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The Alchemy of Stars: Rhysling Award Winners Showcase ed. Roger Dutcher & Mike Allen (Science Fiction Poetry Association, July 2005, 0-8095-1162-2, $15.00, 170pp, tp, an, cover by Tim Mullins)     Anthology of 62 poems that won the Rhysling Award from 1978 to 2004. Foreword by Robert Dutcher, introduction by Jane Yolen, afterword by Suzette Haden Elgin, and historical essay by Robert Frazier. 11 · Foreword · Roger Dutcher · fw 13 · Introduction · Jane Yolen · in 15 · Alchemical Post-Its: A Rhysling Primer · Robert Frazier · ar · The Rhysling Winners · 1978 · Long Poem Winner 24 · The Computer Iterates the Greater Trumps · Gene Wolfe · pm Speculative Poetry Review #2, 1977 · Short Poem Winners 27 · The Starman · Duane Ackerson · pm Cthulhu Calls October 1976 28 · Corruption of Metals · Sonya Dorman · pm 2076: The American Tricentennial ed. Edward Bryant, Pyramid, 1977 29 · Asleep in the Arms of Mother Night · Andrew Joron · pm Speculative Poetry Review #2, 1977 · 1979 · Long Poem Winner 31 · For the Lady of a Physicist · Michael Bishop · pm Black Holes ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Orbit, 1978 · Short Poem Winners 33 · Fatalities · Duane Ackerson · pm The Eggplant & Other Absurditites by Duane Ackerson, Confluence Press, 1978 34 · Storybooks and Treasure Maps · Steve Eng · pm Equinox #4, Summer 1977, as by John Bredon · 1980 · Long Poem Winner 35 · The Sonic Flowerfall of Primes · Andrew Joron · pm New Worlds #216, September 1979 · Short Poem Winners 39 · Encased in the Amber of Eternity · Robert Frazier · pm Thor’s Hammer ed. Reginald Bretnor, Ace, 1979 40 · The Migration of Darkness · Peter Payack · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1979 · 1981 · Short Poem Winner 41 · Meeting Place · Ken Duffin · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1980 · 1982 · Long Poem Winner 42 · The Well of Baln · Ursula K. Le Guin · gp Hard Words and Other Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, 1981 _42 · Count Baln · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm Hard Words and Other Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, 1981 _42 · Baln’s Wife · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm Hard Words and Other Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, 1981 _42 · Baln’s Daughter · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm Hard Words and Other Poems by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, 1981 · Short Poem Winner 44 · On the Speed of Sight · Raymond DiZazzo · pm Uranus #3, 1981 · 1983 · Long Poem Winner 45 · Your Time and You: A Neoprole’s Dating Guide · Adam Cornford · pm Velocities #1, Summer 1982 · Short Poem Winner 47 · In Computers · Alan P. Lightman · pm Science 82 June 1982 · 1984 · Long Poem Winner 48 · Saul’s Death: Two Sestinas · Joe W. Haldeman · pm There Will Be War ed. Jerry E. Pournelle & John F. Carr, Tor, 1983 · Short Poem Winner 51 · Two Sonnets · Helen Ehrlich · pm Science 83 May 1983 · 1985 · Long Poem Winner 52 · A Letter from Caroline Herschel · Siv Cedering · pm Science 84 June 1984 · Short Poem Winner 54 · For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets · Bruce Boston · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1984 · 1986 · Long Poem Winner 55 · Shipwrecked on Destiny Five · Andrew Joron · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 · Short Poem Winner 58 · The Neighbor’s Wife · Susan Palwick · pm Amazing Science Fiction Stories July 1985 · 1987 · Long Poem Winner 59 · Daedalus · W. Gregory Stewart · pm Star*Line November/December 1986 · Short Poem Winners 61 · Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope · Jonathan V. Post · pm Star*Line November/December 1986 62 · A Dream of Heredity · John Calvin Rezmerski · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #1, Fall 1986 · 1988 · Long Poem Winner 64 · White Trains · Lucius Shepard · pm Night Cry Spring 1987 · Short Poem Winners 69 · The Nightmare Collector · Bruce Boston · pm Night Cry Spring 1987 71 · Rocky Road to Hoe · Suzette Haden Elgin · pm Star*Line September/October 1987 · 1989 · Long Poem Winners 72 · In the Darkened Hours · Bruce Boston · pm The Nightmare Collector by Bruce Boston, 2AM, 1988 75 · Winter Solstice, Camelot Station · John M. Ford · pm Invitation to Camelot ed. Parke Godwin, Ace, 1988 · Short Poem Winner 80 · Salinity · Robert Frazier · pm