Category Archives: short stories

In Fire Forged by David Weber, Jane Lindskold, and Timothy Zahn

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"In Fire Forged" by David Weber, Jane Lindskold, and Timothy Zahn.

“In Fire Forged” by David Weber, Jane Lindskold, and Timothy Zahn.


Title: In Fire Forged
Series: Worlds of Honor, Honorverse
Number in Series: 5 (five), n/a
Author(s): Jane Lindskold✓, David Weber, Timothy Zahn
Cover Artist: David Mattingly
Interior Artist(s): William H. Edwards, Thomas Marrone, Thomas Pope
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: February 2011
ISBN-10: 1439134146
ISBN-13: 9781439134146
Contents:
   “Ruthless” by Jane Lindskold
   “An Act of War” by Timothy Zahn
   “‘Let’s Dance!'” by David Weber
   “An Introduction to Modern Starship Armor Design” essay by Andy Presby

Speculative Japan 2 – The Man Who Watched the Sea and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy – edited by Yasumi Kobayashi and Issui Ogawa

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Title: Speculative Japan 2 – The Man Who Watched the Sea and Other Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy
Series: Speculative Japan
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Naoko Awa, 安房直子, Toh Enjoe, 円城塔, Akira Hori, 堀晃, Shinji Kajio, 梶尾眞治, Kōji Kitakuni, 北國浩二, Yasumi Kobayashi, 小林泰三, Norio Nakai, 中井紀夫, Mariko Ōhara, 大原まり子, Issui Ogawa, 小川一水, Riku Onda, 恩田陸, Nobuko Takagi, 高樹のぶ子, Kōshū Tani, 谷甲州, Yūko Yamao, 山尾悠子
Editor(s): Yasumi Kobayashi, 小林泰三, Issui Ogawa, 小川一水
Cover Artist: Naoyuki Katō, 加藤直之
Language: English
Original Language: Japanese, English
Publisher: Kurodahan Press
Published: January 2011
ISBN-10: 4902075180
ISBN-13: 9784902075182
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Darrell Schweitzer
   “A Gift from the Sea” (海からの贈り物) by Naoko Awa (安房直子)
   “Freud” by Toh Enjoe (円城塔)
   “The Whale That Sang on the Milky Way Network” (銀河ネットワークで歌を歌ったクジラ) by Mariko Ōhara (大原まり子)
   “Old Vohl’s Planet” (老ヴォールの惑星) by Issui Ogawa (小川一水)
   “The Big Drawer” (大きな引き出し) by Riku Onda (恩田陸)
   “Emanon: A Reminiscence” (おもいでエマノン) by Shinji Kajio (梶尾眞治)
   “Midst the Mist” (靄の中) by Kōji Kitakuni (北國浩二)
   “The Man Who Watched the Sea” (海を見る人) by Yasumi Kobayashi (小林泰三)
   “Melk’s Golden Acres” (メルクの黄金畑) by Nobuko Takagi (高樹のぶ子)
   “Q-Cruiser Basilisk” (仮装巡洋艦バシリスク) by Kōshū Tani (谷甲州)
   “Mountaintop Symphony” (山の上の交響楽) by Norio Nakai (中井紀夫)
   “Open Up” (開封) by Akira Hori (堀晃)
   “Perspective” (遠近法) by Yūko Yamao (山尾悠子)

Blood Lite II: Overbite – edited by Kevin J. Anderson

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"Blood Lite II - Overbite" edited by Kevin J. Anderson.

“Blood Lite II – Overbite” edited by Kevin J. Anderson.


