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

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

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


Title: Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume III, October-November 2013
Series: Spark (anthology series)
Number in Series: 3 (three)
Author(s): Barbara Black, Cathy Bryant, John W. Buckley, Fatman Butter, Michael Campagnoli, Kari Castor, Christian Fennell, Beatriz F. Fernandez, D.A. Gray, Mika Hillery, Alexis A. Hunter, Janet E. Irvin, Francesca Linton, Christopher Michel, Deborah Miller-Collins, Rebekah Orton Tom Pescatore, Elizabeth Sachs, Caroline Zarlengo Sposto, Ben Thompson, Megan Turner, George Wells
Editor(s): Brian Lewis
Cover Artist: Rodney Artiles
Interior Artist(s): Paul Pederson
Language: English
Publisher: Empire & Great Jones Little Press
Published: October 2013
ISBN-10: 0988807289
ISBN-13: 9780988807280
ISSN: 2326-4772
Contents:
   “Foreward” by Lidia Yuknavitch
   “To the River” by George Wells
   “The Story of a Mother” by Mika Hillery
   “Night Class in Syracuse” poem by Christopher Michel
   “Silver Linings” by Fatman Butter
   “Leafing” by Elizabeth Sachs
   “Yellow Roses on Snow” poem by Cathy Bryant
   “Letters to Mary” by Megan Turner
   “Sleepless on Medicine Creek” poem by D.A. Gray
   “Wrong Side of God” by Alexis A. Hunter
   “All-You-Can-Eat” by Ben Thompson
   “Sister Eugénie’s Wonderful Glass Eye” poem by Barbara Black
   “A Brief Theory of Triangular Scale” by Janet E. Irvin
   “Temporal Shift” poem by Tom Pescatore
   “Jukebox Lament” by John W. Buckley
   “Angel of the Equinox” by Christian Fennell
   “Before Ararat” poem by Kari Castor
   “Call, Talk, Lock” by Deborah Miller-Collins
   “Very Truly Yours, Irene Norton, née Adler” poem by Beatriz F. Fernandez
   “Gold Stars and Forget-Me-Nots” by Francesca Linton
   “Inner Night” poem by Michael Campagnoli
   “Chivalry” by Caroline Zarlengo Sposto
   “Future Wife” poem by Rebekah Orton

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

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"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 Fall of Arthur by J.R.R. Tolkien

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"The Fall of Arthur" by J.R.R. Tolkien.

“The Fall of Arthur” by J.R.R. Tolkien.


Title: The Fall of Arthur
Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien
Interior Artist(s): Bill Sanderson
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: May 2013
ISBN-10: 0544115899
ISBN-13: 9780544115897

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

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

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


Title: Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume I, April-May 2013
Series: Spark (anthology series)
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Kaitlin Branch, Valentina Cano, Kari Castor, Margaret Dilloway, Diana Fu, Traci L Gourdine, Linda G Hatton, Alexis A. Hunter, Michael Lee Johnson, Svetlana Kortchik, Matt Lancaster, D. Laserbeam, Hunter Legore, J. Lewis, Darrell Lindsey, Melana Plains, Brian Reeves, Stone Showers, Katie Stephens, Todd Walton, Scott Warrender, George Wells, Hannah Weverka, Peter Wood
Editor(s): Brian Lewis
Cover Artist: Aaron John Gregory
Interior Artist(s): Paul Pederson
Language: English
Publisher: Empire & Great Jones Little Press
Published: April 2013
ISBN-10: 0988807211
ISBN-13: 9780988807211
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Traci L Gourdine
   “Momentary Forgiveness” by Hunter Legore
   “Tanka” poem by Darrell Lindsey
   “Ever Since I’ve Seen Your Face” by Margaret Dilloway
   “Last Rites” by George Wells
   “Surgical Mass” poem by J. Lewis
   “Becoming” poem by Linda G Hatton
   “Faceless” by Katie Stephens
   “Not a Worry, My Lord” poem by Melana Plains
   “By the Gun” by Alexis A. Hunter
   “Five Hundred” by D. Laserbeam
   “Forget Me Not” by Svetlana Kortchik
   “Moon Sleep” poem by Michael Lee Johnson
   “Going After Nathan” by Todd Walton
   “Gingerbread Towns” by Hannah Weverka
   “Old Age” poem by Matt Lancaster
   “Her Fruitful Shore” by Brian Reeves
   “Image of a Treasure, as a Negative” poem by Valentina Cano
   “His Smile Fixed in Time” by Stone Showers
   “Jael Stands Trial for Murder” poem by Kari Castor
   “Confession” poem by Diana Fu
   “The Littleness of Susan Brauer” by Scott Warrender
   “The Fig Tree” by Peter Wood
   “One Cog Short of Paradise” by Kaitlin Branch

Monsters and Mormons – edited by W.M. Morris and Theric Jepson

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"Monsters & Mormons" edited by W.M. Morris and Theric Jepson.

