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BIBLIOGRAPHY


JEFF VANDERMEER: EXPANDED BIBLIOGRAPHY

The document is not entirely up-to-date, but will provide the reader with a solid overview of my publication history.  - Jeff

PUBLICATIONS

Novels
THE EARLY HISTORY OF AMBERGRIS BY DUNCAN SHRIEK
(Necropolitan Press, 65 South Street, Westborough, MA 01581-1628, Jeffrey Thomas, ed.), short novel, saddle-stapled, 1999.

DRADIN, IN LOVE
(Buzzcity Press, POB 38190, Tallahassee, FL 32315, Ann Kennedy, ed.), short novel, trade paperback, 1996.

Collections
CITY OF SAINTS & MADMEN: THE BOOK OF AMBERGRIS
(Cosmos Books, Sean Wallace ed.- trade paperback; Prime Books, Garry Nurrish, ed.- hardcover), collection of four interrelated novellas, deluxe hardcover, 2001 (forthcoming).

WHY SHOULD I CUT YOUR THROAT & OTHER NONFICTION
(Cosmos Books, Sean Wallace, ed.), nonfiction collection, trade paperback, 2002 (forthcoming).

DRADIN, IN LOVE & OTHER STORIES
(Oxy Press, Greece, Bill Babouros, ed.), short story collection, trade paperback, 1998.

THE BOOK OF LOST PLACES
(Dark Regions Press, California, Joe Morey, ed.), short story collection, paperback, 1996.

LYRIC OF THE HIGHWAY MARINER
(Nocturnal Publications, Ree Young, ed., Rt. 2, Box 357, Troy, NC 27371), poetry, saddle-stapled, 1991.

THE BOOK OF FROG
(Ministry of Whimsy Press, 7701 SW 7th St., Gainesville FL 32607), short stories, saddle-stapled, 1989 (self-published).

GAINESVILLE READINGS: JEFF VANDERMEER
(The Artitorium, 410 NW 13th St., Gainesville, FL 32601), novella excerpt, 1988.


Collaborations
THE EXCHANGE
(Hoegbotton & Sons Press, Massachusetts), short story written in collaboration with artist Eric Schaller; a lavishly-illustrated, saddle-stapled “found object” with an Edward Gorey influence.


Short Stories and Novellas
In addition to 60 published poems, I have placed approximately 130 stories in over 300 publications. The following alphabetical list provides a representative sample. Listings for stories as yet to be published end with an asterisk. Translations have been identified as such.

Anthology Appearances

AIRFISH (904 Old Town Court, Cupertino, CA 95014-4024), "Emperor's Reply".

BEST NEW HORROR #7 (Stephen Jones, Robinson, Ltd., 194 Station Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7TE, United Kingdom; Carroll & Graf in the United Kingdom), “The Bone Carver's Tale”.

DARK TERRORS #1 (Gollancz, Ltd, Stephen Jones, 194 Station Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7TE, United Kingdom), "At the Crossroads, Burying the Dog."

DARK VOICES #5: THE PAN BOOK OF HORROR (MacMillan Publishers, Stephen Jones, 194 Station Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7TE, United Kingdom), "La Siesta Del Muerte".

FANTASY (Goldmann Publishers, Germany), "The Bone Carver's Tale," translation.

IMAGINATION FULLY DILATED #2 (Alan M. Clark, IFD Publishing, POB 40776, Eugene, OR 97404), “Ghost Dancing With Manco Tupac.”

INFINITY PLUS: THE ANTHOLOGY (Keith Brooke, 4PLS Publishing, United Kingdom), “Ghost Dancing With Manco Tupac.”*

MIDNIGHT SHADOWS (Ivan Adamovic, Hlavni 2725, 141 00, Prague, Slovakia), "Welcome to the Masque," translation.

NOVA SF (Perseo Libri, Casella Postale 1240, 40100, Bologna, Italy), "Rumors of War," translation.

