smith · ss

· Dwelling on the Past · Simon Strantzas · ss

· Heart of Darkness · Edo van Belkom · ss

· Fishfly Season · Halli Villegas · ss

· Road Rage · Bev Vincent · ss

· Crossroads Blues · Robert J. Wiersema · ss

· Honesty · Rio Youers · ss

The Year’s Best Weird Fiction, Volume One ed. Michael Kelly & Laird Barron--- see under Laird Barron.

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