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In a few days Mary had largely recovered. She and Bysshe thanked the Fleurys and sailed to Geneva on a beautiful autumn day in their hired boat. George and Claire—for Claire was George’s again—remained behind to sort out George’s legal problems. Mary didn’t think their friendship would last beyond George’s immediate recovery, and she hoped that Claire would not return to England heavy with another child.
After another week’s recovery in Geneva, Bysshe and Mary headed for England and the financial rescue of Mr. Godwin. Mary had bought a pocketbook and was already filling its pages with her story of the Franked Stone. Bysshe knew any nymber of publishers, and assured her it would find a home with one of them.
Frankenstein was an immediate success. At one point there were over twenty stage productions going on at once. Though she received no money from the stage adaptations, the book proved a very good seller, and was never out of print. The royalties proved useful in supporting Bysshe and Mary and Claire—once she returned to them, once more with child—during years of wandering, chiefly in Switzerland and Italy.
George’s promised thousand pounds a year never materialized.
And the monster, the poor abused charnel creature that was Mary’s settlement with death, now stalked through the hearts of all the world.
George went to South America to sell his sword to the revolutionary cause. Mary and Bysshe, reading of his exploits in tattered newspapers sent from England, found it somehow satisfying that he was, at last and however reluctantly, fighting for liberty.
They never saw him again, but Mary thought of him often—the great, famed figure, limping painfully through battle after battle, crippled, ever-restless, and in his breast the arctic waste of the soul, the franked and steely creator with his heart of stone.
HONORABLE MENTIONS
1993
Kevin J. Anderson, “Human, Martian—One, Two, Three,” Full Spectrum 4.
Arlan Andrews, “Day of the Dancing Dinosaur,” SF Age, March.
Patricia Anthony, “Born to Be Wild,” Aboriginal SF, Summer.
_____ , “Gingerbread Man,” Aboriginal SF, Fall.
_____ , “Guardian of Fireflies,” Asimov’s, April.
Kim Antieau, “Another Country,” SF Age, May.
Michael Armstrong, “Everything That Rises, Must Converge,” Asimov’s, Feb.
Eleanor Arnason, “The Hound of Merin,” Xanadu.
_____ , “The Semen Thief,” Amazing, Winter.
Isaac Asimov, “The Consort,” Asimov’s, April.
_____ , “More Things in Heaven and Earth,” Asimov’s, Nov.
A. A. Attanasio, “Wax Me Mind,” Crank! #1.
Eric T. Baker, “Uncertainty and the Dread Word Love,” Amazing, Oct.
Scott Baker, “Virus Dreams,” Omni Best Science Fiction Three.
Virginia Baker, “Pictures of Daniel,” Tomorrow, Jan.
Stephen Baxter, “Downstream,” Interzone, Sept.
_____ , “Pilgrim 7,” Interzone, Jan.
_____ , “The Sun Person,” Interzone, March.
Chris Beckett, “The Welfare Man,” Interzone, Aug.
M. Shayne Bell, “The King’s Kiss,” Asimov’s, March.
_____ , “Night Games,” Tomorrow, Jan.
_____ , “With Rain, and a Dog Barking,” F&SF, April.
Gregory Benford, “The Dark Backward,” Amazing, Feb.
Terry Bisson, “England Underway,” Omni, July.
_____ , “The Shadow Knows,” Asimov’s, Sept.
James P. Blaylock and Tim Powers, “We Traverse Afar,” Christmas Forever.
Michael Blumlein, “Hymenoptera,” Crank! #1.
Mark Bourne, “Being Human,” Asimov’s, Dec.
_____ , “Brokedown,” F&SF, March.
Ben Bova, “Re-Entry Shock,” F&SF, Jan.
Juleen Brantingham, “Tourist Attraction,” Amazing, August.
Simon Brown, “Brother Stripes,” Aurealis 11.
Stephen L. Burns, “Showdown at Hell Creek,” Analog, Mid-Dec.
