The Year's Best and Fantasy Horror
SIXTH ANNUAL COLLECTION
Edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri WindlingThis years volume is dedicated to Gordon Van Gelder for all his faith and support.
E.D. and T.W.
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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 Asimovs 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 Queens 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 authors 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 authors 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.
On Death and the Deuce" by Rick Bowes. Copyright 1992 by Mercury Press, Inc. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1992 issue. Reprinted by permission of the author.
The Man Who Rowed Christopher Columbus Ashore by Harlan Ellison. Copyright 1991 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. Reprinted by arrangement with, and permission of, the author and the authors agent, Richard Curtis Associates, Inc., New York. All rights reserved.