“Monsters & Mormons” edited by W.M. Morris and Theric Jepson.


Title: Monsters and Mormons
Author(s): Lee Allred, S.P. Bailey, C. Douglas Birkhead, Will Bishop, Graham Bradley, E.C. Buck, Jaleta Clegg, James Paul Crockett, Galen Dara, Brian Gibson, Terryl Givens, Adam Greenwood, George Washington Hill, Theric Jepson, Moriah Jovan, D. Michael Martindale, Terrance V. McArthur, Emily Milner, Steve Morrison, Danny Nelson, Steven L. Peck, Erik Peterson, W.H. Pugmire, John Nakamura Remy, Scott M. Roberts, Bryton Sampson, Nathan Shumate, Eric James Stone, Bridgette Day Tuckfield, Terresa Wellborn, Dan Wells, David J. West, Katherine Woodbury
Editor(s): Theric Jepson, W.M. Morris
Cover Artist: Denise Gasser, Anneke Majors, Jake Parker
Interior Artist(s): Davin Alegg, Graham Bradley, Brandon Dayton, Steve Morrison, Matt Page, Jake Parker, Blair Sterrett
Language: English
Publisher: Peculiar Pages
Published: October 2011
ISBN-10: 0982781245
ISBN-13: 9780982781241
Contents:
   “Preface” by Terryl Givens
   “Introduction” by Theric Jepson
   “Other Duties” by Nathan Shumate✓
   “The Living Wife” by Emily Milner
   “Baptisms for the Dead” by C. Douglas Birkhead
   “Pirate Gold for Brother Brigham” by Lee Allred
   “First Estate” by Katherine Woodbury
   “Fangs of the Dragon” by David J. West
   “Between Husband and Wife and the Late Bram Stoker” poem by Will Bishop
   “I Lie in Bed Reading from Mosiah Chapter Three and Think of You, Lon Chaney, Jr.” poem by Will Bishop
   “Charity Never Faileth” by Jaleta Clegg
   “Recompense of Sorrow” by W.H. Pugmire
   “Mormon Golem” by Steve Morrison
   “Bichos” by Erik Peterson
   “The Blues Devils” by Terrance V. McArthur
   “Brother in Arms” by Graham Bradley
   “George Washington Hill and the Cybernetic Bear” by George Washington Hill and E.C. Buck
   “The Baby in the Bushes” by S.P. Bailey
   “Bokev Momen” by D. Michael Martindale
   “The World” by Danny Nelson
   “Water Spots” by Terresa Wellborn
   “A Letter from the Field” by James Paul Crockett
   “Let the Mountains Tremble for Adoniha Has Fallen” by Steven L. Peck✓
   “Allow Me to Introduce Myself” by Moriah Jovan
   “Traitors and Tyrants” by John Nakamura Remy and Galen Dara
   “Experimenting with Life at Extraordinary Depths” by Bridgette Day Tuckfield
   “I Had Killed a Zombie” by Adam Greenwood
   “Out of the Deep Have I Howled Unto Thee” by Scott M. Roberts
   “The Mission Story” by Bryton Sampson
   “That Leviathan, Whom Thou Hast Made” by Eric James Stone✓
   “The Eye Opener” by Brian Gibson
   “The Mountain of the Lord” by Dan Wells✓

The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 – edited by Kevin J. Anderson

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"The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011" - edited by Kevin J. Anderson.

“The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011” – edited by Kevin J. Anderson.


Title: The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011
Series: The Nebula Awards Showcase
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Saladin Ahmed, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kage Baker, Neal Barrett Jr., Michael Bishop, Richard Bowes, Michael A. Burstein, Amal El-Mohtar, Eugie Foster, Joe Haldeman, N.K. Jemisin, Kij Johnson, James Patrick Kelly, Ted Kosmatka, Geoffrey A. Landis, Will McIntosh, Rachel Swirsky
Editor(s): Kevin J. Anderson✓
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: May 2011
ISBN-10: 0765328429
ISBN-13: 9780765328427
Contents:
   “Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela” by Saladin Ahmed
   “I Remember the Future” by Michael A. Burstein
   “Non-Zero Probabilities” by N.K. Jemisin
   “Going Deep” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh
   “Spar” by Kij Johnson
   “Getting Dark” by Neal Barrett, Jr.
   “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi
   “Vinegar Peace (or, The Wrong-Way, Used-Adult Orphanage)” by Michael Bishop
   “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said” by Richard Bowes
   “Divining Light” by Ted Kosmatka
   “A Memory of Wind” by Rachel Swirsky
   “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster
   “A !Tangled Web” by Joe Haldeman
   “The Women of Nell Gwynne’s” by Kage Baker
   “Song for an Ancient City”, poem by Amal El-Mohtar
   “Search” poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “Fireflies” poem by Geoffrey A. Landis

The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún by J.R.R. Tolkien

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"The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún" by J.R.R. Tolkien.

