Writers of the Future Volume 33 – edited by David Farland

"Writers of the Future Volume 33" edited by David Farland.

“Writers of the Future Volume 33” edited by David Farland.


Title: Writers of the Future Volume 33
Series: Writers of the Future
Number in Series: 33 (thirty-three)
Editor(s): David Farland
Cover Artist: Larry Elmore
Interior Artist(s): Asher Ben Alpay, Hanna Al-Shaer, Larry Elmore, Yader Fonseca, David Furnal, Christopher Kiklowicz, Chan Ha Kim, Aituar Manas, Joshua Meehan, Michael Michera, Anthony Moravian, Jason Park, Rachel Quinlan, Ryan Richmond, Preston Stone
Language: English
Publisher: Galaxy Press
Published: April 2017
ISBN-10: 1619865297
ISBN-13: 9781619865297
Contents:
   “Moonlight One” by Stephen Lawson
   “The Armor Embrace” by Doug C. Souza
   “Envoy in the Ice” by Dustin Steinacker
   “Search for Research” essay by L. Ron Hubbard
   “The Devil’s Rescue” by L. Ron Hubbard
   “Tears for Shülna” by Andrew L. Roberts
   “The Drake Equation” by C.L. Kagmi
   “Acquisition” by Jake Marley
   “Obsidian Spire” by Molly Elizabeth Atkins
   “A Thousand or So Words of Wisdom” essay by Anne McCaffrey
   “Gator” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “A Glowing Heart” by Anton Rose
   “The Long Dizzy Down” by Ziporah Hildebrandt
   “The Woodcutter’s Deity” by Walter Dinjos
   “How to Become an Illustrator” essay by Larry Elmore
   “The Dragon Killer’s Daughter” by Todd McCaffrey
   “Useless Magic” by Andrew Perry
   “Adramelech” by Sean Hazlett
   “The Fox, the Wolf, and the Dove” by Ville Meriläinen
   “The Magnificent Bhajan” by David VonAllmen
   “Notes on Art Direction: Is It Direction or Suggestion?” essay by Bob Eggleton

Decision Points – edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt

"Decision Points" edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.

“Decision Points” edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.


Title: Decision Points
Editor(s): Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Language: English
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: April 2016
ISBN-10: 1614754241
ISBN-13: 9781614754244
Contents:
   “Sisters” (Rot and Ruin) by Jonathan Maberry
   “Sankofa” by Nnedi Okorafor
   “The Prince of Artemis V” by Jennifer Brozek
   “Aftermaths” (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold
   “Driving a Bargain” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “My Father’s Eyes” by E.C. Myers
   “Like a Thief in the Light” by Alethea Kontis
   “Clockwork Fagin” by Cory Doctorow
   “Postcards” by Rebecca Moesta
   “The Outbreeders” by Robert Silverberg
   “Rivalry on the Sky Course” (Davi Rhii) by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
   “An Echo in the Shell” by Beth L. Cato
   “The Milky Way Dance Hall” by Lou Antonelli
   “Blood and Water” (Spark) by Kate Corcino
   “The Boy Who Yelled ‘Dragon'” by Mike Resnick
   “Newts” by Kevin J. Anderson
   “Babydoll” (Lightbringer) by K.D. McEntire
   “Shade” (Jumper) by Steven Gould
   “Granted” by Jody Lynn Nye
   “A War of Gifts” (Ender Universe) by Orson Scott Card

Spark – A Creative Anthology – Volume II – edited by Brian Lewis

"Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume II" edited by Brian Lewis.

“Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume II” edited by Brian Lewis.


