Category: Anthology

Unfettered I — Anthology

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Unfettered I -- AnthologyCopyright 2013 unless stated.

Standalones

Imaginary Friends – 1991 by Terry Brooks
How Old Holly Came To Be — Patrick Rothfuss
The Old Scale Game — Tad Williams
Game of Chance — Carrie Vaughn
The Martyr of the Roses – 1996 — Jacqueline Carey
Mudboy — Peter V. Brett
The Sound of Broken Absolutes — Peter Orullian
The Coach with Big Teeth – 1996 — R.A. Salvatore
Keeper of Memory — Todd Lockwood
Heaven in a Wild Flower — Blake Charlton
Dogs — Daniel Abraham
The Chapel Perilous — Kevin Hearne
Select Mode — Mark Lawrence
All the Girls Love Michael Stein — David Anthony Durham
Strange Rain — Jennifer Bosworth
Nocturne — Robert V.S. Redick
Unbowed — Eldon Thompson
In Favour with Their Stars — Naomi Novik
River of Souls — Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson
The Jester — Michael J. Sullivan
The Duel — Lev Grossman
Walker and the Shade of Allanon — Terry Brooks
The Unfettered Knight — Shawn Speakman

#marklawrence #fantasy #naominovik

Unfettered II — Anthology

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Unfettered II -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 2016 unless stated.

Standalones

Castle Coeurlieu — Naomi Novik
A Slow Kill – 2014 — Peter Orullian
And Men Will Mine the Mountain for Our Souls — Seanan McGuire
Day One — Jim Butcher
Brightwine in the Garden of Tsitsian Village – 2015 — Bradley P. Beaulieu
Aokigahara – 2015 — John A. Pitts
The Decoy — Janny Wurts
The King’s Despatcher – 2015 — David Farland
Figures – 2015 — Rachel Caine
The Red-Rimmed Eyes of Tóu Mǎ — Aidan Moher
Magic Beans – 2015 — Django Wexler
The Hedgewitch — Sarah Beth Durst
Victim with a Capital V — Scott Sigler
A Duel of Evils – 2015 — Anthony Ryan
The Raven — Erin Lindsey
Bulletproof – 2015– Mark Lawrence
The Gunnie – 2015 — Charlaine Harris
Little Wren and the Big Forest — Michael J. Sullivan
The Thrill — Brandon Sanderson
The Last Flowers of the Spring Witch — Shawn Speakman

#fantasy #naominovik #seananmcguire #jannywurts #marklawrence

Unfettered III — Anthology

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Unfettered III -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 2019 unless stated.

Standalones

The Heart Box — Callie Bates
Everybody Said It Would Hurt • [Fillory] — Lev Grossman
A Thousand Years — Mark Lawrence
Among a Throng of Bilious Octogenarians — Delilah S. Dawson
Blood of the Sardaukar — Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
Allanon’s Quest • [Paladins of Shannara • 1] – 2012 — Terry Brooks
Kneeling Before Jupiter — David Anthony Durham
Stripes in the Sunset — Seanan McGuire
All That Glitters — Marc Turner
The Heir Apparent • [The Faithful and the Fallen] — John Gwynne
Dancing on the Edge • [The Dragon’s Legacy] — Deborah A. Wolf
Prologue: Second Book of The Evertide • [The Evertide] — Todd Lockwood
Thasha’s Cure for Cabin Fever • [Chathrand Voyage] — Robert V. S. Redick
How Not to Invade a Country • [Godblind] — Anna Stephens
The Paper Man — Peter Orullian
Merchants Have Maxims • [Tabat Short Fiction] — Cat Rambo
Of Anchor Chains and Slow Refrains and Light Long Lost in Darkness • [The Psalms of Isaak] — Ken Scholes
Second Chances — Robin Hobb
The Hidden • [The Last King of Osten Ard] — Tad Williams
Throwdown • [Victim with a Capital V] — Scott Sigler
Sidekick — Carrie Vaughn
Hawkeye — Patrick J. Swenson
The Spectral Sword • [Legend of Takashaniel] — R. J. Terrell
Gold Light • [Empires of Dust] — Anna Smith Spark
The Stone Golem of Qual’Jom — Jason Denzel
A Fire Within the Ways • [Wheel of Time] — Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
Seven — Naomi Novik
The Fire-Risen Ash • [The Annwn Cycle] — Shawn Speakman

#fantasy #marklawrence #delilahsdawson #brianherbert #kevinjanderson #seananmcguire #robinhobb #naominovik

Zombies vs. Unicorns — Anthology

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Zombies vs. Unicorns -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 2010.

Standalones

The Highest Justice — Garth Nix
Love Will Tear Us Apart — Alaya Dawn Johnson
Purity Test — Naomi Novik
Bougainvillea — Carrie Ryan
A Thousand Flowers — Margo Lanagan
The Children of the Revolution — Maureen Johnson
The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn — Diana Peterfreund
Inoculata — Scott Westerfeld
Princess Prettypants — Meg Cabot
Cold Hands — Cassandra Claire
The Third Virgin — Kathleen Duey
Prom Night — Libba Bray

Naomi’s Page

#fantasy #naominovik

Naked City — Anthology

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Naked City -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 2011.

