Search Worlds Without End

Orphan children destroy their nasty superintendent and create a clockwork replacement; a professor publishes a list of known vampires, but doesn't get it quite right; a military drone achieves sentience--and an unfortunate conscience; self-replicating humanoid robots fall in love with humans; an alien ship lands in a schoolyard and shows the teenagers the infinite probabilities of the universe....

All these worlds and more exist within the pages of Imaginarium 2012--the first in a yearly anthology series, gathering together the voices of the best Canadian writers and poets working in the genres (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) today.

Authors include: Kelley Armstrong, Madeline Ashby, Cory Doctorow, Gemma Files, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, David Nickle, Geoff Ryman, Peter Watts, Rio Youers and more.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Steven Erikson
• Looker - (2011) - short story by David Nickle
• The List - (2011) - short story by Kelley Armstrong
• Biting Tongues - (2012) - poem by Amal El-Mohtar
• Bleaker Collegiate Presents an All-Female Production of Waiting for Godot - (2011) - short story by Claire Humphrey
• Split Decision - (2011) - short story by Robert Runté
• The Cinder Girl - (2011) - poem by Peter Chiykowski
• The Candle - (2011) - short story by Ian Rogers
• Through the Door - (2011) - poem by Susan Ioannu
• Signal to Noise - (2011) - short story by Gemma Files
• The Ones Outside Your Door - (2011) - poem by Neile Graham
• Down Where the Best Lilies Grow - (2011) - short story by Camille Alexa
• Hide - (2011) - short story by Rebecca M. Senese
• What We Found - (2011) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
• Lie-Father - (2011) - poem by Gemma Files
• Centipede Girl - (2011) - short story by Ada Hoffmann
• Clockwork Fagin - (2011) - novelette by Cory Doctorow
• Selected Haiku - (2011) - poem by George Swede
• Pure - (2011) - novelette by Rio Youers
• 10 things to know about staplers - (2011) - poem by Carolyn Clink
• Laikas I - (2011) - short story by Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer
• On the Many Uses of Cedar - (2011) - short story by Geoffrey W. Cole
• Obscured - (2011) - poem by Rhonda Parrish
• Hawkwood's Folly - (2011) - short story by Timothy Reynolds
• Razor Voices - (2011) - short story by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back
• The Bean-Sidhe Calls in Owl-Light - (2011) - poem by Neile Graham
• Fur and Feathers - (2011) - short story by Lisa L. Hannett
• Breathing Bones - (2011) - poem by Peter Chiykowski
• The Education of Junior Number 12 - (2011) - novelette by Madeline Ashby
• One Quarter Gorgon - (2011) - poem by Helen Marshall
• A Puddle of Blood - (2011) - short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Nothing but sky overhead - (2011) - poem by David Clink
• The Kiss of the Blood-Red Pomegranate - (2011) - novelette by Kristin Janz
• Charm - (2011) - poem by Anna Mioduchowska
• Final Girl Theory - (2011) - short story by A. C. Wise
• To Live and Die in Gibbontown - (2011) - short story by Derek Künsken
• Beautiful Monster - (2011) - poem by Helen Marshall
• Malak - (2010) - short story by Peter Watts

Canadian speculative fiction has been increasingly recognized internationally for the calibre of its authors and their insight into the nature of social and religious identities, the implications of new technologies, and the relationship between humankind and its environments.