OUTSIDE THE CAGE: An Anthology to Benefit the Humane Society (Sideshow Press, POB 945, Brewerton, NY 13029), “The Machine.”*

PALACE CORBIE #8 (Wayne Edwards, Merrimack Books, POB 80702, Lincoln, NE 68501), “The Transformation of Martin Lake.”

STRANGEWOOD TALES (Earwig Books, United States, Jack Fisher, ed.), “The Machine”.

WHITE OF THE MOON (David Marshall, Pumpkin Books, POB 297, Nottingham NG2 4GW, United Kingdom), “The Strange Case of X.”


Magazines

AFTER HOURS (21541 Oakbrook, Mission Viejo, CA 92692), "One-Armed Bandit."

ANIMAL PAPER (Box 441, Lakeside, CA 92040), "Frogsense."

ASIMOV'S SF MAGAZINE (Dell Publications, 380 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10017), "The Bone Carver's Tale," "Mahout."

BARRELHOUSE (1600 Oak Creek Road, Edmond, OK 73034), "The County Fair."

BBR (POB 625, Sheffield, S1 3GY, United Kingdom), "A Heart for Lucretia."

BBR (POB 625, Sheffield, S1 3GY, United Kingdom), "Detectives and Cadavers."

EOTU (1810 W. State #115, Boise, ID 83702), "Storming Zee Oliphaunt."

FEAR (Newsfield, Ltd., Ludlow, Shropshire, SY6, 1JW, United Kingdom), "The Color of Chance is Green," "So the Dead Walk Slowly," "Flesh," "Confessions."

FAERIES (Denoel Publishing House, Paris, France), “The Bone Carver's Tale,” translation.*

FANTASTIC WORLDS (Montana, Scott Becker, ed.), "Ghost in the Machine."

KOEKRAND (Box 14767, 1001 LG Amsterdam, Netherlands), "Requiem For the Machine," translation.

IKARIE B (Ivan Adamovic, Hlavni 2725, 141 00, Prague, Czechoslovakia), "The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight," translation.

INTERZONE (David Pringle, 217 Preston Drove, Brighton BN1 6FL, United Kingdom), “Quin's Shanghai Circus”.

THE MACGUFFIN (18600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, MI 48152), "Frogsense."

MAGIC REALISM (POB 620, Orem, UT 84059), "Ghost Dancing With Manco Tupac," "Emperor's Reply."

THE MANGROVE REVIEW (English Dept., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32601), "The Color of Chance is Green."

MEGALON (Brazil, Marcello Branco), “Mahout,” translation.

MOON (363 West 18th St., New York, NY 10011), "The Songs a Dead Whale Sings."

MOON MAGAZINE (P.O.B. 13182, Gainesville, FL 32604), "The Songs A Dead Whale Sings," "A Heart for Lucretia."

ORE (7 The Towers, Stevenage, Herts SG1 1HE, United Kingdom), "Kaeru."

OUROBOROS (3216 13th Avenue, Rock Island, IL), "Night Prayers."

PLAZA, THE (U-Kan, Inc., Yoyogi 2-32-1, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151, Japan), "The Flower Vendor," translation.

TRANSVERSIONS (Ontario, Canada), "David Pangborn Takes a Walk."

PLUDNIC MINOW (Ivan Adamovic, Hlavni 2725, 141 00, Prague, Slovakia), "A Heart for Lucretia," translation.

PULPHOUSE (P.O.B. 1227, Eugene, OR 97440), "Greensleeves," "A Social Gathering."

REDSINE (Garry Nurrish, Sydney, Australia), “Black Duke Blues,” “The Zamelon File,” “The Emperor's Reply.”

THE SILVER WEB (Buzzcity Press, POB 38190, Tallahassee, FL 32315), "A Heart for Lucretia," "Ministry of Butterflies," "So the Dead Walk Slowly," "Requiem for the Machine."

SF REVIEW (P.O.B. 20340, Salem, OR 97307), "Detectives and Cadavers."

SOCIAL ALTERNATIVES (University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4067, Australia), "El Toque De Midas."

