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Telling Tales: The Clarion West 30th Anniversary Anthology (Clarion)

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Editor's Note:
Telling Tales showcases 16 stories by award-winning and highly acclaimed alumni of the Clarion West Writers Program in Seattle, Washington. Edited by Ellen Datlow, this anthology contains a mixture of science fiction, fantasy, and horror from writers who have impacted the field of speculative fiction. Each story is accompanied by an afterword by an instructor from that writer's year at Clarion West.Contents:Endings and beginnings / Vonda N. McIntyre --Foreword / Ellen Datlow --Acknowledgments --The parrot man / Kathleen Ann Goonan ; Greg Bear on Kathleen Ann Goonan --Absalom's mother / Louise Marley ; Pat Murphy on Louise Marley --Mulberry boys / Margo Lanagan ; Howard Waldrop on Margo Lanagan --The fate of mice / Susan Palwick ; Samuel R. Delany on Susan Palwick --My she / Mary Rosenblum ; Gardner Dozois on Mary Rosenblum --Bitter dreams / Ian McHugh ; Maureen F. McHugh on Ian McHugh --Leviathan wept / Daniel Abraham ; Lucy Sussex on Daniel Abraham --Start the clock / Benjamin Rosenbaum ; Connie Willis on Ben Rosenbaum --I hold my father's paws / David D. Levine ; Geoff Ryman on David D. Levine --Beluthahatchie / Andy Duncan ; Elizabeth Hand on Andy Duncan --Another word for map is faith / Christopher Rowe ; Terry Bisson on Christopher Rowe --The adventures of Captain Black Heart Wentworth / Rachel Swirsky ; Andy Duncan on Rachel Swirsky --A boy in Cathyland / David Marusek ; Pat Cadigan on David Marusek --The Water Museum / Nisi Shawl ; Nancy Kress on Nisi Shawl --The evolution of trickster stories among the dogs of North Park after the change / Kij Johnson ; Ursula K. LeGuin on Kij Johnson --The lineaments of gratified desire / Ysabeau S. Wilce ; Paul Park on Ysabeau Wilce --Giving back / Leslie Howle.

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Ellen Datlow is the author of several novels. Originally from the East Coast, they now live in the Midwest with family. In addition to writing, Ellen Datlow enjoys gardening, cooking, and reading way past bedtime. Their work often explores the complexities of everyday life and human relationships.

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