Featuring Don Bassingthwaite, Jocko Benoit, Tony Burgess, Peter Chiykowski, David Livingstone Clink, Robert Colman, Peter Darbyshire, Indrapramit Das, A.M. Dellamonica, Dave Duncan, Amal El-Mohtar, M.A.C. Farrant, Gemma Files, Lisa L. Hannett, Tanya Huff, Claire Humphrey, Matthew Johnson, Michael Kelly, Barry King, Catherine Knutsson, Helen Marshall, Susie Moloney, Matt Moore, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Dominik Parisien, A.G. Pasquella, Ian Rogers, J.W. Schnarr, Angela Slatter, and Christopher Willard.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Imaginarium 2013: In Which I Speculate - essay by Tanya Huff
• Blink - (2012) - short story by Michael Kelly
• Nightfall in the Scent Garden - (2012) - short story by Claire Humphrey
• The Ghosts of Birds - (2012) - poem by Helen Marshall
• The Last Love of the Infinity Age - (2012) - short story by Peter Darbyshire
• Too Much Is Never Enough - (2012) - short story by Don Bassingthwaite
• Bigfoot Cured My Arthritis - (2012) - poem by Robert Colman
• Wing - (2012) - short story by Amal El-Mohtar
• Arrow - (2012) - novelette by Barry King
• Penny - (2012) - poem by Dominik Parisien
• Thought and Memory - (2012) - short story by Catherine Knutsson
• Gaudifingers - (2012) - short story by Tony Burgess
• A sea monster tells his story - (2012) - poem by David Clink
• Son of Abish - (2012) - short story by Dave Duncan
• Opt-In - (2012) - short story by J. W. Schnarr
• Last Amphibian Flees - (2012) - short story by M. A. C. Farrant
• White Teeth - (2012) - poem by David Clink
• The Sweet Spot - (2012) - novelette by A. M. Dellamonica
• Verse Found Scratched Inside the Lid of a Sarcophagus (Dynasty Unknown) - (2012) - poem by Gemma Files
• Collect Call - (2012) - short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Bella Beaufort Goes to War - (2012) - short story by Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter
• A Spell for Scrying Mirror Gremlins - (2012) - poem by Peter Chiykowski
• The Book of Judgement - (2012) - short story by Helen Marshall
• The Audit - (2011) - short story by Susie Moloney
• Sixteen Colours - (2012) - shortfiction by David Clink
• The Old Boys Club - (2012) - short story by Geoff Gander
• Fin De Siècle - (2012) - short story by Gemma Files
• Since Breaking Through the Ice - (2012) - poem by Dominik Parisien
• The Pack - (2012) - short story by Matt Moore
• Invocabulary - (2012) - poem by Gemma Files
• I Was a Teenage Minotaur - (2012) - short story by A. G. Pasquella
• Weep for Day - (2012) - novelette by Indrapramit Das
• What I Learned at Genie School - (2012) - poem by Jocko Benoit
• Aces - (2012) - short story by Ian Rogers
• No Poisoned Comb - (2012) - poem by Amal El-Mohtar
• What a Picture Doesn't Say - (2012) - short story by Christopher Willard
• The Last Islander - (2012) - short story by Matthew Johnson

Imaginarium 3: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work published by Canadian writers in the 2013 calendar year.

