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Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume Two ed. Stephen Kotowych (Ansible Press, November 12, 2024, 978-1-7381875-1-5, $23.99, 510pp, tp, an, cover: Summon by Xiofan Zhang)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · 2023 Year in Review · Stephen Kotowych · in 23 · The Canadian Miracle [The Lost Cause] · Cory Doctorow · ss Tor.com November 1 2023 33 · John Hollowback and the Witch · Amal El-Mohtar · nv The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager US, 2023 52 · Third Life · Julie E. Czerneda · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 60 · The Girl Who Cried Diamonds · Rebecca Hirsch Garcia · ss The Girl Who Cried Diamonds & Other Stories by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia, ECW Press, 2023 67 · The Nothings · Beth Cato & Rhonda Parrish · pm Utopia Science Fiction Magazine February/March 2023 69 · Six Incidents of Evolution Using Time Travel · Derek Künsken · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2023 76 · Manic Pixie Girl · A. C. Wise · ss The Other Side of Never ed. Paul Kane & Marie O'Regan, Titan Books, 2023 85 · The Distance Between Us · Rati Mehrotra · pm Fantasy Magazine #89, March 2023 87 · At Every Door a Ghost · Premee Mohamed · nv Communications Breakdown ed. Jonathan Strahan, The MIT Press, 2023 105 · Negative Theology of the Child from “The King of Tars” · Sonia Sulaiman · vi Fantasy Magazine #96, October 2023 109 · The Bestiary · Diana Dima · pm Small Wonders #5, November 2023 112 · If I Should Fall Behind · Douglas Smith · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2023 131 · A Summer Soup to Cure Magical Thinking · Kim Harbridge · ss Pulp Literature #39, Summer 2023 134 · Your Great Mother Across the Salt Sea · Kelsey Hutton · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #376, February 23 2023 154 · Pack Up Your Sins and Go to the Devil · Elis Montgomery · pm Playlist of the Damned ed. Willow Dawn Becker & Jessica Landry, Weird Little Worlds, 2023 156 · Solar Gravitational Lens · Pauline Barmby · ss On Spec #126, 2023 164 · The Toll of the Snake · Grace P. Fong · ss Apex Magazine #137, 2023 176 · How Noah Saved the Dinosaurs—A Litany · David Clink · pm The Black Ship by David Clink, Aeolus House, 2023 178 · The Long Way Home from Gaia BH1 · Manuela Amiouny · ss Heartlines Spec #2, Spring/Summer 2023 187 · Solitaire for Three · James Alan Gardner · ss Game On! ed. Stephen Kotowych & Tony Pi, Zombies Need Brains, 2023 205 · Sleeper Ship · Carolyn Clink · pm Polar Starlight May 2023 206 · Secondhand Music · Aleksandra Hill · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2023 218 · Sink Your Sorrows to the Sea · Chandra Fisher · ss Saltwater Sorrows ed. Rhonda Parrish, Tyche Books, 2023 226 · The Lover · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · nv Amazon Original Stories, November 1 2023 252 · For the Robots · J. D. Dresner · pm Polar Starlight January 2023 254 · What’s Left Behind · Isabelle Piette; translated by Margaret Sankey · ss translated from the French (Solaris, Summer 2022). 269 · Exit Greeting, or How to Cultivate Your Big Book of Grudges · Chadwick Ginther · ss What Draws Us Near ed. Keith Cadieux & Adam Petrash, Little Ghosts Books, 2023 271 · Scarecrow · David Shultz · pm Polar Starlight March 2023 276 · Svitla · A. D. Sui · ss Embroidered Worlds ed. Olha Brylova, Valya Dudycz & Iryna Pasko, Atthis Arts, 2023 287 · Predictive Text · Dominik Parisien · pm Augur Magazine v6 #1, 2023 288 · LOL, Said the Scorpion · Rich Larson · ss Clarkesworld #200, May 2023 296 · Horsewoman · A. M. Dellamonica · ss Uncanny Magazine #50, January/February 2023 318 · The Dust Bowl Café · Justin Dill · ss Augur Magazine v6 #1, 2023 325 · Letter to a Brother on a Generation Ship · M. W. Irving · pm On Spec #125, 2023 327 · Revelstoke · Gemma Files · ss New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine Winter 2023 341 · Tongue Mining · Jack Morton · ss Radon Journal #4, May 2023 348 · A Siren’s Call, A Banshee’s Wail, A Grandmother’s Dream · Ai Jiang · pm Uncanny Magazine #54, September/October 2023 349 · Wapnintu’tijig: They Sang Until Dawn · Tiffany Morris · ss previously available as an audio download from PodCastle, January 24, 2023. 355 · Once Upon a Time at the Oakmont · P. A. Cornell · ss Fantasy Magazine #96, October 2023 373 · Hemlock on Mars · Eric Choi · ss Life Beyond Us ed. Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law & Julie Novakova, Laksa Media Groups, 2023 391 · Lying Flat · Lynne Sargent · pm Strange Horizons October 9 2023 394 · Lady Koi-Koi: A Book Report · Suyi Davies Okungbowa · ss Apex Magazine #138, 2023 401 · In a Cabin, In a Wood · Kelly Robson · ss The Book of Witches ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager US, 2023 417 · Eclipsed · Lisa Timpf · pm Polar Borealis October 2023 418 · The Spoil Heap · Fiona Moore · ss Clarkesworld #198, March 2023 435 · As a, I want to, so I can · Kelley Tai · pm Heartlines Spec #2, Spring/Summer 2023 437 · And Prison on My Back · Phoebe Barton · ss Luminescent Machinations ed. Rhiannon Rasmussen & Dave Ring, Neon Hemlock Press, 2023 447 · Seeds for Titanium · Brandon Crilly · ss Utopia Science Fiction Magazine August/September 2023 456 · The Most Strongest Obeah Woman of the World · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Out There Screaming ed. Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams, Random House, 2023 475 · Year’s Best Novellas and Novelettes 2023 · [uncredited] · bi 477 · Aurora Awards 2023 · [uncredited] · bi 479 · Prix Boréal-Aurora 2023 · [uncredited] · bi 480 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 491 · About the Artists · [uncredited] · bg 492 · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg 494 · Publication Details · [uncredited] · bi

Hearts of Wood and Other Timeless Tales by William Kotzwinkle (Godine, October 1986, 0-87923-648-5, $12.95, 85pp, hc, oc)     Collection of 5 new fantasy/fairytale stories, illustrated by Joe Servello. 1 · Hearts of Wood · William Kotzwinkle · nv 29 · The Dream of Chuang · William Kotzwinkle · ss 41 · The Fairy King · William Kotzwinkle · ss 57 · The Oldest Man · William Kotzwinkle · ss 71 · The Enchanted Horses · William Kotzwinkle · ss

The Hot Jazz Trio by William Kotzwinkle (Houghton Mifflin, November 1989, 0-395-50096-6, $17.95, 153pp, hc, oc)     Collection of three literary fantasy stories, illustrated by Joe Servello. 1 · Django Reinhardt Played the Blues · William Kotzwinkle · na 101 · Blues on the Nile · William Kotzwinkle · ss 115 · Boxcar Blues · William Kotzwinkle · nv

Jewel of the Moon by William Kotzwinkle (Putnam, December 1985, 0-399-13113-2, $14.95, 160pp, hc, oc)     Collection of 15 stories, only five of them previously published. Most are very short fantasies. 9 · The Day Stokowski Saved the World · William Kotzwinkle · ss 15 · The Curio Shop · William Kotzwinkle · vi Omni September 1980 21 · Jewel of the Moon · William Kotzwinkle · ss 41 · Postcard Found in a Trunk · William Kotzwinkle · ss 49 · Sun, Moon, and Storm · William Kotzwinkle · ss 65 · Tell Her You Love Her with a Ring from Dave’s House of Diamonds · William Kotzwinkle · ss 69 · Disturbance Reported on a Pipeline · William Kotzwinkle · ss 77 · Mr. Jones’s Convention · William Kotzwinkle · ss Penthouse (US) November 1974 87 · Fading Tatoo · William Kotzwinkle · ss 93 · Victory at North Antor · William Kotzwinkle · ss Penthouse (US) May 1975 113 · A Man Who Knew His Birds · William Kotzwinkle · ss Omni February 1985 123 · Letter to a Swan · William Kotzwinkle · ss Transatlantic Review #58/59, February 1977 133 · Star Cruisers, Welcome · William Kotzwinkle · ss 141 · That Winter When Prince Borisov Was Everybody’s Favorite · William Kotzwinkle · ss 151 · Fana · William Kotzwinkle · ss Penthouse (UK) September 1972