Title: Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume II, July-August 2013
Series: Spark (anthology series)
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Andrew Blackman, Simon Bradley, James Burgin, Ashley Capes, Ellen Denton, Christine Edwards, Beatriz Fernandez, Sandy Hiortdahl, Alexis A. Hunter, Sarah Kravitz, Hunter Liguore, Daniel Pearlman, Richard King Perkins II, Jennifer Racek, Kate Raynes, Lisa Reeves, Cynthia Guenther Richardson, Robert J. Sawyer, Scott Skrabal, Michelle Soudier, Brandon Tietz, George Wells, Melissa Ziegler
Editor(s): Brian Lewis
Cover Artist: Charles King
Interior Artist(s): Paul Pederson
Language: English
Publisher: Empire & Great Jones Little Press
Published: July 2013
ISBN-10: 0988807254
ISBN-13: 9780988807259
ISSN: 2326-4772
Contents:
   “Foreward” by Brian Lewis
   “Perspective” by Michelle Soudier
   “Oh, How We Lived and Died There” poem by Kate Raynes
   “Ultimate Grand Supreme Super Sexy Baby” by Brandon Tietz
   “The Horse Race for Existence” poem by Scott Skrabal
   “Caught in Vagrante” by Daniel Pearlman
   “Alzheimer’s” poem by James Burgin
   “Patron Saint of the Lowlands” by George Wells
   “El Camino Cielo” by Sarah Kravitz
   “Spring Awakening” by Melissa Ziegler
   “Google Earth: Madison County” poem by Lisa Reeves
   “Me” by Hunter Liguore
   “Semi-Detatched” by Simon Bradley
   “Wiping Out” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “Somnus and the March Hare” by Ashley Capes
   “Getting on the Liver Transplant List” poem by Cynthia Guenther Richardson
   “Amulets” poem by Cynthia Guenther Richardson
   “Flames” by Andrew Blackman
   “The Shadow Attached to His Name” by Alexis A. Hunter
   “Monday ^ Erasure of” poem by Sandy Hiortdahl
   “The Barfly from Apartment Twenty-One” by Christine Edwards
   “The Confession” by Ellen Denton
   “The Point of No Return” poem by Beatriz Fernandez
   “The Library at the Center of the World” by Jennifer Racek
   “Translucent Paramours” poem by Richard King Perkins II

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – edited by John Joseph Adams

"The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" edited by John Joseph Adams.

“The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” edited by John Joseph Adams.


Title: The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Series: Sherlock Holmes
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Stephen Baxter, Anthony Burgess, Neil Gaiman, Dominic Green, Barbara Hambly, Edward D. Hoch, H. Paul Jeffers, Laurie R. King, Stephen King, Mary Robinette Kowal, Geoffrey A. Landis, Tim Lebbon, Tanith Lee, Sharyn McCrumb, Vonda N. McIntyre, Michael Moorcock, Amy Myers, Naomi Novik, Anne Perry, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Barbara Roden, Christopher Roden, Rob Rogers, Robert J. Sawyer, Darrell Schweitzer, Bradley H. Sinor, Peter Tremayne, Mark Valentine
Editor(s): John Joseph Adams
Cover Artist: David Palumbo
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: September 2009
ISBN-10: 1597801607
ISBN-13: 9781597801607
Contents:
   “A Sherlockiana Primer” by Christopher Roden
   “The Doctor’s Case” by Stephen King
   “The Horror of the Many Faces” by Tim Lebbon
   “The Case of the Bloodless Sock” by Anne Perry
   “The Adventure of the Other Detective” by Bradley H. Sinor
   “A Scandal in Montreal” by Edward D. Hoch
   “The Adventure of the Field Theorems” by Vonda N. McIntyre
   “The Adventure of the Death-Fetch” by Darrell Schweitzer
   “The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland” by Mary Robinette Kowal
   “The Adventure of the Mummy’s Curse” by H. Paul Jeffers
   “The Things That Shall Come Upon Them” by Barbara Roden
   “Murder to Music” by Anthony Burgess
   “The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor” by Stephen Baxter
   “Mrs Hudson’s Case” by Laurie R. King
   “The Singular Habits of Wasps” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “The Affair of the 46th Birthday” by Amy Myers
   “The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey” by Peter Tremayne
   “The Vale of the White Horse” by Sharyn McCrumb
   “The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger” by Michael Moorcock
   “The Adventure of the Lost World” by Dominic Green
   “The Adventure of the Antiquarian’s Niece” by Barbara Hambly
   “Dynamics of a Hanging” by Tony Pi
   “Merridew of Abominable Memory” by Chris Roberson
   “Commonplaces” by Naomi Novik
   “The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape” by Rob Rogers
   “The Adventure of the Green Skull” by Mark Valentine
   “The Human Mystery” by Tanith Lee
   “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman
   “You See But You Do Not Observe” by Robert J. Sawyer

Federations – edited by John Joseph Adams

"Federations" edited by John Joseph Adams.

