Drabble II: Double Century ed. Rob Meades & David Wake (Beccon Publications, April 10, 1990, 1-870824-15-6, £5.00, 121pp, hc, oa, cover by Sylvia Starshine)
Second collection of one hundred drabbles (stories of exactly one hundred words) by authors such as Jonathan Carroll and Arthur C. Clarke, being sold in aid of charity. This edition contains an index to both volumes, and is limited to 1000 copies.
- 4 · Introduction · Rob Meades · in
- 5 · Drabble Rules: The One Hundred Word Variant · David B. Wake · in The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon, 1988
- 9 · Nascent · Stephen R. Ealey · vi
- 10 · Evolution · Gaynor Coules · vi
- 11 · From the Foam, Aphrodite · Jonathan Waite · vi
- 12 · An Entry in the Galactic Wildlife Encyclopedia, Copyright 2046 · Michael G. Coney · vi
- 13 · A Much Briefer History of Time · C. J. Cherryh · vi
- 14 · Endangered Species · Bruce Sterling · vi
- 15 · The Deadliest Game · Roger Zelazny · vi
- 16 · Colours · Liz Honeywill · vi
- 17 · Tapestry · Marion Edwards · vi
- 18 · With Apologies to Fredric Brown · David Symes · vi
- 19 · Consolidated Holdings in Church Takeover? · Peter Negus · vi
- 20 · General All Purpose Fairy Tale · Rachel Pollack · vi
- 21 · Ecology of the Dwarf Elf · Steve Jones · vi
- 22 · Rumours · F. Paul Wilson · vi
- 23 · Shapeshifters’ Duel · Ru Emerson · vi
- 24 · A Warning to All Those Who Think They Know Market Research Blindfolded · Suna Akiah · vi
- 25 · [untitled vignette] · Joe W. Haldeman · vi
- 26 · [untitled vignette] · Steve Davies · vi
- 27 · Out of the Fire Into the Frying Pan · Sue Beasley · vi
- 28 · Ambitions · Mary Gentle · vi
- 29 · The Wyvern’s Hoard · Kate Soley · vi
- 30 · The Dragon Woke and Stretched · Jane Yolen · vi
- 31 · Watershed · Anne Harcourt · vi
- 32 · The Adoptions · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi
- 33 · Nicholas Was… · Neil Gaiman · vi
- 34 · On Ordering a Gas Fire · Brenda McCallum · vi
- 35 · Sex Lives of Housewives · Jane Stableford · vi
- 36 · Desolation for a Day · Margaret Anstis · vi
- 37 · The Reunion · Violet C. Gowans · vi
- 38 · [untitled vignette] · Jonathan Carroll · vi
- 39 · Just the Way You Are · Tony Chester · vi
- 40 · Cordon Blues · Chris Bunt · vi
- 41 · Devil’s Food · Joan Aiken · vi
- 42 · Best Before · John Stewart · vi
- 43 · The Lovable Escort · D. M. Broomfield · vi
- 44 · The Tryst · Elizabeth Rothwell · vi
- 45 · The Mother’s Dream · Sarah LeFanu · vi
- 46 · A Genie’s Fondest Wish · Carol Shetler · vi
- 47 · If Wishes Were Horses · Helen McNabb · vi
- 48 · Poor Soul · Elsie W. K. Donald · vi
- 49 · The Family · Thelma Bradford · vi
- 50 · Radio Cats · John Sladek · vi
- 51 · Ten · Jennifer Gee · vi
- 52 · At the Third Stroke · Betty Dibb · vi
- 53 · The Night Has a Thousand Eyes · Steven J. Blyth · vi
- 54 · Aesthetics: An Objective View · Ken Mann · vi
- 55 · Turnabout Is Fare Paid · Christopher Fowler · vi
- 56 · How the Rebellion Came to a Shuddering Halt · Christopher Stasheff · vi