STARSHORE (McAlpine Publications, 800 Seahawk Circle, Suite 116, Virginia Beach, VA 23452), "The Songs A Dead Whale Sings," "The Ministry of Butterflies."

THIRD ALTERNATIVE, THE (Andy Cox, 5 Martins Lane, Witcham, Ely Cambs CB6 2LB, United Kingdom), “Bullets & Airplanes,” “Balzac's War,” “Flight Is For Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over.”

2001 (Mukul Sharma, Times of India Building, Bombay 400 001, India), "A Heart for Lucretia," "The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight," translation.

VISIONS (409 College Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850), "The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight," USSR/US versions, translation.


Internet

INFINITY PLUS (www.infinity-plus.co.uk). “Balzac's War,” “Quin's Shanghai Circus,” “A Heart for Lucretia,” “Flight is for Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over”. (In addition to interviews with Alan Ruch, Jeffrey Thomas, and Paul Di Filippo).

REDSINE (www.redsine.com). “The Zamelon File,” “Exhibit H,” “The Emperor's Reply”. (In addition to interviews with Brian Stableford and Jeffrey & Scott Thomas.)


Nonfiction
ART TIMES (POB 730, Mt. Marion, NY 12456): an article on funny small press names entitled, "Of Polymorphous Perversities."

CARNAGE HALL (Box 7, Esopus, NY): an article on Angela Carter entitled "The Infernal Desire Machines of Angela Carter," published in 10,000-word segments in #5 and #6.

CHIMERA CONNECTIONS (3712 NW 16th Blvd, Gainesville, FL 32305): from 1989-1991, a series of interviews with individuals such as poets Richard Wilber, Carol Muske, and Jane Stuart (on her father, Jesse Stuart).

CYCLOPEDIA (Salem Press, California): for a library reference book, articles on Mark Helprin and Alasdair Gray.

DREAMS FROM THE STRANGERS' CAFE (South Yorkshire, United Kingdom): "Adventures in the Ink Trade," ongoing column on writing; topics include emerging writer Sue Storm.

FANTASTIC WORLDS (Scott Becker, Montana): "Adventures in the Ink Trade," ongoing column on writing; topics include Stepan Chapman's "unpublishable" novel The Troika and Erotic Literature (ongoing: 1996- ; not to be confused with separate, different columns written for United Kingdom version in Dreams).

FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION (POB 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030): “Curiousities—The Jerusalem Quartet,” a short article on the work of Edward Whittemore.

GAINESVILLE SUN (P.O. Drawer A, Gainesville, FL 32301): an article entitled "The Seeds Within Blossomed Behind Jail Bars," concerning a program that published prisoners' poetry in an anthology.

GWN (612 Cobblestone Circle, Marin, IL 60025): a continuing column (1989-1991) on writing entitled "Adventures in the Ink Trade"; topics covered included censorship and the 1991 FSU Writer's Festival.

INFINITY PLUS WEBSITE (Keith Brooke, Brighton, United Kingdom): an interview with writer Paul Di Filippo and an interview with writer Jeffrey Thomas.

JABBERWOCKY (3504 SW 30th Ter, 27C, Gainesville, FL 32308): "Angela Carter, In Memorium" and a critical review of various year's best anthologies.

THE MAGE (Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 13346): an interview with fantasy writer Meredith Ann Pierce.

MAGILL'S GUIDE TO SF & FANTASY LITERATURE (Salem Press, California): for a library reference book, articles on M.J. Harrison's Viriconium Sequence, Alasdair Gray's Lanark, Charles G. Finney's The Circus of Dr. Lao, and Geoff Ryman's The Unconquered Country.

MATERIAL SCIENCE WORLD (University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611): articles on engineering entitled "Author David Kingery Blends Ceramic Art with Technology" and "Defense Department Funds Materials Research."

MIDNIGHT ZOO (544 Ygnacio Valley Road, #A273, Walnut Creek, CA 94596): an article entitled "A Discussion of the Current Malaise in Dark Fantasy Literature."