Standalones

Curses — Jim Butcher
How the Pooka Came to New York City — Delia Sherman
On the Slide — Richard Bowes
The Duke of Riverside — Ellen Kushner
Oblivion by Calvin Klein — Christopher Fowler
Fairy Gifts — Patricia Briggs
Picking Up the Pieces — Pat Cadigan
Underbridge — Peter S. Beagle
Priced to Sell — Naomi Novik
The Bricks of Gelecek — Matthew Kressel
Weston Walks — Kit Reed
The Projected Girl — Lavie Tidhar
The Way Station — Nathan Ballingrud
Guns for the Dead — Melissa Marr
And Go Like This — John Crowley
Noble Rot — Holly Black
Daddy Longlegs of the Evening — Jeffrey Ford
The Skinny Girl — Lucius Shepard
The Colliers’ Venus (1893) — Caitlín R. Kiernan
King Pole, Gallows Pole, Bottle Tree — Elizabeth Bear

#fantasy #patcadigan #naominovik #luciusshepard

The Sandman — Anthology

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The Sandman -- AnthologyAll stories copyright 1996.

Standalones

Masquerade and High Water — Colin Greenland
Chain Home, Low — John M. Ford
Stronger Than Desire — Lisa Goldstein
Each Damp Thing — Barbara Hambly
The Birth Day — Brenda W. Clough [as by B. W. Clough]
Splatter — Will Shetterly
Seven Nights in Slumberland — George Alec Effinger
Escape Artist — Caitlín R. Kiernan
An Extra Smidgen of Eternity — Robert Rodi
The Writer’s Child — Tad Williams
Endless Sestina — Lawrence Schimel
The Gate of Gold — Mark Kreighbaum
A Bone Dry Place — Karen Haber
The Witch’s Heart — Delia Sherman
The Mender of Broken Dreams — Nancy A. Collins
Ain’t You ‘Most Done? — Gene Wolfe
Valóság and Élet — Steven Brust
Stopp’t-Clock Yard — Susanna Clarke

#fantasy #genewolfe #susannaclarke

Tails of Wonder and Imagination – Anthology

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Tails of Wonder and Imagination - Anthology

Standalones

No Heaven Will Not Ever Heaven Be . . . . – 1996 — A.R. Morlan
The Price – 1997 — Neil Gaiman
Dark Eyes, Faith, and Devotion – 2005 — Charles de Lint
Not Waving – 1996 — Michael Marshall Smith
Catch – 1996 — Ray Vukcevich
The Manticore Spell – 2007 — Jeffrey Ford
Catskin – 2003 — Kelly Link
Mieze Corrects an Incomplete Representation of Reality – 1993 — Michaela Roessner
Guardians – 1981 — George R. R. Martin
Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats – 1991 — Michael Bishop
Gordon, the Self-Made Cat – 2006 — Peter S. Beagle
The Jaguar Hunter – 1995 — Lucius Shepard
Arthur’s Lion – 2006 — Tanith Lee
Pride – 2007 — Mary A. Turzillo
The Burglar Takes a Cat – 1994 — Lawrence Block
The White Cat – 1987 — Joyce Carol Oates
Returns – 2002 — Jack Ketchum
Puss-Cat – 2007 — Reggie Oliver
Cat in Glass – 1989 — Nancy Etchemendy
Coyote Peyote – 1994 — Carole Nelson Douglas
The Poet and the Inkmaker’s Daughter – 2004 — Elizabeth Hand
The Night of the Tiger – 1978 — Stephen King
Every Angel is Terrifying – 1998 — John Kessel
Candia – 2000 — Graham Joyce
Mbo – 1997 — Nicholas Royle
Bean Bag Cats® – 1983 — Edward Bryant
Antiquities – 1977 — John Crowley
The Manticore’s Tale – 2007 — Catherynne M. Valente
In Carnation – 1991 — Nancy Springer
Old Foss is the Name of His Cat – 2008 — David Sandner
A Safe Place to Be – 2009 — Carol Emshwiller
Nine Lives to Live – 1992 — Sharyn McCrumb
Tiger Kill – 2000 — Kaaron Warren
Something Better Than Death – 2009 — Lucy Sussex
Dominion – 2008 — Christine Lucas
Tiger in the Snow – 1984 — Daniel Wynn Barber
The Dweller in High Places – 2007 — Susanna Clarke
The Puma – 2009 — Theodora Goss
Healing Benjamin – 2009 — Dennis Danvers

#fantasy #neilgaiman #michaelmarshallsmith #georgerrmartin #michaelbishop #luciusshepard #johncrowley #susannaclarke

Love Hurts — Anthology

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Love Hurts -- AnthologyAll copyright 2015 except stated.

