Schafer, William (ed) - The Best of Subterranean / Шафер, Уильям К. (ред) - Лучшее из "Subterranean" [2017, EPUB, ENG]

Perfidia / Разочарование novelette by Lewis Shiner Game novelette by Maria Dahvana Headley The Last Log of the Lachrimosa / Последний экипаж «Лакримозы» novelette by Alastair Reynolds The Seventeenth Kind novelette by Michael Marshall Smith Dispersed by the Sun, Melting in the Wind short story by Rachel Swirsky The Pile short story by Michael Bishop The Bohemian Astrobleme novelette by Kage Baker Tanglefoot novelette by Cherie Priest Hide and Horns novelette by Joe R. Lansdale Balfour and Meriwether in The Vampire of Kabul novelette by Daniel Abraham Last Breath / Последний вздох short story by Joe Hill Younger Women short story by Karen Joy Fowler White Lines on a Green Field / Белые линии на зелёном поле novelette by Catherynne M. Valente The Least of the Deathly Arts short story by Kat Howard Water Can't Be Nervous / Вода не может волноваться short story by Jonathan Carroll Valley of the Girls / Долина Девчонок short story by Kelly Link Sic Him, Hellhound! Kill! Kill! short story by Hal Duncan Troublesolving novelette by Tim Pratt The Indelible Dark novelette by William Browning Spencer The Prayer of Ninety Cats novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan The Crane Method short story by Ian R. MacLeod The Tomb of the Pontifex Dvorn / Гробница Понтифекса Дворна novelette by Robert Silverberg The Toys of Caliban (script) short story by George R. R. Martin The Secret History of the Lost Colony short story by John Scalzi The Screams of Dragons novelette by Kelley Armstrong The Dry Spell short story by James P. Blaylock He Who Grew Up Reading Sherlock Holmes / Он вырос на рассказах о Шерлоке Холмсе short story by Harlan Ellison A Small Price to Pay for Birdsong novella by Tom Holt (as by K. J. Parker) The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling / Истина факта, истина чувства novelette by Ted Chiang A Long Walk Home / Долгий путь домой novelette by Jay Lake

A bad thing had happened. No, a “Bad Thing” had happened. A man in Fremont, Nebraska cheated an honest old lady, and no one seemed able to make him retract his deed to set things right. It went on helplessly for the old lady for more than forty years. Then, one day, she told a friend. Now I will tell you a story. Or a true anecdote. For those who wish this to be “a story I never wrote,” have at it; for those who choose to believe that I am recounting a Real Life Anecdote, I’m down with that, equally: your choice. Once upon a time, not so long ago… A man in an 8th floor apartment in New York City lay in his bed, asleep. The telephone beside him rang. It was a standard 20th Century instrument, not a hand-held device. It was very late at night, almost morning, but the sun had not yet risen over the decoupage skyline of Manhattan. The telephone rang again. He reached across from under the sheet and picked up the phone. A deep male voice at the other end said, very slowly and distinctly, “Are you awake?” . . .