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Black Gods Kiss by Lavie Tidhar (PS Publishing, September 2014, 978-1-84863-801-3, £20.00, 174pp, hc, oc, cover by Pedro Marques)     Details taken from online listing. · Black Gods Kiss · Lavie Tidhar · ss Unfit for Eden ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2012; illustrated by Pedro Marques · Buried Eyes · Lavie Tidhar · nv Memoryville Blues ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2013 · Kur-a-Len · Lavie Tidhar · na · The Dead Leaves · Lavie Tidhar · ss · White Queen · Lavie Tidhar · ss

The Apex Book of World SF ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, September 2009, 978-0-9821596-3-7, $18.95, 287pp, tp, an, cover by Randall MacDonald)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in 2 · The Bird Catcher · S. P. Somtow · na The Museum of Horrors ed. Dennis Etchison, Leisure, 2001 34 · Transcendence Express · Jetse de Vries · ss Hub Magazine #2, Winter 2007 50 · The Levantine Experiments · Guy Hasson · ss translated from the Hebrew (“Hevel Ha’cherut”). 66 · The Wheel of Samsara · Han Song · ss translated from the Chinese (“Gázànsì de zhuąnjīngtŏng”, Kehuan Shijie, July 2002). 74 · Ghost Jail · Kaaron Warren · ss 2012 ed. Ben Payne & Alisa Krasnostein, Twelfth Planet Press, 2008 94 · Wizard World · Yang Ping · nv translated from the Chinese (“MUD--Hēikè Shìjiàn”, Kehuan Shijie, May 1998). 116 · L’Aquilone du Estrellas (The Kite of Stars) · Dean Francis Alfar · ss Strange Horizons January 6 2003 128 · Cinderers · Nir Yaniv; translated by Lavie Tidhar · ss translated from the Hebrew (“Ramtzanim”, Chalomot Be’aspamia Magazine, 2004). 142 · The Allah Stairs · Jamil Nasir · ss Tales of the Unanticipated #7, 1990 152 · Biggest Baddest Bomoh · Tunku Halim · ss Rape of Martha Teoh and Other Chilling Stories by Tunku Halim, Pelanduk Publications, 1997 162 · The Lost Xuyan Bride [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · nv Interzone #213, December 2007 194 · Excerpt from a Letter by a Social-Realist Aswang · Kristin Mandigma · ss Clarkesworld #13, October 2007 198 · An Evening in the City Coffeehouse, with Lydia on My Mind · Aleksandar Ziljak · ss Apex Magazine #5, November 2009 translated from the Croatian (“Vecer u Gradskoj, s Lidijom u mislima”, Krhotine svjetova, 1999). 216 · Into the Night · Anil Menon · ss Interzone #216, June 2008 232 · Elegy · Mélanie Fazi; translated by Christopher Priest · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007; given as by Mélanie Fazie on the story itself. translated from the French (“Élégie”, Territoires de l’angoisse ed. Daniel Conrad, CyLibris, October 2001). 242 · Compartments · Zoran Živković; translated by Alice Copple-Tošić · nv Postscripts #2, Summer 2004 translated from the Serbian (“Vagon”).

