Clarion

by · 1971

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An anthology of speculative fiction and criticism from the Clarion Writers' Workshop edited by Robin Scott Wilson featuring Samual R. Delany, Harlan Ellison, Damon Knight, Fritz Leiber, Frederik Pohl, Joanna Russ, Kare Wilhelm, Joe Wehrle, Jr. and including NAL Prizewinning stories by Robert Thurston, Gerard F. Conway and Steve Herbst—and more.

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Contents:

Something Happens by Kate Wilhelm

What About Us Grils? by Mel Gilden

Only at Night by Vonda McIntyre

The Soft Blue Bunny Rabbit Story by Ed Bryant

Dreamers on the Barricades by Harlan Ellison

Wheels by Robert Thurston

Trouble Follows by Geo. Alec Effinger

The Game-Playing Literature by Frederik Pohl

Just Dead Enough by C. Davis Belcher

Sending the Very Best by Ed Bryant

Charting Utopia by Damon Knight

A Free Pass to the Carnival by Geo. Alec Effinger

The Beholder's Eye by Amy Hutton

Chains by Dave Skal

Fantasy: Many Mansions and Hovels by Fritz Leiber

Anaconda by Robert Thurston

Crossover by Octavia Estelle Butler

Norman: Friends and Other Strangers by Lynnda Stevenson

Reading Between the Words by Samuel R. Delany

Silent Hands by Gerard F. Conway

An Uneven Evening by Steve Herbst

The Inspector by Evelyn Lief

Genre by Joanna Russ

The Last Desperate Hour by Robert Thurston

"The Westfield Heights Mall Monster" by Geo. Alec Effinger

The Terrific Play of Forces Natural and Human by Robin Scott Wilson

Song from a Forgotten Hill by Glen Cook

The Secret by Maggie Nadler

The Bandemar by Joe Wehrle, Jr.

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adult
Length
medium · 239 pages
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