Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy
Encyclopedia
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy is a 2008 speculative fiction
anthology
edited by Ekaterina Sedia
.
for best anthology. It features 21 stories by 21 authors. One of the stories featured in the anthology, Cat Sparks's "Sammarynda Deep
", won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
. 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".
Speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term encompassing the more fantastical fiction genres, specifically science fiction, fantasy, horror, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history in literature as well as...
anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
edited by Ekaterina Sedia
Ekaterina Sedia
Ekaterina Sedia is a Russian-born fantasy author who is currently living in the United States. Her most recent work is The Alchemy of Stone, a steampunk novel that explores sexism and class bigotry. Alchemy received a star review from Publishers Weekly and was made the LA Timess 2008 Summer...
.
Background
Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy was first published in 2008 by Senses Five Press in trade paperback format. It won the 2009 World Fantasy AwardWorld Fantasy Award
The World Fantasy Awards are annual, international awards given to authors and artists who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy...
for best anthology. It features 21 stories by 21 authors. One of the stories featured in the anthology, Cat Sparks's "Sammarynda Deep
Sammarynda Deep
-Background:"Sammarynda Deep" was first published in 2008 in Paper Cities, edited by Ekaterina Sedia and published by Senses 5 Press. It was featured alongside 20 other stories by the authors Forrest Aguirre, Hal Duncan, Richard Parks, Cat Rambo, Jay Lake, Greg van Eekhout, Steve Berman, Stephanie...
", won the 2008 Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
Aurealis Award for best fantasy short story
The Aurealis Awards are presented annually by the Australia-based Chimaera Publications and SpecFaction NSW to published works in order to "recognise the achievements of Australian science fiction, fantasy, horror writers"...
. It was also a short-list nominee for the 2009 Ditmar Award
Ditmar Award
The Ditmar Award has been awarded annually since 1969 at the Australian National Science Fiction Convention to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction and science fiction fandom...
for best short story but lost to Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan in Waratah, New South Wales is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction.Many of her books, including ye Young Adult fiction, were only published in Australia. Recently, several of her books have attracted worldwide attention. Her short story collection Black...
's "The Goosle" and Dirk Flinthart's "This Is Not My Story".
Contents
- Introduction by Jess NevinsJess NevinsJohn J. Nevins, MA/MS, is an American author and librarian, born 30 July 1966 and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the author of the World Fantasy Award-nominated Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana , and other works on Victoriana and pulp fiction...
- "Andretto Walks the King's Way", short story by Forrest AguirreForrest AguirreForrest Aguirre is an American fantasy and horror author, and winner of the 2003 World Fantasy Award for his editing work on Leviathan 3, for which he was also a Philip K. Dick Award nominee. He recently edited the anthology Text:UR - The New Book of Masks...
- "The Tower of Morning's Bones", short story by Hal DuncanHal DuncanHal Duncan is a Scottish science fiction and fantasy writer who published two novels, one novella, three poetry collections and several short stories.His works have been listed in the New Weird genre but he denies that such genre was even known to him at the time...
- "Courting the Lady Scythe", short story by Richard Parks
- "The Bumblety's Marble", short story by Cat RamboCat RamboCat Rambo is a science fiction and fantasy writer and editor who lives in the Pacific Northwest. She has been the co-editor of Fantasy Magazine since 2007. She collaborated with Jeff VanderMeer on The Surgeon's Tale and Other Stories, published in 2007...
- "Promises: A Tale of the City Imperishable", short story by Jay LakeJay LakeJoseph E. Lake, Jr. is a science fiction and fantasy writer. In 2003 he was a quarterly first place winner in the Writers of the Future contest. In 2004 he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in Science Fiction. He lives in Portland, Oregon and currently works as a product manager...
- "Ghost Market", short story by Greg van EekhoutGreg van EekhoutGreg van Eekhout is a science fiction and fantasy writer. He grew up in Los Angeles and attended UCLA, where he received a Bachelor's in English. He earned a Master's in Educational Media and Computers at Arizona State, and worked for a time at ASU designing multimedia. He currently lives in San...
- "Sammarynda DeepSammarynda Deep-Background:"Sammarynda Deep" was first published in 2008 in Paper Cities, edited by Ekaterina Sedia and published by Senses 5 Press. It was featured alongside 20 other stories by the authors Forrest Aguirre, Hal Duncan, Richard Parks, Cat Rambo, Jay Lake, Greg van Eekhout, Steve Berman, Stephanie...
", short story by Cat Sparks - "Tearjerker", short story by Steve BermanSteve BermanThis article is about the writer. For the lawyer, see Steve Berman ; for the Mayor of Gilbert, Arizona see Steven M. Berman.Steve Berman is an American editor, novelist and short story writer.-Biography:...
- "The Title of This Story", short story by Stephanie Campisi
- "The One That Got Away", short story by Mark TeppoMark TeppoMark Teppo is an American author of contemporary fantasy and Science fiction. His work is strongly peppered with references to occult concepts, most commonly those of Hermeticism and Alchemy...
- "Alex and the Toyceivers", short story by Paul MeloyPaul MeloyPaul Meloy is an English born writer of what Graham Joyce referred to as Fractured Realism."Paul Meloy is the best writer of short stories in Britain". - Biography :Meloy was born in Surrey in 1966. He went to school in Sutton...
- "Godivy", short story by Vylar KaftanVylar KaftanVylar Kaftan is a science fiction and fantasy writer and Clarion West Workshop graduate who lives on the U.S. West Coast. Kaftan's short story "Civilisation" is included in Farah Mendlesohn's anthology Glorifying Terrorism, and several of her other speculative fiction flash and short stories have...
- "Painting Haiti", short story by Michael JasperMichael JasperMichael Jasper is an American football nose tackle/offensive tackle for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Bills in the seventh round of the 2011 NFL Draft. He played college football at Bethel , playing two ways both as a defensive tackle and an offensive guard...
- "The Funeral, Ruined", short story by Ben PeekBen PeekBen Peek is an Australian author. His middle name is Michael.Peek's short stories have been published in a variety of genre magazines, including Fantasy Magazine and Aurealis. His fiction has been reprinted in various Year's Best volumes...
- "Down to the Silver Spirits", short story by Kaaron WarrenKaaron WarrenKaaron Warren is an Australian author of horror, science fiction, and fantasy short stories and novels.She is the author of the short story collections The Grinding House, which won the 2006 ACT Writing and Publishing Awards and Dead Sea Fruit...
- "They Would Only be Roads", short story by Darin C. Bradley
- "Taser", short story by Jenn Reese
- "Somnambulist", short story by David J. SchwartzDavid J. SchwartzDavid J. Schwartz is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, whose book Superpowers was a finalist for the Nebula Award.-External links:*, the author's official site. Includes his blog and bibliography....
(as David Schwartz) - "The Age of Fish, Post-Flowers", short story by Anna TambourAnna TambourAnna Tambour is an author of satire, fable and other strange and hard-to-categorize fiction and poetry.In 2009, her story "The Age of Fish, Post-flowers" was in the anthology Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, Ekaterina Sedia, ed. that won the Anthology World Fantasy Award...
- "The Last Escape", short story by Barth Anderson
- "Palimpsest", short story by Catherynne M. ValenteCatherynne M. ValenteCatherynne M. Valente , is a Tiptree–, Andre Norton–, and Mythopoeic Award–winning novelist, poet, and literary critic. Her short fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine, the World Fantasy Award–winning anthologies Salon Fantastique and Paper Cities, along with numerous Year's Best volumes...
External links
- Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy at Senses Five Press