''Horses!'' is a themed
anthology
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of
science fiction
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and
fantasy
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short works edited by
Jack Dann
Jack Dann (born February 15, 1945) is an American writer best known for his science fiction, an editor and a writing teacher, who has lived in Australia since 1994. He has published over seventy books, in the majority of cases as editor or co-edit ...
and
Gardner Dozois. It was first published in paperback by
Ace Books
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in May 1994. It was reissued as an ebook by
Baen Books in July 2013.
The book collects twelve novelettes and short stories by various authors, with a bibliography by the editors.
Contents
*"Classical Horses" (
Judith Tarr)
*"The Wonder Horse" (
George Byram)
*"On the Gem Planet" (
Cordwainer Smith)
*"The Thunder of the Captains" (
Garry Kilworth
Garry Douglas Kilworth (born 5 July 1941 in York) is a British science fiction, fantasy and historical novelist, and a former Royal Air Force cryptographer.
Early life
Kilworth was raised partly in Aden, South Arabia, the son of an airman. Havin ...
)
*"Brothers of the Wind" (
Jane Yolen
Jane Hyatt Yolen (born February 11, 1939) is an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. She is the author or editor of more than 350 books, of which the best known is '' The Devil's Arithmetic'', a Holocaust novella. H ...
)
*"Aunt Millicent at the Races" (
Len Guttridge)
*"The Circus Horse" (
Amy Bechtel)
*"Riding the Nightmare" (
Lisa Tuttle)
*"Wild, Wild Horses" (
Howard Waldrop)
*"The Boy Who Plaited Manes" (
Nancy Springer)
*"Horse Camp" (
Ursula K. Le Guin
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)
*"His Coat So Gay" (
Sterling E. Lanier)
*"Further Reading"
References
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1994 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
Fantasy anthologies
Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Ace anthologies
Ace Books books
Horses in literature