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Under the Moons of Mars: New Adventures on Barsoom ed. John Joseph Adams (Simon & Schuster, February 2013, 978-1-4424-2030-4, $9.99, 350pp, tp, oa, cover by Mark Zug)
Reprint (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2012) YA anthology of 14 stories based on the Barsoom novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Wastelands ed. John Joseph Adams (Night Shade Books, January 2008, 978-1-59780-105-8, $15.95, 333pp, tp, an)
Anthology of 22 post-apocalyptic SF stories, one original. Authors include Stephen King, Orson Scott Card, Cory Doctorow, and Octavia E. Butler.

1 · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in

3 · The End of the Whole Mess · Stephen King · nv Omni October 1986

23 · Salvage [Deaver Teague] · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1986

39 · The People of Sand and Slag · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2004

55 · Bread and Bombs · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2003

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

67 · Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels · George R. R. Martin · nv Vertex December 1973

101 · Waiting for the Zephyr · Tibias S. Bucknell · ss Land/Space ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Judy McCrosky, Tesseract, 2002

107 · Never Despair · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1997

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

149 · The Last of the O-Forms · James Van Pelt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2002

161 · Still Life with Apocalypse · Richard Kadrey · vi Infinite Matrix May 29 2002

165 · Artie’s Angels · Catherine Wells · ss Realms of Fantasy December 2001

177 · Judgment Passed · Jerry Oltion · ss

197 · Mute · Gene Wolfe · ss World Horror Convention 2002 Program Book, 2002

207 · Inertia · Nancy Kress · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact January 1990

229 · And the Deep Blue Sea · Elizabeth Bear · ss Sci Fiction May 4 2005

245 · Speech Sounds · Octavia E. Butler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1983

257 · Killers · Carol Emshwiller · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006

267 · Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus · Neal Barrett, Jr. · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1988

283 · The End of the World As We Know It · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2004

297 · A Song Before Sunset · David Grigg · nv Beyond Tomorrow ed. Lee Harding, Wren, 1976

307 · Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack in the Kingdom of the Purple Flowers · John Langan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2007

329 · For Further Reading · John Joseph Adams · ms (r)

Wastelands ed. John Joseph Adams (Titan US, January 2015, 978-1783291489, $7.99, 591pp, pb, an)
Reprint (Night Shade Books 2008) anthology of 22 post-apocalyptic SF stories.

Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse ed. John Joseph Adams (Titan, February 27, 2015, 978-1-78329-150-2, £8.99, 524pp, tp, an)
Collection of 30 stories. Authors include Bacigalupi, Silverberg, Rucker, Beukes, McDevitt, Doctorow, Card, Brin, Lansdale, McHugh. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $14.95.

11 · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in

13 · The Tamarisk Hunter · Paolo Bacigalupi · ss High Country News June 26 2006

27 · Deep Blood Kettle · Hugh Howey · ss Lightspeed #35, April 2013

34 · Animal Husbandry · Seanan McGuire · ss Grants Pass ed. Jennifer Brozek & Amanda Pillar, Morrigan Books, 2009

48 · “…for a single yesterday” · George R. R. Martin · nv Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975

73 · Chislehurst Messiah · Lauren Beukes · ss Pandemonium: Stories of the Apocalypse ed. Anne C. Perry & Jared Shurin, Jurassic London, 2011

82 · Colliding Branes · Rudy Rucker & Bruce Sterling · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2009

104 · Ellie · Jack McDevitt · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1995

124 · Foundation [Razorland] · Ann Aguirre · ss Tor.com October 24 2012

137 · Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) · Cory Doctorow · nv Black Gate Summer 2002

163 · A Beginner’s Guide to Survival Before, During, and After the Apocalypse · Christopher Barzak · ss Before and Afterlives by Christopher Barzak, Lethe Press, 2013

169 · Wondrous Days · Genevieve Valentine · ss Apex Magazine #7, January 2010

180 · Dreams in Dust · D. Thomas Minton · ss Lightspeed #31, December 2012

186 · By Fools Like Me · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007

200 · Jimmy’s Roadside Café · Ramsey Shehadeh · ss Strange Horizons June 30 2008

213 · The Elephants of Poznan · Orson Scott Card · nv Galaxy Online January 2000
originally published in Polish (“Poznanskie slonie”, Nowa Fantastyka, May 1999).