The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 1988 · 1990 · Long Poem Winner 81 · dear spacemen · Patrick McKinnon · pm Vice Versa v4 #3, 1989 · Short Poem Winner 87 · Epitaph for Dreams · G. Sutton Breiding · pm Narcopolis & Other Poems ed. Peggy Nadramia, Hell's Kitchen Productions, 1989 · 1991 · Long Poem Winner 88 · The Aging Cryonicist in the Arms of His Mistress Contemplates the Survival of the Species While the Phoenix Is Consumed by Fire · David Memmott · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry October/December 1990 · Short Poem Winner 92 · Eighteen Years Old, October Eleventh · Joe Haldeman · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990 · 1992 · Long Poem Winner 93 · The Button, and What You Know · W. Gregory Stewart · ss Amazing Stories June 1991 · Short Poem Winner 101 · Song of the Martian Cricket · David Lunde · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1991 · 1993 · Long Poem Winner 102 · To Be from Earth · William J. Daciuk · pm Xizquil #7, July 1992 · Short Poem Winner 105 · Will · Jane Yolen · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spring 1992 · 1994 · Long Poem Winner 106 · Basement Flats: Redefining the Burgess Shale · W. Gregory Stewart & Robert Frazier · pm Air Fish ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer, Catseye Books, 1993 · Short Poem Winners 111 · Spacer’s Compass · Bruce Boston · pm Specula by Bruce Boston, Talisman, 1993 113 · Flight Is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over · Jeff VanderMeer · pm The Silver Web #9, Winter/Spring 1993 · 1995 · Long Poem Winner 115 · Pilot, Pilot · David Lunde · pm Star*Line November/December 1994 · Short Poem Winner 117 · Skin of Glass · Dan Raphael · pm The Kore #2, 1994 · 1996 · Long Poem Winner 119 · Variants of the Obsolete · Marge B. Simon · pm Xenophilia #9, 1994 · Short Poem Winner 124 · Future Present: A Lesson in Expectation · Bruce Boston · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1995 · 1997 · Long Poem Winner 125 · Spotting UFOs While Canning Tomatoes · Terry A. Garey · pm Serve It Forth ed. Anne McCaffrey & John Betancourt, Warner Aspect, 1996 · Short Poem Winner 128 · Day Omega · W. Gregory Stewart · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1996 · 1998 · Long Poem Winner 130 · Why Goldfish Shouldn’t Use Power Tools · Laurel Winter · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1997 · Short Poem Winner 132 · Explaining Frankenstein to His Mother [Frankenstein] · John Grey · pm Star*Line May/June 1997 · 1999 · Long Poem Winner 133 · Confessions of a Body Thief · Bruce Boston · pm Talisman, 1998 · Short Poem Winner 137 · egg horror poem · Laurel Winter · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1998 · 2000 · Long Poem Winner 139 · Christmas (after we all get time machines) · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1999 · Short Poem Winner 141 · Grimoire · Rebecca Marjesdatter · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #20, August 1999/April 2000 · 2001 · Long Poem Winner 142 · January Fires · Joe Haldeman · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2001 · Short Poem Winner 144 · My Wife Returns As She Would Have It · Bruce Boston · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2000 · 2002 · Long Poem Winner 145 · How to Make a Human · Lawrence Schimel · pm Half-Human ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic Press US, 2001 · Short Poem Winner 147 · We Die as Angels · William John Watkins · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2001 · 2003 · Long Poem Winners 148 · Epochs in Exile: A Fantasy Trilogy · Charles Saplak & Mike Allen · pp EOTU Ezine February 2002 152 · Matlacihuatl’s Gift · Sonya Taaffe · pm Dreams and Nightmares #63, September 2002 · Short Poem Winner 154 · Potherb Gardening · Ruth Berman · pm Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2002 · 2004 · Long Poem Winner 155 · Octavia Is Lost in the Hall of Masks · Theodora Goss · pm Mythic Delirium #8, Winter/Spring 2003 · Short Poem Winner 157 · Just Distance · Roger Dutcher · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #24, July 2003/July 2004 159 · Afterword · Suzette Haden Elgin · aw 162 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Tall Short Stories ed. Eric Duthie (Ace Star, 1960, K-113, 50¢, 352pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1959) anthology. 