Worlds in Small ed. John Robert Colombo (Cacanadadada Press, June 1992, 0-921870-14-0, $12.95, 96pp, tp, an, cover by Alvin Jang)
Anthology of 104 minimalist excerpts, stories, and poems (most under 100 words, many under 20) including many by sf writers including Bradbury, Clarke, and Heinlein.
- 1 · Preface · John Robert Colombo · pr
- 27 · An Old Story, Not True · Robert A. Heinlein · ex from “Blowups Happen”, Astounding Science-Fiction September 1940
- 27 · Mona Lisa Meets Buddha · Spencer Holst · vi The Language of Cats and Other Stories by Spencer Holst, McCall Publishing Company, 1971
- 28 · Scare Tactics · F. J. Willett · vi Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine #5, Summer 1986/1987
- 28 · Logic Loop · Steven Paulsen · vi Aphelion Science Fiction Magazine #5, Summer 1986/1987
- 29 · So Passes an Ancient and Powerful Dynasty · [uncredited] · vi Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton, 1985
- 29 · Crime in the City · Frederick Forsyth · vi Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton, 1985
- 30 · Two Sides to Every Story · T. K. Dawber · vi Book of Mini-Sagas, Alan Sutton, 1985
- 30 · Who Dares Wins · N. M. Cooper · vi Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton, 1988
- 31 · Saturday Shopping · Diana Rigg · vi Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton, 1988
- 31 · Out of the Mouths of Babes? · Kathryn Clarke · vi Book of Mini-Sagas II, Alan Sutton, 1988
- 32 · Seeing Nobody [Alice] · Lewis Carroll · ex from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, 1865
- 32 · Strange Dream · Samuel Taylor Coleridge · ms The Medium, the Mystic, and the Physicist by Lawrence LeShan, Viking, 1974
- 33 · Zen Koan · [unknown author] · vi Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Random House, 1980
- 33 · Bahaudin · Idries Shah · vi Thinkers of the East by Idries Shah, Penguin, 1974
- 34 · Intellects [War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · ex from The War of the Worlds, Heinemann, 1898
- 34 · Shaggy Dog Story · [unknown author] · vi (r)
- 35 · Circular Story · [unknown author] · vi The Hodgepodge Book ed. Duncan Emrich, Four Winds, 1972
- 36 · What We Have Come To · Lord Dunsany · vi Fifty-One Tales by Lord Dunsany, Elkin Mathews, 1915
- 37 · Rejection Slip · K. W. MacAnn · vi 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Doubleday, 1978
- 38 · Minithriller · Nigel Morland · pm Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1982
- 39 · Very Well · Elizabeth Smart · vi The Assumption of the Rogues and Rascals by Elizabeth Smart, Cape/Polytantric, 1978
- 39 · Word Play · [unknown author] · pm Sally Go Round the Sun by Edith Fowke, McClelland & Stewart, 1969
- 40 · The Curious Incident [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex from “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”, The Strand Magazine December 1892
- 40 · untitled (“Finding my wife’s address book…”) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi Openings by Richard Kostelanetz, Ouroboros, 1989
- 41 · siseneG · Arthur C. Clarke · vi Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact May 1984
- 42 · My Account of How It Happened · [uncredited] · vi (r)
- 42 · Through a Night [Beagle] · A. E. van Vogt · ex from The Voyage of the Space Beagle, Simon & Schuster, 1950
- 43 · Relativity · A. H. Reginald Buller · pm Punch December 19 1923
- 43 · The Shortest Ghost Story · Julia Briggs · vi The Times Literary Supplement January 2 1981
- 44 · Dreaming · Chuang Tzu · vi 1926, as “Chuang Chu and the Butterfly”
- 44 · A Woman Alone with Her Soul · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · vi 1912
- 45 · Antigonish · Hughes Mearns · pm 1899
- 45 · Atomyriades · Piet Hein · pm Grooks by Piet Hein, Doubleday, 1969
- 46 · Unfinished Tail · [unknown author] · pm Sally Go Round the Sun by Edith Fowke, McClelland & Stewart, 1969
- 46 · Observe, a Flea · Jonathan Swift · pm from “On Poetry: A Rhapsody”, 1733
- 47 · What Song the Syrens Sang · Sir Thomas Browne · ms from “Urn-Burial”, 1658
- 47 · The Battle of Gettysburg · Praxiteles Swan · ms Brothers in Arms by William Broyles, Knopf, 1986
- 48 · The Giant Rat of Sumatra [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex from “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”, The Strand Magazine January 1924
- 48 · Ghost Story · Immanuel Kant; translated by J. H. Bernard · vi Critique of Judgment by Immanuel Kant, 1892
translated from the German (1790).
