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Short Fiction
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“Immortal Coil”
Uncanny Magazine, 2021
Nominated for Subjective Chaos Kind of Awards, Best Short Story -
“The Sweet Tooth of Angwar Bec”
Silk & Steel, ed. Janine A. Southard. Cantina Publishing, 2020
Find Swordspoint chronology here.
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“On the Island”
New Decameron Thirty-Nine, 2020
(Scenes taken from work-in-progress.)Find Swordspoint chronology here.
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“The Duke of Riverside”
Naked City: Tales of New Urban Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow
New York: St Martin’s, 2011
Uncanny: A Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2019
(Reprinted in revised form, with author edits.)Find Swordspoint chronology here.
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“When I Was a Highwayman”
The Book of Swords, ed. Gardner Dozois. New York: Bantam Books, 2017
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“When Two Swordsmen Meet”
Kaleidocast, Season 4, Episode 9, 2024
Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany, ed. Nisi Shawl & Bill Campbell: Rosarium Publishing, 2015Reprinted: Lightspeed Magazine, Issue #109, June 2019.
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“The City in Winter”
Sleeping Hedgehog, 2015
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“Prise de Fer”
Games Creatures Play, ed. Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner: Ace Books, 2014
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“One Last, Great Adventure” (with Ysabeau S. Wilce)
Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy, ed. Jonathan Strahan: Solaris, 2013
Reprinted: Clarkesworld Magazine, ed. Neil Clarke November, 2015. -
“The Vital Importance of the Superficial” (with Caroline Stevermer)
Queen Victoria’s Book of Spells, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, New York: Tor Books, 2013
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“The Three-fold World”
Under My Hat, ed. Jonathan Strahan
New York: Random House, 2012 -
“History”
Teeth, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
New York: Harper Collins, 2011 -
“Welcome to Bordertown” (with Terri Windling)
Welcome to Bordertown, ed. Holly Black & Ellen Kushner
New York: Random House, 2011 -
“The Man with the Knives”
New York: Temporary Culture, 2010.
Reprinted:
Tor, online, 2010.
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume 5, ed. Jonathan Strahan
San Francisco: Night Shade Books, March 2011Find Swordspoint chronology here.
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“The Children of Cadmus”
The Beastly Bride, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
New York: Viking, 2010Reprinted:
The Heiresses of Russ 2011: The Year’s Best Lesbian Speculative Fiction, ed. JoSelle Vanderhooft and Steven Berman
Lethe Press, 2011 -
“Dulce Domum”
Eclipse 3, ed. Jonathan Strahan
San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2009.Reprinted:
Year’s Best Fantasy #10, David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer, eds.
Tor.com, 2012.
Season of Wonder, ed. Paula Guran
Prime Books, 2012. -
“Last Drink Bird Head”
Last Drink Bird Head, ed. Ann Vandermeer & Jeff Vandermeer
New York: Ministry of Whimsy, 2009 -
“The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces”
Troll’s Eye View, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
New York: Viking, 2009 -
“A Wild and a Wicked Youth”
Fantasy & Science Fiction, April/May 2009.
Reprinted:
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Vol. 4, ed. Jonathan Strahan
San Francisco: Night Shade Books, 2010
Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction, ed. Brit Mandelo
Lethe Press, 2012Award: Best Foreign Short Story, Prix Imaginales, 2014.
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“Honored Guest”
The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
New York: Viking, 2007 -
“Beauty Sleeping”
Parabola v30 #1: Awakening, Spring 2005
Angels of the Meanwhile: Poetry and Prose in Support of Pope Lizbet, ed. Alexandra Erin, 2016 (E-book) -
“Hot Water”
The Essential Bordertown, ed. Terri Windling & Delia Sherman.
New York: Tor, 1998, 1999
Translations: Tähtivaeltaja February 2010 (as “Kuumaa vettä: Romanttinen kertomus Rajakaupungista,” Finnish) -
“The House of Nine Doors”
Sirens and Other Daemon Lovers: Magical Tales of Love and Seduction, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling.