9 · Introduction · Eric Duthie · in · I. The Natural Liar 17 · A.V. Laider · Max Beerbohm · nv The Century Magazine June 1916 37 · A Funny Thing [Uncle Silas] · H. E. Bates · ss The Daily Express February 28 1938 42 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 · II. The Air of Truth 46 · Mrs. Jorkens [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss Cosmopolitan October 1930, as “The Mermaid’s Husband” 62 · The Misadventures of a Matrimonial Swindler · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932 translated from the Czech (“Príbeh snatkového podvodníka”, 1929). 69 · Entrance Fee · Alexander Woollcott · ss The New Yorker March 1 1930, as “Histoire de France, or Entrance Fee” 72 · Flurry at the Sheep Dog Trial · Eric Knight · ss (r) 77 · Astonished Father · Bernard Glemser · ss (r) 88 · The Woman in the Case · Anton Chekhov · ss (r) 94 · The Contraption · Rhys Davies · ss Printers’ Pie #1, 1950 103 · Song at Twilight · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker July 6 1946 108 · The Window · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) 114 · Idle Tears [Joseph Jorkens] · Lord Dunsany · ss The (London) Evening News February 6 1951 118 · The B.B.I. · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine February 1927 · III. The Wolf Strain: A Ferocious Pack 129 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935 140 · The Unicorn in the Garden · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker October 21 1939 141 · Fallen Star · John Collier · ss Fancies and Goodnights by John Collier, Doubleday, 1951 153 · Another American Tragedy · John Collier · ss The New Yorker June 1 1940 160 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch February 1955 165 · On Guard · Evelyn Waugh · ss Maclean’s March 15 1935 175 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) · IV. The Hyperbolist 188 · The Great French Duel · Mark Twain · ex (r) from A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company, 1880. 195 · Guest of the Redshields · Christina Stead · ss (r) 199 · The Background [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss Leinsters’ Magazine July 1910 202 · Pigs Is Pigs · Ellis Parker Butler · ss American Illustrated Magazine September 1905 211 · A Cross Action [Albert Haddock] · A. P. Herbert · ss Uncommon Law by A. P. Herbert, Methuen, 1935 216 · How the Brigadier Slew the Fox [Brigadier Gerard] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Cosmopolitan December 1899, as “The Crime of the Brigadier” 229 · The Awful Fate of Melpomenus Jones · Stephen Leacock · ss Literary Lapses by Stephen Leacock, Gazette, 1910 231 · Maxim’s at Fifty Thousand Feet · Art Buchwald · ss (r) 235 · The Golden Scilens · Sir John Squire · ss The Grub Street Nights Entertainment by J. C. Squire, Hodder, 1924 · V. Science Fiction Surpassed 247 · The Vanishing Man · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 250 · No Strings Attached [Marionettes, Inc.] · Ray Bradbury · ss Startling Stories March 1949, as “Marionettes, Inc.” 258 · Elixir of Love · C. S. Forester · ss Bluebook October 1954, as “Macnamara’s Exhilarating Elixir” 266 · Do Insects Think? · Robert Benchley · ss (r) 267 · The Truth About Pyecraft · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine April 1903 277 · God and the Machine · Nigel Balchin · ss 1951 · VI. Life the Great Tall Story 288 · I’ll Always Call You Schnorrer, My African Explorer · S. J. Perelman · ss (r) 296 · The Extraordinary Cabman · G. K. Chesterton · ss (r) 299 · The Perfect Game · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News August 11 1906 303 · The Rightful Heir · Archibald Marshall · ss (r) 306 · The Bus · Archibald Marshall · ss (r) 309 · The Man with the Heart in the Highlands · William Saroyan · ss The Evening Standard June 19 1937 · VII. Upside Down-Inside Out 317 · The Carmanship of Godfrey Plaste · Stephen Potter · ss (r) 322 · Quigley 873 · Frank Sullivan · ss The New Yorker December 29 1951 328 · The Honest Man and the Devil · Hilaire Belloc · ss (r) 333 · Mr. Havlena’s Verdict · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver · ss Tales from Two Pockets by Karel Capek, tr. Paul Selver, Faber and Faber, 1932 translated from the Czech (“Soud pana Havleny”, 1929). 339 · If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox · James Thurber · vi The New Yorker December 6 1930 342 · Love Is a Fallacy · Max Shulman · ss Cosmopolitan June 1951