Title: Dragons at Crumbling Castle and Other Tales
Author(s): Terry Pratchett
Cover Artist: Mark Beech
Interior Artist: Mark Beech
Language: English
Original Publisher: Doubleday UK
Originally Published: September 2014
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: February 2015
ISBN-10: 0544466594
ISBN-13: 9780544466593
Contents:
“Introduction”
“Dragons at Crumbling Castle”
“Hercules the Tortoise”
“The Great Speck”
“Hunt the Snorry”
“Tales of the Carpet People”
“Dok the Caveman”
“The Big Race”
“Another Tale of the Carpet People”
“The Great Egg-Dancing Championship”
“Edwo, the Boring Knight”
“The 59A Bus Goes Back in Time”
“The Abominable Snowman”
“The Blackberry Monster”
“Father Christmas Goes to Work”
Category Archives: short stories
One Horn to Rule Them All – A Purple Unicorn Anthology – edited by Lisa Mangum
“One Horn to Rule Them All” edited by Lisa Mangum.
Title: One Horn to Rule Them All – A Purple Unicorn Anthology
Series: Unicorn anthologies
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Quincy J. Allen, Kevin J. Anderson, Nathan Barra, Peter S. Beagle, Lou J. Berger, Colette Black, Ezekiel James Boston, Nathan Dodge, Sharon Dodge, Scott Eder, Jeanette Gonzalez, Megan Grey, Kristin Luna, Gama Ray Martinez, Todd J. McCaffrey, Robert J. McCarter, Jody Lynn Nye, John D. Payne, Mary Pletsch, Mark Ryan
Editor(s): Lisa Mangum
Cover Artist: James A. Owen
Language: English
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: August 2014
ISBN-10: 1614751927
ISBN-13: 9781614751922
Contents:
“Introduction” by Kevin J. Anderson
“Rhubarb and Beets” by Todd J. McCaffrey
“Purple Is the New Black” by Jody Lynn Nye
“A Single Spark” by Mary Pletsch
“Best of All Possible Worlds” by John D. Payne
“Korgak’s Daily Schedule” by Jeanette Gonzalez
“Dead Friends and New Horses” by Sharon Dodge
“The Godfairy” by Quincy J. Allen
“The Faerie Journal” by Megan Grey
“The Greggs Family Zoo of Odd and Marvelous Creatures” by Kristin Luna
“Menagerie Violette” by Colette Black
“The Unicorn Prince” by Gama Ray Martinez
“The Girl with the Artist’s Eyes” by Nathan Barra
“Conner Bright and the Case of the Purple Unicorn” by Robert J. McCarter
“My Hero” by Mark Ryan
“Of Unicorns and Pie” by Nathan Dodge and Sharon Dodge
“Gateway Blood” by Ezekiel James Boston
“The Monoceros” by Lou J. Berger
“The Last Dregs of Winter” by Scott Eder
“Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros” by Peter S. Beagle
“Red Roses” by Todd J. McCaffrey
Racers of the Night by Brad R. Torgersen
“Racers of the Night” by Brad R. Torgersen.
Title: Racers of the Night
Author(s): Brad R. Torgersen✓
Cover Artist: Nick Greenwood
Language: English
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: August 2014
ISBN-10: 161475232X
ISBN-13: 9781614752325
Notes: All by Torgersen unless otherwise noted.
Contents:
“Introduction 1” by L.E. Modesitt Jr.✓
“Introduction 2” by Kevin J. Anderson✓
“Introduction 3” by Dave Wolverton✓
“The Curse of Sally Tincakes”
“The Bricks of Eta Cassiopeiae”
“Guard Dog”
“Counselor: L.E. Modesitt, Jr.” (essay)
“Recapturing the Dream”
“The Flamingo Girl”
“Reardon’s Law”
“Blood and Mirrors”
“Mentors: Kevin J. Anderson & Rebecca Moesta” (essay)
“The Shadows of Titan”
“The Nechronomator”
“The Hideki Line”
“Peacekeeper”
“Teacher: Dave Wolverton” (essay)
“Life FLight”
“Afterword”
Spark – A Creative Anthology – Volume VI – edited by Brian Lewis
“Spark: A Creative Anthology Volume VI” edited by Brian Lewis.
