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Wild Thyme, Green Magic by Jack Vance (Subterranean Press, June 2009, 978-1-59606-226-9, $40.00, 354pp, hc, co, cover by Tom Kidd) [edited by Jonathan Strahan & Terry Dowling]     Collection of 12 stories (one actually an outline); story afterwards by Vance are taken from an interview by Jack Rawlins published in 1986. There is a biography and “A Different View of Jack Vance” by Norma Vance. Edited and with an introduction by Terry Dowling & Jonathan Strahan. A signed, lettered edition of 26 ($300.00) is also available. 11 · Introduction · Terry Dowling & Jonathan Strahan · in 17 · Assault on a City · Jack Vance · nv Universe 4 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974 61 · Green Magic · Jack Vance · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1963 73 · The World-Thinker · Jack Vance · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Summer 1945 97 · The Augmented Agent · Jack Vance · nv Amazing Stories October 1961, as “I-C-a-BeM” 133 · Coup de Grace [Magnus Ridolph] · Jack Vance · nv Super-Science Fiction February 1958, as “Worlds of Origin” 153 · Chateau d’If · Jack Vance · na Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1950, as “New Bodies for Old” 209 · The Potters of Firsk · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1950 225 · The Seventeen Virgins [Cugel; Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1974 249 · Ullward’s Retreat · Jack Vance · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1958 271 · Seven Exits from Bocz · Jack Vance · ss Rhodomagnetic Digest v4 #2, 1952 281 · Wild Thyme and Violets · Jack Vance · uw Wild Thyme and Violets by Jack Vance, The Vance Integral Edition, 2005 unfinished gothic novel. 295 · Rumfuddle · Jack Vance · nv Three Trips in Time and Space ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, 1973 345 · A Different View of Jack Vance · Norma Vance · ar Cosmopolis August 2003 [Ref. Jack Vance] 351 · A Jack Vance Biography · Norma Vance · ar Cosmopolis July 2002 [Ref. Jack Vance]

Black Moon by Seabury Quinn ed. George A. Vanderburgh--- see under Seabury Quinn.

The Dark Angel by Seabury Quinn ed. George A. Vanderburgh--- see under Seabury Quinn.

The Devil’s Rosary by Seabury Quinn ed. George A. Vanderburgh--- see under Seabury Quinn.

The Horror on the Links by Seabury Quinn ed. George A. Vanderburgh--- see under Seabury Quinn.

A Rival from the Grave by Seabury Quinn ed. George A. Vanderburgh--- see under Seabury Quinn.

The Fools’ Parade by John W. Vandercook (Harper & Brothers, 1930, hc, co)     Details taken from online listing. · The Fools’ Parade · John W. Vandercook · ss · Djombé River · John W. Vandercook · nv Harper’s Magazine February 1930 (+1) · Funk · John W. Vandercook · nv Harper’s Magazine September 1929 · A Man of Africa · John W. Vandercook · ss · Black Man Trouble · John W. Vandercook · ss

Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft & Steve Berman (Lethe Press, November 2011, 978-1-59021-396-4, $18.00, xii+272pp, tp, an, cover by Olena Vizerskaya)     Year’s best anthology of 12 lesbian stories from 2010. This is the first volume in a series named in honor of Joanna Russ. Introduction by Vanderhooft. Authors include Jewelle Gomez, Rachel Swirsky, and Ellen Kushner. Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · JoSelle Vanderhooft · in 1 · Ghost of a Horse Under a Chandelier · Georgina Bruce · ss Strange Horizons August 9 2010 15 · Storyville 1910 [Gilda] · Jewelle Gomez · nv Saints+Sinners 2010 by ed.Amie M. Evans & Paul J. Willis, Queer Mojo Press, 2010 45 · Her Heart Would Surely Break in Two · Michelle Labbé · ss Cabinet des Fées (online) January 14 2010 49 · Black Eyed Susan · Tanith Lee · nv Disturbed by Her Song by Tanith Lee, Lethe Press, 2010, as by Esther Garber 79 · Thimbleriggery and Fledglings · Steve Berman · nv The Beastly Bride ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2010 101 · The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window · Rachel Swirsky · na Subterranean (online) Summer 2010 157 · The Children of Cadmus · Ellen Kushner · ss The Beastly Bride ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2010 171 · The Guest · Zen Cho · ss Expanded Horizons #24, November 2010 183 · Rabbits · Csilla Kleinheincz · ss Expanded Horizons #24, November 2010 translated from the Hungarian (“Nyulak”, Roham No. 10, 2006). 199 · The Egyptian Cat · Catherine Lundoff · nv Tales of the Unanticipated #30, April 2010 223 · World War III Doesn’t Last Long · Nora Olsen · ss Collective Fallout July 10 2010 235 · The Effluent Engine · N. K. Jemisin · nv Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft, Torquere Press, 2011

