“1963: The Argument Against Louis Pasteur” copyright © 2011 by Mur Lafferty
“1972: The Lichenologist's Visit” copyright © 2011 by Ekaterina Sedia
“1995: Kneel” copyright © 2011 by Brian Evenson
“2000: Dr. Lambshead’s Dark Room” copyright © 2011 by S. J. Chambers
“2003: The Pea” copyright © 2011 by Gio Clairval
The flash fictions in “A Brief Catalog of Additional Items” are copyright © 2011 to the writer noted in parentheses at the end of each entry: Hugh Alter, Charlie Jane Anders, Julie Andrews, Christopher Begley, Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Nickolas Brienza, Tucker Cummings, Kaolin Imago Fire, Jess Gulbranson, Jennifer Harwood-Smith, Willow Holser, Rhys Hughes, Incognitum (aka Reza Negarestani), Paul Kirsch, Michael J. Larson, Graham Lowther, Claire Massey, Tony Mileman, Adam Mills, Annalee Newitz, Ignacio Sanz, Steven M. Schmidt, Grant Stone, Norman Taber (aka Dr. Galubrious), Brian Thill, Nick Tramdack, Nicholas Troy, Tom Underberg, Horia Ursu, William T. Vandemark, Kali Wallace, Tracie Welser, Amy Willats, Nadine Wilson, Ben Woodard.
Other Books by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer
Best American Fantasy 1
(with Matthew Cheney)
Best American Fantasy 2
(with Matthew Cheney)
The New Weird
Steampunk
Fast Ships, Black Sails
Last Drink Bird Head:
Flash Fiction for Literacy
The Kosher Guide to Imaginary Animals
Steampunk Reloaded
The Weird
Books by Jeff VanderMeer
FICTION
Dradin, in Love
The Book of Lost Places
Veniss Underground
City of Saints & Madmen
Secret Life
Shriek: An Afterword
The Situation
Secret Lives
Predator: South China Sea
Finch
The Third Bear
The Three Quests of the
Wizard Sarnod
NONFICTION AND
ANTHOLOGIES
Leviathan 1 (with Luke O’Grady)
Leviathan 2 (with Rose Secrest)
Leviathan 3 (with Forrest Aguirre)
Album Zutique
The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide
to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases
(with Mark Roberts)
Why Should I Cut Your Throat?
Booklife: Strategies & Survival Tips
for the 21st Century Writer
Monstrous Creatures: Explorations
of Fantasy
The Steampunk Bible
(with S. J. Chambers)
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