AMBERGRIS STORY CYCLE BIBLIOGRAPHY

AMBERGRIS BOOKS--BIBLIOGRAPHY

Dradin, In Love, Buzzcity Press, 1996. (tp)

The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris, Necropolitan Press, 1999. (chapbook)

City of Saints & Madmen, Cosmos Books, 2001.
- "The Real VanderMeer," an introduction by Michael Moorcock
- "Dradin, In Love"
- "The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris"
- "The Transformation of Martin Lake"
- "The Strange Case of X"

The Exchange (with Eric Schaller), Hoegbotton Press, 2001.
- 300-copy chapbook edition
- 100-copy signed, numbered deluxe boxed edition with a candle wrapped in cloth, a message pellet, a letter purportedly from Hoegbotton management, two mushrooms, and an Apologia statement

City of Saints & Madmen
Prime Books, 2002. (hc)
Wildside Press, 2003. (tp)
Tor UK (Pan MacMillan), 2004. (hc/tp)

Contents (the same for all three editions, with the noted exceptions):
- "Cover Story" (dust jacket)
- "About the Author" (dust jacket)
- "Other Books by the Author"
- "The Real VanderMeer," an introduction by Michael Moorcock
- "Dradin, In Love"
- "The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris"
- "The Transformation of Martin Lake"
- "The Strange Case of X"
- "A Letter from Dr. V. to Dr. Simpkin"
- "X's Notes"
- "The Release of Belacqua"
- "The Hoegbotton Family History"
- "The Cage"
- "In the Hours After Death"
- "A Note from Dr. V. to Dr. Simpkin"
- "The Man Who Had No Eyes" (encrypted)
- "The Exchange" (with commentary)**
- "Learning to Leave the Flesh"**
- "The Ambergris Glossary"
- "Font Notes"

**Exclusive to the Tor UK editions. In addition, the Tor UK editions include the original illustrations intended for use in the book, which could not be included in the Prime and Wildside editions for technical reasons. The Tor UK editions also include additional illustrations exclusive to those editions.

AMBERGRIS SHORT FICTION BIBLIOGRAPHY

NOVELLAS

"The Cage"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)
- Published in The Mammoth Book of the Best New Horror 14, edited by Stephen Jones, Robinson/Carroll & Graf, 2003. (tp)

"Dradin, In Love"
- First published as Dradin, In Love, Buzzcity Press, 1996. (tp)
- Published in all editions of City of Saints & Madmen (see edition lists above)
- Published online at InfinityPlus.co.uk, edited by Keith Roberts, 2002.

"The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris by Duncan Shriek"
- First published as The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris, Necropolitan Press, 1999. (300-copy chapbook)
- Published in all editions of City of Saints & Madmen (see edition lists above)

"King Squid"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

"The Transformation of Martin Lake"
- First published in Palace Corbie 8, edited by Wayne Edwards, Palace Corbie Press, 1999.
- Published in all editions of City of Saints & Madmen (see edition lists above)

"The Strange Case of X"
- First published in White of the Moon, edited by Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Press, 1999.
- Published in all editions of City of Saints & Madmen (see edition lists above)


STORIES

"About the Author"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

"The Ambergris Glossary"
- First published in The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris, Necropolitan Press, 1999. (chapbook)
- Published in greatly altered form in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

"Corpse Mouth and Spore Nose"
- First published in Secret Life, Golden Gryphon Press, 2004. (hc)

"Cover Story"
- First published on the cover of City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above) (This story appears in its fullest form on the cover of the Prime edition; on all subsequent editions, it has been shortened to include the bar code on the back cover, most notably on the Tor UK editions, which include the most truncated version of the story.)

"The Exchange"
- First published as The Exchange (with illustrations by Eric Schaller), Hoegbotton & Sons, 2001. (300-copy chapbook edition and 100-copy deluxe signed/numbered boxed edition that included a candle wrapped in cloth, a message pellet, a letter purportedly from Hoegbotton management, two mushrooms, and an Apologia statement)
- Published in City of Saints & Madmen (with an extended "sub-story" written by "X"), Tor UK (Pan MacMillan), 2004. (hc/tp) (The Hoegbotton management letter and a photograph of the deluxe boxed edition have been included in the Ambergris Glossary section of the Tor UK edition.)