Pat Cadigan, “Dino Trend,” Dinosaur Fantastic.
_____ , “Lost Girls,” Dirty Work.
Susan Casper, “Betrayal,” Dinosaur Fantastic.
_____ , “Coming of Age,” Journeys to the Twilight Zone.
_____ , “Windows of the Soul,” More Whatdunits.
Rob Chilson, “Just for Tonight,” Tomorrow, Jan.
_____ , “The Worting’s Testament,” Analog, March.
Lisa R. Cohen, “Rainbone,” F&SF, April.
Michael Coney, “Sophie’s Spyglass,” F&SF, Feb.
Greg Costikyan, “The Hart,” Asimov’s, April.
_____ , “The Winter of Love,” SF Age, Sept.
Tony Daniel, “Aconcagua,” Asimov’s. Feb.
_____ , “Always Falling Apart,” SF Age, Jan.
_____ , “Dover Beach,” Amazing, March.
_____ , “God’s Foot,” Asimov’s, May.
_____ , “Sun So Hot I Froze to Death,” Asimov’s, Jan.
Jack Dann, “The Extra,” Journeys to the Twilight Zone.
_____ , “The Glass Casket,” Snow White, Blood Red.
_____ , “The Path of Remembrance,” Amazing, Nov.
_____ , “Vapors,” Amazing. June.
Avram Davidson, “A Far Countrie,” Asimov’s, Nov.
_____ , “Sea-Scene, or, Vergil and the Ox-Thrall,” Asimov’s, Feb.
_____ , “The Spook-Box of Theodore Delafont De Brooks,” Tomorrow, July.
Pamela Dean, “Owlswater,” Xanadu.
L. Sprague de Camp, “The Cayuse,” Expanse 1.
_____ , “The Mislaid Mastodon,” Analog, May.
_____ , “Pliocene Romance,” Analog, Jan.
Stephen Dedman, “As Wise as Serpents,” F&SF, July.
Barbara Delaplace, “Standing Firm,” Alternate Warriors.
Charles de Lint, “The Bone Woman,” F&SF, August.
_____ , “Paperjack,” F&SF, July.
Nicholas A. DiChario, “Extreme Feminism,” Alternate Warriors.
Paul Di Filippo, “The Horror Writer,” Nova 5.
_____ , “Streetlife,” New Worlds 3.
_____ , “Walt and Emily,” Interzone, Nov.-Dec.
Thomas M. Disch, “The Burial Society,” Amazing, Sept.
Terry Dowling, “Fear-Me-Now,” Crosstown Traffic.
Gardner Dozois, “Passage,” Xanadu.
L. Timmel Duchamp, “Motherhood, Etc.,” Full Spectrum 4.
J. R. Dunn, “Men of Good Will,” Amazing, March.
Lawrence Dyer, “The Four-Thousand-Year-Old Boy,” Interzone, July.
George Alec Effinger, “The Ugly Earthling Murder Case,” More Whatdunits.
Greg Egan, “The Extra,” Asimov’s, Jan.
_____ , “Transition Dreams,” Interzone, Oct.
Wennicke Eide, “Stone Man,” Asimov’s, July.
Kandis Elliot, “Driving the Chevy Biscayne to Oblivion,” Asimov’s, March.
_____ , “Laying the Meridians,” Tomorrow, August.
Harlan Ellison, “Mefisto in Onyx,” Omni, Oct.
Carol Emshwiller, “Mrs. Jones,” Omni, August.
Timons Esaias, “Norbert and the System,” Interzone, July.
Christopher Evans, “After the Fall,” Strange Plasma 6.
Sharon N. Farber, “Advice,” Asimov’s, August.
Gregory Feeley, “The Mind’s Place,” Full Spectrum 4.
_____ , “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Dinosaur,” Dinosaur Fantastic.
Eliot Fintushel, “Herbrand’s Conjecture and the White Sox Scandal,” Tomorrow, Oct.
Maggie Flinn, “One Morning in the Looney Bin,” Asimov’s, Feb.