“Federations” edited by John Joseph Adams.


Title: Federations
Author(s): Kevin J. Anderson, Doug Beason, K. Tempest Bradford, Lois McMaster Bujold, Orson Scott Card, Alan Dean Foster, James Alan Gardner, S.L. Gilbow, George Guthridge, Trent Hergenrader, Yoon Ha Lee, Georgina Li, George R.R. Martin, Anne McCaffrey, L.E. Modesitt Jr., Alastair Reynolds, Mary Rosenblum, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Silverberg, Allen Steele, Jeremiah Tolbert, Harry Turtledove, Catherynne M. Valente, Genevieve Valentine, John C. Wright
Editor(s): John Joseph Adams
Cover Artist: Serjoe
Language: English
Publisher: Prime Books
Published: May 2009
ISBN-10: 1607012014
ISBN-13: 9781607012016
Notes:
Contents:
   “Mazer in Prison” (Ender Universe) by Orson Scott Card
   “Carthago Delenda Est” by Genevieve Valentine
   “Life-Suspension” by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
   “Terra-Exulta” by S.L. Gilbow
   “Aftermaths” (Vorkosigan Saga) by Lois McMaster Bujold
   “Someone Is Stealing the Great Throne Rooms of the Galaxy” by Harry Turtledove
   “Prisons” by Kevin J. Anderson and Doug Beason
   “Different Day” by K. Tempest Bradford
   “Twilight of the Gods” by John C. Wright
   “Warship” by George R.R. Martin and George Guthridge
   “Swanwatch” by Yoon Ha Lee
   “Spirey and the Queen” by Alastair Reynolds
   “Pardon Our Conquest” by Alan Dean Foster
   “Symbiont” by Robert Silverberg
   “The Ship Who Returned” (Brain Ship) by Anne McCaffrey
   “My She” by Mary Rosenblum
   “The Shoulders of Giants” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “The Culture Archivist” by Jeremiah Tolbert
   “The Other Side of Jordan” (Coyote Universe) by Allen Steele
   “Like They Always Been Free” by Georgina Li
   “Eskhara” by Trent Hergenrader
   “The One with the Interstellar Group Consciousnesses” by James Alan Gardner
   “Golubash, or Wine-Blood-War-Elegy” by Catherynne M. Valente

The Hard SF Renaissance – edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Title: The Hard SF Renaissance
Author(s): Poul Anderson, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Ted Chiang, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Greg Egan, Michael Flynn, Joe Haldeman, James P. Hogan, James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, David Langford, Paul Levinson, Paul McAuley, G. David Nordley, Frederik Pohl, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, Charles Sheffield, Joan Slonczewski, Brian Stableford, Allen Steele, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Vernor Vinge, Peter Watts, Sarah Zettel
Editor(s): Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell
Cover Artist: Gregory Manchess
Language: English
Original Publisher: Tor Books
Originally Published: November 2002
Publisher: Orb Books
Published: October 2003
ISBN-10: 031287636X
ISBN-13: 9780312876364
Contents:
   “Introduction: New People, New Places, New Politics” by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
   “Gene Wars” by Paul McAuley
   “Wang’s Carpets” by Greg Egan
   “Genesis” by Poul Anderson
   “Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “On the Orion Line” by Stephen Baxter
   “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress
   “Matter’s End” by Gregory Benford
   “The Hammer of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Mount Olympus” by Ben Bova
   “Marrow” by Robert Reed
   “Microbe” by Joan Slonczewski
   “The Lady Vanishes” by Charles Sheffield
   “Bicycle Repairman” by Bruce Sterling
   “An Ever-Reddening Glow” by David Brin
   “Sexual Dimorphism” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “Into the Miranda Rift” by G. David Nordley
   “The Shoulders of Giants” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “A Walk in the Sun” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “For White Hill” by Joe Haldeman
   “A Career in Sexual Chemistry” by Brian Stableford
   “Reef” by Paul McAuley
   “Exchange Rate” by Hal Clement
   “Reasons to Be Cheerful” by Greg Egan
   “Griffin’s Egg” by Michael Swanwick
   “Great Wall of Mars” by Alastair Reynolds
   “A Niche” by Peter Watts
   “Gossamer” by Stephen Baxter
   “Madam Butterfly” by James P. Hogan
   “Understand” by Ted Chiang
   “Halo” by Karl Schroeder
   “Different Kinds of Darkness” by David Langford
   “Fast Times at Fairmont High” by Vernor Vinge
   “Reality Check” by David Brin
   “The Mendelian Lamp Case” by Paul Levinson
   “Kinds of Strangers” by Sarah Zettel
   “The Good Rat” by Allen Steele
   “Built Upon the Sands of Time” by Michael Flynn
   “Taklamakan” by Bruce Sterling
   “Hatching the Phoenix” by Frederik Pohl
   “Immersion” by Gregory Benford