- 49 · Novel in Three Lines · Félix Fénéon; translated by Joan U. Halperin · vi Félix Fénéon, Aesthete and Anarchist by Félix Fénéon, Yale University Press, 1988
- 50 · P.S. · [uncredited] · ms Vicious Circles and Infinity by Patrick Hughes & George Brecht, Cape, 1976
- 50 · I Thought You Were Writing · Spencer Holst · vi Stories by Spencer Holst, Horizon Press, 1976
- 51 · Self-Referential Sentence · Douglas R. Hofstadter · ms Metamagical Themas by Douglas Hofstadter, Basic Books, 1985
- 51 · untitled (“0 1 2…”) · Richard Kostelanetz · ms 1989
- 52 · untitled (“Her bed had narrow wings…”) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi 1989
- 52 · Space Travel · Ray Bradbury · ex from The Martian Chronicles, Doubleday, 1950
- 53 · The Exile · Tristan Bernard · pl 1932
- 53 · Vietnam Story · [uncredited] · vi Dispatches by Michael Herr, Knopf, 1978
- 54 · Heraclitus’s Regret · Jorge Luís Borges · pm 1960
- 54 · Knock · Fredric Brown · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1948
- 56 · Epitaph for Sir Isaac Newton · Alexander Pope · pm ca. 1732
- 56 · The Taste of Space · A. J. M. Smith · pm Poems: New and Collected by A. J. M. Smith, Oxford University Press, 1967
- 57 · The Briefest of Hauntings · E. J. Bryant · vi The Times Literary Supplement February 6 1981
- 57 · Belief in Ghosts · T. E. D. Klein, uncredited · ex from “Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories”, as by Kurt Van Helsing, Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1981 (+3), as by Kurt Van Helsing
- 58 · Clerihew · Edmund Clerihew Bentley · pm 1891, as “Sir Humphry Davy”
- 58 · untitled (“I looked up from where I was lying…”) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi 1990
- 59 · Assiniboine Myth · Robert H. Lowie · vi 1909
- 59 · He That Is Nothing · Russell Edson · vi The Very Thing That Happens by Russell Edson, New Directions, 1964
- 60 · Pot-Shot · Ashleigh Brilliant · ms (r)
- 60 · A Perfect Sphere · Toby MacLennan · vi 1972
- 61 · The Year 2150 A.D. · Ray Bradbury · vi Shangri-La 1950
- 61 · Small Song · A. R. Ammons · pm (r)
- 62 · Children’s Rhyme · [unknown author] · pm (r)
- 62 · Cure for Hiccups · [uncredited] · ms (r)
- 63 · A Challenge in the Papers · Ivan Adamovic · vi (r)
- 63 · Stage Direction · Samuel Beckett · pl from Waiting for Godot, 1952
- 64 · The Spectator · José Zorrilla; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · pl Extraordinary Tales ed. Jorge Luis Borges & Adolfo Bioy Casares, Souvenir, 1973
translated from the Spanish (“El espectador” from Don Juan Tenorio, 1844).