Title: Spark: A Creative Anthology, Volume VI, July-August 2014
Series: Spark (anthology series)
Number in Series: 6 (six)
Author(s): Kat Alexander, Heather D. Boyd, Christine Darcas, Sean Gill, Renee Carter Hall, Tom Howard, Alexis A. Hunter, Stephen Koster, Llanwyre Laish, Robert Menegus, Kristine Ong Muslim, Dan Pitts, Daniel Rosen, Linda Simone, Arley Sorg, Jeff Suwak, Todd Walton, George Wells
Editor(s): Brian Lewis
Cover Artist: Goodloe Byron
Interior Artist(s): Paul Pederson
Language: English
Publisher: Empire & Great Jones Creative Arts Foundation
Published: July 2014
ISBN-10: 1680730215
ISBN-13: 9781680730210
ISSN: 2326-4772
Contents:
“Foreword” by Goodloe Byron
“The Frog Who Swallowed the Moon” by Renee Carter Hall
“Crawdad” poem by Robert Menegus
“Migration Patterns of the Striped Eastern Mallard” by Kat Alexander
“Honey” poem by Todd Walton
“How Tigers Got Their Stripes” by Tom Howard
“Carlota’s Thrush” poem by Linda Simone
“The Familiar and His Alchemist” by Jeff Suwak
“All That Never Happens” by George Wells
“Esmeralda” by Heather D. Boyd
“The Day It Rained Stones” poem by Kristine Ong Muslim
“Lyric” by Llanwyre Laish
“Subject Stellar” by Alexis A. Hunter
“To Kill the Stars” by Daniel Rosen
“Edyn the Monk” by Arley Sorg
“Mortimer’s Sanctuary, and What He Found There” by Sean Gill
“Heaven Is a Howl Away” by Christine Darcas
“The Mosquito in My Ear” by Dan Pitts
“Butterflies” by Stephen Koster
A Fantastic Holiday Season – The Gift of Stories – edited by Kevin J. Anderson and Keith J. Olexa
“A Fantastic Holiday Season – The Gift of Stories” edited by Kevin J. Anderson and Keith J. Olexa.
Title: A Fantastic Holiday Season: The Gift of Stories
Series: A Fantastic Holiday Season
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Quincy J. Allen, Kevin J. Anderson, David Boop, Patricia Briggs, Heather Graham, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Sam Knight, Mercedes Lackey, Jonathan Maberry, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Ken Scholes, Eric James Stone, Brad R. Torgersen
Editor(s): Kevin J. Anderson, Keith J. Olexa
Cover Artist: Janet McDonald
Language: English
Publisher: WordFire Press
Published: July 2014
ISBN-10: 1614752028
ISBN-13: 9781614752028
Contents:
“Naughty & Nice” by Kevin J. Anderson✓
“Close Knit” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
“Astronaut Nick” by Brad R. Torgersen
“The Longest Night” by Mercedes Lackey
“Jimmy Krinklepot and the White Rebels of Hayberry” by Quincy J. Allen
“Midnight Trains” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“A Christmas Feast” by Jonathan Maberry
“A World Done In by Great Granny’s Grateful Pie” by Ken Scholes
“Santa’s Mortuary” by Heather Graham
“Yes, Virginia 2097c, There Is a Santa Claus” by Sam Knight
“Christmas Eve at Harvey Wallbanger’s” by Mike Resnick
“The Atmosphere for Miracles” by David Boop
“A Sufficiently Advanced Christmas” by Eric James Stone✓
“Unappreciated Gifts” by Patricia Briggs
Universe Between – edited by Dean Wesley Smith
Fiction River 8 – “Universe Between” – edited by Dean Wesley Smith.
Title: Universe Between
Series: Fiction River
Number in Series: 8 (eight)
Author(s): Karen L. Abrahamson, Lee Allred, Rebecca S.W. Bates, Scott William Carter, Richard Alan Dickson, David H. Hendrickson, Kellen Knolan, Jamie McNabb, Steven Mohan Jr., Darcy Pattison, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Dean Wesley Smith, Rob Vagle, Pamela Weldon
Editor(s): Dean Wesley Smith
Cover Artist: Algol/Dreamstime
Language: English
Publisher: WMG Publishing
Published: June 2014
ISBN-10: 0615935346
ISBN-13: 9780615935348
Contents:
“Foreword: Balancing Act” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Introduction: That Space on the Line” by Dean Wesley Smith
“Slow Answer” by Lee Allred
“One-Night Stands for Love and Glory” by David H. Hendrickson
“Lunar Command: Dark Side” by Richard Alan Dickson
“Are We Alone in the Universe?” by Darcy Pattison
“Unsubscribe” by Pamela Weldon
“The Sun Dial Trail” by Rebecca S.W. Bates
“The Mooring Buoy” by Jamie McNabb
“Slow World” by Steven Mohan Jr.
“Snake Bi” by Kellen Knolan
“Between the Lines” by Karen L. Abrahamson
“Perfect Notes” by Scott William Carter
“The Space Between Hope and Dreams” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“The Atlantis Fifty” (Poker Boy) by Dean Wesley Smith
“Sky in the Ground” by Rob Vagle
Next of Kin by Dan Wells
“Next of Kin” by Dan Wells.