New York: HarperCollins/HarperPrism, 1998 HarperCollins/Eos, 2002
Translations: Prague: Topzine.cz, 2011 as “Dum Devatera Dverí: Muž, který vešel, ale neodešel” (Czech) -
“The Death of the Duke”
Starlight 2, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden.
New York: Tor, 1998.
Reprinted:
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Twelfth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1999.
Sworsdpoint New York: Bantam/Spectra, February 2003.
Swords of Riverside New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2006.
Translations: A punta de espada. Madrid: Bibliópolis, 2005 as “La muerte del duque” (Spanish).
Nominated for World Fantasy Award, Best Short Story. -
“On the Taconic” (with Delia Sherman)
Paradoxa: Studies in World Literary Genres v4 #10 “Metafictions: Stories of Reading”, 1998
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“The Death of Raven”
The Horns of Elfland, ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, & Donald G. Keller.
New York: ROC/ Penguin, 1997 -
“The Fall of the Kings” (with Delia Sherman)
Bending the Landscape, ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel.
Clarkston GA: White Wolf/Borealis, 1997
Reprinted:
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Eleventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998
Nominated for World Fantasy Award, Best Novella, 1997 -
“Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep”
The Armless Maiden and Other Tales for Childhood’s Survivors, ed. Terri Windling.
New York: Tor, 1995 -
“The Hunt of the Unicorn”
Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn, ed. Peter S. Beagle & Janet Berliner.
New York: HarperCollins/HarperPrism, 1995.
Reprinted:
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Ninth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1996
Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn v2
New York: HarperPrism, 1999
Faeries #8, July 2002
Nestiveqnen Éditions, Paris (as “À la poursuite de la Licorne,” French) -
“Playing with Fire”
The Women’s Press Book of New Myth and Magic, ed. Helen Windrath.
London: The Women’s Press, 1993.
Reprinted:
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Seventh Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1994. -
“The Swordsman whose Name was not Death”
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, v81 #3, September 1991.
Reprinted:
The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror, Fifth Annual Collection, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1992
Strange Horizons online, November 2002
Sworsdpoint. New York: Bantam/Spectra, February 2003.
In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, ed. Gordon Van Gelder. New York: Avalon/Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2004.
Swords of Riverside. New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2006.
Fantasy Magazine online, November 2011.
Translations: Fiction anthologie périodique de Fantasy & Science Fiction v1, Spring 2005. Lyon, France (as “Le bretteur qui n’était pas la Mort,” French)
A punta de espada. Madrid: Bibliópolis, 2005 (as “El espadachín cuyo nombre no era Muerte,” Spanish) -
“Lost in the Mail”
Life on the Border, ed. Terri Windling
New York: Tor, 1991. -
“Mockery” (with Bellamy Bach)
Bordertown, ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold.
New York: Signet Books, 1986
New York: Tor, 1996. -
“Charis”
Borderland, ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold.
New York: Signet Books, 1986
New York: Tor, 1992.
Reprinted:
New Magics, ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden
New York: Tor Teen, 2004. -
“Lazarus”
Heroic Visions II, ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson.
New York: Ace Books, 1986. -
“Night Laughter”
After Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant.
New York: Tor, 1986.
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Girl’s Night Out: Twenty-Nine Female Vampire Stories, ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert E. Weinberg, & Martin H. Greenberg.
New York: Barnes & Noble, 1997
Streets of Blood, ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg.
Nashville TN: Cumberland House, 1998.
The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, ed. Stephen Jones.
New York: Carroll & Graf, 2001; London: Robinson, 2001. -
“Red Cloak”
Whispers, ed. Stuart David Schiff, v5 #1-2, August 1982.
Reprinted:
A Distant Soil #28, (illustrated by Colleen Doran), Image Comics, July 1999
Sworsdpoint. New York: Bantam/Spectra, February 2003
Swords of Riverside. New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2006. -
“The Unicorn Masque”
Elsewhere, ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold.
New York: Ace Books, 1981.
Reprinted:
A Century of Fantasy: 1980-1989, the Greatest Stories of the Decade, ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg.
New York: MJF Books, 1996
Magical Beginnings, ed. Steven H. Silver & Martin H. Greenberg
New York: DAW Books, 2003 (with new introduction).
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