The first of what I hope will be many InterGalactic Medicine Show anthologies is came out today.  I picked up a copy at my local Borders. 

Here’s the table of contents:

  • Forward - Orson Scott Card
  • Introduction - Edmund R. Schubert
  • In the Eyes of the Empress’s Cat - Bradley P. Beaulieu
  • Mazer in Prison - Orson Scott Card
  • Tabloid Reporter to the Stars - Eric James Stone
  • Audience - Ty Franck
  • The Mooncalfe - David Farland
  • Cheater - Orson Scott Card
  • Dream Engine - Tim Pratt
  • Hats Off - David Lubar
  • Eviction Notice - Scott M. Roberts
  • To Know All Things That Are in the Earth - James Maxey
  • Beats of Seven - Peter Orullian
  • Pretty Boy - Orson Scott Card
  • Respite - Rachel Ann Dryden
  • Fat Farm (comic) by Aaron Johnston, based on short story by Orson Scott Card
  • The Box of Beautiful Things - Brian Dolton
  • Taint of Treason - Eric James Stone
  • Call Me Mr. Positive - Tom Barlow
  • A Young Man with Prospects - Orson Scott Card
  • Credits for the Illustrations

Each of the short stories has an afterword by the author, telling a little about how the story came to be written.

The discerning reader will have noticed that a certain three-named author has more than one story in there.  That’s right: I’m flattered that two of my stories were selected for the anthology.

Scott M. Roberts, who is also in the anthology, wrote a poem in honor of the occasion of the anthology’s release.  Scott was at Orson Scott Card’s workshop with me, and then he won Writers of the Future the same year I did, so he went to that workshop with me and was published in that anthology with me, too.  Quit following me around, Scott!


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