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Title: The Specialist's Hat Title Record # 92823
Author: Kelly Link
Date: 1998-11-15
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: podcastle.org
Language: English
Note: First published in Event Horizon Online, Nov 15, 1998. (source unknown) The Specialist's Hat © 1998 by Kelly Link. First published on Event Horizon, December 1998. (source: Copyright acknowledgments page of Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror)

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Translations
Year Language Title
2008ⓘTranslated by Michelle Charrier
 French Le chapeau du spécialiste
2011ⓘTranslated by Maia Figueroa Evans
 Spanish El gorro del especialista

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Win 1999 World Fantasy Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection 1999-00-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's Griffin 0-312-20686-0 $17.95 cx +
497
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection 1999-08-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's Press 0-312-20962-2 $29.95 cx +
497
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Twelfth Annual Collection 1999-09-00 ed. Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling St. Martin's Press / SFBC 03374 $14.98 cx+
496
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Thomas Canty Checkmark
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Ten 1999-10-00 ed. Stephen Jones Robinson 1-84119-064-0 £6.99 xv+
489
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Joe Roberts  
The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Ten 1999-11-00 ed. Stephen Jones Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0690-2 $10.95 xv+
489
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Joe Roberts Checkmark
Stranger Things Happen 2001-07-00 Kelly Link Jelly Ink / Small Beer Press 1-931520-00-3 $16.00 266
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Shelley Jackson  
Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic 2004-08-00 ed. F. Brett Cox, Andy Duncan Tor 0-765-30813-4 $24.95 380
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Howard Grossman Checkmark
Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic 2005-07-00 ed. F. Brett Cox, Andy Duncan Tor 0-765-30814-2 $15.95 384
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Howard Grossman  
Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology 2006-06-00 ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-35-3 $14.95 xv+
288
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Isabelle Rozenbaum Checkmark
Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology 2008-05-22 ed. James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel Paw Prints 978-1-4352-8257-5 $23.95 288
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth  
La jeune détective et autres histoires étranges 2008-05-22 Kelly Link Denoël (Lunes d'encre) 978-2-207-26002-9   375
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Benjamin Carré  
Pretty Monsters 2008-10-02 Kelly Link Viking 978-0-670-01090-5 $19.99 389
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Will Staehle Checkmark
Pretty Monsters 2008-10-02 Kelly Link Speak / Penguin Books (US) 978-1-101-21542-5 $9.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll  
The Wrong Grave [subset 1 of 2] 2009-08-31 Kelly Link Text Publishing 978-1-921520-73-0 A$19.95 202
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Shaun Tan  
Pretty Monsters 2009-10-01 Kelly Link Canongate Books 978-1-84767-783-9 £12.99 389
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Will Staehle Checkmark
Pretty Monsters 2009-10-04 Kelly Link Canongate Books 978-1-84767-820-1 £7.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Will Staehle  
Darkness: Two Decades of Modern Horror 2010-03-00 ed. Ellen Datlow Tachyon Publications 978-1-892391-95-7 $15.95 470
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Ann Monn Checkmark
Pretty Monsters 2010-06-10 Kelly Link Speak / Penguin Books (US) 978-0-14-241672-3 $9.99 404
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Will Staehle  
Pretty Monsters 2010-06-10 Kelly Link Turtleback Books 978-0-606-15009-5 $23.30 416
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Will Staehle  
Pretty Monsters 2010-07-01 Kelly Link Canongate Books 978-1-84767-784-6 £8.99 416
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Will Staehle  
Pretty Monsters 2010-07-05 Kelly Link Walker Books (UK) 978-1-4063-3029-8 £7.99 416
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll  
Magia para lectores 2011-10-18 Kelly Link Seix Barral (Biblioteca Furtiva) 978-84-322-0940-6 €19.00 440
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Shaun Tan  
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2011-10-31 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Corvus 978-0-85789-487-8 £25.00  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth  
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-3360-5 $39.99 xx+
1126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor 978-0-7653-3362-9 $29.99 xx+
1126
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories 2012-05-08 ed. Ann VanderMeer, Jeff VanderMeer Tor / SFBC 1356431 $22.99 xx+
1126
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Nic Cheetham Checkmark
Stranger Things Happen 2012-11-30 Kelly Link Subterranean Press 978-1-59606-521-5 $75.00 228
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 coll Kathleen Jennings Checkmark
PodCastle, #357 2015-03-31 ed. Anna Schwind, Dave Thompson Escape Artists, Inc.   $0.00  
digital audio download?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.
 mag Checkmark
Ghostly 2015-09-24 ed. Audrey Niffenegger Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 978-1-78487-008-9 £14.99 464
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Audrey Niffenegger  
Ghostly 2015-09-24 ed. Audrey Niffenegger Vintage (UK) (Vintage Classics) 978-1-78487-006-5 £14.99 xii+
450
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Audrey Niffenegger  
Ghostly 2015-09-29 ed. Audrey Niffenegger Knopf Canada 978-0-345-81031-1 C$32.95 464
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Audrey Niffenegger  
Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories 2015-10-00 ed. Audrey Niffenegger Scribner 978-1-5011-1119-8 $28.00 x+
449+
[3]
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
 anth Audrey Niffenegger Checkmark
Ghostly 2015-10-06 ed. Audrey Niffenegger Scribner 978-1-5011-1121-1 $14.99  
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 anth Audrey Niffenegger  
Ghostly 2018-09-06 ed. Audrey Niffenegger Vintage (UK) 978-1-78487-007-2 £9.99 464
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 anth Audrey Niffenegger  
Stranger Things Happen date unknown Kelly Link Jelly Ink / Small Beer Press 978-1-931520-00-3 $16.00 266
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Shelley Jackson Checkmark
Stranger Things Happen date unknown Kelly Link Jelly Ink / Small Beer Press 978-1-931520-00-3 $16.00 266
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
 coll Shelley Jackson Checkmark
Stranger Things Happen date unknown Kelly Link Jelly Ink / Small Beer Press 978-1-931520-99-7 $5.59 276
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
 coll Shelley Jackson  
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