The Apex Book of World SF 2 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, April 2012, 978-1-937009-04-5, $21.95, 375pp, tp, oa, cover by Raúl Cruz)     Details taken from online listing. i · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in iii · Alternate Girl’s Expatriate Life · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz · ss Interzone #229, July/August 2010 16 · Mr Goop · Ivor W. Hartmann · ss African Writing #7, 2009 30 · Trees of Bone · Daliso Chaponda · nv Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest Fall 2005 58 · The First Peruvian in Space · Daniel Salvo; translated by José B. Adolph · ss translated from the Spanish (“El Primer Peruano en el Espacio”). 62 · Eyes in the Vastness of Forever · Gustavo Bondoni · ss Innsmouth Free Press June 2010 72 · The Tomb · Chen Qiufan · ss 82 · The Sound of Breaking Glass · Joyce Chng · ss Semaphore Magazine #11, June 2010; given as “The Sound of Broken Glass” on story heads. 90 · A Single Year · Csilla Kleinheincz · nv translated from the Hungarian (“Egyetlen esztendö”, 2009). 114 · The Secret Origin of Spin-Man · Andrew Drilon · ss Philippine Speculative Fiction, Volume 4 ed. Dean Francis & Nikki Alfar, Kestrel, 2009 130 · Borrowed Time · Anabel Enriquez Piñeiro · ss translated from the Spanish (“Deuda Temporal”). 136 · Branded · Lauren Beukes · ss SL Magazine 2004 144 · December 8th · Raúl Flores Iriarte; translated by Daniel W. Koon · ss translated from the Spanish (“8 de Diciembre”). 148 · Hungry Man [Happy Endings] · Will Elliott · ss 158 · Nira and I · Shweta Narayan · ss Strange Horizons March 16 2009 168 · Nothing Happened in 1999 · Fábio Fernandes · ss Everyday Weirdness June 7 2010 172 · Shadow · Tade Thompson · ss Expanded Horizons #18, May 2010 178 · Shibuya No Love · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Futurismic (online) June 2004 186 · Maquech · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss Futurismic (online) July 2008 198 · The Glory of the World · Sergey Gerasimov · ss Clarkesworld #22, July 2008 208 · The New Neighbours · Tim Jones · ss Transported by Tim Jones, Vintage New Zealand, 2008 218 · From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7 · Nnedi Okorafor · ss Clarkesworld #32, May 2009 238 · The Slows · Gail Hareven; translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green · ss The New Yorker May 4 2009 translated from the Hebrew (“Ha’iti’im”, 1999). 250 · Zombie Lenin · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Fantasy ed. Sean Wallace & Paul G. Tremblay, Prime Books, 2007 260 · Electric Sonalika · Samit Basu · ss 276 · The Malady · Andrzej Sapkowski; translated by Wiesiek Powaga · nv Polish Writing October 2006 translated from the Polish (“Maladie”, Nowa Fantastyka, December 1992). 320 · A Life Made Possible Behind the Barricades · Jacques Barcia · nv Steampunk Reloaded website November 2010 342 · Undercity · Nir Yaniv · nv Apex Magazine #39, August 2012 370 · World SF: Our Possible Future · Charles Tan · ar Apex Magazine #35, April 2012

The Apex Book of World SF 3 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Apex Publications, June 29, 2014, 978-1-937009-24-3, $16.95, 266pp, tp, an, cover by Sophia Tuska)     Anthology of 16 stories, one original, by authors from around the world, some translated. Authors include Benjanun Sriduangkaew, Amal El-Mohtar, and Karin Tidbeck. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in · Courtship in the Country of Machine-Gods · Benjanun Sriduangkaew · nv The Future Fire #24, 2012 · A Hundred Ghosts Parade Tonight · Xia Jia; translated by Ken Liu · ss Clarkesworld #65, February 2012 translated from the Chinese (“Băi guĭ yèxíng jiē”, 2010). · Act of Faith · Fadzlishah Johanabas · ss Cosmos #36, December 2010/January 2011 · The Foreigner · Uko Bendi Udo · ss AfroSF ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2012 · The City of Silence · Ma Boyong; translated by Ken Liu · nv World SF Blog November 2011 translated from