_____ , “A Present for Hanna,” Christmas Forever.
Michael F. Flynn, “Great, Sweet Mother,” Analog, June.
Valerie J. Freireich, “The Prodigy,” Asimov’s, August.
_____ , “Ice Atlantis,” Asimov’s, Nov.
_____ , “The Toolman,�
�� Tomorrow, April.
Esther M. Friesner, “Puss,” Snow White, Blood Red.
_____ , “Lowlifes,” Asimov’s, May.
_____ , “Three Queens,” Asimov’s, Jan.
Gregory Frost, “Some Things Are Better Left,” Asimov’s, Feb.
Neil Gaiman, “Troll Bridge,” Snow White, Blood Red.
R. Garcia y Robertson, “Down the River,” Asimov’s, Oct.
_____ , “The Other Magpie,” Asimov’s, April.
_____ , “The Siren Shoals,” F&SF, August.
David Gerrold, “Rex,” Dinosaur Fantastic.
Mark S. Geston, “Falconer,” Amazing, May.
Lisa Goldstein, “Infinite Riches,” Asimov’s, April.
_____ , “The Woman in the Painting,” F&SF, July.
Phyllis Gotlieb, “Among You,” SF Age, Nov.
Kathleen Ann Goonan, “Kamehameha’s Bones,” Asimov’s, Sept.
_____ , “The Parrot Man,” Asimov’s, March.
_____ , “When the Grace Note of the Cities Changed,” Tomorrow, July.
Ed Gorman, “The Face,” F&SF, April.
John Griesemer, “Steam,” Asimov’s, May.
Nicola Griffith, “Touching Fire,” Interzone, April.
James Gunn, “The Futurist,” Amazing, Nov.
Jack C. Haldeman II, “The Cold Warrior,” Alternate Warriors.
Elizabeth Hand, “The Erl-King,” Full Spectrum 4.
_____ , “Justice,” F&SF, July.
Peter F. Hamilton, “Spare Capacity,” New Worlds 3.
Howard V. Hendrix, “At the Shadow of a Dream,” Aboriginal SF, Spring.
Nina Kiriki Hoffman, “The Skeleton Key,” F&SF, August.
Simon Ings, “The Black Lotus,” Omni Best SF Three.
_____ and Charles Stross, “Tolkowsky’s Cut,” New Worlds 3.
Alexander Jablokov, “Rest Cure,” Aboriginal SF, Summer.
_____ , “The Last Castle of Christmas,” Asimov’s, Dec.
Phillip C. Jennings, “A History of the Antipodes,” Amazing, March.
_____ , “Mad Maud’s Dance,” Amazing, Jan.
_____ , “Precarnation,” Asimov’s, August.
_____ , “Restart,” Analog, Dec.
Kij Johnson, “Fox Magic,” Asimov’s, Dec.
Gwyneth Jones, “The Mechanic,” New Worlds 3.
Graham Joyce, “Gap-sickness,” New Worlds 3.
Astrid Julian, “Irene’s Song,” Interzone. March.
Janet Kagan, “No Known Cure,” Pulphouse 12.
_____ , “Christmas Wingding,” Christmas Forever.
Bonita Kale, “The Saints,” Full Spectrum 4.
Michael Kandel, “Virtual Reality,” Simulations.
James Patrick Kelly, “Chemistry,” Asimov’s, June.
John Kessel, “The Franchise,” Asimov’s, August.
Garry Kilworth, “Fossils,” Interzone, March.
_____ , “Punctuated Evolution,” Crank! #1.
Kathe Koja, “Ballad of the Spanish Civil Guard,” Alternate Warriors.
_____ , “I Shall Do Thee Mischief in the Wood,” Snow White, Blood Red.
_____ and Barry N. Malzberg, “The Timbrel Sound of Darkness,” Christmas Ghosts.
Damon Knight, “Not a Creature,” Christmas Forever.
Nancy Kress, “The Battle of Long Island,” Omni, Feb.
