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Unconventional Fantasy: A Celebration of Forty Years of the World Fantasy Convention

Sam Lubell & Bill Campbell (I) & Jean Marie Ward & Peggy Rae Sapienza

First published 2014
Series World Fantasy Convention Souvenir BooksWorld Fantasy Convention 2014
Publisher Baltimore Washington Area Worldcon Association, Inc.
Format eBook
Type Anthology
Cover art Les Edwards
Pages 1+736+684+764+660+560+90
Price $0.00

Distributed to members of the 2014 World Fantasy Convention on thumb drive, with the title of the anthology printed on the drive. The anthology is presented in 6 volumes, 5 of which appear in EPUB, MOBI and PDF formats. The last volume which is primarily artwork only appears in PDF. The Read Me file appears in PDF and Microsoft Word formats. The cover scan is of the first volume and all volumes share the same cover art, except volume 6 which can be seen here. Page numbers are from the PDF versions. Pages 437 through 547 of volume 5 consist primarily of photographs from various World Fantasy Conventions. The section beginning on that page is titled "Unconventional History: Forty Years in Pictures and Links"

Page Title Author(s) Type
1 Introduction: Fun, Fantasy, or Verging on Horror? Peggy Rae Sapienza Essay
7 Guy Gavriel Kay uncredited Essay
8 Guinevere at Almesbury Guy Gavriel Kay Poem
12 International Conference of the Fantastic in the Arts Guest of Honor Speech: Orlando, Florida, 2009 Guy Gavriel Kay Essay
25 Les Edwards uncredited Essay
75 Stuart David Schiff uncredited Essay
76 Gahan Wilson: An Appreciation Stuart David Schiff Essay
80 Lee and Me Stuart David Schiff Essay
89 Lail Finlay uncredited Essay
91 Mary Robinette Kowal uncredited Essay
92 Ginger Stuyvesant and the Case of Eastworth Abbey Mary Robinette Kowal Short Story
113 Jane Yolen uncredited Essay
114 Blown Away Jane Yolen Short Story
132 Portrait of the Book as Golem Jane Yolen Poem
133 Desiring Dragons Jane Yolen Poem
134 What a Time Traveler Needs Most Jane Yolen Poem
135 Fraud Jane Yolen Poem
136 Getting Out of the Way: The Muse Complains Jane Yolen Poem
139 Robert Aickman uncredited Essay
140 The Waiting Room Robert Aickman Short Story
155 Ellen Datlow uncredited Essay
156 For Love of Short Fiction Ellen Datlow Essay
159 Chelsea Quinn Yarbro uncredited Essay
160 Miss Faversham's Room Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Short Story
181 Little Red in the Hood Linda Addison Short Story
183 Simon's Replica Dean Francis Alfar Short Story
193 Coming of Age Lisa Allen-Agostini Short Story
198 The Courting Piers Anthony Short Story
200 The Girl Who Couldn't Fly Lou Antonelli Short Story
213 Rat Beast Nick Antosca Short Story
218 Clubbing Ellen Asher Essay
232 The Girl Who Welcomed Death to Svalgearyen Barbara A. Barnett-Stewart Short Story
246 The Beat of a Pale Wing Alan Baxter Short Story
264 Warm Sea Greg Bear Short Story
269 Kulturkampf Anatoly Belilovsky Short Story
275 Her Heart's Desire Milena Benini Short Story
287 At Fenwick Faire Carol Berg Short Story
303 Storming the Bijou, Mon Amour Michael Bishop Short Story
320 The Illumination of Smithfield James P. Blaylock Short Story
336 Eyes in the Vastness of Forever Gustavo Bondoni Short Story
347 Tears of Laughter, Tears of Grief Richard Bowes Short Story
351 Silence, Before the Horn Marie Brennan Short Story
353 The Executioner Jennifer Marie Brissett Short Story