the Chinese (“Jìjìng zhī chéng”, 2005). · Planetfall [Wisps of Spider Silk] · Athena Andreadis · ss Crossed Genres Magazine #13, December 2009 · Jungle Fever · Ika Koeck · ss · To Follow the Waves · Amal El-Mohtar · ss Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press, 2011 · Ahuizotl · Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas · ss Historical Lovecraft ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2011 · The Rare Earth · Biram Mboob · ss AfroSF ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2012 · Spider’s Nest · Myra Çakan; translated by Jim Young · ss Infinite Matrix March 5 2002 translated from the German (“Im Netz der Silberspinne”, Der Atem Gottes und andere Visionen 2004 ed. Helmuth W. Mommers, Shayol, 2004). · Waiting with Mortals · Crystal Koo · ss · Three Little Children · Ange; translated by Tom Clegg · nv Crossing the Boundaries, Bragelonne, 2009 translated from the French (“Il était trois petits enfants”, Fantasy ed. Alain Nevant & Henri Lœvenbruck, Fleuve Noir 1998). · Brita’s Holiday Village · Karin Tidbeck · ss Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2012 translated from the Swedish (“Tant Britas stugby”, Vem är Arvid Pekon?, Man av Skugga Förlag, September 2010). · Regressions · Swapna Kishore · ss Breaking the Bow ed. Anil Menon & Vandana Singh, Zubaan Books, 2012 · Dancing on the Red Planet · Berit Ellingsen · ss Rocket Science ed. Ian Sales, Mutation Press, 2012

The Best of World SF: Volume 1 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Ad Astra/Head of Zeus, April 1, 2021, 978-1-83893-764-5, £25.00, xviii+588pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. vii · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in 1 · Immersion [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Clarkesworld #69, June 2012 21 · Debtless · Chen Qiufan; translated by Blake Stone-Banks · na Clarkesworld #163, April 2020 translated from the Chinese (“Wú zhài zhī rén”, 2019). 81 · Fandom for Robots · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · ss Uncanny Magazine #18, September/October 2017 97 · Virtual Snapshots · Tlotlo Tsamaase · ss Terraform February 18 2016 107 · What the Dead Man Said · Chinelo Onwualu · ss Slate August 24 2019 125 · Delhi · Vandana Singh · ss So Long Been Dreaming ed. Nalo Hopkinson & Uppinder Mehan, Arsenal Pulp, 2004 149 · The Wheel of Samsara · Han Song · ss The Apex Book of World SF ed. Lavie Tidhar, Apex Publications, 2009 translated from the Chinese (“Gázànsì de zhuąnjīngtŏng”, Kehuan Shijie, July 2002). 159 · Xingzhou · Ng Yi-Sheng · ss Clarkesworld #154, July 2019 179 · Prayer · Taiyo Fujii; translated by Kamil Spychalski · ss Intelligence, Artificial and Human ed. Hirotaka Osawa, AI X SF Project, 2019 translated from the Japanese (“Inori”, Artificial Intelligence, v30 #1, 2015). 187 · The Green Ship · Francesco Verso; translated by Michael Colbert · ss Futurespotting by Francesco Verso, Future Fiction, 2021 translated from the Italian (“La nave verde”, Figli del futuro, Future Fiction, October 2018). 201 · Eyes of the Crocodile · Malena Salazar Maciá; translated by Toshiya Kamei · ss Clarkesworld #161, February 2020 translated from the Spanish. 211 · Bootblack · Tade Thompson · ss Expanded Horizons #53, April 2017 223 · The Emptiness in the Heart of All Things · Fábio Fernandes · nv American Monsters: Part. 1 ed. Margrét Helgadóttir, Fox Spirit Books, 2018 251 · The Sun from Both Sides · R. S. A. Garcia · nv Clarkesworld #152, May 2019 309 · DUMP · Cristina Jurado; translated by Steve Redwood · ss translated from the Spanish (El futuro en bosque, Apache Libros, 2018). 331 · Rue Chair · Gerardo Horacio Porcayo · ss Sub #5, 2002 339 · His Master’s Voice · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Interzone #218, October 2008 357 · Benjamin Schneider’s Little Greys · Nir Yaniv; translated by Lavie Tidhar · ss Apex Magazine #5, November 2009 translated from the Hebrew. 