MYSTERY SCENE (3840 Clark Road, S.E. Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52403): a series of interviews on discrimination within genre fiction; included interviews with Ellen Datlow, fiction editor for OMNI, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and noted feminist Jessica Amanda Salmonson.

THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION (POB 78, Pleasantville, NY 10570): reviews of Iain M. Banks' Look to Windward, Paul Williams' The Top 40 Cultural Hits of the 20th Century, Ramsey Campbell's Silent Children, Christopher Moore's The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove, and Jeffrey Ford's The Beyond.

PERSONAL DEMONS (Oklahoma City): “The Pellet” and “Bittersweet,” two anecdotal articles for an anthology about writers' influences.

SCENE MAGAZINE (Gainesville Sun, P.O. Drawer A, Gainesville, FL 32601): an article on funny small press names entitled "Of Polymorphous Perversities."

SEX AND OTHER ACTS OF THE IMAGINATION (Black Dog Press, Canada): an introduction to Cliff Burns' collection of the same name.

SF EYE (POB 18539, Asheville, NC): reviews of Angela Carter's American Ghosts and Old World Wonders, Brooke Steven's The Circus of the Earth and the Air, and Daniel Pearlman's The Final Dream and Other Stories.

SF EYE (POB 18539, Asheville, NC): an article entitled "Under the Big Top: Circuses in Literature."

THE SILVER WEB (POB 38383, Tallahassee, FL 32315), an article on William Burroughs' Naked Lunch and its relationship to David Cronenberg's movie of the same name.

THE SILVER WEB (POB 38383, Tallahassee, FL 32315), "Why Should I Cut Your Throat When I Can Just Ask You For the Money?", a new journalism piece on science fiction conventions.

TANGENT (5779 Norfleet, Raytown, MO 64133), "The Death of the Imagination," an article on the paucity of real imaginative power in most genre fiction, in addition to extensive reviews of such periodicals as Pulphouse and Interzone.


AWARDS


Winner, 2000, World Fantasy Award (best novella)

Finalist, 1999, World Fantasy Award

Finalist, 1997 Theodore Sturgeon Award for Best Short Fiction

Third Place, 1995-96 Soft Science Fiction Association Best Short Story Contest, Fiction.

Winner, 1995-96 $5,000 Florida Individual Artist's Grant, Fiction.

Honorable Mention, 1994-95 Florida Individual Artist's Grant, Fiction.

Winner, 1994, International Rhysling Award, Best Short Poem.

Finalist, 1993, International Rhysling Award, Best Short Poem.

Winner, 1992, Clarion Workshop Scholarship, sponsored by East Lansing, Michigan, bookstores.

First Place, 1990-1991, FEAR MAGAZINE (Newsfield, Ltd.), Best Short Work Award, Established Author Category; presented at British Fantasy Convention, August 1991.

Semi-finalist, 1991, Bram Stoker Award, Best Short Story Category.

Finalist, 1991, Best Short Story of the Year, Small Press Writers and Artists Organization.

Finalist, 1990, Reader's Convention Best Short Work Award, for THE BOOK OF FROG; nominated along with Tom Disch, Lucius Shepard, and Gene Wolfe.

Finalist, 1990, International Rhysling Award, Best Long Poem.

Finalist, Best Writer of 1990, Small Press Writers and Artists Organization.

First Place, 1989, Michael J. Hauptmann Award for undergraduate fiction, University of Florida.

First Place, 1986, Flagship Award for Excellence in English, University of Florida.

Finalist, 1986, state P.R.I.D.E. Writing Competition; awarded $1,000 and a $1,000 scholarship.


HONORS


"The Transformation of Martin Lake," listed as one of the best short stories of 1999, 2000 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

"The Early History of Ambergris," listed as one of the best novels of 1999, VECTOR MAGAZINE, United Kingdom.

“The Hoegbotton Guide to Ambergris” and “The Strange Case of X,” shortlisted for the 2000 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

Panelist Participant, 1999 World Fantasy Convention, Providence, Rhode Island.

