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Unidentified Funny Objects 4 ed. Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, October 15, 2015, 978-0-9884328-6-4, $15.99, 305pp, tp, oa, cover by Tomasz Maronski)
Original anthology of 23 humorous stories, two reprints. Authors include Esther Friesner, Tim Pratt, Piers Anthony, and Mike Resnick.
Details taken from online listing.

· The Time-Traveling Ghost Machine of Professor Jaime Pelligrosa · Andrew Kaye · ss

· Please Approve the Dissertation Research of Angtor · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss

· Match Game · Esther Friesner · ss

· The Transformation of Prince Humphrey · Brent C. Smith · ss

· In the End, You Get Clarity · Laura Pearlman · ss

· Project Disaster · Tim Pratt · ss

· Hello Hotel · Piers Anthony · ss

· Bob’s No-Kill Monster Shelter · Ian Creasey · ss

· Board Meeting Minutes · Oliver Buckram · ss

· Armed for You · Anaea Lay · ss

· The Unfortunate Problem of Grandmother’s Head · Karen Haber · ss

· My Mother Loves Her Robot More Than Me and I Feel Bad · Eric Kaplan · ss

· The Worm That Turned · Jody Lynn Nye · ss

· Department of Death Predictions, Final Notice · Tina Gower · ss

· Champions of Breakfast · Zach Shepard · ss

· Keeping Ahead [Lucifer Jones] · Mike Resnick · ss

· So You’ve Metamorphosed Into a Giant Insect. Now What? · James Aquilone · ss

· Confessions of an Interplanetary Art Fraud · Michael J. Martinez · ss

· Texts from My Mother About the Alien Invasion · Tina Connolly · ss

· Support Your Local Alien · Gini Koch · ss

· Conversation Topics to Avoid on a First Date with Yourself · Jonathan Ems · ss

· We Can Get Them for You Wholesale · Neil Gaiman · ss Knave (UK) v16 #7, 1984

· The Monkey Treatment · George R. R. Martin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1983

Unidentified Funny Objects 5 ed. Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, September 2016, 978-0-9884328-9-5, $15.99, 291pp, tp, oa, cover by Tomasz Maronski)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Alex Shvartsman · fw

· My Enemy, the Unicorn · Bill Ferris · ss

· The Trouble with Hairy · David Gerrold · ss

· B.U.M.P. in the Knight · Esther Friesner · ss

· If I Could Give This Time Machine Zero Stars, I Would · James Wesley Rogers · ss

· The Pi Files · Laura Resnick · ss

· Prophet Margins · Zach Shephard · ss

· The Deliverable · Shaenon K. Garrity · ss

· The Mayoral Stakes · Mike Resnick · ss

· Rude Mechanicals · Jody Lynn Nye · ss

· Kaylee the Huntress · Tim Pratt · ss

· Best Chef Season Three: Tau Ceti e · Caroline M. Yoachim · ss

· Won’t You Please Give One of These Species-Planets a Second Chance? · Nathan Hillstrom · ss

· Fantastic Coverage · Mitchell Shanklin · ss

· Mistaken Identity · Daniel J. Davis · ss

· Customer Service Hobgoblin · Paul R. Hardy · ss

· The Lesser of Two Evils · Shane Halbach · ss

· Appointment at Titlanitza · Fred Stesney · ss

· The Problem with Poofs · Gini Koch · ss

Unidentified Funny Objects 6 ed. Alex Shvartsman (UFO Publishing, October 10, 2017, 978-0-9992690-0-8, $15.99, 304pp, tp, oa, cover by Tomasz Maronski)
Original anthology of 18 humorous stories. Authors include David Gerrold, Esther Friesner, Jody Lynn Nye, and Tim Pratt.
Details taken from online listing.

· A Game of Goblins · Jim C. Hines · ss

· The Breakdown of Parasite/Host Relationship · Paul R. Hardy · ss

· From This She Makes a Living? · Esther Friesner · ss

· Twenty-Nine Responses to Inquiries About My Craigslist Post: Alien Spaceship for Sale $200, You Haul · Tina Connolly · ss

· Tyler the Snot Elemental Scours the Newspaper, Searching for Change · Zach Shephard · ss

· Agent of Chaos · Jack Campbell · ss

· Display of Affection · P. J. Sambeaux · ss

· The Great Manhattan Eat-Off · Mike Resnick · ss

· An Evil Opportunity Employer · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss

· Common Scents · Jody Lynn Nye · ss

· A Mountain Man and a Cat Walk Into a Bar · Alan Dean Foster · ss

· Lost and Found · Laura Resnick · ss

· A Crawlspace Full of Prizes · Bill Ferris · ss

· Return to Sender · Melissa Mead · ss

· The Friendly Necromancer · Rod M. Santos · ss

· An Open Letter to the Sentient AI Who Has Announced Its Intention to Take Over the Earth · Ken Liu · ss