100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories – edited by Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, and Martin H. Greenberg

Title: 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories
Series: Dream Cycle
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Bruce J. Balfour, John Gregory Betancourt, Bruce Boston, Richard Bowker, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Fredric Brown, Doris Pitkin Buck, F.M. Busby, Terry Carr, Gregg Chamberlain, Theodore R. Cogswell, Rick Conley, Lawrence C. Connolly, Wil Creveling, Jack Dann, Avram Davidson, Calvin W. Demmon, Gardner Dozois, Harlan Ellison, Janet Fox, Charles E. Fritch, Mel Gilden, Stephen Goldin, Lawrence Goldman, Judith Gorog, James Gunn, Jack C. Haldeman II, Edward D. Hoch, C. Bruce Hunter, George Clayton Johnson, Phyllis Ann Karr, Damon Knight, Joe R. Lansdale, John R. Little, Robert Lipsyte, H.P. Lovecraft, Katherine MacLean, Barry N. Malzberg, Richard Christian Matheson, André Maurois, Katherine MacLean, Raylyn Moore, John Morressy, William F. Nolan, Rick Norwood, Edgar Pangborn, Alexei Panshin, Arthur Porges, Jonathan V. Post, Bill Pronzini, Mack Reynolds, Joanna Russ, Eric Frank Russell, James Sallis, Scott Sanders, Al Sarrantonio, Robert J. Sawyer, Robert Sheckley, Clark Ashton Smith, Evelyn E. Smith, Margaret St. Clair, Steve Rasnic Tem, William F. Temple, William Tenn, Gordon Van Gelder, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Edward Wellen, Richard Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Donald A. Wollheim, Jane Yolen, Roger Zelazny
Editor(s): Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr, Martin H. Greenberg
Cover Artist: unknown
Language: English
Original Publisher: Doubleday
Originally Published: March 1984
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: September 1988
ISBN-10: 0380699176
ISBN-13: 9780380699179
Contents:
   “The Widest Field” essay by Isaac Asimov
   “The Abraham Lincoln Murder Case” by Rick Norwood
   “A Dozen of Everything” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
   “The Anatomy Lesson” by Scott Sanders
   “And I Only Am Escaped to Tell Thee” by Roger Zelazny
   “Angelica” by Jane Yolen
   “Apocryphal Fragment” by Edward Wellen
   “A Prophecy of Monsters” by Clark Ashton Smith
   “At the Bureau” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Aunt Agatha” by Doris Pitkin Buck
   “The Boulevard of Broken Dreams” by Harlan Ellison
   “But Not the Herald” by Roger Zelazny
   “Chained” by Barry N. Malzberg
   “Chalk Talk” by Edward Wellen
   “Climacteric” by Avram Davidson
   “The Contest” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “Controlled Experiment” by Rick Conley
   “The Curse of Hooligan’s Bar” by Charles E. Fritch
   “The Dark Ones” by Richard Christian Matheson
   “Dead Call” by William F. Nolan
   “Deadline” by Mel Gilden
   “Deal with the D.E.V.I.L.” by Theodore R. Cogswell
   “The Devil Finds Work” by Mack Reynolds
   “Devlin’s Dream” by George Clayton Johnson
   “Displaced Person” by Eric Frank Russell
   “Echoes” by Lawrence C. Connolly
   “Ex Oblivione” (Dream Cycle) by H.P. Lovecraft
   “Farewell Party” by Richard Wilson
   “Feeding Time” by James Gunn