- 57 · Paradiso · Katherine M. Stableford · vi
- 58 · Inferno · Leo M. Stableford · vi
- 59 · Purgatorio · Brian M. Stableford · vi
- 60 · The Pet · Kathy Westhead · vi
- 61 · Only Family? · Winifred Wake · vi
- 62 · The Beta Syndrome · Cherry Wilder · vi
- 63 · Galimatias · Barrington J. Bayley · vi
- 64 · The Wish of the Conqueror · Steve Bull · vi
- 65 · Millennium Ends: Natural Generosity Entails Lawbreaker’s Escape · Peter T. Garratt · vi
- 66 · Goosechaser · John Lydecker · vi
- 67 · Action and Reaction · Fay Symes · vi
- 68 · Foresight · Michael Abbott · vi
- 69 · The Sadim Touch · Ian Watson · vi
- 70 · Word-Processor · Eve Devereux · vi
- 71 · Life Story · James Cawthorn · vi
- 72 · A Surprisingly Common Omission · David Langford · vi
- 73 · The Spaceshop · David S. Garnett · vi
- 74 · Ignis Fatuus · K. V. Bailey · vi
- 75 · Drink to the Good Old Days · Sydney J. Bounds · vi
- 76 · The Meaning of Life · Eric Brown · vi
- 77 · Colony · Ben Gribbin · vi
- 78 · Slow · Kenn Moyer · vi
- 79 · Incident on a Colonising Starship Where All Living Things Are in Suspended Animation… · James White · vi
- 80 · Whatever Happened to Mr. Spock · The Peace and Love Corporation · vi
- 81 · The First Impossible Mission · S. V. O’Jay · vi
- 82 · Death by Strangulation · Cecil Nurse · vi
- 83 · Be Prepared · Jim Steel · vi
- 84 · Tales from the “White Hart”, 1990: The Jet-Propelled Time Machine · Arthur C. Clarke · vi
- 85 · Casting Stones · Julie Grosvenor · vi
- 86 · Doctor Livingston, I Assume! · Colin P. Davies · vi
- 87 · Deja Vu · Dave Hardy · vi
- 88 · Found Inscribed on the Back of a Rather Dirty Postcard · Pauline E. Dungate · vi
- 89 · The Cage · Serena M. Evans · vi
- 90 · The Wild Girl · Charles de Lint · vi
- 91 · The Knight Orpheus · John Clute · vi
- 92 · Alex Calder’s Mobile Worlds. Interwaterfall Three: Spiral Arm Four · Abe Pirani · vi
- 93 · I Think, In Due Course, I Am · Frances Bonner · vi
- 94 · Around the Heart World in One Hundred Words · Maxim Jakubowski · vi
- 95 · The Trouble with Being a Woman · Jan Palmer · vi
- 96 · Complex Persecution · Angus McAllister · vi
- 97 · Fear · Nicholas Emmett · vi
- 98 · Hide and Seek · Bridget Wilkinson · vi
- 99 · Hide’n’Seek · Jennifer McGowan · vi
- 100 · TANSTAAFL · Brian Ameringen · vi
- 101 · TANSTAAFD (There Ain’t No Such Thing as a Free Drabble) · Dave Wood · vi
- 102 · The Science Fiction Writer Flicks Through the Advertisements in Search of Inspiration · Andy Sawyer · pm
- 103 · A Woman of Too Few Words · Catherine Lilley · vi
- 104 · BECCON Publications Cross-Over · Alison Scott · pm
- 105 · Hundredfold · Peter Heavyside · pm
- 106 · No, He Can’t Sue Me—He’s Dead, and So Are His Executors, and Their Executors · Dai Walters · pm
- 107 · If God Used One Hundred Words, Would We Have a Drabible? · Cardinal Cox · vi
- 108 · Countdown · Philip Vine · pm
- 111 · The History · [uncredited] · ms
- 118 · Composite Author Index · [uncredited] · ix
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