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Field of Fantasies – Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural – edited by Rick Wilber

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"Field of Fantasies" edited by Rick Wilber.

“Field of Fantasies” edited by Rick Wilber.


Title: Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural
Author(s): Max Apple, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ray Bradbury, Ron Carlson, Robert Coover, Gardner Dozois, Karen Joy Fowler, Ray Gonzalez, Jack Kerouac, John Kessel, Stephen King, W.P. Kinsella, Louise Marley, Bruce McAllister, Stewart O’Nan, Kim Stanley Robinson, David Sandner, Valerie Sayers, Wilbur Schramm, Rod Serling, Cecelia Tan, Harry Turtledove, Edo van Belkom, Jacob Weisman, by Rick Wilber
Editor(s): Rick Wilber
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: October 2014
ISBN-10: 1597805483
ISBN-13: 9781597805483
Contents:
   “A Face in the Crowd” by Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan
   “The Further Adventures of the Invisible Man” by Karen Joy Fowler
   “The Hector Quesadilla Story” by T. Coraghessan Boyle
   “Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “Ronnie on the Mound” by Jack Kerouac
   “My Kingdom for Jones” by Wilbur Schramm
   “Diamond Girls” by Louise Marley
   “How to Read a Man” by Valerie Sayers
   “The Hanging Curve” by Gardner Dozois
   “The Franchise” by John Kessel
   “Understanding Alvarado” by Max Apple
   “The Southpaw” by Bruce McAllister
   “Ahab at the Helm” by Ray Bradbury
   “McDuff on the Mound” by Robert Coover
   “The Mighty Casey” by Rod Serling
   “The House That George Built” by Harry Turtledove
   “Baseball” by Ray Gonzalez
   “My Last Season with the Owls” by Ron Carlson
   “Pitchers and Catchers” by Cecelia Tan
   “Baseball Memories” by Edo van Belkom
   “Lost October” by David Sandner and Jacob Weisman
   “Stephen to Cora to Joe” by Rick Wilber
   “How I Got My Nickname” by W.P. Kinsella

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

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Three – edited by Jonathan Strahan

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Title: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Three
Series: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Number in Series: 3 (three)
Author(s): Joan Aiken, Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Bear, Holly Black, Richard Bowes, Ted Chiang, Greg Egan, Kij Johnson, John Kessel, Stephen King, Ted Kosmatka, Margo Lanagan, Kelly Link, Paul J. McAuley, Meghan McCarron, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Garth Nix, Holly Phillips, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, M. Rickert, Ken Scholes, Michael Swanwick, Rachel Swirsky, Jeff VanderMeer
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Fred Gambino
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: May 2009
ISBN-10: 1597801496
ISBN-13: 9781597801492
Contents:
   “Exhalation” by Ted Chiang
   “Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear
   “Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel” by Peter S. Beagle
   “Fixing Hanover” by Jeff VanderMeer
   “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi
   “The Dust Assassin” by Ian McDonald
   “Virgin” by Holly Black
   “Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel
   “The Thought War” by Paul McAuley
   “Beyond the Sea Gates of the Scholar Pirates of Sarsköe” by Garth Nix
   “The Small Door” by Holly Phillips
   “Turing’s Apples” by Stephen Baxter
   “The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates” by Stephen King
   “Five Thrillers” by Robert Reed
   “The Magician’s House” by Meghan McCarron
   “Goblin Music” by Joan Aiken
   “Machine Maid” by Margo Lanagan
   “The Art of Alchemy” by Ted Kosmatka
   “26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson
   “Marry the Sun” by Rachel Swirsky
   “Crystal Nights” by Greg Egan
   “His Master’s Voice” by Hannu Rajaniemi
   “Special Economics” by Maureen F. McHugh
   “Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account” by M. Rickert
   “From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled…” by Michael Swanwick
   “If Angels Fight” by Richard Bowes
   “The Doom of Love in Small Spaces” by Ken Scholes
   “Pretty Monsters” by Kelly Link

Otherworldly Main – edited by Noreen Doyle

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Title: Otherworldly Main
Author(s): Karen Jordan Allen, Lee Allred, Jack L. Chalker, Noreen Doyle, Gardner Dozois, Tom Easton, Gregory Feeley, Elizabeth Hand, Daniel Hatch, Jeff Hecht, Lucy Suitor Holt, Edward Kent, Stephen King, John P. O’Grady, Edgar Pangborn, Jessica Reisman, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem, Scott Thomas, Tom Tolnay, Mark Twain
Editor(s): Noreen Doyle
Cover Artist: Greg Mort
Language: English
Publisher: Down East
Published: September 2008
ISBN-10: 0892727462
ISBN-13: 9780892727469
Contents:
   “Introduction: Musings on Maine and the Roots of Modern Science Fiction and Fantasy” by Noreen Doyle
   “Longtooth” by Edgar Pangborn
   “The Hermit Genius of Marshville” by Tom Tolnay
   “Bass Fishing with the Enemy” by Daniel Hatch
   “Dreams of Virginia Dare” by John P. O’Grady
   “Echo” by Elizabeth Hand
   “Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut” by Stephen King
   “A Vision of Bangor, in the Twentieth Century” by Edward Kent
   “By the Lake” (Probability Zero) by Jeff Hecht
   “Awskonomuk” by Gregory Feeley
   “The County” by Melanie Tem
   “And Dream Such Dreams” by Lee Allred
   “Flash Point” by Gardner Dozois
   “The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton” by Mark Twain
   “Trophy Seekins” by Lucy Suitor Holt
   “The Autumn of Sorrows” by Scott Thomas
   “Alternate Anxieties” by Karen Jordan Allen
   “The Chapter of the Hawk of Gold” by Noreen Doyle
   “The Bung-Hole Caper” by Tom Easton
   “Dance Band on the Titanic” by Jack L. Chalker
   “When the Ice Goes Out” by Jessica Reisman
   “Creation Story” by Steve Rasnic Tem

