Contents (view Concise Listing)

•  The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (title page) • interior artwork by John Coulthart
•  The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities (title page) [2] • interior artwork by John Coulthart
•  Just One Shelf in Lambshead's Study • interior artwork by J. K. Potter and Jennifer Potter
• Introduction: The Contradictions of a Collection: Dr. Lambshead's Cabinet • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short fiction by Ann VanderMeer and Jeff VanderMeer [as by The Editors]
•  Travailleurs de lacier • interior artwork by Sam Van Olffen
•  Dissecator • interior artwork by Sam Van Olffen
•  Family Portrait • interior artwork by Myrtle Von Damitz, III
•  Mecha-Rhino • interior artwork by Vladimir Gvozdev
•  Constructing an Elysian Pod for the Last Journey • interior artwork by Kristen Alvanson
•  Cryptozoology Print • interior artwork by Jan Svankmajer
•  Bassington & Smith Wlectro-Mechanical Brain • interior artwork by Jake Von Slatt
•  More Evidence of the Disarray ... • interior artwork by J. K. Potter
•  Mecha-Fish • interior artwork by Vladimir Gvozdev
•  Mecha-Frog • interior artwork by Vladimir Gvozdev
•  Holy Devices and Infernal Duds: The Broadmore Exhibits • interior artwork by John Coulthart
• The Broadmore Exhibits • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Electric Neurheographiton • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Minister Faust [as by Minister Y. Faust, D.Phil]
•  Electrical Neurheographiton • interior artwork by Greg Broadmore
• St. Brendan's Shank • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Kelly Barnhill
•  St. Brendan's Shank • interior artwork by Greg Broadmore
• The Auble Gun • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Will Hindmarch
•  The Auble Gun • interior artwork by Greg Broadmore
•  Cours Lapin, Cours! • interior artwork by Sam Van Olffen
• Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Ted Chiang
•  Dacey's Patent Automatic Nanny • interior artwork by Greg Broadmore
•  Honoring Lambshead: Stories Inspired by the Cabinet • interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Stories Inspired by the Cabinet • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
• Threads • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Carrie Vaughn
•  Medieval Tapestry • interior artwork by James A. Owen
• Ambrose and the Ancient Spirits of East and West • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • novelette by Garth Nix
•  Tree Spirits Rising • interior artwork by Jonathan Nix
•  Relic with Fish • interior artwork by Ivica Stevanovic
• Relic • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • novelette by Jeffrey Ford
• Lord Dunsany's Teapot • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Naomi Novik
•  Lord Dunsany's Teapot • interior artwork by Yishan Li
• Lot 558: Shadow of My Nephew by Wells, Charlotte • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Holly Black
•  Portrait of a Bear Unbound (with Speaker) • interior artwork by Eric Orchard
• A Short History of Dunkelblau's Meistergarten • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Tad Williams
•  The Meistergarten • interior artwork by John Coulthart
•  Microbial Alchemy & Demented Machinery: The Mignola Exhibits • interior artwork by John Coulthart
• The Mignola Exhibits • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
• Addison Howell and the Clockroach • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Cherie Priest
•  Addison Howell on His Clockroach • interior artwork by Mike Mignola
• Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham, GBE, a.k.a. Roboticus the All-Knowing • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Lev Grossman
•  Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham • interior artwork by Mike Mignola
• Shamalung (The Diminutions) • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Michael Moorcock
•  Shamalung • interior artwork by Mike Mignola
• Pulvadmonitor: The Dust's Warning • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by
  China Miéville^?China Mieville
•  Pulvadmonitor • interior artwork by Mike Mignola
•  The Miéville Anomalies • interior artwork by John Coulthart
• The Miéville Anomalies • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Very Shoe • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Helen Oyeyemi
•  The Very Shoe • interior artwork by
  China Miéville^?China Mieville
• The Gallows-horse • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Reza Negarestani
•  Gallows-horse • interior artwork by
  China Miéville^?China Mieville
•  Further Oddities • interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Further Oddities • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
• The Thing in the Jar • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Michael Cisco
•  Thing in Jar • interior artwork by Aeron Alfrey
• The Singing Fish • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Amal El-Mohtar
•  The Singing Fish • interior artwork by Edith Abendroth
•  Frog Resurrection • interior artwork by Ron Pippin
• The Armor of Sir Locust • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Stepan Chapman
•  Armor Montage • interior artwork by Ivica Stevanovic
• A Key to the Castleblakeney Key • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by
  Caitlín R. Kiernan^?Caitlin R. Kiernan
•  Castleblakeney Key • interior artwork by Aeron Alfrey
• Taking the Rats to Riga: A Critical Examination of Stigmata's Print • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Jay Lake
•  Taking the Rats to Riga • interior artwork by Eric Schaller
• The Book of Categories • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Charles Yu
•  The Book of Categories • interior artwork by Ron Pippin
• Objects Discovered in a Novel Under Construction • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Alan Moore
•  The Dead Dead Gang Book Cover • interior artwork by John Coulthart
•  Visits and Departures • interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Visits • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