Title: Next of Kin
Series: John Cleaver
Number in Series: 3.5 (three-point-five)
Author(s): Dan Wells✓
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Publisher: Fearful Symmetry
Published: June 2014
ISBN-10: 0692246037
ISBN-13: 9780692246030
Notes: This is a novella set between I Don’t Want to Kill You and The Devil’s Only Friend.
Kaiju Rising – Age of Monsters – edited by Tim Marquitz and Nickolas Sharps
“Kaiju Rising: Age of Monsters” edited by Tim Marquitz and Nickolas Sharps.
Title: Kaiju Rising – Age of Monsters
Author(s): David Anandale, Natania Barron, Shane Berryhill, Nathan Black, Peter Clines, Larry Correia, Edward M. Erdelac, Jaym Gates, Paul Genesse, Kane Gilmour, Erin Hoffman, Howard Andrew Jones, J.C. Koch, Timothy W. Long, James Lovegrove, Mike MacLean, James Maxey, Peter Rawlik, Josh Reynolds, Jeremy Robinson, Sean Sherman, Peter Stenson, Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam, James Swallow, Patrick M. Tracy, C.L. Werner, Jonathan Wood
Editor(s): Tim Marquitz, Nickolas Sharps
Cover Artist: Bob Eggleton
Interior Artist(s): Robert Elrod, Matt Frank, Chuck Lukacs
Language: English
Publisher: Ragnarok Publications
Published: May 2014
ISBN-10: 0991360567
ISBN-13: 9780991360567
Contents:
“Big Ben and the End of the Pier Show” by James Lovegrove
“The Conversion” by David Annandale
“Day of the Demigods” by Peter Stenson
“The Lighthouse Keeper of Kurohaka Island” by Kane Gilmour
“Occupied” by Natania Barron
“One Last Round” by Nathan Black
“The Serpent’s Heart” by Howard Andrew Jones
“Monstruo” by Mike MacLean
“The Behemoth” by Jonathan Wood
“The Greatest Hunger” by Jaym Gates
“Heartland” by Shane Berryhill
“Devil’s Cap Brawl” by Edward M. Erdelac
“Shaktarra” by Sean Sherman
“Of the Earth, of the Sky, of the Sea” by Patrick M. Tracy and Paul Genesse
“The Flight of the Red Monsters” by Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam
“Operation Starfish” by Peter Rawlik
“With Bright Shining Faces” by J.C. Koch
“The Banner of the Bent Cross” by Peter Clines
“Fall of Babylon” by James Maxey
“Dead Man’s Bones” by Josh Reynolds
“Stormrise” by Erin Hoffman
“Big Dog” by Timothy W. Long
“The Great Sea Beast” by Larry Correia
“Animikii vs. Mishipeshu” by C.L. Werner
“The Turn of the Card” by James Swallow
Blood Oath – An Orc Love Story by Sarah E. Seeley
“Blood Oath – An Orc Love Story” by Sarah E. Seeley.
Title: Blood Oath – An Orc Love Story
Author(s): Sarah E. Seeley ✓
Cover Artist: Carter Reid
Language: English
Publisher: self
Published: April 2014
ISBN-10: 1495993930
ISBN-13: 9781495993930
Games Creatures Play – edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner
“Games Creatures Play” edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner.
Title: Games Creatures Play
Author(s): Jan Burke, Dana Cameron, Adam-Troy Castro, Brendan DuBois, Charlaine Harris, Toni L.P. Kelner, Caitlin Kittredge, William Kent Krueger, Ellen Kushner, Mercedes Lackey, Joe R. Lansdale, Laura Lippman, Seanan McGuire, Brandon Sanderson, Scott Sigler
Editor(s): Charlaine Harris, Toni L.P. Kelner
Cover Artist: Lisa Desimini
Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: April 2014
ISBN-10: 0425256871
ISBN-13: 9780425256879
Contents:
“In the Blue Hereafter” by Charlaine Harris
“Hide and Seek” by William Kent Krueger
“Stepping into the Dead Zone” by Jan Burke
“Dead on the Bones” by Joe R. Lansdale
“The Devil Went Down to Boston” by Caitlin Kittredge
“On the Playing Fields of Blood” by Brendan DuBois
“The God’s Games” by Dana Cameron
“The Case of the Haunted Safeway” by Scott Sigler
“Prise de Fer” by Ellen Kushner
“Dreamer” by Brandon Sanderson
“False Knight on the Road” by Mercedes Lackey
“Jammed” by Seanan McGuire
“Hide and Shriek” by Adam-Troy Castro
“Ice” by Laura Lippman
“Bell, Book, and Candlepin” by Toni L.P. Kelner