Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• xi • Summation 1996: Fantasy • (1997) • essay by Terri Windling
• xxxviii • Summation 1996: Horror • (1997) • essay by Ellen Datlow
• lxxv • Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1996 • (1997) • essay by Edward Bryant
• xciii • Comics: 1996 • (1997) • essay by Seth Johnson
• xcvii • Obituaries: 1996 • (1997) • essay by James R. Frenkel [as by James Frenkel]
• 1 • The Last Rainbow • (1978) • novelette by Parke Godwin
• 27 • Lily's Whisper • (1996) • novelette by Jay Russell
• 45 • The Reason for Not Going to the Ball (A Letter to Cinderella from Her Stepmother) • (1996) • short story by Tanith Lee
• 50 • Among the Handlers or, The Mark 16 Hands-On Assembly of Jesus Risen, Formerly Snake-O-Rama • (1996) • novelette by Michael Bishop
• 81 • The Phantom Church • (1996) • short story by Ana Blandiana
• 97 • The Snow Pavilion • (1995) • short story by Angela Carter
• 110 • Birthdream • (1996) • poem by Laurie Kutchins
• 112 • Disillusion • (1996) • short story by Edward Bryant
• 125 • Diana of the Hundred Breasts • (1996) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 144 • La Llorona • (1996) • short story by Yxta Maya Murray
• 150 • Teatro Grottesco • (1996) • short story by Thomas Ligotti
• 164 • The Secret Shih Tan • (1996) • novelette by Graham Masterton (variant of The Secret Shih-Tan)
• 182 • In the Matter of the Ukdena • (1996) • short story by Bruce Holland Rogers
• 196 • O, Rare and Most Exquisite • (1996) • short story by Douglas Clegg
• 206 • Never Seen by Waking Eyes • (1996) • novelette by Stephen Dedman
• 226 • Walking the Dog • (1996) • novelette by Terry Lamsley
• 253 • The Goatboy and the Giant • (1996) • short story by Garry Kilworth
• 259 • Gourd • (1996) • poem by Olive Senior
• 261 • The Phoenix • (1996) • short story by Isobelle Carmody
• 276 • Caribe Mágico • (1996) • short story by
  Gabriel García Márquez^?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  (trans. of Caribe Magico 1981)
• 279 • The Witch's Heart • [Sandman] • (1996) • novelette by Delia Sherman
• 296 • Plumas (Feathers) • (1996) • short story by Patricia Preciado Martin
• 301 • Crow Girls • [Newford] • (1995) • short story by Charles de Lint
• 315 • Rapunzel's Exile • (1996) • short story by Lisa Russ Spaar
• 317 • The Witches of Junket • (1996) • novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
• 333 • The Cruel Countess • (1996) • short story by Chris Bell
• 344 • Little Beauty's Wedding • (1996) • short story by Chang Hwang
• 354 • Eaten (Scenes from a Moving Picture) • (1996) • poem by Neil Gaiman
• 360 • Angel • (1996) • short story by Philip Graham
• 372 • Elk Man • (1996) • poem by Amy Breau
• 374 • Beckoning Nightframe • [Dan Truswell] • (1996) • short story by Terry Dowling
• 390 • The Dead Cop • (1996) • novelette by Dennis Etchison
• 406 • Ursus Triad, Later • (1996) • short story by Kathe Koja and Barry N. Malzberg
• 412 • JFK Secretly Attends Jackie Auction • (1997) • short story by Robert Olen Butler (variant of "JFK Secretly Attends Jackie Auction" 1996)
• 420 • ... Warmer • (1996) • novelette by A. R. Morlan
• 437 • Not Waving • (1996) • novelette by Michael Marshall Smith
• 457 • The Ladies of Grace Adieu • [The Raven King] • (1996) • novelette by Susanna Clarke
• 474 • Wilderness • (1996) • short story by Ron Hansen
• 480 • Oshkiwiinag: Hearlines on the Trickster Express • (1996) • short story by Gerald Vizenor
• 495 • Persephone Sets the Record Straight • (1996) • poem by Shara McCallum
• 497 • Cruel Sisters • (1996) • short story by Patricia C. Wrede
• 506 • The House of Seven Angels • (1996) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 509 • Radio Waves • (1995) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 525 • Honorable Mentions: 1996 • (1997) • essay by uncredited