365 · The Cryptid · Emil Hjörvar Petersen · nv 389 · The Bank of Burkina Faso · Ekaterina Sedia · ss Moscow but Dreaming by Ekaterina Sedia, Prime Books, 2012 403 · An Incomplete Guide to Understanding the Rose Petal Infestation Associated with EverTyphoid Patients in the Tropicool IcyLand Urban Indian Slum · Kuzhali Manickavel · ss The Jewish Mexican Literary Review Summer 2016 413 · The Old Man with the Third Hand · Kofi Nyameye · ss The Manchester Review #18, July 2017 427 · The Green · Lauren Beukes · ss Armored ed. John Joseph Adams, Baen, 2012 445 · The Last Voyage of Skidbladnir · Karin Tidbeck · ss Tor.com January 14 2019 467 · Prime Meridian · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · na Innsmouth Free Press, December 2017 553 · If at First You Don’t Succeed, Try, Try Again · Zen Cho · nv Barnes & Noble, 2018

The Best of World SF: Volume 2 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Ad Astra/Head of Zeus, October 13, 2022, 978-1-80328-031-8, £25.00, 649pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in 9 · The Bahrain Underground Bazaar · Nadia Afifi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2020 35 · The Ten-Percent Thief [Analog/Virtual] · Lavanya Lakshminarayan · ss Analog/Virtual and Other Simulations of Your Future by Lavanya Lakshminarayan, Hachette India, 2020 41 · At Desk 9501… · Frances Ogamba · ss 59 · Milagroso · Isabel Yap · ss Tor.com August 12 2015 75 · Bring Your Own Spoon · Saad Z. Hossain · ss The Djinn Falls in Love & Other Stories ed. Jared Shurin & Mahvesh Murad, Solaris, 2017 93 · Blue Grey Blue · Yukimi Ogawa · ss Clarkesworld #123, December 2016 113 · Your Multicolored Life · Xing He; translated by Andy Dudak · nv Clarkesworld #141, June 2018 translated from the Chinese (“Nĭ Xíngxíng Sèsè de Shēnghuó”, Science Fiction World July 2007). 143 · The Easthound · Nalo Hopkinson · ss After ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Hyperion Books, 2012 163 · Dead Man, Awake, Sing to the Sun! · Pan Haitian; translated by Joel Martinsen · ss 177 · Salvaging Gods · Jacques Barcia · ss Clarkesworld #49, October 2010 191 · The Next Move · Edmundo Paz-Soldán; translated by Jessica Sequeira · ss translated from the Spanish. 209 · The Child of Clay · Dilman Dila · ss 229 · To Set at Twilight in a Land of Reeds · Natalia Theodoridou · ss Clarkesworld #169, October 2020 243 · The Beast Has Died · Bef; translated by Brian Price · ss Worlds Without Borders January 2015 translated from the Spanish (“La Bestia Ha Muerto”, Blanco Móvil #93, June 2004). 265 · Twenty About Robots · Alberto Chimal; translated by Fionn Petch · ss 277 · The Regression Test · Wole Talabi · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2017 291 · Kakak · William Tham Wai Liang · ss Cyberpunk: Malaysia ed. Zen Cho, Buku Fixi, 2015 309 · Beyond These Stars Other Tribulations of Love · Usman T. Malik · ss Wired (online) December 11 2020 321 · A Flaw in the Works · Julie Novakova · nv Patreon.com/julienovakova April 30 2020 353 · When We Die on Mars · Cassandra Khaw · ss Clarkesworld #111, December 2015 365 · The Mighty Slinger · Tobias S. Buckell & Karen Lord · nv Bridging Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016 399 · Corialis · T. L. Huchu · ss Fiyah #12, Autumn 2019 423 · The Substance of Ideas · Clelia Farris; translated by Rachel Cordasco · ss Future Science Fiction Digest #1, December 2018 translated from the Italian. 435 · Sleeping Beauties · Agnieszka Hałas · ss translated from the Polish. 457 · Waking Nydra · Samit Basu · nv 485 · Between the Firmaments · J. Y. Yang · na Book Smugglers Publishing, October 2018 551 · Whale Snows Down · Bo-Young Kim; translated by Sophie Bowman · ss Future Science Fiction Digest #9, December 2020 translated from the Korean (“Golae nun-i naelida”). 563 · The Gardens of Babylon · Hassan Blasim; translated by Jonathan Wright · nv Iraq+100 ed. Hassan Blasim, Comma Press, 2016 translated from the Arabic. 589 · The Farctory · K. A. Teryna; translated by Alex Shvartsman · na translated from the Russian (“Farbrika”, 2013). 631 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms 643 · About the Translators · [uncredited] · ms