Title: Blood Lite II: Overbite
Series: Blood Lite
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Editor(s): Kevin J. Anderson
Cover Artist: Lisa Litwack
Language: English
Publisher: Gallery Books
Published: October 2010
ISBN-10: 1439187657
ISBN-13: 9781439187654
Contents:
   “Dark Carbuncle” by Kevin J. Anderson and Janis Ian
   “Death and Taxes” by Heather Graham
   “Table for Two” by Jeff Ryan
   “Treatment” by J.A. Konrath
   “Dead Clown Séance” by Christopher Welch
   “The Day the Devil Swallowed a Heapin’ Helpin’ of Pride at the Beaulahville Gospel Jubilee” by Scott Nicholson
   “Piecemaker” by Don D’Ammassa
   “Good Breeding” by Lucien Soulban
   “Tails” by John R. Little
   “Dog Tired (of the Drama!)” by L.A. Banks
   “A Sweet Girl for Todd” by Mark Onspaugh
   “Tastes Like Chicken” by Jordan Summers
   “Presumptuous Beast Throws Sumptuous Feast” by Mike Baron
   “Bad German” by Edward Bryant
   “The Halloween War” by Brian J. Hatcher
   “Oh, the Ho-Ho Horror” by Joel A. Sutherland
   “The Unfortunate Persistence of Harold Francis Beamish” by Aaron Polson
   “Dick and Larry” by D.L. Snell
   “Son of…a Bitch!” by Sam W. Anderson
   “Her Lucky Day” by Allison Brennan
   “A Wing and a Prayer” by Sharyn McCrumb
   “Barewolf” by Daniel Pyle
   “American Banshee” by Eric James Stone
   “The Epicurean” by Amy Sterling Casil
   “The Ghoul Next Door” by Nancy Kilpatrick
   “Daycare of the Damned” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
   “Season Tickets” by Derek Clendening
   “The Close Shave” by Mike Resnick and Lezli Robyn
   “Shaggy Dog Story” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Eight-Legged Vengeance” by Jeff Strand
   “Lucifer’s Daughter” by Kelley Armstrong

Hard-Luck Diggings – The Early Jack Vance by Jack Vance

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"Hard-Luck Diggings" by Jack Vance.

“Hard-Luck Diggings” by Jack Vance.


Title: Hard-Luck Diggings – The Early Jack Vance
Series: The Early Jack Vance
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Jack Vance
Editor(s): Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: June 2010
ISBN-10: 1596063017
ISBN-13: 9781596063013
Notes: All by Vance unless otherwise noted. Each story has an afterword by the author.
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Jonathan Strahan and Terry Dowling
   “Hard-Luck Diggings” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The Temple of Han”
   “The Masquerade on Dicantropus”
   “Abercrombie Station”
   “Three-Legged Joe”
   “DP!”
   “Shape-Up”
   “Sjambak”
   “The Absent-Minded Professor”
   “When the Five Moons Rise”
   “The Devil on Salvation Bluff”
   “Where Hesperus Falls”
   “The Phantom Milkman”
   “Dodkin’s Job”

The Spiderwick Chronicles – The Completely Fantastical Edition – by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black

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"The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Completely Fantastical Edition" by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.

“The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Completely Fantastical Edition” by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black.


Title: The Spiderwick Chronicles: The Completely Fantastical Edition
Series: The Spiderwick Chronicles
Number in Series: 1-5 (one-five)
Author(s): Holly Black, Tony DiTerlizzi
Cover Artist: Tony DiTerlizzi
Interior Artist(s): Tony DiTerlizzi
Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: October 2009
ISBN-10: 1416986855
ISBN-13: 9781416986850
Contents:
   “The Field Guide”
   “The Seeing Stone”
   “Lucinda’s Secret”
   “The Ironwood Tree”
   “The Wrath of Mulgarath”
   “Tony DiTerlizzi’s Sketchbook”
   “Lost Chapter: Goblins Attack”
   “Lost Chapter: Troll Trouble”
   “Lost Chapter: The Great Escape”
   “A Spiderwick All-Star Gallery”

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

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"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

