A MASSIVE NEW COLLECTION (ISBN: 9781933065229; Hardcover, 576 pages; $29.95; Spring 2011) Emshwiller’s fiction cuts a straight path through the landscape of American literary genres: mystery, speculative fiction, magic realism, western, slipstream, fantasy and of course science fiction. Arranged chronologically, this landmark collection, the first of two volumes, allows the reader to see Emshwiller’s development as a writer and easily recognize her as a major voice in the literary landscape. The book includes stories from the beginning of Emshwiller’s writing career that have not been reprinted since their original publication in long defunct mystery, science fiction, and literary magazines. We have a limited number of signed  copies of the first edition available. See our product page to order.

Table of Contents (showing first publication of individual stories):


Foreword  by Carol Emshwiller
Built For Pleasure  (Long Island Suburban, November 1954)
The Victim  (Smashing Detective,Vol. 4, No. 2, September 1955)
This Thing Called Love  (Future Science Fiction, no. 28, December 1955)
Love Me Again  (Science Fiction Quarterly, Vol. 4, No. 2, February 1956)
The Piece Thing  (Science Fiction Quarterly, May 1956)
Bingo And Bongo  (Future Science Fiction, #31, Winter 1956-1957)
Nightmare Call  (Future Science Fiction, No. 32, Spring 1957)
Murray Is For Murder  (Fast Action Detective and Mystery, March 1957)
The Coming  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May 1957)
Hunting Machine  (Original Science Fiction Stories, May 1957)
Hands  (Double-Action Detective, #7, Summer, 1957)
You’ll Feel Better…  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1957)
Two-Step For Six Legs  (Science Fiction Quarterly, Vol. 5, No. 2, August 1957)
Baby  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1958)
Idol’s Eye  (Future Science Fiction, #35, February 1958)
Pelt  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1958)
Day At The Beach  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1959)
Puritan Planet  (Original Science Fiction Stories, January 1960)
But Soft What Light…  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1966)
Chicken Icarus   (Cavalier, October 1966)
Eohippus   (Transatlantic Review, 1967)
Sex and/or Mr. Morrison  (Dangerous Visions, Doubleday, 1967)
Krashaw   (A City Sampler, July 1967)
Lib   (Triquarterly, 1968; New Worlds, March 1968)
Animal   (Orbit 4, G.P. Putnam, 1968)
Methapyrilene Hydrochloride Sometimes Helps  (New Worlds, July 1968)
White Dove   (New Worlds, No. 188, March 1969)
I Love You   (Epoch, vol. xix, no. 1, 1969)
The Queen of Sleep   (New Directions, Vol. 22; New Worlds, 1970)
Peninsula   (The Richmond Review, 1970)
Debut  (Orbit 6, G.P. Putnam, 1970)
The Institute  (Alchemy and Academe, Doubleday, 1970)
A Possible Episode In The Picaresque Adventures Of Mr. J.H.B. Monstrosee  (Quark/2, Paperback Library,  February 1971)
Woman Waiting   (Orbit 7, G.P. Putnam, 1970)
Yes, Virginia   (Transatlantic Review, 1971)
Al   (Orbit 10, G.P. Putnam, 1972)
Strangers   (Bad Moon Rising, Harper & Row, 1973)
The Childhood of the Human Hero   (Showcase, Harper & Row, 1973)
Autobiography   (Joy In Our Cause, Harper & Row, 1974)
Maybe Another Long March Across China 80,000 Strong   (Joy In Our Cause, Harper & Row, 1974)
Joy in Our Cause   (Joy In Our Cause, Harper & Row, 1974)
Biography of an Uncircumcised Man (Including Interview)   (Joy In Our Cause, Harper & Row, 1974)
To the Association   (Joy In Our Cause, Harper & Row, 1974)
Destinations, Premonitions and the Nature of Anxiety   (Joy In Our Cause, Harper & Row, 1974)
Dog Is Dead   (Joy In Our Cause, Harper & Row, 1974)
One Part Of The Self Is Always Tall And Dark   (Confrontation No. 14, 1977)
Escape Is No Accident   (2076: The American Tricentennial, Pyramid Books, 1977)
Thanne Longen Folk To Goen On Pilgrimages   (The Little Magazine, vol. 11, no. 2, summer 1977)
Expecting Sunshine and Getting It   (Croton Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, summer 1978)
Omens   (Edges, Pocket Books, 1980)
Abominable   (Orbit 21, Harper & Row, 1980)
The Start Of The End Of It All   (Universe 11, Doubleday, 1981)
Slowly Bumbling in the Void   (New Directions 42, 1981)
Queen Kong  (13th Moon, 1982)
The Futility of Fixed Positions  (Portland Review, Vol. 28, No. 2, 1982)
Mental Health and Its Alternative  (Confrontation, Nos. 25-26, 1983)
Verging on the Pertinent  (13th Moon, Vol. vii, Nos. 1-2, 1984)
There Is No God But Bog   (Pulpsmith, Summer 1985)
Eclipse   (The Little Magazine, vol. 15, no. 2, 1986)
The Circular Library of Stones  (Omni, Feb. 1987)
If Not Forever, When?   (PsychCritique, vol. 2, no. 2, 1987)
Vilcabamba   (Twilight Zone Magazine, August 1987)
Fledged  (Omni, December 1988)
The Promise Of Undying Love   (Verging on the Pertinent, Coffee House Press, 1989)
What Every Woman Knows   (Verging on the Pertinent, Coffee House Press, 1989)
Not Burning   (Verging on the Pertinent, Coffee House Press, 1989)
Being Mysterious Strangers from Distant Shores   (The Village Voice Literary Supplement, March 1989)
Clerestory   (Croton Review, No. 9)
Living At The Center   (Ice River, No. 4, June 1989)
Yukon   (Verging on the Pertinent, Coffee House Press, 1989)
As If   (Verging on the Pertinent, Coffee House Press, 1989)
Secrets of the Native Tongue   (Ascent, vol. 14, no. 3, 1989)
Moon Songs  (The Start of the End of it All, The Women’s Press, 1990)
Acceptance Speech   (The Start of the End of It All, The Women’s Press, 1990)
Looking Down   (Omni, January 1990)
Peri   (Strange Plasma #3 1990)
If The Word Was To The Wise   (The Start of the End of It All, Mercury House, 1991)
There Is No Evil Angel But Love  (The Start of the End of It All, Mercury House, 1991)
Draculalucard   (The Start of the End of It All, Mercury House 1991)
Emissary   (The Start of the End of It All, Mercury House 1991)
Mrs. Jones  (Omni, August 1993)
Venus Rising   (Edgewood Press,1992)
Modillion   (Strange Plasma, no. 8 1994; Green Mountain Review, 1994)
After Shock  (Century, no.3, September-October 1995)
The Project  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 2001)
Foster Mother  (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2001)
Creature   (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct./Nov. 2001)
Grandma   (The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2002)
Notes On Stories
About The Author

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