"Exhibit H: Torn Pages Discovered in the Vest Pocket of an Unidentified Tourist"
- First published in Hermaphrodite Brig, edited by Marni Griffin, Hippogriff Press, 1998
- Published in Secret Life, Jeff's definitive short story collection, Golden Gryphon Press, 2004. (hc)

"The Festival of the Freshwater Squid"
- First published online at FantasticMetropolis.com, edited by Luis Rodrigues, December 2001.
- Published in Secret Life (in radically different form), Golden Gryphon Press, 2004. (hc)

"Font Notes"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

"The Hoegbotton Family History"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

"In the Hours After Death"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)
- Published in Dark Terrors 5, edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton, Gollancz, 2002. (hc/tp)
- Published online at FantasticMetropolis.com, edited by Luis Rodrigues, 2003.

"Learning to Leave the Flesh"
- First published in Dreams from the Strangers' Café, no. 5, edited by John Gaunt, January 1996.
- Published in City of Saints & Madmen, Tor UK (Pan MacMillan), 2004. (hc/tp)
- Published in Secret Life, Golden Gryphon Press, 2004. (hc)

"A Letter from Dr. V. to Dr. Simpkin"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc)
- Published in City of Saints & Madmen, Wildside Press, 2003. (tp)
- Published in expanded form in City of Saints & Madmen, Tor UK (Pan MacMillan), 2004. (hc/tp)

"The Machine"
- First published in Strangewood Tales, edited by Jack Fisher, Eraserhead Press, 2001.
- Second half of the story published in City of Saints & Madmen (the second half of the story only), Prime Books, 2002. (hc)
- Second half of the story published in City of Saints & Madmen, Wildside Press, 2003. (tp)
- Second half of the story published in City of Saints & Madmen, Tor UK (Pan MacMillan), 2004. (hc/tp)
- Published in Secret Life (in its entirety), Golden Gryphon Press, 2004. (hc)

"The Man Who Had No Eyes"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above) (this version encrypted and half-deciphered)
- Decrypted story provided as loose-leaf document to readers who sent in a self-addressed stamped envelope, beginning in 2002. (Possibly 40 to 50 of this loose-leaf/envelope combo in existence.)

"A Note from Dr. V. to Dr. Simpkin"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

"Other Books by the Author"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

"The Release of Belacqua"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen, Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

"X's Notes"
- First published in City of Saints & Madmen (including second half of "The Machine"), Prime Books, 2002. (hc) (included in all subsequent editions; see the editions list above)

FUTURE AMBERGRIS NOVELS AND STORIES (in progress)
(Listed in order of possible completion: closest to completion to least close to completion.)

Shriek: An Afterword
A 120,000-word novel narrated by art gallery owner Janice Shriek about her brother, the historian Duncan Shriek, and their odd family, supposedly originally intended as an afterword to The Hoegbotton Guide to the Early History of Ambergris.

The Zamilon File
A long novella/short novel set 500 years after Shriek in which secret agents in a war-torn Ambergris (the gray caps have taken back the city) set off for the monastery-fortress of Zamilon in hopes of discovering its secrets, which may pertain to the war. Narrated through the journals of a gray cap expert kidnapped and forced to accompany them to Zamilon.

Fragments of a Drowned City
Set 600 years after Shriek, this novel relates the story of a detective who comes to an Ambergris newly flooded by the gray caps to find a missing girl. The cover story on City of Saints & Madmen is an excerpt from the opening of this novel.

"Seven Views of Albumuth Boulevard"
Seven vignettes set in the same apartment on Albumuth Boulevard, over a period of several hundred years.

Voss Bender: A Life
A comprehensive biography of the great composer's life.

 
 
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