_____ , “Martin on a Wednesday,” Asimov’s, March.
_____ , “Stalking Beans,” Snow White, Blood Red.
Michael P. Kube-McDowell, “Because Thou Lovest the Burning-Ground,” Alternate Warriors.
Geoffrey A. Landis, “Beneath the Stars of Winter,” Asimov’s, Jan.
_____ , “In the Hole with the Boys with the Toys,” Asimov’s, Oct.
Tanith Lee, “Antonius Bequeathed,” Weird Tales, Spring.
_____ , “Winter Flowers,” Asimov’s, June.
_____ , “Unnalash,” Xanadu.
Ursula K. Le Guin, “Dancing to Ganam,” Amazing, Sept.
_____ , “The Poacher,” Xanadu.
Jonathan Lethem, “A Small Patch on My Contract,” Interzone, May.
_____ , “‘Forever,’ Said the Duck,” Asimov’s, Dec.
_____ , “The Precocious Objects,” Asimov’s, Mid-Dec.
_____ , “Waiting Under Water,” Jejune.
Rosaleen Love, “The Daughters of Darius,” Evolution Annie and Other Stories.
Elizabeth A. Lynn, “The Princess in the Tower,” Snow White, Blood Red.
Sonia Orin Lyris, “A Hand in the Mirror,” Asimov’s, August.
_____ , “It Might Be Sunlight,” Asimov’s, Nov.
Bruce McAllister, “Moving On,” Omni Best SF Three.
_____ , “Southpaw,” Asimov’s, August.
Paul J. McAuley, “Children of the Revolution,” New Worlds 3.
_____ , “Dr. Luther’s Assistant,” Interzone, Feb.
Jack McDevitt, “Ships in the Night,” Amazing, Oct.
Ian McDonald, “Brody Loved the Masai Woman,” Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales.
_____ , “Some Strange Desire,” Omni Best SF Three.
_____ , “The Undifferentiated Object of Desire,” Asimov’s, June.
Mark J. McGarry, “The Ghost in the Machine,” Amazing, April.
Maureen F. McHugh, “A Coney Island of the Mind,” Asimov’s, Feb.
_____ , “A Foreigner’s Christmas in China,” Christmas Ghosts.
_____ , “Tut’s Wife,” Alternate Warriors.
Bridget McKenna, “The Good Pup,” F&SF, March.
Patricia A. McKillip, “The Snow Queen,” Snow White, Blood Red.
Sean McMullen, “Charon’s Anchor,” Aurealis 12.
_____ , “The Way to Greece,” Eidolon 13.
Barry N. Malzberg, “Andante Lugubre,” SF Age, May.
_____ , “Fugato,” Alternate Warriors.
_____ , “Standards & Practices,” F&SF, April.
Diane Mapes, “Globsters,” Asimov’s, May.
Daniel Marcus, “Random Acts of Kindness,” Asimov’s, Oct.
Joe Martino, “Paper Virus,” Analog, Mid-Dec.
David Marusek, “The Earth Is on the Mend,” Asimov’s, May.
Beth Meacham, “One by One,” Alternate Warriors.
Bart Meehan, “Canals,” Aurealis 11.
Robert A. Metzger, “Earl’s Snack Shop,” SF Age, Nov.
Pat Murphy, “A Cartographic Analysis of the Dream State,” Omni Best SF Three.
_____ , “An American Childhood,” Asimov’s, April.
Linda Nagata, “Liberator,” F&SF, June.
Jamil Nasir, “The Dakna,” Asimov’s, Sept.
_____ , “My Informant Zardon,” Interzone, August.
_____ , “Sleepers Awake,” Asimov’s, July.
Kim Newman, “The Big Fish,” Interzone, Oct.
_____ , “The Blitz Spirit,” The Time Out Book of London Short Stories.
G. David Nordley, “Hunting the Space Whale,” Tomorrow, August.
Jerry Oltion, “Course Changes,” Analog, Sept.