Featuring Colleen Anderson, James Arthur, Madeline Ashby, Siobhan Carroll, Anne Carson, Kate Cayley, Peter Chiykowski, Jan Conn, Joan Crate, Indrapramit Das, Craig Davidson, Cory Doctorow, Amal El-Mohtar, Ian C. Esslemont, Gemma Files, Laura Friis, Richard Gavin, Jennifer Giesbrecht, Kim Goldberg, Neile Graham, Nalo Hopkinson, Louisa Howerow, Claire Humphrey, Matthew Johnson, Catherine MacLeod, Tam MacNeil, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Kim Neville, David Nickle, Robert Priest, Robin Richardson, Leon Rooke, Geoff Ryman, Simon Strantzas, Jane Tolmie, Halli Villegas, and A.C. Wise.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Once More Into the Woods - essay by Ian C. Esslemont
• Rosary and Goldenstar - (2013) - short story by Geoff Ryman
• Nahuales - (2013) - short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• Trap-Weed - (2013) - novelette by Gemma Files
• A Tall Girl - (2013) - poem by Kim Goldberg
• The Easthound - (2012) - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• The Correspondence Between the Governess and the Attic - (2013) - novelette by Siobhan Carroll
• Said the Axe Man - (2013) - short story by Tam MacNeil
• Turing Tests - (2013) - poem by Peter Chiykowski
• The Fairy Godmother - (2013) - short story by Kim Neville
• Wife of Brain (excerpt from Red Doc) - (2013) - poem by Anne Carson
• The Salt and Iron Dialogues - (2013) - novelette by Matthew Johnson
• Jinx - (2013) - poem by Robert Priest
• The Book with No End - (2013) - short story by Colleen Anderson
• Neanderthal Man, Theory and Practice - (2013) - poem by Kate Cayley
• All My Princes Are Gone - (2013) - poem by Jennifer Geisbrecht
• Harvesting Lost Hearts - (2013) - poem by Louisa Howerow
• By His Things Will You Know Him - (2013) - short story by Cory Doctorow
• Girls Watch in the Mirror at Midnight for a Vision of a Future Husband - (2013) - poem by Kate Cayley
• The Runner of n-Vamana - (2013) - short story by Indrapramit Das
• In the Year Two Thousand Eleven - (2013) - poem by Jan Conn
• Lesser Creek: a Love Story, a Ghost Story - (2013) - short story by A. C. Wise
• The Book of Vole (excerpts) - (2013) - poem by Jane Tolmie and Perry Rath
• Black Hen à la Ford - (2013) - short story by David Nickle
• Jazzman/Puppet - (2013) - poem by Joan Crate
• Ushakiran - (2013) - short story by Laura Friis
• Ksampguiyaeps--Woman-Out-to-Sea - (2013) - poem by Neile Graham
• Fishfly Season - (2013) - short story by Halli Villegas
• A Cavern of Redbrick - (2013) - short story by Richard Gavin
• Knife Throwing Through Self-Hypnosis - (2013) - poem by Robin Richardson
• Your Figure Will Assume Beautiful Outlines - (2013) - short story by Claire Humphrey
• A Charm for Communing with Dead Pets During Surgery - (2013) - poem by Peter Chiykowski
• Stemming the Tide - (2013) - short story by Simon Strantzas
• Social Services - (2013) - short story by Madeline Ashby
• How Gods Go on the Road - (2013) - poem by Robin Richardson
• Oubliette - (2013) - novelette by Gemma Files
• :axiom: the calling (excerpt) - (2013) - poem by Daniela Elza
• The Salamander's Waltz - (2013) - novelette by Catherine MacLeod
• Lost - (2013) - poem by Amal El-Mohtar
• Firebugs - (2013) - novelette by Craig Davidson
• Frankenstein's Monster - (2013) - poem by James Arthur
• Conditional Sphere of Everyday Historical Life - (2013) - short story by Leon Rooke

Imaginarium 4: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work published by Canadian writers in the 2014 calendar year.

Featuring Kelley Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, Courtney Bates-Hardy, Greg Bechtel, Jocko Benoit, Jeremy Butler, Siobhan Carroll, Peter Chiykowski, Eric Choi, Suzanne Church, David Clink, A.M. Dellamonica, Cory Doctorow, Puneet Dutt, Amal El-Mohtar, Gemma Files, Zsuzsi Gartner, Neile Graham, Lisa L. Hannett, Shivaun Hoad, Ada Hoffman, Nalo Hopkinson, Louisa Howerow, Matthew Hughes, Matthew Johnson, Catherine MacLeod, Helen Marshall, Matt Moore, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, David Nickle, Rhonda Parrish, Tony Pi, Ranylt Richildis, Holly Schofield, Trevor Shikaze, Kate Story, Jean-Louis Trudel, Peter Watts, A.C. Wise, and Rio Youers.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Don't Be Alarmed - essay by Margaret Atwood
• The Exorcist: a Love Story - (2014) - novelette by David Nickle
• Túshuguân - (2014) - short story by Eric Choi
• The Lark, the Peat, the Star, and Our Time - (2014) - poem by Neile Graham
• Bamboozled - (2014) - short story by Kelley Armstrong
• From Stone and Bone, from Earth and Sky - (2014) - novelette by A. C. Wise
• Left Foot, Right - (2014) - short story by Nalo Hopkinson
• Self-Portrait as Bilbo Baggins - (2014) - poem by Ada Hoffmann
• The Inn of the Seven Blessings - (2014) - novelette by Matthew Hughes
• The Full Lazenby - (2014) - short story by Jeremy R. Butler
• The God of Lost Things - (2014) - poem by Neile Graham
• The Beat that Billie Bore - (2014) - short story by Lisa L. Hannett
• Outside Heavenly - (2014) - novelette by Rio Youers
• Brains, Brains, Brains - (2014) - poem by Puneet Dutt
• The Colour of Paradox - (2014) - short story by A. M. Dellamonica
• A Wish from a Bone - (2014) - novelette by Gemma Files
• A Spell for Rebuilding Your Lover Out of Snow - (2014) - poem by Peter Chiykowski
• Man in Blue Overcoat - (2014) - short story by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• What You Couldn't Leave Behind - (2014) - short story by Matthew Johnson
• Return to Bear Creek - (2014) - poem by Louisa Howerow
• The Lonely Sea in the Sky - (2014) - short story by Amal El-Mohtar
• Jelly and the D-Machine - (2014) - short story by Suzanne Church
• We Be Naked - (2014) - short story by Zsuzsi Gartner
• The Parable of the Supervillain - (2014) - poem by Ada Hoffmann
• The Tun - (2014) - short story by Trevor Shikaze
• Aversions - (2014) - poem by Helen Marshall
• Wendigo Nights - (2014) - short story by Siobhan Carroll
• The Smut Story - (2014) - novelette by Greg Bechtel
• Witch I - (2014) - poem by Courtney Bates-Hardy
• Hollywood North - (2014) - novella by Michael Libling
• Witch II - (2014) - poem by Courtney Bates-Hardy
• Sideshow - (2014) - short story by Catherine MacLeod
• The Marotte - (2013) - short story by Tony Pi
• The Snows of Yesteryear - (2014) - novelette by Jean-Louis Trudel
• The Mermaid at Sea World - (2014) - poem by Ada Hoffmann
• The Trial of the Beekeeper - (2014) - short story by Shivaun Hoad
• The Man Who Sold the Moon - (2014) - novella by Cory Doctorow
• Hereditary Delusions - (2014) - poem by Rhonda Parrish
• Demoted - (2014) - short story by Kate Story
• You're a Winner! - (2014) - short story by Matt Moore
• Chant for Summer Darkness in Northwest Climes - (2014) - poem by Neile Graham
• Charlemagne and Florent - (2014) - short story by Ranylt Richildis
• Standard Deviant - (2014) - short story by Holly Schofield
• Kafka's Notebooks - (2014) - poem by Jocko Benoit
• Giants - (2013) - novelette by Peter Watts
• Death and the Girl from Pi Delta Zeta - (2014) - short story by Helen Marshall
• The Perfect Library - (2014) - poem by David Clink