World’s Spring ed. Mikhail Kovalchuk--- see under Vladimir Gakov.

Scenting the Dark and Other Stories by Mary Robinette Kowal (Subterranean Press, December 2009, 978-1-59606-267-2, $25.00, 80pp, hc, co, cover by Sandro Castelli)     Collection of eight stories, with notes on each by Kowal. The author’s first collection. Introduction by John Scalzi. 7 · Introduction · John Scalzi · in (r) 9 · Portrait of Ari · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Strange Horizons January 30 2006 17 · Death Comes but Twice · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Talebones #35, Summer 2007 23 · Some Other Day · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss All Possible Worlds Fall 2007 35 · Just Right · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The First Line 2004 43 · Scenting the Dark · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Online August 25 2008 53 · Locked In · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest #9, 2007 57 · This Little Pig · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Cicada 2007 69 · Jaiden’s Weaver · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Diamonds in the Sky ed. Mike Brotherton, National Science Foundation, 2009

Word Puppets by Mary Robinette Kowal (Prime Books, November 3, 2015, 978-1-60701-456-0, $15.95, 317pp, tp, co, cover by Howard Lyon)     Collection of 19 stories, including two Hugo winners. Introduction by Patrick Rothfuss. 11 · Introduction · Patrick Rothfuss · in 17 · Bound Man · Mary Robinette Kowal · nv Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006 43 · Chrysalis · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Aoife’s Kiss December 2007 57 · Rampion · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The First Line Spring 2005 61 · At the Edge of Dying · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Clockwork Phoenix 2 ed. Mike Allen, Norilana Books, 2009 81 · Clockwork Chickadee · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Clarkesworld #21, June 2008 91 · Body Language · Mary Robinette Kowal · nv Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #15, November 2009 117 · Waiting for Rain · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Subterranean (online) Fall 2008 139 · First Flight · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Tor.com August 25 2009 161 · Evil Robot Monkey · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2008 165 · The Consciousness Problem · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2009 185 · For Solo Cello, op.12 · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Cosmos #13, February/March 2007 193 · For Want of a Nail · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2010 217 · The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland [Sherlock Holmes] · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The First Line Fall 2004 227 · Salt of the Earth · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Redstone Science Fiction #4, September 2010 243 · American Changeling · Mary Robinette Kowal · nv Daily Science Fiction September 17 2010 263 · The White Phoenix Feather · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss Fireside Magazine #3, Winter 2012 275 · We Interrupt This Broadcast [Lady Astronaut] · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The Mad Scientist’s Guide to World Domination ed. John Joseph Adams, Tor, 2013 283 · Rockets Red [Lady Astronaut] · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss 291 · The Lady Astronaut of Mars [Lady Astronaut] · Mary Robinette Kowal · nv Tor.com September 11 2013 originally appeared in the 2012 audio anthology Rip-Off! ed. Gardner Dozois.