Rebecca Ore, “Farming in Virginia,” Alien Bootlegger and Other Stories.
_____ , “Ocean Hammer,” Asimov’s, Jan.
Michael H. Payne, “River Man,” Asimov’s, August.
Tom Purdom, “The Redemption of August,” Asimov’s, March.
David Redd, “The Old Man of Munington,” Asimov’s, Mid-Dec.
Kit Reed, “Like My Dress,” Omni, April.
Robert Reed, “Blind,” Asimov’s, May.
_____ , “Fable Blue,” F&SF, Oct./Nov.
_____ , “On the Brink of that Bright New World,” Asimov’s, Jan.
_____ , “Sister Alice,” Asimov’s, Nov.
_____ , “The Toad of Heaven,” Asimov’s, June.
Laura Resnick, “The Vatican Outfit,” Alternate Warriors.
Mike Resnick, “The Pale Thin God,” Xanadu.
Mark Rich, “With Love from the Plague Territories,” Amazing, Feb.
Carrie Riche
rson, “The Light at the End of the Day,” F&SF, Oct./Nov.
Michael Robbins, “Shared Sorrow,” Xizquil 9.
Frank M. Robinson, “The Greatest Dying,” Dinosaur Fantastic.
Alan Rodgers, “The Bear Who Found Christmas,” Christmas Ghosts.
Mary Rosenblum, “Bordertown,” Asimov’s, Dec.
_____ , “Entrada,” Asimov’s, Feb.
_____ , “The Rain Stone,” Asimov’s, July.
_____ , “Sanctuary,” F&SF, June.
_____ , “Stairway,” Asimov’s, May.
Kristine Kathryn Rusch, “The Arrival of Truth,” Alternate Warriors.
_____ , “Good Wishes,” F&SF, June.
James Sallis, “Powers of Flight,” Amazing, April.
Jessica Amanda Salmonson, “The Toad Witch,” Asimov’s, June.
Robert Sampson, “Dead Gods,” Asimov’s, July.
Pamela Sargent, “Outside the Windows,” Journeys to the Twilight Zone.
Robert J. Sawyer, “Just Like Old Times,” On Spec, Summer.
Stanley Schmidt, “Johnny Birdseed,” Analog, July.
Charles Sheffield, “The Fifteenth Station of the Cross,” SF Age, July.
_____ , “The Invariants of Nature,” Analog, April.
Rick Shelley, “Afterwar,” SF Age, July.
Lewis Shiner, “Secrets,” Asimov’s, Nov.
_____ , “Voodoo Child,” Asimov’s, July.
W. M. Shockley, “Old Antagonists,” Asimov’s, Mid-Dec.
D. William Shunn, “From Our Point of View We Had Moved to the Left,” F&SF, Feb.
Robert Silverberg, “The Sri Lanka Position,” Playboy, Dec.
Dan Simmons, “Death in Bangkok,” Playboy, June.
_____ , “The Great Lover,” Lovedeath.
_____ , “Sleeping with Teeth Women,” Lovedeath.
Dave Smeds, “Suicidal Tendencies,” Full Spectrum 4
Sarah Smith, “Touched by the Bomb,” F&SF, June.
S. P. Somtow, “Tagging the Moon,” Asimov’s, Mid-Dec.
Martha Soukup, “A Defense of the Social Contracts,” SF Age, Sept.
_____ , “The Story So Far,” Full Spectrum 4.
Bud Sparhawk, “Dad,” Analog, June.
Norman Spinrad, “Vampire Junkies,” Tomorrow, August.
_____ , “Where the Heart Is,” Pulphouse 12.
Brian Stableford, “Burned Out,” Interzone, April.
_____ , “Carriers,” Asimov’s, July.
_____ , “The Cure for Love,” Asimov’s, Mid-Dec.
_____ , “The Facts of Life,” Asimov’s, Sept.
_____ , “The Flowers of the Forest,” Amazing, June.
_____ , “Riding the Tiger,” Interzone, Feb.
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