Hellebore & Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft & Catherine Lundoff--- see under Catherine Lundoff.

Steam-Powered: Lesbian Steampunk Stories ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft (Torquere Press, January 2011, 978-1-61040-150-0, $13.95, 378pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · Steel Rider · Rachel Manija Brown · ss · Sleepless, Burning Life · Mike Allen · ss · The Effluent Engine · N. K. Jemisin · nv · Brilliant · Georgina Bruce · ss · Owl Song · D. L. MacInnes · ss · Where the Ocean Meets the Sky · Sara M. Harvey · ss · Suffer Water · Beth Wodzinski · ss · Truth and Life · Shira Lipkin · ss · The Hands That Feed · Matthew Kressel · ss · Love in the Time of Airships · Meredith Holmes · ss · Under the Dome · Teresa Wymore · ss · Clockwork and Music · Tara Sommers · ss · Copper for a Trickster · Mikki Kendall · ss · The Padishah Begum’s Reflections · Shweta Narayan · ss · To Follow the Waves · Amal El-Mohtar · ss

Avatars Inc. ed. Ann VanderMeer (XPRIZE, 2020, ebook, oa)     Details taken from online listing. · In the Lands of the Spill · Aliette de Bodard · ss · Two Watersheds · Kelly Robson · ss · Thirty-Three · Tade Thompson · ss · Porcelain Claws in Cinnamon Earth · Madeline Ashby · ss · Life in Achar · Anya Ow · ss · What I Want Us to Remember Before We Leave · Bryce Banks · ss · Honeysuckle · Rhianna Jones · ss · A Mountain to Climb · Julie Novakova · ss · Bounty · Charles Yu · ss · Harmony · Dr. Harry Kloor · ss · Overburden · K. Chess · ss · The Ulgrieb Case · Jeffrey Ford · ss · Behold the Deep Never Seen · Merc Fenn Wolfmoor · ss · The Search for “Flight X” · J. Y. Yang · ss · The Final Performance of the Amazing Ralphie · Pat Cadigan · ss · Neuro-Dancer · Tom Sweterlitsch · ss · Uma · Ken Liu · ss · Banding · Julianna Baggott · ss · Robot and Girl with Flowers · Paul McAuley · ss · Waiting for Amelia · Robert Reed · ss · Incarnate · Indrapramit Das · ss · A Bird Does Not Sing Because It Has an Answer · Johanna Sinisalo · ss · Oannes, From the Flood · Adrian Tchaikovsky · ss · At the End of a Most Perfect Day · Nino Cipri · ss · Elsewhere · James S. A. Corey · ss · La Mer Donne · Sarah Pinsker · ss · Add Oil · S. L. Huang · ss