The Best of World SF: Volume 3 ed. Lavie Tidhar (Head of Zeus, October 12, 2023, 978-1-80454-803-5, £25.00, 656pp, hc, an)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Lavie Tidhar · in 9 · A Minor Kalahari · Diana Rahim · ss In This Desert, There Were Seeds ed. Jon Gresham & Elizabeth Tan, Ethos Books, 2019 19 · Behind Her, Trailing Like Butterfly Wings · Daniela Tomova · ss Apex Magazine #103, December 2017 41 · Cloudgazer · Timi Odueso · ss Lightspeed #138, November 2021 51 · The EMO Hunter · Mandisi Nkomo · nv AfroSFv3 ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2018 81 · Tloque Nahuaque · Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas; translated by Silvia Moreno-Garcia · ss Future Lovecraft ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2011 translated from the Spanish. 89 · The Walls of Benin City · M. H. Ayinde · ss Omenana #20, December 2021 103 · The Foodie Federation’s Dinosaur Farm · Luo Longxiang; translated by Andy Dudak · nv Clarkesworld #144, September 2018 translated from the Chinese (Science Fiction World 2015, Issue 10). 133 · The Day the World Turned Upside Down · Thomas Olde Heuvelt; translated by Lia Belt · nv Lightspeed #47, April 2014 translated from the Dutch (“De Vis in de Fles”). 167 · The Worldless · Indrapramit Das · ss Lightspeed #82, March 2017 187 · Now You Feel It · Andrea Chapela; translated by Emma Törzs · ss Lightspeed #135, August 2021 translated from the Spanish (“Ahora lo sientes”, 2018). 211 · Act of Faith · Fadzlishah Johanabas · ss Cosmos #36, December 2010/January 2011 227 · Godmother · Cheryl S. Ntumy · ss Apex Magazine #128, 2021 249 · I Call Upon the Night as Witness · Zahra Mukhi · ss Apex Magazine #127, 2021 261 · Sulfur · Dmitry Glukhovsky; translated by Marian Schwartz · ss translated from the Russian. 275 · Proposition 23 · Efe Tokunbo · nv AfroSF ed. Ivor W. Hartmann, StoryTime Press, 2012 333 · Root Rot · Fargo Tbakhi · ss Apex Magazine #121, 2021 353 · Catching the K Beast · Chen Qian; translated by Carmen Yiling Yan · ss Clarkesworld #175, April 2021 translated from the Chinese (Science Fiction King, December 2017). 369 · Two Moons · Elena Pavlova; translated by Kalin M. Nenov · ss Compelling Science Fiction #15, 2020 translated from the Bulgarian (“Dve luni 2002”). 391 · Symbiosis Theory · Choyeop Kim; translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort · nv Clarkesworld #159, December 2019 translated from the Korean. 423 · My Country Is a Ghost · Eugenia Triantafyllou · ss Uncanny Magazine #32, January/February 2020 441 · Old People’s Folly · Nora Schinnerl · nv Future Science Fiction Digest #12, September 2021 467 · Echoes of a Broken Mind · Christine Lucas · ss Future Science Fiction Digest #13, December 2021 489 · Have Your #Hugot Harvested at This Diwata-Owned Café · Vida Cruz · ss Strange Horizons May 4 2020 501 · Order C345 · Sheikha Helawy; translated by Raphael Cohen · ss Banipal #68, Summer 2020 translated from the Arabic (“Al-Talabiyya C345”, Al-Talabiyya C345, Al-Mutawassit Books, 2018). 505 · Dark Star · Vraiux Dorós; translated by Toshiya Kamei · ss Strange Horizons November 30 2020 translated from the Spanish (“Estrella de la muerte”). 527 · An Excerpt from “A Door Opens: The Beginning of the Fall of the Ispancialo-in-Hinirang (Emprensa Press: 2007)” by Salahuddin Alonto, Annotated by Omar Jamad Maududi, MLS, HOL, JMS · Dean Francis Alfar · ss Alternative Alamat ed. Paolo Chikiamco, Rocket Kapre Books, 2011 539 · Ootheca · Mário de Seabra Coelho · nv Strange Horizons February 15 2021 567 · Where the Trains Turn · Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen; translated by Liisa Rantalaiho · na Tor.com November 19 2014 translated from the Finnish (“Missä junat kääntyvät”, 2000). 643 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms 653 · About the Translators · [uncredited] · ms