Standalones

The Sorcerer’s Unattainable Gardens — A. Merc Rustad
A Puzzle by the Name of L — Carla Dash
Jacinta’s Lovers — Steve Simpson
A Concise Protocol for Efficient Deicide — Mel Paisley
Fairy Werewolf vs. Vampire Zombie – 2011 — Charlie Jane Anders
The Woman Who Sang — Terry Durbin
Iron Roses – 2014 — Michal Wojcik
Traveler — Michael Milne
Virgin of the Sands – 2006 — Holly Phillips
Catching On — Kyle Richardson
Metempsychotic — Leah Brown
Possibly Nefarious Purposes — Michelle Ann King
A Heart for Lucretia – 1993 — Jeff VanderMeer
Your Moment of Zen — Dan Micklethwaite
Back to Where I Know You — Victoria Zelvin
Green-Eyed Monster — J.D. Brink
By Bargain and by Blood – 2010 — Aliette de Bodard
The Ghûl (A Nasty Story) — Matt Leivers
Past Perfect — G. Scott Huggins
Favor — Shannon Phillips
WHILE (u > i) i- -; – 2009 — Hugh Howey
The Boulevardier — David Stevens
Stargazer — Keith Frady
So Fast We’re Slow — Jody Sollazzo
Alice — Morgen Knight
Sing – 2013 — Karin Tidbeck

#scifi #aliettedebodard #hughhowey

Galactic Empires — Anthology

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Galactic Empires -- Anthology

Winning Peace • [Jackaroo] – 2007 — Paul J. McAuley
Night’s Slow Poison – 2012 — Ann Leckie
All the Painted Stars – 2012 — Gwendolyn Clare
Firstborn – 2005 — Brandon Sanderson
Riding the Crocodile – 2005 — Greg Egan
The Lost Princess Man – 2009 — John Barnes
The Waiting Stars – 2013 — Aliette de Bodard
Alien Archeology • [Polity Universe] – 2007 — Neal Asher
The Muse of Empires Lost – 2006 — Paul M. Berger
Ghostweight – 2011 — Yoon Ha Lee
A Cold Heart – 2014 — Tobias S. Buckell
The Colonel Returns to the Stars – 2004 — Robert Silverberg
The Impossibles • [Retrieval Artist] – 2011 — Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Utriusque Cosmi – 2009 — Robert Charles Wilson
Section Seven – 2003 — Jack Campbell
Invisible Empire of Ascending Light – 2008 — Ken Scholes
The Man with the Golden Balloon • [The Great Ship Universe] – 2008 — Robert Reed
Looking Through Lace • [Looking Through Lace • 1] – 2003 — Ruth Nestvold
A Letter from the Emperor – 2010 — Steve Rasnic Tem
The Wayfarer’s Advice • [The Imperials Saga] – 2010 — Melinda M. Snodgrass
Seven Years from Home – 2010 — Naomi Novik
Verthandi’s Ring – 2007 — Ian McDonald

#scifi #paulmcauley #annleckie #gregegan #aliettedebodard #robertsilverberg #naominovik

Altered Perceptions — Anthology

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Altered Perceptions -- AnthologyCopyright 2014

Standalones

Ravenous — Shannon Hale
Cybernetic Space Princess from Mars — Seanan McGuire
Third-person draft chapter from InCryptid — Seanan McGuire
The Nature of Masks — Mary Robinette Kowal
Deleted scene from Valour and Vanity — Mary Robinette Kowal
Playing Cards with the Corley — Jessica Day George
“No. I’m Fine.” — Howard Tayler
Married to Depression — Sandra Tayler
The Author and the A-Word — Bree Despain
Deleted epilogue from The Lost Saint: Aftermath — Bree Despain
Alternate first chapter from Into the Dark: The Shadow Prince: Haden — Bree Despain
Sections from the first draft of Pandemonium — Lauren Oliver
Notes from a Depressed Humor Writer as She Works on Her Humorous Book about Depression — Jacqueline Novak
Deleted scene from Swords of Exodus — Larry Correia
Unused chapter from The Dark Thorn — Shawn Speakman
Excerpt from Song for Anna — Annette Lyon
Original chapter one from Vortex — SJ Kincaid
Early chapters from Farworld — J Scott Savage
Epilogue to Feedback: Supernova — Robison Wells
Free-write prologue to I Am Not a Serial Killer — Dan Wells
Seeing Red — Luisa Perkins
Bonus chapter from Beauty and the Clockwork Beast: Marie — Nancy Campbell Allen
Family Portrait at the Kensington Manor Hotel — Sara Zarr
Three stories from the world of Wings — Aprilynne Pike
Womb — Kiersten White
The first three chapters of The Echo Lives in Blackfoot — Brodi Ashton
Book 8, which became Tres Leches Cupcake — Josi Kilpack
Bonus excerpts from Beyonders book 2: Oracular Interviews — Brandon Mull
Deleted scene from Becoming Lady Lockwood — Jennifer Moore
From Longing for Home and Hope Springs: Farewells — Sarah M. Eden
Prewriting from the Taken Trilogy — Erin Bowman
Lunar Sacrament of Conciliation — John C. Wright
Deleted chapter from A Thousand Pieces of You: Station 47 — Claudia Gray
Deleted scenes from the 2002 version of The Way of Kings — Brandon Sanderson

#seananmcguire #maryrobinettekowal