Best American Fantasy ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (Wildside Press/Prime Books, June 2007, 978-0-8095-6280-0, $14.95, 459pp, tp, an, cover by Scott Eagle)     Anthology of 29 stories from 2006, the first in an annual series dedicated to finding stories of diverse styles and source publications. This has a preface by series editor Matthew Cheney, and an introduction by this volume’s editors. 7 · Preface · Matthew Cheney · pr 11 · Introduction · Ann & Jeff VanderMeer · in 17 · A Hard Truth About Waste Management · Sumanth Prabhaker · ss Identity Theory August 30 2006 25 · The Stolen Father · Eric Roc · ss Redivider v4 #1, 2006 39 · The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand, M Press, 2006; given as “The Saffron Gatherer” in the Table of Contents. 59 · The Whipping · Julia Elliott · ss Georgia Review Summer 2006 75 · A Better Angel · Chris Adrian · ss The New Yorker April 3 2006 95 · Draco Campestris · Sarah Monette · ss Strange Horizons August 7 2006 105 · Geese · Daniel Coudriet · vi Mississippi Review Fall 2006 106 · The Chinese Boy · Ann Stapleton · nv Alaska Quarterly Review Fall/Winter 2006 131 · The Flying Woman · Meghan McCarron · ss Strange Horizons March 20 2006 139 · First Kisses from Beyond the Grave · Nik Houser · na Gargoyle 51, Paycock Press, 2006 187 · Song of the Selkie · Gina Ochsner · ss Tin House Fall 2006 205 · A Troop [sic] of Baboons · Tyler Smith · ss Pindeldyboz (online) October 11 2006 210 · Pieces of Scheherazade · Nicole Kornher-Stace · ss Zahir #9, Spring 2006 224 · Origin Story · Kelly Link · nv A Public Space Spring 2006 251 · An Experiment in Governance · E. M. Schorb · vi Mississippi Review Fall 2006 252 · The Next Corpse Collector · Ramola D · nv Green Mountains Review Summer 2006 277 · Village of Ardakmoktan · Nicole Derr · ss Pindeldyboz (online) February 8 2006 282 · The Man Who Married a Tree · Tony D’Souza · ss McSweeney’s #20, 2006 300 · A Fable with Slips of White Paper Spilling from the Pockets · Kevin Brockmeier · ss Oxford American #55, Winter 2006 308 · Pregnant · Catherine Zeidler · ss Hobart #6, 2006 318 · The Warehouse of Saints · Robin Hemley · ss Ninth Letter Spring/Summer 2006 331 · The Ledge · Austin Bunn · nv One Story #68, January 10 2006 353 · Lazy Taekos · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2006 363 · For the Love of Paul Bunyan · Fritz Swanson · ss Pindeldyboz (online) May 3 2006 366 · An Accounting · Brian Evenson · ss ParaSpheres ed. Ken Keegan & Rusty Morrison, Omnidawn Publishing, 2006 379 · Abraham Lincoln Has Been Shot · Daniel Alarcón · ss Zoetrope: All-Story Fall 2006 388 · Bit Forgive · Maile Chapman · ss A Public Space #2, Fall 2006 407 · The End of Narrative (1-29; or 29-1) · Peter LaSalle · nv The Southern Review Summer 2006 435 · Kiss · Melora Wolff · vi The Southern Review Summer 2006 437 · Contributor Notes · [uncredited] · bg 446 · Recommended Reading · [uncredited] · bi 449 · Publications Received · [uncredited] · ms