• 1929: The Singular Taffy Puller • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by N. K. Jemisin
•  1929: The Singular Taffy Puller • interior artwork by uncredited
• 1943: A Brief Note Pertaining to the Absence of One Olivaceous Cormorant, Stuffed • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Rachel Swirsky [as by Dr. Rachel Swirsky]
•  1943: A Brief Note Pertaining to the Absence of One Olivaceous Cormorant, Stuffed • interior artwork by uncredited
• 1963: The Argument Against Louis Pasteur • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Mur Lafferty
•  Louis Pasteur, 1822—95 • interior artwork by uncredited
• 1972: The Lichenologist's Visit • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Ekaterina Sedia
•  Lichen or Lambshead's New Fingerprint? • interior artwork by uncredited
• 1995: Kneel • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Brian Evenson
•  Kneel • interior artwork by Scott Eagle
•  Kneel (detail view) • interior artwork by Scott Eagle
• 2000: Dr. Lambshead's Dark Room • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Selena Chambers (variant of Dr. Lambshead's Dark Room) [as by S. J. Chambers]
•  2000: Dr. Lambshead's Dark Room • interior artwork by uncredited
• 2003: The Pea • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Gio Clairval
•  The Pea of Record on a Cushion • interior artwork by uncredited
• A Brief Catalog of Additional Items • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short fiction by Jeff VanderMeer
•  A Brief Catalog of Other Items • interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Bear Gun • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Adam Mills
• Bullet Menagerie • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Nick Tramdack
• Coffin Torpedo • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Jess Gulbranson
•  Coffin Torpedo • interior artwork by Jess Gulbranson
•  Bear Gun/Taxidermy Gun • interior artwork by Eric Orchard
• Czerwatenko Whelk in Olive Oil • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Therese Littleton
• Dander of Melville, The • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Brian Thill
• Decanter of Everlasting Sadness, The • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by William T. Vandemark
• Dinner Bell of the Mary Celeste, The • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Jennifer Harwood-Smith [as by Jen Harwood-Smith]
• Dracula's Testicles • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Horia Ursu
• Ear Eye • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Graham Lowther
• Fort Chaffee Polyhedral Deck, The • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Nickolas Brienza
•  Fort Chaffee Polyhedral Deck, The • interior artwork by uncredited
• Harness & Leash for Fly • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Claire Dean [as by Claire Massey]
• Human Skeleton, Irregular • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Kali Wallace
• Ichor Whorl • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Ben Woodard
• Jug, Disgruntled, et al. • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Jeff VanderMeer
•  Disgruntled Artifacts • interior artwork by Rikki Ducornet
• Kepler the Clock • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Grant Stone
• Kris ("The Assassin's Twist") • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Reza Negarestani [as by Incognitum]
•  Kris ("The Assassin's Twist") • interior artwork by uncredited
• Leary's Pineal Body • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Kaolin Fire [as by Kaolin Imago Fire]
• Mellified Alien • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Julie Andrews
• Mooney & Finch Somnotrope • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Charlie Jane Anders
• Mother of Spirits • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Jayme Lynn Blaschke
• Much Smaller Cabinet • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Paul Kirsch
•  Much Smaller Cabinet • interior artwork by Ron Pippin
• Night Quilt, American • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Tom Underberg
•  Chronoclasmic Inhibitor • interior artwork by Jake Von Slatt
• Oneyroscope • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Ignacio Sanz Vallas [as by Ignacio Sanz]
• "Our Greatest President," Reel 3 • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Tucker Cummings
• Reversed Commas (box of) • [Thornton Excelsior] • short story by Rhys Hughes (variant of The Reversed Comma)
• Sea Scroll, The • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Hugh Alter
• Silence, One Ounce • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Willow Holser
• Skull • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Amy Willats
•  Skull • interior artwork by John Coulthart
• Skull, Parsimonious • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Tracie Welser
• South American Insult Stone • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Nicholas Troy
• St. Blaise's Toad • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Norman Taber [as by Dr. Galabrious]
•  The St. Blais Toad • interior artwork by Norman Taber [as by Norman Tabor]
• Tomb-Matches • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Nadine Wilson
• Tycho's Astronomical Support Garment • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Steven M. Schmidt
• Unhcegila's Scales • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Christopher Begley
• Untitled Booklet • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Tony Mileman
•  Jean Lorrain's Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker • interior artwork by R. B. Russell (variant of cover art for Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker 2002)
• Von Slatt Harmonization Device • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Annalee Newitz
• Wax Phonograph Cylinder, Unlabeled • [Thackery T. Lambshead] • short story by Michael J. Larson
•  The Obsolete Gallery • interior artwork by Bruce Ecker
• Artist and Author Notes (The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities) • essay by uncredited