   “Final Version” by John Morressy
   “Five Minutes Early” by Robert Sheckley
   “Freedom” by Rick Norwood
   “Garage Sale” by Janet Fox
   “Getting Back to Before It Began” by Raylyn Moore
   “The Giveaway” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Give Her Hell” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “God’s Nose” by Damon Knight
   “The Good Husband” by Evelyn E. Smith
   “The Handler” by Damon Knight
   “The Haters” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “The House” by André Maurois
   “How Georges Duchamps Discovered a Plot to Take Over the World” by Alexei Panshin
   “The Human Angle” by William Tenn
   “The Importance of Being Important” by Calvin W. Demmon
   “Interview with a Gentleman Farmer” by Bruce Boston
   “Judgment Day” by Jack C. Haldeman II
   “Just One More” by Edward D. Hoch
   “The Lady and the Merman” by Jane Yolen
   “The Last Unicorns” by Edward D. Hoch
   “The Last Wizard” by Avram Davidson
   “Letters from Camp” by Al Sarrantonio
   “L is for Loup-Garou” by Harlan Ellison
   “Love Filter” by Gregg Chamberlain
   “The Maiden’s Sacrifice” by Edward D. Hoch
   “Malice Aforethought” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles” by Margaret St. Clair
   “Miranda-Escobedo” by James Sallis
   “Mr. Wilde’s Second Chance” by Joanna Russ
   “Mortimer Snodgrass Turtle” by Jack C. Haldeman II
   “Mouse-Kitty” by Rick Norwood
   “Naturally” by Fredric Brown
   “Night Visions” by Jack Dann
   “Once Upon a Unicorn” by F.M. Busby
   “$1.98” by Arthur Porges
   “Opening a Vein” by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
   “The Other” by Katherine MacLean
   “The Other One” by Rick Norwood
   “The Other Train Phenomenon” by Richard Bowker
   “The Painters Are Coming Today” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Paranoid Fantasy #1” by Lawrence Watt-Evans
   “Perchance to Dream” by Katherine MacLean
   “Personality Problem” by Joe R. Lansdale
   “Pharaoh’s Revenge” by C. Bruce Hunter
   “Pick-Up for Olympus” by Edgar Pangborn
   “The Poor” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Prayer War” by Jonathan V. Post
   “The Prophecy” by Bill Pronzini
   “The Rag Thing” by Donald A. Wollheim
   “The Recording” by Gene Wolfe
   “Red Carpet Treatment” by Robert Lipsyte
   “The Sacrifice” by Gardner Dozois
   “Santa’s Tenth Reindeer” by Gordon Van Gelder
   “The Second Short-Shortest Fantasy Story Ever Ever Published” by Barry N. Malzberg
   “Sleep” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Some Days Are Like That” by Bruce J. Balfour
   “Temporarily at Liberty” by Lawrence Goldman
   “The Thing That Stared” by Richard Wilson
   “Thinking the Unthinkable” by Wil Creveling
   “The Third Wish” by Rick Norwood
   “Those Three Wishes” by Judith Gorog
   “Thus I Refute” by Terry Carr
   “The Toe” by Phyllis Ann Karr
   “Tommy’s Christmas” by John R. Little
   “The Tower Bird” by Jane Yolen
   “Vernon’s Dragon” by John Gregory Betancourt
   “Voodoo” by Fredric Brown
   “Weather Prediction” by Evelyn E. Smith
   “Who Rides with Santa Anna?” by Edward D. Hoch
   “Wisher Takes All” by William F. Temple
   “The World Where Wishes Worked” by Stephen Goldin
   “Your Soul Comes C.O.D.” by Mack Reynolds