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MY GESTALT REAL-TIME REVIEWS OF THE VANDERMEERS

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THE BIG BOOK OF MODERN FANTASY edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer

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THE BIG BOOK OF CLASSIC FANTASY edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer

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DEAD ASTRONAUTS by Jeff VanderMeer

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BORNE by Jeff VanderMeer

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AREA X – My Review (Nov 2014) of THE SOUTHERN REACH Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer

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Collected Fiction of Leena Krohn A book published and foreworded by Jeff VanderMeer

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THE BIG BOOK OF SCIENCE FICTION Edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer

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THE WEIRD Edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer: real-time review (Nov 2011).
SEE BELOW FOR ITEMISED LINKS To THE WEIRD

The WEIRD (1) (2 November 11)

Alfred Kubin, “The Other Side” (excerpt), 1908 (translation, Austria)

F. Marion Crawford, “The Screaming Skull,” 1908

Algernon Blackwood, “The Willows,” 1907

Saki, “Sredni Vashtar,” 1910

M.R. James, “Casting the Runes,” 1911

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The WEIRD (2)

Lord Dunsany, “How Nuth Would Have Practiced his Art,” 1912

Gustav Meyrink, “The Man in the Bottle,” 1912 (translation, Austria)

Georg Heym, “The Dissection,” 1913 (new translation by Gio Clairval, Germany)

Hans Heinz Ewers, “The Spider,” 1915 (translation, Germany)

Rabindranath Tagore, “The Hungry Stones,” 1916 (India)

Luigi Ugolini, “The Vegetable Man,” 1917 (new translation by Anna and Brendan Connell, Italy; first-ever translation into English)

A. Merritt, “The People of the Pit,” 1918

Ryunosuke Akutagawa, “The Hell Screen,” 1918 (new translation, Japan)

Francis Stevens (Gertrude Barrows Bennett), “Unseen—Unfeared,” 1919

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The WEIRD (3)

Franz Kafka, “In the Penal Colony,” 1919 (translation, German/Czech)

Stefan Grabinski, “The White Wyrak,” 1921 (translation, Poland)

H.F. Arnold, “The Night Wire,” 1926

H.P. Lovecraft, “The Dunwich Horror,” 1929

Margaret Irwin, “The Book,” 1930

Jean Ray, “The Mainz Psalter,” 1930 (translation, Belgium)

Jean Ray, “The Shadowy Street,” 1931 (translation, Belgium)

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The WEIRD (4)

Clark Ashton Smith, “Genius Loci,” 1933

Hagiwara Sakutoro, “The Town of Cats,” 1935 (translation, Japan)

Hugh Walpole, “The Tarn,” 1936

Bruno Schulz, “Sanatorium at the Sign of the Hourglass,” 1937 (translation, Poland)

Robert Barbour Johnson, “Far Below,” 1939

Fritz Leiber, “Smoke Ghost,” 1941

Leonora Carrington, “White Rabbits,” 1941

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The WEIRD (5)

Donald Wollheim, “Mimic,” 1942

Ray Bradbury, “The Crowd,” 1943

William Sansom, “The Long Sheet,” 1944

Jorge Luis Borges, “The Aleph,” 1945 (translation, Argentina)

Olympe Bhely-Quenum, “A Child in the Bush of Ghosts,” 1949 (Benin)

Shirley Jackson, “The Summer People,” 1950

Margaret St. Clair, “The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles,” 1951

Robert Bloch, “The Hungry House,” 1951

Amos Tutuola, “The Complete Gentleman,” 1952 (Nigeria)

Jerome Bixby, “It’s a Good Life,” 1953

Augusto Monterroso, “Mister Taylor,” 1954 (new translation by Larry Nolen, Guatemala)

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The WEIRD (6)

Julio Cortazar, “Axolotl,” 1956 (new translation by Gio Clairval, Argentina)

William Sansom, “A Woman Seldom Found,” 1956

Charles Beaumont, “The Howling Man,” 1959

Mervyn Peake, “Same Time, Same Place,” 1963

Dino Buzzati, “The Colomber,” 1966 (new translation by Gio Clairval, Italy)

Michel Bernanos, “The Other Side of the Mountain,” 1967 (new translation by Gio Clairval, France)

Merce Rodoreda, “The Salamander,” 1967 (translation, Catalan)

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The WEIRD (7)

Claude Seignolle, “The Ghoulbird,” 1967 (new translation by Gio Clairval, France)

Gahan Wilson, “The Sea Was Wet As Wet Could Be,” 1967

Daphne Du Maurier, “Don’t Look Now,” 1971

Robert Aickman, “The Hospice,” 1975

Dennis Etchison, “It Only Comes Out at Night,” 1976

James Tiptree Jr. (Alice Sheldon), “The Psychologist Who Wouldn’t Do Terrible Things to Rats,” 1976