"The Imaginarium Geographica

"What is it?" John asked.

The little man blinked and arched an eyebrow.

"It is the world, my boy," he said. "All the world, in ink and blood, vellum and parchment, leather and hide. It is the world, and it is yours to save or lose.""

An unusual murder brings together three strangers, John, Jack, and Charles, on a rainy night in London during the first World War. An eccentric little man called Bert tells them that they are now the caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica -- an atlas of all the lands that have ever existed in myth and legend, fable and fairy tale. These lands, Bert claims, can be traveled to in his ship the "Indigo Dragon," one of only seven vessels that is able to cross the Frontier between worlds into the Archipelago of Dreams.

Pursued by strange and terrifying creatures, the companions flee London aboard the Dragonship. Traveling to the very realm of the imagination itself, they must learn to overcome their fears and trust in one another if they are to defeat the dark forces that threaten the destiny of two worlds. And in the process, they will share a great adventure filled with clues that lead readers to the surprise revelation of the legendary storytellers these men will one day become.

An extraordinary journey of myth, magic, and mystery, "Here, There Be Dragons" introduces James A. Owen as a formidable new talent.

"'The Crusade has begun'...

"There's an old myth in the Archipelago," he went on softly, shaking his head. "A legend, really... I recall it mentioned a Crusade, but those events happened seven centuries ago. We always thought it was only a story."

It has been nine years since John, Jack, and Charles had their great adventure in the Archipelago of Dreams and became the Caretakers of the Imaginarium Geographica. Now they have been brought together again to solve a mystery: Someone is kidnapping the children of the Archipelago. And their only clue is a mysterious message delivered by a strange girl with artificial wings: "The Crusade has begun." Worse, they discover that all of the legendary Dragonships have disappeared as well.

The only chance they have to save the world from a centuries-old plot is to seek out the last of the Dragonships -- the Red Dragon -- in a spectacular journey that takes them from Sir James Barrie's Kensington Gardens to the Underneath of the Greek Titans of myth. With friends both familiar and new, they will travel through an extraordinary landscape where history, myth, and fable blend together to tell the oldest story in the world. And along the way, the Caretakers of the Geographica will discover that great deeds alone do not make heroes, and that growing up may be unavoidable... but growing old doesn't have to be.