Witpunk Author:Marty Halpern (Editor), Claude Lalumiere (Editor) This anthology of sardonic fiction emphasizes SF/fantasy tales sparkling with wit and edgy attitude. The stories, both originals and reprints, cover a wide range of satire. Writers include James Morrow, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Allen Steele, Paul Di Filippo, Robert Silverberg, and Pat Cadigan. Halpern, a 2001 World Fantasy Award Finalist, is the edi... more »tor of the legendary Golden Gryphon Press.
Contents:
Preface (Witpunk) (2003) • essay by Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern
The Teb Hunter / shortstory by Allen Steele
Coyote Goes Hollywood / shortstory by Ernest Hogan
Spicy Detective #3 (2002) / shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
Auspicious Eggs (2000) / novelette by James Morrow
Timmy and Tommy's Thanksgiving Secret / shortstory by Bradley Denton
Savage Breasts (1988) / shortstory by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
I Love Paree (2000) / novelette by Cory Doctorow and Michael Skeet
Arabesques of Eldritch Weirdness #8 (2002) / shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
The Seven-Day Itch / shortstory by Elise Moser
The Scuttling or, Down by the Sea with Marvin and Pamela (1999) / novelette by William Sanders
A Halloween Like Any Other / shortstory by Michael Arsenault
The Lights of Armageddon (1994) / shortstory by William Browning Spencer
Doc Aggressive, Man of Tin #2 (2002) / shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
Bagged 'n' Tagged (1995) / shortstory by Eugene Byrne
Amanda and the Alien (1983) / shortstory by Robert Silverberg
Diary from an Empty Studio / shortstory by Don Webb
Is That Hard Science, or Are You Just Happy to See Me? / shortstory by Leslie What
Six Gun Loner of the High Butte #6 (2002) / shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
Encounter of Another Kind (1991) / shortstory by David Langford
Tales from the Breast (1996) / shortstory by Hiromi Goto
Science Fiction / novelette by Paul Di Filippo
Mother's Milt (1992) / shortstory by Pat Cadigan
Deep Space Adventure #32 • (2002) / shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
The Wild Girls / shortstory by Pat Murphy
Jumping / shortstory by Ray Vukcevich
Kapuzine and the Wolf: A Hortatory Tale / shortstory by Yves Meynard and Jean-Louis Trudel [as by Laurent McAllister]
Meet the Witpunks (Witpunk) (2003) • essay by Claude Lalumière and Marty Halpern.
A fine collection of humorous short stories from some of the best modern day science fiction writers. It's a keen, interesting collection, definitely a unique collection.