· Approved Expense · David Vierling · ss

· Alexander Outland: Space Jockey · Gini Koch · ss

· Dear Joyce · Langley Hyde · ss

· Impress Me, Then We’ll Talk About the Money · Tatiana Ivanova · nv

Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights ed. Susan M. Shwartz (Avon, August 1988, 0-380-75319-7, $3.50, 258pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of Arabian Nights-type stories, with new work by Niven, Wolfe, Lee, Norton, etc. A quasi shared world book.

ix · Editor’s Note · Susan M. Shwartz · pr

1 · Tales Told at Ramadan · Susan M. Shwartz · si

6 · The Tale of the Djinni and the Sisters · Larry Niven · ss Argos #1, Winter 1988

20 · The Tale of the Rose and the Nightingale (And What Came of It) · Gene Wolfe · nv

42 · Foolish, Wicked, Clever and Kind · Tanith Lee · nv

73 · The Caravan’s Tales · Susan M. Shwartz · si

76 · Memoirs of a Bottle Djinni · Jane Yolen · ss

82 · An Eye for the Ladies · Esther M. Friesner · ss

101 · Truthseeker · Nancy Springer · ss

117 · Toward the Realm of Jade · Susan M. Shwartz · si

121 · The Dowry of the Rag Picker’s Daughter · Andre Norton · ss

136 · Kehailan · Judith Tarr · ss

155 · The Elephant In-Law · Elizabeth Ann Scarborough · ss

173 · Tales of the Mongol’s Guards · Susan M. Shwartz · si

177 · The King Who Was Summoned to Damascus · Melissa Scott · ss

196 · The Truthsayer · William R. Forstchen · ss

214 · The Banner of Kaviyan · Harry Turtledove · ss

233 · The Consolations of Philosophy · Susan M. Shwartz · si

236 · The Lovesick Simurgh · M. J. Engh · ss

245 · Ramadan, Again · Susan M. Shwartz · aw

251 · To Learn More About the World of The Arabian Nights · Sandra Miesel · bi

255 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Arabesques 2 ed. Susan M. Shwartz (Avon, July 1989, 0-380-75570-X, $3.95, 370pp, pb, oa)
Original anthology of 16 stories, with framing material by Susan Shwartz. Second anthology of Arabian Nights-style stories Shwartz has edited.

1 · On Wings of Storm · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

5 · The Tale of the First Djinni · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

11 · The Djinn Who Watches Over the Accursed · Stephen R. Donaldson · nv World Tales ed. G. Randal Rau, 1985 World Fantasy Convention, 1985

33 · Tests of Wit and Law · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

35 · The Wishing Game · Larry Niven · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction May/June 1989

49 · Curse of the Three Demons · Harry Turtledove · nv

75 · The Tale of the Four Accused · Gene Wolfe · ss

87 · The Tale of the Second Djinni · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

89 · The Three Brides of Hamid-Dar · Tanith Lee · ss

107 · Tests of Illusion · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

110 · The Houri’s Mirror · Esther M. Friesner · nv

135 · Ali Achman and the City of Illusion · Ru Emerson · nv

160 · Al-Ghazalah · Judith Tarr · nv

189 · The Scorpion · Nancy Springer · ss

203 · Tests of Truth · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

208 · The Peri, the Roc, and the Undergrooms · M. J. Engh · ss

227 · The Merchant · Melissa Scott · nv

248 · Beyond the Golden Road · Charles Sheffield · nv

275 · The Ruse That Failed · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

279 · The Tale of the Third Djinni · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

281 · The Tale of Sinbad and the Mid-Day Demon · Marvin Kaye · ss

291 · Tests of Love · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

293 · Feather of the Phoenix · Katharine Eliska Kimbriel · nv

326 · The Soul of a Poet · Cherry Wilder · ss

338 · The Flower Princess · Diana L. Paxson · nv

365 · Epilogue: Dawn Songs · Susan M. Shwartz · ms

371 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Hecate’s Cauldron ed. Susan M. Shwartz (DAW, February 1982, 0-87997-705-1, $2.95, 256pp, pb, oa)
13 new stories about witches.

7 · Seasons of the Witch · Susan M. Shwartz · in

13 · Boris Chernevsky’s Hands · Jane Yolen · ss

22 · Mirage and Magia · Tanith Lee · ss

40 · Willow · C. J. Cherryh · nv

62 · Moon Mirror · Andre Norton · ss

76 · The Sage of Theare [Chrestomanci] · Diana Wynne Jones · nv

102 · The Harmonious Battle · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss

118 · Science Is Magic Spelled Backwards · Jacqueline Lichtenberg · ss

135 · An Act of Faith · Galad Elflandsson · nv

156 · Witch Fulfillment · Jean Lorrah · ss

173 · Ishigbi · Charles R. Saunders · ss

190 · Bethane [Deryni] · Katherine Kurtz · ss

207 · The Riddle of Hekaitë · Diana L. Paxson · ss

223 · Reunion · Jayge Carr · nv

252 · Bibliography · Susan M. Shwartz · bi

Moonsinger’s Friends ed. Susan M. Shwartz (Bluejay, June 1985, 0-312-94325-3, $16.95, 342pp, hc, oa)
Original anthology of fantasy stories dedicated to Andre Norton. Also available in a trade paperback edition (0-312-94326-1, $8.95).