- 64 · Circle · Eugène Ionesco · ms Vicious Circles and Infinity by Patrick Hughes & George Brecht, Cape, 1976
- 65 · Sign at the End of the Universe · Duane Ackerson · vi Alternities ed. David Gerrold, Dell, 1974
- 65 · Science Fiction for Telepaths · E. Michael Blake · vi 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Doubleday, 1978
- 66 · After the Battle · William Gass · ms On Being Blue by William Gass, David R. Godine, 1977
- 66 · The Shortest Science Fiction Love Story Ever Written · Jeffrey Renner · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1964
- 67 · The Sun · Anthony Burgess · vi New York Times Book Review February 5 1984
- 67 · Rhymes · Tony Augarde · pm The Oxford Guide to Word Games by Tony Augarde, Oxford University Press, 1984
- 68 · Antimatter · Martin Gardner · vi The Ambidexterous Universe by Martin Gardner, Basic Books, 1964
- 68 · The Perfect Minimalist Short Story · Stephen Reid · vi 1990
- 69 · Palindrome · Leigh Mercer · ms (r)
- 71 · Shortest Weird Tale Ever Written · T. E. D. Klein, uncredited · ex from “Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories”, as by Kurt Van Helsing, Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1981 (+3), as by Kurt Van Helsing
- 71 · Dream · Miguel de Unamuno · ms (r)
- 72 · Another Woman · Theodore Roethke · pm Straw for the Fire by Theodore Roethke, Doubleday, 1972
- 72 · Ships · Theodore Sturgeon · ex from “The Sky Was Full of Ships”, Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1947
- 73 · Being Dead · Tamsin Campbell · vi The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XI ed. Karl Edward Wagner, DAW, 1983
- 73 · The Shadow’s Song · Yvor Winters · pm Collected Poems by Yvor Winters, Alan Swallow, 1952
- 74 · Telegram · Al Horowitz · ms (r)
- 74 · The Cad · Arthur C. Clarke · ms Astounding Days by Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz, 1989
- 75 · Atomigeddon 2419 A.D. · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Vertex June 1973
- 75 · Cosmic Report Card: Earth · Forrest J Ackerman · vi Vertex June 1973
- 77 · The Liar Paradox · Epimenides · ms (r)
- 78 · Holocaust · Gregory Benford · ex from Across the Sea of Suns, Timescape Books, 1984
- 78 · Test · Samuel R. Delany · ex from “The Semiology of Silence”, Science-Fiction Studies July 1987
- 79 · The Shortest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told · Roger Deeley · vi Generation ed. David Gerrold, Dell, 1972
- 79 · Palindrome · [unknown author] · vi (r)
- 80 · untitled (“Shortest stories…”) · Richard Kostelanetz · vi 1990
- 80 · Lines Written on the Antiquity of Microbes · Strickland Gillilan · pm (r)
- 81 · A Short Story in Two Chapters · Robert L. Ripley · pm 1950
- 81 · One Question · Eli Siegel · pm 1925
- 82 · Christmas Card · [unknown author] · ms (r)
- 82 · Untitled · John Robert Colombo · pm
- 83 · Eyeye · Aram Saroyan · ms Aram Saroyan by Aram Saroyan, Random House, 1968
- 83 · The Ultimate One-Word First-Contact Story · Ian Watson · vi Alien Encounters ed. Jan Howard Finder, Taplinger, 1982
- 84 · One-Word Ghost Tale · T. E. D. Klein, uncredited · ex from “Dr. Van Helsing’s Handy Guide to Ghost Stories”, as by Kurt Van Helsing, Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1981 (+3), as by Kurt Van Helsing
- 84 · If Eve Had Failed to Conceive · Edward Wellen · vi Orbit 15 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974
- 85 · Why Booth Didn’t Kill Lincoln · Edward Wellen · vi Orbit 15 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974
- 86 · A Typical Terran’s Thought When Spoken to by an Alien from the Planet Quarn in Its Native Language · Daryl F. Mallett & Forrest J Ackerman · vi The ISFA Newsletter November 1990
- 93 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi
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