236 · The Postman [Gordon Kranz] · David Brin · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1982

306 · When We Went to See the End of the World · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972

315 · The Revelation of Morgan Stern · Christie Yant · ss Shimmer #16, 2013

326 · Final Exam · Megan Arkenberg · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2012

340 · A Flock of Birds · James Van Pelt · nv Sci Fiction August 28 2002

361 · Patient Zero · Tananarive Due · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2000

379 · Soulless in His Sight · Milo James Fowler · ss Shimmer #15, 2012

389 · Outer Rims · Toiya Kristen Finley · ss Daily Science Fiction April 8 2011

400 · Advertising at the End of the World · Keffy R. M. Kehrli · ss Apex Magazine #3, September 2009

412 · How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth · Rachel Swirsky · ss Electric Velocipede #13, Fall 2007

421 · Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back · Joe R. Lansdale · nv Nukes ed. John Maclay, Maclay, 1986

439 · After the Apocalypse · Maureen F. McHugh · ss After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, Small Beer Press, 2011

458 · The Traditional · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss Lightspeed #36, May 2013

469 · Monstro · Junot Diaz · nv The New Yorker June 4/June 11 2012

491 · Biographical Fragments of the Life of Julian Prince · Jake Kerr · ss Lightspeed #34, March 2013

511 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Wastelands 2: More Stories of the Apocalypse ed. John Joseph Adams (Titan US, June 2016, 978-1783291519, $8.99, 682pp, pb, an)
Reprint (Titan 2015) anthology of 30 post-apocalyptic SF stories. ebook also available.

Wastelands: The New Apocalypse ed. John Joseph Adams (Titan, June 4, 2019, 978-1-78565-895-2, £8.99, 524pp, tp, an)
Details taken from online listing.

· Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in

· Bullet Point · Elizabeth Bear · ss

· The Red Thread · Sofia Samatar · ss Lightspeed #73, June 2016

· Expedition 83 · Wendy N. Wagner · ss

· The Last to Matter · Adam-Troy Castro · ss Lightspeed #100, September 2018

· Not This War, Not This World · Jonathan Maberry · ss

· Where Would You Be Now [The Bannerless Saga] · Carrie Vaughn · nv Tor.com February 7 2018

· The Elephants’ Crematorium · Timothy Mudie · ss Lightspeed #95, April 2018

· Bones of Gossamer · Hugh Howey · ss

· As Good As New · Charlie Jane Anders · ss Tor.com September 10 2014

· One Day Only · Tananarive Due · ss

· Black, Their Regalia · Darcie Little Badger · ss Fantasy Magazine #60, December 2016

· The Plague · Ken Liu · vi Nature #7449, May 16 2013

· Four Kittens · Jeremiah Tolbert · ss

· The Eyes of the Flood · Susan Jane Bigelow · ss Lightspeed #92, January 2018

· The Last Garden · Jack Skillingstead · nv Lightspeed #81, February 2017

· Through Sparks in Morning’s Dawn · Tobias S. Buckell · ss

· Cannibal Acts · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Boston Review Fall 2017

· Echo · Veronica Roth · ss

· Shooting the Apocalypse · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv The End Is Nigh ed. John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey, Broad Reach Publishing, 2014

· The Hungry Earth · Carmen Maria Machado · ss Mothership ed. Edward Austin Hall & Bill Campbell, Rosarium Publishing, 2013

· Last Chance · Nicole Kornher-Stace · nv Clarkesworld #130, July 2017

· A Series of Images from a Ruined City at the End of the World · Violet Allen · ss

· Come on Down · Meg Elison · ss

· Don’t Pack Hope · Emma Osborne · ss Nightmare #67, April 2018

· Polly Wanna Cracker? · Greg van Eekhout · ss

· Otherwise · Nisi Shawl · nv Brave New Love ed. Paula Guran, RP Teens, 2012

· And the Rest of Us Wait · Corinne Duyvis · nv Defying Doomsday ed. Tsana Dolichva & Holly Kench, Twelfth Planet Press, 2016

· The Last Child · Scott Sigler · ss

· So Sharp, So Bright, So Final · Seanan McGuire · ss

· Burn 3 · Kami Garcia · nv Shards & Ashes ed. Kelley Armstrong & Melissa Marr, Atom, 2013

· Snow · Dale Bailey · ss Nightmare #33, June 2015

· The Air Is Chalk · Richard Kadrey · ss

· The Future Is Blue [Garbagetown] · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Drowned Worlds ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2016

· Francisca Montoya’s Almanac of Things That Can Kill You · Shaenon K. Garrity · ss Lightspeed #47, April 2014

The Way of the Wizard ed. John Joseph Adams (Prime Books, November 18, 2010, 978-1-60701-232-0, $14.95, 477pp, tp, oa, cover by Scott Grimando)
Anthology of 32 stories, 18 original, about magic users. Authors with new stories include Nnedi Okorafor, Cinda Williams Chima, Jeffrey Ford, and T.A. Pratt.
Details taken from online listing.

