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Paper Cities
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy is a 2008 speculative fiction anthology edited by Ekaterina Sedia.
Paper Cities first edition cover. | |
| Author | Ekaterina Sedia (editor) |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Aaron Acevedo |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Speculative fiction |
| Publisher | Senses Five Press |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 271 pp (first edition) |
| ISBN | 0-9796246-0-6 |
Background edit
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy was first published in 2008 by Senses Five Press in trade paperback format.[1] It won the 2009 World Fantasy Award for best anthology.[2] It features 21 stories by 21 authors.[3] One of the stories featured in the anthology, Cat Sparks's "Sammarynda Deep", won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story.[4] It was also a short-list nominee for the 2009 Ditmar Award for best short story but lost to Margo Lanagan's "The Goosle" and Dirk Flinthart's "This Is Not My Story".[5]
Contents edit
- Introduction by Jess Nevins
- "Andretto Walks the King's Way", short story by Forrest Aguirre
- "The Tower of Morning's Bones", short story by Hal Duncan
- "Courting the Lady Scythe", short story by Richard Parks
- "The Bumblety's Marble", short story by Cat Rambo
- "Promises: A Tale of the City Imperishable", short story by Jay Lake
- "Ghost Market", short story by Greg van Eekhout
- "Sammarynda Deep", short story by Cat Sparks
- "Tearjerker", short story by Steve Berman
- "The Title of This Story", short story by Stephanie Campisi
- "The One That Got Away", short story by Mark Teppo
- "Alex and the Toyceivers", short story by Paul Meloy
- "Godivy", short story by Vylar Kaftan
- "Painting Haiti", short story by Michael Jasper
- "The Funeral, Ruined", short story by Ben Peek
- "Down to the Silver Spirits", short story by Kaaron Warren
- "They Would Only be Roads", short story by Darin C. Bradley
- "Taser", short story by Jenn Reese
- "Somnambulist", short story by David J. Schwartz (as David Schwartz)
- "The Age of Fish, Post-Flowers", short story by Anna Tambour
- "The Last Escape", short story by Barth Anderson
- "Palimpsest", short story by Catherynne M. Valente
References edit
- ^ "Bibliography: Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy". ISFDB. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 World Fantasy Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "Publication Listing". ISFDB. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ "The Locus Index to SF Awards: 2009 Aurealis Awards". Locus Online. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
- ^ . Locus Online. Archived from the original on 2010-08-15. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
External links edit
- Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy at Senses Five Press