362 Family Business Maurice Broaddus Short Story
387 A Jewish Ghost Story Rebekah Memel Brown Short Story
394 Spurn Babylon Tobias S. Buckell Short Story
411 Why the Vikings Had No Bars S. C. Butler Short Story
436 The Boys in the Rain Pat Cadigan Short Story
457 The Serpent's Tale (a Fangborn Story) Dana Cameron Novelette
494 A Man's Got to Do What a Man's Got to Do Lynne Cantwell Short Story
519 Early Winter, Near Jenli Village J. Kathleen Cheney Short Story
539 The Captain's Nephew Paolo Chikiamco Short Story
552 The Bones Shine Through with Light Joyce Chng Short Story
559 The Earth Spirit's Favourite Anecdote Zen Cho Short Story
582 Escape Hatch Brenda W. Clough Short Story
589 Bloodcloth Ray Cluley Novelette
617 Miss Violet May from the Twelve Thousand Lakes Tina Connolly Short Story
621 A Lingering Scent of Bacon Brenda Cooper Short Story
639 The Ring Susan Cooper Short Story
643 The Zombie Appeal David E. Cowen Novelette
690 And Go Like This John Crowley Short Story
699 About a Mirror and Its Pieces Carrie Cuinn Short Story
708 Ascent Julie E. Czerneda Short Story
101|4101 Carolina in the Morning Rachel Pollack Short Story
114|2114 Living with Trees Geetanjali Dighe Short Story
115|3115 The Cretaceous Border Sylvia Kelso Short Story
118|2118 The Green Men Who Fly Dilman Dila Short Story
120|5120 House of Windows Paul Tremblay Short Story
123|4123 Water Demons Jennifer R. Povey Short Story
124|2124 The Problem with Piskies Lucienne Diver Short Story
129|3129 An Irreplaceable Existence Hideyuki Kikuchi Novelette
134|4134 Four Legs in the Morning: (A Dr. Sibley Curiosity) Norman Prentiss Short Story
134|5134 Bloodtide Mary Turzillo Short Story
140|2140 The Jacobean Time Machine Chris Dolley Short Story
144|5144 The One That's Worse Than Mine Tom Underberg Short Story
145|2145 The Kings of Tarshish Shall Bring Gifts Stephen R. Donaldson Novelette
14|2014 The Widow and the Xir Indrapramit Das Short Story
155|4155 The Bookmaker's Son Loren Qualls Short Story
156|3156 A Single Year Csilla Kleinheincz Short Story
161|5161 Best Kosher Imaginary Animals Recipes Ann VanderMeer Short Fiction
166|5166 My Sister, My Self Mark L. Van Name Short Story
169|4169 Waking the Taniwha Dan Rabarts Short Story
181|2181 Kenna's Song Betsy Dornbusch Short Story
181|3181 The Unicorn Hunter Alethea Kontis Short Story
184|4184 Ghost Dogs Hannu Rajaniemi Short Story
188|5188 Gabriella Cynthia Ward Short Story
18|4018 Figments of the Unforgiven Mandisi Nkomo Short Story
195|4195 Rubies and Diamonds Tina Rath Short Story
199|3199 The Bricks of Gelecek Matthew Kressel Short Story
1|3001 A Memory of Freedom D. B. Jackson Novelette
1|4001 Quetzalcon Kim Newman Short Fiction
201|2201 Dracula on the Rocks Carole Nelson Douglas Short Story
206|4206 Marlboros and Magic Linda Robertson Short Story
213|5213 At the Bottom of the Garden Jo Walton Short Story
216|5126 Lord Bai's Discovery Jean Marie Ward Short Story
222|3222 The Gargoyle's Shadow Katherine Kurtz Short Story
222|5222 Down to the Silver Spirits Kaaron Warren Short Story
228|2228 The Garuda Bird Tom Doyle Short Story
232|4232 The Timpanist of the Berlin Philharmonic, 1942 Kim Stanley Robinson Short Story
23|5023 A Retrospective on Diseases for Sale Charles Tan Short Story
243|5243 As Quiet As It Gets Mark West Short Story
248|3248 The Starfish's Groom Larissa Lai Short Story
249|2249 The Hunting Ground David Drake Short Story
251|5251 The Penitent Damned Django Wexler Novelette
264|4264 Desire Kiini Ibura Salaam Short Story
267|3267 Where Is Katie? K. N. Lee Short Story
26|4026 A Brutal Murder in a Public Place Joyce Carol Oates Short Story
274|2274 The Lake Tananarive Due Short Story
279|3279 Last Drink Bird Head Stina Leicht Short Story
27|3027 Azif Lynne Jamneck Short Story
281|3281 Sun Magic, Earth Magic David D. Levine Short Story
282|5282 Vanished Diane Whiteside Short Story
283|4283 The First Peruvian in Space Daniel Salvo Short Story
292|4292 Fallen Angel Robert J. Sawyer Short Story
294|2294 Under the Tower of Valk Frederic S. Durbin Short Story
2|6002 Introduction (Unconventional Fantasy, Volume 6: The Virgil Finlay Centennial Exhibition) Joe Siclari & Edie Stern Essay
301|2301 How Amraphel, the Assistant to Dream, Became a Thief, Lost His Job, and Found His Way Scott Edelman Short Story
302|3302 Yellow John Alison Littlewood Short Story
305|5305 Ash and Gold Troy L. Wiggins Short Story
309|4309 Dinkley's Ice Cream Effie Seiberg Short Story
313|3313 The Litigation Master and the Monkey King Ken Liu Novelette
31|5031 Seek Ye Whore Yvette Tan Novelette
322|5322 The Last Rakosh: (A Repairman Jack Story) F. Paul Wilson Novella
323|4323 But She's Only a Dream Nisi Shawl Short Story
32|2032 The Angel at the Heart of the Rain Aliette de Bodard Short Story
335|4335 Sacred Harp Delia Sherman Short Story
336|2336 The Masked City Mélanie Fazi Short Story
33|4033 A Secret Map of Shanghai Victor Fernando R. Ocampo Short Story
346|3346 The Show Must Matt London Short Story
348|2348 Ganesh, in the Afternoon Fábio Fernandes Short Story
349|4349 Straws Lewis Shiner Short Story
350|3350 Haunts Karen A. R. Lord Short Story
356|2356 Daltharee Jeffrey Ford Short Story
356|3356 The Emotion of Ink Karin Lowachee Short Story
356|4359 Against the Current Robert Silverberg Novelette
367|2367 Stone Cold Esther Friesner Short Story
369|3369 The Corridor Darko Macan Short Story
375|5375 Tomorrow Tea Laurel Winter Short Story
381|4381 After This Life Janna Silverstein Novelette
385|5385 All the Best of Dark and Bright Isabel Yap Short Story
386|3386 Nina-with-the-Sky-in-Her-Hair Ian R. MacLeod Novelette
38|2038 Birds Charles de Lint Short Story
392|2392 The Man Who Forgot Ray Bradbury Neil Gaiman Short Story
39|4039 White Horse Jonathan Oliver Short Story
3|5003 The Dog Who Wished He'd Never Heard of Lovecraft Anna Tambour Short Story
403|2403 Aim for the Heart Craig Shaw Gardner Short Story
408|2408 The Conservator Carolyn Ives Gilman Short Story
409|5409 The Club That Wouldn't Let Anyone In A. R. Yngve Short Story
412|4412 Addressing the Manticore Jeremy Sim Short Story
417|3417 The Hanging Game Helen Marshall Short Story
420|2420 The Hiss of Escaping Air Christopher Golden Short Story
425|5425 Rendezvous in Front of the House Zoran Živković Short Story
427|3427 Buttons Gail Z. Martin Short Story
430|4430 Under the Waves Cyril Simsa Short Story
447|2447 Madre De Dios Karen Haber Short Story
450|4450 Dresses, Three Angela Slatter Short Story
451|3451 Hell Hath No Fury... Lee Martindale Short Story
459|3459 Beggars at Dawn Elizabeth Massie Short Story
460|2460 Complete Sentence Joe Haldeman Short Story
461|4461 A Swain of Kneaded Moonlight Dave Smeds Novelette
465|2465 Hungerford Bridge Elizabeth Hand Short Story
46|3046 Love Will Tear Us Apart Alaya Dawn Johnson Novelette
471|3471 Golden Apple Sophia McDougall Short Story
477|2477 Ask Me Henrik Sandbeck Harksen Short Story
489|3489 The Silver Needle Dennis L. McKiernan Short Story
495|4495 Spirit Dance Douglas Smith Short Story
496|2496 Cookie Joanne Harris Short Story
499|3499 Weird Patricia McKillip Short Story
510|3510 Mr. Creator Joe McKinney Short Story
512|2512 The Slave Trader's Wedding A. J. Hartley Novelette
520|4520 The Whims of My Enemy Amanda J. Spedding Short Story
525|4252 The Frog Comrade Benjamin Rosenbaum Short Story
533|3533 Airships East, Zeppelins West: Steampunk's Fantastic Frontiers Cynthia Miller Essay
538|4538 Paya-Nak Benjanun Sriduangkaew Short Story
541|2541 The Imagination Hospital Guy Hasson Short Story
549|2549 Daubs of Color Travis Heerman Short Story
549|5549 For Further Reading (Unconventional Fantasy: A Celebration of Forty Years of the World Fantasy Convention) uncredited Essay
554|3554 Postcards from Andros P. Andrew Miller Short Story
554|4554 Ancient Ways S. M. Stirling Novelette
565|2565 The Most Epicly Awesomest Story! Ever! Randy Henderson Short Story
566|3566 Fallen Angel L. E. Modesitt Short Story
567|2567 Mofongo Knows Grady Hendrix Short Story
576|3576 At the Gates of the City Mary Anne Mohanraj Short Story
589|2589 Just Outside Our Windows, Deep Inside Our Walls Brian Hodge Short Story
58|2058 Connoisseurs of the Eccentric Jetse de Vries Short Story
58|4058 Listen Marie O'Regan Short Story
591|4591 Mallon the Guru Peter Straub Short Story
593|3593 A Fine and Private Place Thomas F. Monteleone Short Story
598|4598 Farewell Ángel Luis Sucasas Short Story
5|2005 Christmas in Hollywood Cemetery Dennis Danvers Short Story
610|2610 Pranks Nina Kiriki Hoffman Short Story
613|4613 The Changeling's Tale Michael Swanwick Short Story
617|2617 Lupita's Hand Ernest Hogan Short Story
622|3622 The Kindly Race Fiona Moore Short Story
627|2627 Prey for the Victim Patrick T. Hogan Short Story
635|4635 Monstrous Embrace Rachel Swirsky Short Story
640|2640 Bone Sky Cecelia Holland Short Story
641|3641 Snow Shoes John Moore (I) Short Story
647|2647 Your Golden Hands Andrew Hook Short Story
655|2655 A Word in Your Shell-Like Rhys Hughes Short Story
661|2661 Lord Huw and the Romance of Stone Dave Hutchinson Short Story
665|3665 Touch the Sky, They Say Matt Moore Short Story
669|3669 After Here Ralph Robert Moore Short Story
678|3678 Scales As Pale As Moonlight Silvia Moreno-Garcia Short Story
68|5068 This Icy Region My Heart Encircles Steve Rasnic Tem & Melanie Tem Short Story
694|3694 Bigfoot and the Bodhisattva James Morrow Novelette
70|3070 Irregular Verbs Matthew Johnson Short Story
733|3733 Pound Rots in Fragrant Harbour Lisa Morton Short Story
752|3752 Pet Kristine Ong Muslim Short Story
78|2078 The Color of God's Mistress Nicholas A. DiChario Short Story
79|4079 The Secret Adobo Wars Kate Osias Short Story
80|3080 Lovecraft and the "Big Issue" S. T. Joshi Essay
84|5084 Slip Road (revised) Tade Thompson Short Story
85|3085 Trembling Blue Stars Richard Kadrey Short Story
85|4085 X Marks the Spot Kat Otis Short Story
88|2088 Karen Coxswain, or, Death As She Is Truly Lived Paul Di Filippo Novelette
89|4089 The Last of his Kind Lars Ahn Pedersen Short Story
92|5092 Wrong Number Lavie Tidhar Short Story
97|3097 Man-Eater Rahul Kanakia Short Story
99|5099 The Held Daughter Laurie Tom Short Story
|0.1 Read Me: General Notes and Viewing Recommendations The Unconventional Fantasy Production Team Essay