Eric Basso, “The Beak Doctor,” 1977

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The WEIRD (8)

Jamaica Kincaid, “Mother,” 1978 (Antigua and Barbuda/US)

George R.R. Martin, “Sandkings,” 1979

Bob Leman, “Window,” 1980

Ramsey Campbell, “The Brood,” 1980

Michael Shea, “The Autopsy,” 1980

William Gibson/John Shirley, “The Belonging Kind,” 1981

M. John Harrison, “Egnaro,” 1981

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The WEIRD (9)

Joanna Russ, “The Little Dirty Girl,” 1982

M. John Harrison, “The New Rays,” 1982

Premendra Mitra, “The Discovery of Telenapota,” 1984 (translation, India)

F. Paul Wilson, “Soft,” 1984

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The WEIRD (10)

Octavia Butler, “Bloodchild,” 1984

Clive Barker, “In the Hills, the Cities,” 1984

Leena Krohn, “Tainaron,” 1985 (translation, Finland)

Garry Kilworth, “Hogfoot Right and Bird-hands,” 1987

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The WEIRD (11)

Lucius Shepard, “Shades,” 1987

Harlan Ellison, “The Function of Dream Sleep,” 1988

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The WEIRD (12)

Ben Okri, “Worlds That Flourish,” 1988 (Nigeria)

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The WEIRD (13)

Elizabeth Hand, “The Boy in the Tree,” 1989

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The WEIRD (14)

Joyce Carol Oates, “Family,” 1989

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The WEIRD (15)

Poppy Z Brite, “His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood,” 1990

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The WEIRD (16)

Michal Ajvaz, “The End of the Garden,” 1991 (translation, Czech)

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The WEIRD (17)

Karen Joy Fowler, “The Dark,” 1991

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The WEIRD (18)

Kathe Koja, “Angels in Love,” 1991

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The WEIRD (19)

Haruki Murakami, “The Ice Man,” 1991 (translation, Japan)

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The WEIRD (20)

Lisa Tuttle, “Replacements,” 1992

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The WEIRD (21)

Marc Laidlaw, “The Diane Arbus Suicide Portfolio,” 1993

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The WEIRD (22)

Steven Utley, “The Country Doctor,” 1993

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The WEIRD (23)

Martin Simpson, “Last Rites and Resurrections,” 1994

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The WEIRD (24)

William Browning Spencer, “The Ocean and All Its Devices,” 1994

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The WEIRD (25)

Jeffrey Ford, “The Delicate,” 1994

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The WEIRD (26)

Stephen King, “The Man in the Black Suit,” 1994

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The WEIRD (27)

Angela Carter, “The Snow Pavilion,” 1995

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The WEIRD (28)

Craig Padawer, “The Meat Garden,” 1996

Stepan Chapman, “The Stiff and the Stile,” 1997

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The WEIRD (29)

Tanith Lee, “Yellow and Red,” 1998

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The WEIRD (30)

Kelly Link, “The Specialist’s Hat,” 1998

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The WEIRD (31)

Caitlin R. Kiernan, “A Redress for Andromeda,” 2000

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The WEIRD (32)

Michael Chabon, “The God of Dark Laughter,” 2001

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The WEIRD (33)

China Mieville, “Details,” 2002

Michael Cisco, “The Genius of Assassins,” 2002

Neil Gaiman, “Feeders and Eaters,” 2002

Jeff VanderMeer, “The Cage,” 2002

Jeffrey Ford, “The Beautiful Gelreesh,” 2003

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The WEIRD (34)

Thomas Ligotti, “The Town Manager,” 2003

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The WEIRD (35)

Brian Evenson, “The Brotherhood of Mutilation,” 2003

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The WEIRD (36)

Mark Samuels, “The White Hands,” 2003

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The WEIRD (37)

Daniel Abraham, “Flat Diane,” 2004

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The WEIRD (38)

Margo Lanagan, “Singing My Sister Down,” 2005 (Australia)

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The WEIRD (39)

T.M. Wright, “The People on the Island,” 2005

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The WEIRD (40)

Laird Barron, “The Forest,” 2007

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The WEIRD (41)

Liz Williams, “The Hide,” 2007

Reza Negarestani, “The Dust Enforcer,” 2008 (Iran)

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The WEIRD (42)

Micaela Morrissette, “The Familiars,” 2009

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The WEIRD (43)

Steve Duffy, “The Lion’s Den,” 2009

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The WEIRD (44)

Stephen Graham Jones, “Little Lambs,” 2009

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The WEIRD (45) (3 December 11)

K.J. Bishop, “Saving the Gleeful Horse,” 2010 (Australia)

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The Weird: The Generosity of a Story-by-Story Review