1 · Andre Norton: Beyond the Siege Perilous · Susan M. Shwartz · in

16 · Sea Wrack [Lythande; Thieves’ World] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv

42 · Lior and the Sea · Diane Duane · nv

74 · The Pale Girl, the Dark Mage, and the Green Sea · Tanith Lee · ss

80 · The Forest · Poul Anderson · nv

112 · The Shadow Hart · Sandra Miesel · ss

122 · The Woman Who Loved Reindeer · Meredith Ann Pierce · nv

157 · The Price of Lightning · Jayge Carr · nv

183 · Bright-Eyed Black Pony · Nancy Springer · ss

201 · A Flock of Geese · Anne McCaffrey · ss

217 · Of Law and Magic · C. J. Cherryh · nv

246 · Team Venture · Jo Clayton · nv

278 · Sky Sister · Diana L. Paxson · ss

298 · Defender of the Faith · Judith Tarr · ss

314 · Catalyst [Deryni] · Katherine Kurtz · ss

327 · The Foxwife · Jane Yolen · ss World Fantasy Convention, 1984 ed. Charles de Lint, Triskell Press, 1984

336 · An Open Letter to Andre Norton · Joan D. Vinge · ms

Sisters in Fantasy ed. Susan Shwartz & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc, June 1995, 0-451-45292-5, $4.99, 310pp, pb, oa, cover by Mel Odom)
Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories about heroic women. Authors include Andre Norton, Lisa Goldstein, Nancy Kress, and Katharine Kerr. The introduction by Susan Shwartz discusses the need to dispel the stereotype of the Female Fantasy Writer as a writer of “elfy-welfy” stuff.

ix · The Women Whose Work We See—An Opossum’s-Eye View of Fantasy · Susan Shwartz · in

1 · Women’s Stories · Jane Yolen · pm

3 · Hallah’s Choice · Jo Clayton · nv

34 · Wayfinder · Janny Wurts · nv That Way Lies Camelot by Janny Wurts, HarperCollins UK, 1994

67 · The Way Wind · Andre Norton · nv

105 · Healer · Josepha Sherman · ss

117 · No Refunds · Phyllis Eisenstein · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1994

137 · Firstborn, Seaborn · Sheila Finch · ss

151 · A Game of Cards · Lisa Goldstein · ss Travellers in Magic by Lisa Goldstein, Tor, 1994

168 · Courting Rites · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss

183 · Felixity · Tanith Lee · nv

207 · Horse of Her Dreams · Elizabeth Moon · nv

228 · Unto the Daughters · Nancy Kress · ss

239 · Babbitt’s Daughter · Phyllis Ann Karr · nv

264 · Remedia Armoris · Judith Tarr · nv

287 · The Bargain · Katharine Kerr · nv

Sisters in Fantasy 2 ed. Susan Shwartz & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc, April 1996, 0-451-45503-7, $5.99, 348pp, pb, oa, cover by Mel Odom)
Original anthology of 23 fantasy stories by women writers. Authors include Mercedes Lackey, Rebecca Ore, and Patricia McKillip.

xi · Introduction · Susan Shwartz · in

17 · Wonder Land · Jane Yolen · vi

20 · Shahrezad · Ellen Guon · ss

33 · This Fair Gift · Pamela Dean · na

80 · Dumping Ra · Sharan Newman · ss

89 · Kneeling at His Side · Lois Tilton · ss

98 · Vashti and God · Valerie J. Freireich · ss

118 · Angel of the City · Susan Shwartz · ss

131 · Why Is This Night Different · Janni Lee Simner · ss

138 · Völsi · Diana L. Paxson · ss

154 · Stone Whorl, Flint Knife · Rebecca Ore · ss

166 · Horse Tracks · Rebecca Ore · ss

178 · The Witches of Junket · Patricia McKillip · nv

201 · Moonlight in Vermont · Esther Friesner · nv

224 · The Way Your Life Is · Nancy Springer · ss

230 · Bitterfoot · Gael Baudino · nv

251 · A Night at the J Street Bar · Susan Casper · ss

255 · Fuzz · Martha Soukup · ss Monochrome ed. Bryan Cholfin, Broken Mirrors Press, 1990

262 · Call Him by Name · Ru Emerson · ss

273 · Daria’s Window · Sherwood Smith · ss

293 · The Found and Lost Shop · Barbara Delaplace · ss

307 · Pyre · Lee Barwood · nv

330 · Coyote · Beth Meacham · ss

343 · Wet Wings · Mercedes Lackey · ss

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