Best American Fantasy 2 ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer (Prime Books, November 15, 2008, 978-0-8095-7325-7, $14.95, 347pp, tp, an, cover by Oliver Wetter)     Anthology of 19 stories from 2007, the second in an annual series dedicated to finding stories of diverse styles and source publications. Authors include Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Jeffrey Ford, and Kelly Link. Preface by series editor Matthew Cheney; introduction by the VanderMeers. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Preface · Matthew Cheney · pr 11 · Introduction · Ann & Jeff VanderMeer · in 15 · Bufo Rex · Erik Amundsen · ss Weird Tales November/December 2007 23 · The Seven Deadly Hotels · Bruce Holland Rogers · nv 55 · The Revisionist · Miranda Mellis · ex Harper’s Magazine June 2007 63 · The Ruby Incomparable [Lord Ermenwyr] · Kage Baker · ss Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 83 · Interval · Aimee Bender · ss Conjunctions #48, Spring 2007 93 · Memoir of a Deer Woman · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2007 105 · In the Middle of the Woods · Christian Moody · ss The Cincinnati Review Summer 2007 117 · Story with Advice II: Back from the Dead · Rick Moody · ss Mississippi Review Fall 2007 133 · Logorrhea · Michelle Richmond · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 151 · Ave Maria · Micaela Morrissette · ss Conjunctions #49, Fall 2007 173 · Chainsaw on Hand · Deborah Coates · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2007 191 · The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French · Peter S. Beagle · ss Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007 211 · Minus, His Heart · Jedediah Berry · ss Chicago Review Autumn 2007 225 · Abroad · Judy Budnitz · ss Tin House Fall 2007 241 · Mario’s Three Lives · Matt Bell · ss Barrelhouse #4, 2007 245 · The Naming of the Islands · David Hollander · ss McSweeney’s #25, 2007 259 · The Drowned Life · Jeffrey Ford · nv Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007 285 · Light · Kelly Link · nv Tin House Fall 2007 323 · How the World Became Quiet: A Post-Human Creation Myth · Rachel Swirsky · ss Electric Velocipede #13, Fall 2007

The Bestiary ed. Ann VanderMeer (Centipede Press, December 2015, 978-1-61347-133-3, $150.00, 279pp, hc, oa, cover by Ivica Stevanovic)     Although dated December 2015, the book didn’t ship until late February/early March 2016. Miéville’s story name does not have a dot at the end in the Contents. The name contains empty characters (looks like a tabulation) after “The ” and before the dot in the book title. Details taken from online listing. 7 · A Brief Hideous Overview of the Decline of the Bestiary and Western Civilization · Jeff VanderMeer · in 13 · The Ampersand · Karin Lowachee · ss 21 · Auricle · Gio Clairval · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic; given as “The Auricle” in the Table of Contents. 32 · Bartleby’s Typewriter · Corey Redekop · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 42 · The Counsellor Crow · Karen Lord · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 52 · The Daydreamer by Proxy · Dexter Palmer · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 63 · Enkantong-bato · Dean Francis Alfar · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 71 · The Figmon · Michael Cisco · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 80 · Guest · Brian Conn · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 89 · Hadrian’s Sparrikan · Stephen Graham Jones · ss 99 · Ible · Brian Evenson · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 106 · Jason Bug · Joseph Nigg · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 113 · The Karmantid · Karen Heuler · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 119 · Of the Liwat’ang Yawa, the Litok-litok and Their Prey · Rochita Loenen-Ruiz · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic; given as “The Liwat’ang Yawa and the Litok-litok” in the Table of Contents. 129 · Mosquito Boy · Felix Gilman · ss Rich & Rare ed. Paul Collins, Ford Street Publishing, 2015 139 · Nothus Barathruma (Homo sapiens sapiens +) · Reza Negarestani · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic; given as “Nolus Barathruma” in the Table of Contents. 147 · Orsinus Liborum · Catherynne M. Valente · ss 155 · Pyret · Karin Tidbeck · nv Jagannath: Stories by Karin Tidbeck, Cheeky Frawg Books, 2012 177 · Quintus · Michal Ajvaz · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 186 · Rapacis X. Loco Signa · Lisa L. Hannett · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 196 · Snafu · Micaela Morrissette · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 205 · Tongues of Moon / False Toads · Cat Rambo · ss; given as “Tongues of Moon Toad” in the Table of Contents. 210 · The Ugly-Nest Rat · Eric Schaller · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 218 · The Vanda · Rikki Ducornet · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 222 · Weialalaleia · Amal El-Mohtar · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 234 · The Xaratan · Rhys Hughes · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 246 · Yakshantariksh · Vandana Singh · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 255 · Zee · Richard Howard · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic 264 · [the invisible letter] · China Miéville · ss; illustrated by Ivica Stevanovic; the other stories illustrate the letters A-Z, Mieville’s has no title and represents “the invisible letter”.