“Flight Is For Those Who Have Not Yet Crossed Over,” shortlisted for the 1999 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

Guest, along with Maria Doria Russell (The Sparrow) and others, at the 1999 Slipstreaming in the Arts Conference, LaGrange College, Georgia.

Guest Speaker, Northwest Convention, Seattle, WA.

“The General Who Is Dead,” shortlisted for the 1998 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

“The Bone Carver's Tale” selected by THE BEST NEW HORROR 7, Carroll & Graf, edited by Stephen Jones.

"At the Crossroads, Burying the Dog," selected by THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASTIC FICTION, Dark Regions Press, edited by Mike Olson.

"The Bone Carver's Tale," listed as one of the best short stories of 1995, 1996 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

"At the Crossroads, Burying the Dog," shortlisted for the 1996 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

"Death By Drowning," shortlisted for the 1995 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

"London Burning," shortlisted for the 1995 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

"The Emperor's Reply," shortlisted for the 1994 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

"Excerpts from the Diary of An Artiste" shortlisted for the 1994 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

Attendee, 1992 Clarion Writer's Workshop, East Lansing, Michigan; one of only 17 chosen from among hundreds of applicants; guest writers included Lisa Goldstein, 1989 American Book Award winner.

"Mahout" short-listed for the 1993 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

"Welcome to the Masque" and "Flesh" short-listed for the 1992 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

Guest Speaker, 1991 World Horror Convention in Nashville, Tennessee.

"The Ministry of Butterflies" and "The Sea, Mendeho, and Moonlight" short-listed for the 1991 YEAR'S BEST SCIENCE FICTION, St. Martin's Press, edited by Gardner Dozois.

"The Game of Lost and Found" and "The Color of Chance is Green" short-listed for the 1990 YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR, St. Martin's Press, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

Distinguished Visiting Writer, 1989, Lake City Community College, Yvonne Sapia coordinator.

Guest Lecturer, March 1988, Santa Fe Community College, Chick Wallace coordinator.

Guest Lecturer for the 1987 Florida Scholastic Press Association Convention, Orlando.


READINGS


The Northwest Convention, Seattle, WA - Fiction Reading, April 6, 1999

The Warehouse: Florida State University Reading Series, May 28, 1997

Slipstreaming in the Arts Conference, Lagrange College, April 11, 1997.

World Horror Convention, Atlanta, GA - Two Fiction Readings, March 5, 1995.

Astoria Elementary School, Tallahassee, FL - Children's Story Reading, May 1993.

WVFS, V89, Tallahassee, FL - Fiction Reading, November 2, 1992.

World Horror Convention, Nashville, TN - Fiction Reading, March 5, 1992.

World Horror Convention, Nashville, TN - Fiction Reading, March 4, 1991.

The Artitorium, Gainesville, FL - Fiction Reading (Mangrove Review benefit), March 28, 1990.

The Artitorium, Gainesville, FL - Fiction Reading, September 1989.

Brevard County Annual Writing Awards Banquet, Cocoa Beach, FL - Poetry Reading, April 23, 1987.


INTERVIEWED BY (from 1990 - 2001)


Carnage Hall - Esopus, NY
Classic `89, National Public Radio - Gainesville, FL
Dark Echo - New York, NY
The Gainesville Sun - Gainesville, FL
Genre Writers Newsletter - California
Heliocentric Net Magazine - Seattle, WA
Heliocentric Net Newsletter - Seattle, WA
The Independent Florida Alligator - Gainesville, FL
Indigenous Fiction - Seattle, WA
Infinity Plus - Brighton, United Kingdom
MZ Magazine - El Viejo, CA
Oxy Magazine - Athens, Greece
Redsine - Sydney, Australia
SPGA Newsletter - Albuquerque, NM
SPWAO Newsletter - Albuquerque, NM
Tangent - Kansas City, MO
T Tales - London, United Kingdom
V89, College Rock Radio - Tallahassee, FL
Virtual Times, Huntsville, AL
Writers of Dark Fantasy - Oxy Publishing, Greece

 



 
 
 
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