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror – Eighth Annual Collection – edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

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Title: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror – Eighth Annual Collection
Series: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror
Number in Series: 8 (eight)
Author(s): Dale Bailey, B. Brandon Barker, Nicholson Baker, Ray Bradbury, Scott Bradfield, John Bradley, Edward Bryant, Emma Bull, Jonathan Carroll, Lenora Champagne, Douglas Clegg, Ellen Datlow, Charles de Lint, Bradley Denton, Harlan Ellison, Margarita Engle, Kelley Eskridge, Gregory Feeley, James Frenkel, Neil Gaiman, David Garnett, Charles Grant, M. John Harrison, Linda Weasel Head, Noy Holland, Pagan Kennedy, Jack Ketchum, Stephen King, Andrew Klavan, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, Barry Lopez, Ian McDonald, Patricia A. McKillip, Steven Millhauser, Brian Mooney, A.R. Morlan, Emily Newland, David Nickle, Joyce Carol Oates, Leroy Quintana, Carme Riera, Kevin Roice, Nicholas Royle, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Darrell Schweitzer, Delia Sherman, Will Shetterly, Michael Marshall Smith, William Browning Spencer, Michael Swanwick, Judith Tarr, Steve Rasnic Tem, Rachel Wetzsteon, Terri Windling, Jack Womack, Jane Yolen
Editor(s): Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
Cover Artist: Thomas Canty
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: September 1995
ISBN-10: 0312132204
ISBN-13: 9780312132200
Notes: This is printed on really heavy paper!
Contents:
   “Summation 1994: Fantasy” by Terri Windling
   “Summation 1994: Horror” by Ellen Datlow
   “Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1994” by Edward Bryant
   “Comics 1994” by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull
   “Obituaries” by James Frenkel
   “Transmutations” by Patricia A. McKillip
   “Bottom’s Dream” by Rachel Wetzsteon
   “La Promesa” by Leroy Quintana
   “Aweary of the Sun” by Gregory Feeley
   “A Wheel in the Desert, the Moon on Some Swings” by Jonathan Carroll
   “Who Will Love the River God?” by Emily Newland
   “Brothers” by Joyce Carol Oates
   “Subsoil” by Nicholson Baker
   “Elvis’s Bathroom” by Pagan Kennedy
   “Yet Another Poisoned Apple for the Fairy Princess” by A.R. Morlan
   “The Big Game” by Nicholas Royle
   “Buenaventura and the Fifteen Sisters” by Margarita Engle
   “De Natura Unicorni” by Jane Yolen
   “Blue Motel” by Ian McDonald
   “A Friend Indeed” by David Garnett
   “Sometimes, in the Rain” by Charles Grant
   “Rain Falls” by Michael Marshall Smith
   “That Old School Tie” by Jack Womack
   “Animals Behind Bars!” by Scott Bradfield
   “Monuments to the Dead” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “Unterseeboot Doktor” by Ray Bradbury
   “Young Woman in a Garden” by Delia Sherman
   “The Man in the Black Suit” by Stephen King
   “‘In the Tradition…'” by Michael Swanwick
   “Words Like Pale Stones” by Nancy Kress
   “Marchen” poem by Jane Yolen
   “Giants in the Earth” by Dale Bailey
   “A Conflagration Artist” by Bradley Denton
   “Report” by Carme Riera
   “The Village of the Mermaids” poem by John Bradley
   “—And the Horses Hiss at Midnight” by A.R. Morlan
   “The Entreaty of the Wiideema” by Barry Lopez
   “White Chapel” by Douglas Clegg
   “The Stone Woman” poem by Linda Weasel Head
   “Coyote Stories” by Charles de Lint
   “The Box” by Jack Ketchum
   “A Fear of Dead Things” by Andrew Klavan
   “He Unwraps Himself” poem by Darrell Schweitzer
   “Chandira” by Brian Mooney
   “Fever” by Harlan Ellison
   “The Best Things in Life” by Lenora Champagne
   “Mending Souls” by Judith Tarr
   “The Ocean and All Its Devices” by William Browning Spencer
   “Strings” by Kelley Eskridge
   “Superman’s Diary” by B. Brandon Barker
   “Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring” by M. John Harrison
   “The Sisterhood of Night” by Steven Millhauser
   “Winter Bodies” by Noy Holland
   “The Sloan Men” by David Nickle
   “Is That Them?” by Kevin Roice
   “The Kingdom of Cats and Birds” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “Angel Combs” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman