I am editing a new series of original unthemed science fiction and fantasy anthologies for Night Shade Books in San Francisco. The idea behind the series is simple: each year produce a showcase volume of great new science fiction and fantasy stories. That’s it. No agenda, no theme: just great stories.
The series is called Eclipse, and Eclipse 1: New Science Fiction and Fantasy will be published in October this year (copies should be at World Fantasy in Saratoga). The final table of contents for the first volume of the series is:
- “The Last and Only, or Mr Moscowitz Becomes French” by Peter S. Beagle
- “The Transformation of Targ” by Jack Dann & Paul Brandon
- “Toother” by Terry Dowling
- “Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse” by Andy Duncan
- “The Drowned Life” by Jeffrey Ford
- “Electric Rains” by Kathleen Ann Goonan
- “Up the Fire Road” by Eileen Gunn
- “In The Forest Of The Queen” by Gwyneth Jones
- “Mrs Zeno’s Paradox” by Ellen Klages
- “She-Creatures” by Margo Lanagan
- “The Lost Boy: A Reporter At Large” by Maureen F. McHugh
- “Bad Luck, Trouble, Death and Vampire Sex” by Garth Nix
- “Larissa Miusov” by Lucius Shepard
- “The Lustration” by Bruce Sterling
- “Quartermaster Returns” by Ysabeau S. Wilce
The cover for the first volume features a great cover by Michael Whelan, which has been superbly designed by Michael Fusco. This book really has come together in whirlwhind, and I’d very much like to thank everyone who’s been involved.