7 · Introduction · John Joseph Adams · in

9 · In the Lost Lands · George R. R. Martin · ss Amazons II ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, DAW, 1982

24 · Family Tree · David Barr Kirtley · ss

43 · John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · ss The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury, 2006

52 · Wizard’s Apprentice · Delia Sherman · ss Troll’s Eye View ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2009

61 · The Sorcerer Minus · Jeffrey Ford · ss

69 · Life So Dear or Peace So Sweet · C. C. Finlay · nv

96 · Card Sharp [Card Sharp] · Rajan Khanna · ss

107 · So Deep That the Bottom Could Not Be Seen · Genevieve Valentine · ss

118 · The Go-Slow · Nnedi Okorafor · ss

134 · Too Fatal a Poison · Krista Hoeppner Leahy · ss

143 · Jamaica · Orson Scott Card · nv Wizards, Inc. ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Loren L. Coleman, DAW, 2007

163 · The Sorcerer’s Apprentice [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · nv Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2004

181 · The Secret of Calling Rabbits · Wendy N. Wagner · ss

193 · The Wizards of Perfil · Kelly Link · na Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006

225 · How to Sell the Ponti Bridge · Neil Gaiman · nv Imagine #24, March 1985

236 · The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories · Christie Yant · ss

248 · Winter Solstice · Mike Resnick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1991

259 · The Trader and the Slave · Cinda Williams Chima · ss

272 · Cerile and the Journeyer · Adam-Troy Castro · ss 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1995

278 · Counting the Shapes · Yoon Ha Lee · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2001

296 · Endgame · Lev Grossman · ss

307 · Street Wizard · Simon R. Green · ss

317 · Mommy Issues of the Dead · T. A. Pratt · ss

333 · One-Click Banishment · Jeremiah Tolbert · nv

350 · The Ereshkigal Working · Jonathan L. Howard · ss

365 · Feeding the Feral Children · David Farland · nv

386 · The Orange-Tree Sacrifice · Vylar Kaftan · ss

389 · Love Is the Spell That Casts Out Fear · Desirina Boskovich · ss

402 · El Regalo · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2006

433 · The Word of Unbinding [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination January 1964

440 · The Thirteen Texts of Arthyria · John R. Fultz · nv

459 · The Secret of the Blue Star [Lythande; Thieves’ World] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv Thieves’ World ed. Robert Lynn Asprin, Ace, 1979

What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre ed. John Joseph Adams & Douglas Cohen (Saga Press, November 1, 2016, 978-1-4814-3499-7, $26.99, xv+338+12pp, hc, oa, cover by Mike Mignola)
Original anthology of 20 horror stories. Authors include Laird Barron, Nancy Holder, and Tim Pratt. Introduction by Cohen. A trade paperback edition (-3493-5, $16.99) is also available.
Details taken from online listing.

xi · Introduction · Douglas Cohen · in

1 · Mobility · Laird Barron · ss

20 · Fossil Heart · Amanda Downum · ss Nightmare #47, August 2016

38 · Those Gaddam Cookies · Scott Sigler · ss

51 · The Sound of Her Laughter · Simon R. Green · ss

63 · Down in the Deep and the Dark · Desirina Boskovich · ss

83 · Only Unclench Your Hand · Isabel Yap · ss

99 · Little Widow · Maria Dahvana Headley · ss Nightmare #48, September 2016

118 · The Bad Hour · Christopher Golden · ss

134 · What Is Lost, What Is Given Away · John Langan · nv

155 · Now and Forever · D. Thomas Minton · ss

169 · #conollyhouse #weshouldntbehere · Seanan McGuire · nv

192 · The House That Love Built · Grady Hendrix · ss

206 · We All Make Sacrifices [Sam Hunter] · Jonathan Maberry · nv

230 · Ghost Pressure · Gemma Files · ss

242 · The Daughter Out of Darkness · Nancy Holder · ss

252 · Framing Mortensen · Adam-Troy Castro · ss

267 · The Catch · Terence Taylor · ss

283 · Hunters in the Wood · Tim Pratt · ss

294 · Whose Drowned Face Sleeps · An Owomoyela & Rachel Swirsky · nv Nightmare #46, July 2016

316 · Castleweep · Alan Dean Foster · nv

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