The Hugo Award Showcase, 2010 Volume ed. Mary Robinette Kowal (Prime Books, June 2010, 978-1-60701-225-2, $14.95, 351pp, tp, an)     Anthology of nine stories nominated for the 2009 Hugo Awards, including the winning novella and novelette. Authors include Nancy Kress, Elizabeth Bear, and Ian McDonald. Details taken from online listing. fc. · [front cover] · Donato Giancola · cv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2010 7 · Introduction · Mary Robinette Kowal · in 11 · Pride and Prometheus · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2008 48 · 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss · Kij Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2008 61 · The Erdmann Nexus · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 137 · From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 161 · Shoggoths in Bloom · Elizabeth Bear · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008 183 · Truth [Veritas] · Robert Reed · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2008 258 · The Ray-Gun: A Love Story · James Alan Gardner · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 282 · Evil Robot Monkey · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2008 286 · The Tear [The Clade] · Ian McDonald · na Galactic Empires ed. Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2008 348 · 2009 Hugo Nominees and Winners · [uncredited] · ms

Men and Women ed. William Kozlenko (Lion Books, November 1953, 177, 25¢, 192pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 11 · Two Sisters · John Steinbeck · ss The Pastures of Heaven by John Steinbeck, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932 22 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss The New Yorker January 19 1952 35 · The Indian Well · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss Accent Spring 1943 54 · Angel in the Other Room · William Kozlenko · ss Kosmos 1939 60 · The Willow Walk · Sinclair Lewis · nv The Saturday Evening Post August 10 1918 97 · Roll On, John · Paul Green · ss Salvation on a String and Other Tales of the South by Paul Green, Harper & Brothers, 1946 110 · The Sinner · Liam O’Flaherty · ss The Mountain Tavern and Other Stories, Cape, 1924 123 · The Die-Hard · Stephen Vincent Benet · ss The Saturday Evening Post September 17 1938 141 · The Actress · Anton Chekhov; translated by V. Coslyn · ss (r) 148 · Love Charm · Oliver La Farge · ss Harper’s Bazaar May 1932 161 · The Man’s Story · Sherwood Anderson · ss The Dial September 1923 181 · One for the Collection · Elizabeth Enright · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1953

The Compleat OAK Leaves: Volume One of the Official Journal of Otis Adelbert Kline and His Works by David Anthony Kraft (Fictioneer Books, 1980, 978-0-934882-04-0, $10.00, 192pp, tp, co)     Photographic reprint of the first (and only) 12 issues of OAK Leaves.

Confederacy of the Dead ed. Edward E. Kramer, Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Richard Gilliam.

Dante’s Disciples ed. Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther--- see under Peter Crowther.

Dark Destiny ed. Edward E. Kramer (White Wolf, December 1994, 1-56504-811-3, $19.99, 398pp, hc, oa, cover by John Cobb)     Horror anthology of 22 original stories and poems very loosely based on “The World of Darkness” game series. Includes stories by Robert Bloch, Harlan Ellison, Nancy Holder, and Robert Weinberg, with a foreword by the editor and an introduction by John Mason Skipp. 6 · Foreword · Edward E. Kramer · fw 7 · That Evil Stuff Again · John Mason Skipp · in 14 · Sensible City · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1994 24 · Dreaming Saturn · James S. Dorr · pm 32 · The Scent of Vinegar · Robert Bloch · nv 62 · In the Garden · Esther Friesner · ss 76 · “But I Feel the Bright Eyes…” · Bill Crider · nv 100 · Vampire Lovers · Lisa Lepovetsky · pm 106 · In the Forests of the Night · Robert Weinberg · ss 124 · Leaders of the Pack · Nancy Holder · ss 138 · Tool of Enslavement · Rick R. Reed · nv 178 · To Dance · Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg · pm 182 · Small Brown Bags of Blood · C. Dean Andersson · ss 194 · The Love of Monsters · Nancy A. Collins · nv 218 · Go Hungry · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss 236 · Winter Queen · Rick Hautala · nv 262 · Lone Wolf · Edo van Belkom · ss 278 · Night Games · Richard Lee Byers · nv 302 · Touch the Flame · K. Ken Johnston · pm 306 · One of the Secret Masters · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 320 · The Bone Woman · Brian Herbert & Marie Landis · ss 340 · Escobar Falls · Stewart von Allmen · ss 358 · Poisoned Dreams · Brad Linaweaver · ss 370 · Blood Magic · Scott Ciencin · nv