Grantville Gazette V – edited by Eric Flint

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Title: Grantville Gazette V
Series: Assiti Shards, Grantville Gazette anthologies
Number in Series: n/a, 5 (five)
Author(s): Karen Bergstrahl, Rick Boatright, Aamund Breivik, David Carrico, Jose J. Clavell, Iver P. Cooper, Virginia DeMarce, Richard Evans, Eric Flint, Paula Goodlett, Peter Hobson, Terry Howard, Gorg Huff, Mark Huston, Douglas W. Jones, Victor Klimov, Kim Mackey, Kerryn Offord, Anette Pedersen, Chris Racciato, John Rigby, Russ Rittgers, Jay Robison, Philip Schillawski, Bradley H. Sinor, Barry C. Swift, John Zeek
Editor(s): Eric Flint
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: August 2009
ISBN-10: 1439132798
ISBN-13: 9781439132791
Contents:
   “Preface” by Eric Flint
   “Steady Girl” by Eric Flint
   “Schwarza Falls” by Douglas W. Jones
   “Recycling” by Philip Schillawski and John Rigby
   “A Question of Faith” by Anette Pedersen
   “Got My Buck” by Barry C. Swift
   “The Dalai Lama’s Electric Buddha” by Victor Klimov
   “Canst Thou Send Lightnings” by Rick Boatright
   “Grantville’s Greatest Philosopher?” by Terry Howard
   “The Painter’s Gambit” by Iver P. Cooper
   “The Minstrel Boy” by John Zeek
   “A Taste of Home” by Chris Racciato
   “N.C.I.S.: Young Love Lost” by Jose J. Clavell
   “The Prepared Mind” by Kim Mackey
   “Capacity for Harm” by Richard Evans
   “Little Angel” by Kerryn Offord
   “None So Blind” by David Carrico
   “On the Matter of D’Artagnan” by Bradley H. Sinor
   “A Filthy Story” by Aamund Breivik
   “The Treasure Hunters” by Karen Bergstrahl
   “Bathing with Coal” by Russ Rittgers
   “Lessons in Astronomy” by Peter Hobson
   “Wish Book” by Gorg Huff and Paula Goodlett
   “O For a Muse of Fire” by Jay Robison
   “Pilgrimage of Grace” by Virginia DeMarce
   “Twenty-eight Men” by Mark Huston
   “An Afterword on Dr. Johnson” (Assiti essays) by Eric Flint

The New Space Opera 2 – edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan

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"The New Space Opera 2" edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.

“The New Space Opera 2” edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.


Title: The New Space Opera 2
Series: The New Space Opera
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Neal Asher, John Barnes, Cory Doctorow, John Kessel, Jay Lake, John Meaney, Elizabeth Moon, Garth Nix, Mike Resnick, Justina Robson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, John Scalzi, Bruce Sterling, Peter Watts, Sean Williams, Tad Williams, Bill Willingham, Robert Charles Wilson, John C. Wright
Editor(s): Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Stephan Martinière
Language: English
Publisher: Eos Books
Published: July 2009
ISBN-10: 0061562351
ISBN-13: 9780061562358
Contents:
   “Utriusque Cosmi” by Robert Charles Wilson
   “The Island” by Peter Watts
   “Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance” by John Kessel
   “To Go Boldly” by Cory Doctorow
   “The Lost Princess Man” by John Barnes
   “Defect” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves” by Jay Lake
   “Shell Game” by Neal Asher
   “Punctuality” by Garth Nix
   “Inevitable” by Sean Williams
   “Join The Navy and See the Worlds” by Bruce Sterling
   “Fearless Space Pirates of the Outer Rings” by Bill Willingham
   “From the Heart” by John Meaney
   “Chameleons” by Elizabeth Moon
   “The Tenth Muse” by Tad Williams
   “Cracklegrackle” by Justina Robson
   “The Tale of the Wicked” by John Scalzi
   “Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz” by Mike Resnick
   “The Far End of History” by John C. Wright

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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"The Complete Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

“The Complete Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.


Title: The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Series: Sherlock Holmes
Number in Series: 1-9 (one – nine)
Author(s): Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: July 2009
ISBN-10: 1435114949
ISBN-13: 9781435114944
Contents:
   “A Study in Scarlet”
   “The Sign of the Four”
   “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes”
   “The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes”
   “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”
   “The Hound of the Baskervilles”
   “The Valley of Fear”
   “The Last Bow”
   “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes”

Federations – edited by John Joseph Adams

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"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