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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