“The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún” by J.R.R. Tolkien.


Title: The Legend of Sigurd & Gudrún
    Content: The New Lay of the Völsungs (Völsungakviða en nýja), The New Lay of Gudrún (Guðrúnarkviða en nýja)
Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Editor(s): Christopher Tolkien
Interior Artist(s): Bill Sanderson
Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: May 2009
ISBN-10: 0547273428
ISBN-13: 9780547273426
Notes: Based on the legends of Sigurd and the fall of the Niflungs from Norse mythology.

A Tolkien Miscellany by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Title: A Tolkien Miscellany
Author(s): J.R.R. Tolkien
Cover Artist: Gary Lippincott
Interior Artist(s): Pauline Baynes
Language: English
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: July 2002
ISBN-10: 0739427369
ISBN-13: 9780739427361
Catalog Number: 51697 (SFBC)
Notes: All by Tolkien unless indicated otherwise.
Contents:
   “Smith of Wootton Major”
   “Farmer Giles of Ham”
   “Farmer Giles of Ham” collection:
     “Introductory Note” essay
     “On Fairy-Stories”
     “Leaf by Niggle”
   “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil” poetry collection:
     “Preface” essay
     “The Adventures of Tom Bombadil” poem
     “Bombadil Goes Boating” poem
     “Errantry” poem
     “Princess Mee” poem
     “The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late” poem
     “The Man in the Moon Came Down Too Soon” poem
     “The Stone Troll” poem
     “Perry-the-Winkle” poem
     “The Mewlips” poem
     “Oliphaunt” poem
     “Fastitocalon” poem
     “Cat” poem
     “Shadow-Bride” poem
     “The Hoard” poem
     “The Sea-Bell” poem
     “The Last Ship” poem
   “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” anthology:
     “Preface” by Christopher Tolkien
     “Introduction” by Christopher Tolkien
     “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” by unknown
     “Pearl” by unknown
     “Sir Orfeo” by unknown
     “Glossary” by Christopher Tolkien
     “Appendix on the Verse Forms” by Christopher Tolkien
     “Gawain’s Leave-Taking” by unknown

The Green Man – Tales from the Mythic Forest – edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

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"The Green Man - Tales from the Mythic Forest" - edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

“The Green Man – Tales from the Mythic Forest” – edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.


Title: The Green Man – Tales from the Mythic Forest
Author(s): M. Shayne Bell, Emma Bull, Michael Cadnum, Charles de Lint, Carolyn Dunn, Carol Emshwiller, Jeffrey Ford, Neil Gaiman, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Kathe Koja, Tanith Lee, Bill Lewis, Gregory Maguire, Patricia A. McKillip, Delia Sherman, Midori Snyder, Katherine Vaz, Jane Yolen
Editor(s): Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
Cover Artist: Charles Vess
Interior Artist(s): Charles Vess
Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Published: May 2002
ISBN-10: 06700356262
ISBN-13: 97806700356267
Contents:
   “Preface” by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
   “Introduction: About the Green Man and Other Forest Lore” by Terri Windling
   “Going Wodwo” poem by Neil Gaiman
   “Grand Central Park” by Delia Sherman
   “Daphne” by Michael Cadnum
   “Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box” by Charles de Lint
   “Among the Leaves So Green” by Tanith Lee
   “Song of the Cailleach Bheur” poem by Jane Yolen
   “Hunter’s Moon” by Patricia A. McKillip
   “Charlie’s Away” by Midori Snyder
   “A World Painted by Birds” by Katherine Vaz
   “Grounded” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
   “Overlooking” by Carol Emshwiller
   “Fee, Fie, Foe, et Cetera” by Gregory Maguire
   “Joshua Tree” by Emma Bull
   “Ali Anugne O Chash” (The Boy Who Was) by Carolyn Dunn
   “Remnants” by Kathe Koja
   “The Pagodas of Ciboure” by M. Shayne Bell
   “Green Men” poem by Bill Lewis
   “The Green Word” by Jeffrey Ford