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

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