The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
SIXTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
This years volume is dedicated to Gordon Van Gelder for all his faith and support.
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“Silver Temand Gold” by Emma Bull. Copyright © 1992 by Emma Bull. First published in After the King edited by Martin H. Greenberg; Tor Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Tinker” by Jack Cady. Copyright © 1992 by Jack Cady. First published in Glimmer Train magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
Queequeg by Craig Curtis. Copyright © 1992 by Chicago Review. First published in Chicago Review Vol. 37, number 4. Reprinted by permission of Chicago Review.
“Anima” by M. John Harrison. Copyright © 1992 by Interzone. First published in Interzone, April 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Skin” by Steve Rasnic Tem. Copyright © 1992 by Michael A. Arnzen. First published in Psychos edited by Michael A. Arnzen. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Homunculus: A Novel in One Chapter” by Reginald McKnight. Copyright © 1992 by Reginald McKnight. First appeared in The Colorado College Magazine. By permission of Little, Brown and Company.
The Annunciation by Cristina Peri Rossi. Copyright © 1992 by White Pine Press. First published in Secret Weavers: Stories of the Fantastic by Women Writers of Argentina and Chile edited by Marjorie Agosin. Reprinted by permission of White Pine Press.
“The Bone Woman” by Charles de Lint. Copyright © 1992 by Charles de Lint. First published as a chapbook by Triskell Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Story of the Eldest Princess” by A. S. Byatt. Copyright © 1992 by Christine Park and Caroline Heaton. First published in Caught in a Story: Contemporary Fairytales and Fables edited by Christine Park and Caroline Heaton; Vintage. Reprinted by permission of the Peters Fraser & Dunlop Group Ltd.
“Calcutta, Lord of Nerves” by Poppy Z. Brite. Copyright © 1992 by John Skipp and Craig Spector. First published in Still Dead edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector; Bantam Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
In the Looking Glass, Life Is Death” by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Copyright © 1992 by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. First published in Deathrealm #17, Fall, 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Parakeet and the Cat” by Scott Bradfield. Copyright © 1992 by Scott Bradfield. First published in Conjunctions: 18 Bard College Literary Magazine. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd.
“Glory” by Nicholas Royle. Copyright © 1992 by Nicholas Royle. First published in Narrow Houses Vol. 1, edited by Peter Crowther; Little, Brown (U.K.) Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Murder Mysteries” by Neil Gaiman. Copyright © 1992 by Neil Caiman. First published in Midnight Graffiti edited by Jessica Horsting and James Van Hise; Warner Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Hungry” by Steve Rasnic Tem. Copyright © 1992 by Steve Rasnic Tem. First published in Borderlands 3 edited by Thomas Monteleone; Borderlands Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Playing With” by M. R. Scofidio. Copyright© 1992 by M. R. Scofidio. First published mThe Urbanite #2, The Party Issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Human Remains” by Edward Bryant. Copyright © 1992 by Edward Bryant. First published in Darker Passions, Roadkill Press. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“It Comes and Goes” by Robert Silverberg. Copyright © 1992 by Agberg, Ltd. First published in Playboy, January 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author and Agberg, Ltd.
“The Bewitched Burr” by Grozdana Olujic. English translation copyright © 1992 by Conjunctions. First published in Conjunctions: 18 Bard College Literary Magazine. Reprinted by permission of Jascha Kessler.
“Swimming Lesson” by Charlotte Watson Sherman. Copyright © 1992 by Charlotte Watson Sherman. First published in Killing Color, CALYX Books. Reprinted by permission of CALYX Books.
“Memories of the Flying Ball Bike Shop” by Garry Kilworth. Copyright © 1992 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine, June 1992 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Bats” by Diane de Avalle-Arce. Copyright © 1992 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Magazines. First published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, August 1992 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Origami Mountain” by Nancy Farmer. Copyright © 1992 by Nancy Farmer. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1992 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author and her agent, Virginia Kidd.
“Ruby Laughter, Tears of Pearl” by James Powell. Copyright © 1992 by James Powell. First published in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mid-December 1992 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“I Sing of a Maiden” by Judith Tarr. Copyright © 1992 by Judith Tarr. First published in The Magic of Christmas: Holiday Stories of Fantasy and Science Fiction edited by John Silbersack and Christopher Schelling; Roc Books. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, Jane Butler.
“Also Starring” by Cliff Burns. Copyright © 1992 by Cliff Burns. First published in Tesseracts IV edited by Lorna Toolis and Michael Skeet; Beach Holme Books. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“On Edge” by Christopher Fowler. Copyright © 1992 by Christopher Fowler. First published in Dark Voices 4 edited by David Sutton and Stephen Jones; Pan Books, Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Martyrdom” by Joyce Carol Oates. Copyright © 1992 by The Ontario Review, Inc. First published in MetaHorror edited by Dennis Etchison; Dell Books. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agent, John Hawkins & Associates, Inc.
“The Second Bakery Attack” by Haruki Murakami. Copyright © 1993 by Haruki Murakami. From The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
“A Little Night Music” by Lucius Shepard. Copyright © 1992 by Lucius Shepard. First published in Omni magazine, March 1992 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Tom and Jerry Visit England” by Jo Shapcott. Copyright © 1992 by Jo Shapcott. Reprinted from Phrase Book by Jo Shapcott (1992) by permission of Oxford University Press.
“The Sluice” by Stephen Gallagher. Copyright © 1992 by Stephen Gallagher. First published in Narrow Houses Vol. 1 edited by Peter Crowther; Little, Brown (U.K.) Ltd. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Ratbird” by Brian W. Aldiss. Copyright © 1992 by Brian W. Aldiss. First published in New Worlds 2 edited by David Garnett, consultant editor Michael Moorcock. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, Robin Straus Agency, Inc.
“The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun” by Gene Wolfe. Copyright © 1992 by Gene Wolfe. First published in Grails, Quests, Visitations and Other Occurences edited by Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg and Edward D. Kramer; Unnameable Press. Reprinted by permission of the author and his agent, Virginia Kidd.