''Stories for Chip: A Tribute to Samuel R. Delany'' (2015) is a collection of 33 pieces of short fiction, essays, and

creative non-fiction Creative nonfiction (also known as literary nonfiction or narrative nonfiction or literary journalism or verfabula) is a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Creative nonfiction contra ...

by a myriad group of global writers in honor of author Samuel R. "Chip" Delany, coinciding with his retirement from his career of university teaching.

Development and inspiration

The collection is compiled and edited by SF and fantastic fiction writer

Nisi Shawl Nisi Shawl (born 1955) is an African-American writer, editor, and journalist. They are best known as an author of science fiction and fantasy short stories who writes and teaches about how fantastic fiction might reflect real-world diversity of ...

, and published by author and Rosarium Publishing founder, Bill Campbell. Publication was the result of crowdfunding and donations coordinated at

Wiscon WisCon or Wiscon, a Wisconsin science fiction convention, is the oldest, and often called the world's leading, feminist science fiction convention and conference. It was first held in Madison, Wisconsin in February 1977, after a group of fans att ...

's ''(SF)³'' website and Indiegogo .

Content

The book includes: #"Introduction (Stories for Chip)", essay by Stanley Robinson #"Michael Swanwick and Samuel R. Delany at the Joyce Kilmer Service Area" (2007) a short story by

Eileen Gunn Eileen Gunn (born June 23, 1945, Dorchester, Massachusetts) is a science fiction author and editor based in Seattle, Washington, who began publishing in 1978. Her story "Coming to Terms", inspired, in part, by a friendship with Avram Davidson, wo ...

#"Billy Tumult", short story by

Nick Harkaway Nicholas Cornwell (born 1972), better known by his pen name Nick Harkaway, is a British novelist and commentator. As Harkaway, he is the author of the novels '' The Gone-Away World'', ''Angelmaker'' (which was nominated for the 2013 Arthur C. Cla ...

#"Voice Prints", short story by

Devorah Major Devorah Major is an American writer, editor, recording artist, and professor. She has won awards in poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction and is San Francisco's third Poet Laureate. Biography Major graduated from San Francisco State Unive ...

#"Delany Encounters: or, Another Reason Why I Study Race and Racism in Science Fiction", essay by Isiah Lavender, III of Extrapolation" (journal) #"Clarity", short story by

Anil Menon Anil Menon is an Indian writer of speculative fiction, as well as a computer scientist with a Ph.D. from Syracuse University, who has authored research papers and edited books on Evolutionary Algorithms. His research addressed the mathematic ...

#"When Two Swordsmen Meet", short story by

Ellen Kushner Ellen Kushner (born October 6, 1955) is an American writer of fantasy novels. From 1996 until 2010, she was the host of the radio program '' Sound & Spirit'', produced by WGBH in Boston and distributed by Public Radio International. Backgroun ...

#"For Sale: Fantasy Coffins (Ababuo Need Not Apply)", short story by

Chesya Burke Chesya Burke is an editor, educator and author of comic books and speculative fiction, most notably horror and dark fantasy. She has published over a hundred short stories, essays, and articles in magazines and anthologies such as ''Clarkesworld' ...

#"Holding Hands with Monsters", short story by Haralambi Markov #"Song for the Asking", short story by Carmelo Rafala #"Kickenders", short story by

Kit Reed Kit Reed, born Lillian Hyde Craig or Lil(l)ian Craig Reed (June 7, 1932 – September 24, 2017), was an American author of both speculative fiction and literary fiction, as well as psychological thrillers under the pseudonym Kit Craig. Biog ...

#"Walking Science Fiction: Samuel Delany and Visionary Fiction", essay by

Walidah Imarisha Walidah Imarisha ( am, ወሊዳ ኢማሪሻ) is an American writer, activist, educator and spoken word artist. Career Writing Imarisha is co-editor, with Adrienne Maree Brown, adrienne maree brown, of ''Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Storie ...

#"Heart of Brass", short fiction by poet Alex Jennings #"Empathy Evolving As a Quantum of Eight-Dimensional Perception", 2013 short story by

Claude Lalumière Claude Lalumière (born 1966) is an author, book reviewer and has edited numerous anthologies. A resident of Montreal, Quebec, he writes the ''Montreal Gazette's'' Fantastic Fiction column. He also owned and operated two independent book stores ...

#"Be Three", short story by

Jewelle Gomez Jewelle Gomez (born September 11, 1948) is an American author, poet, critic and playwright. She lived in New York City for 22 years, working in public television, theater, as well as philanthropy, before relocating to the West Coast. Her writing� ...

#"Guerrilla Mural of a Siren's Song", 1989 short story by Ernest Hogan #"An Idyll in Erewhyna", short story by

Hal Duncan Hal Duncan (born 21 October 1971, real name Alasdair) is a Scottish science fiction and fantasy writer. His works have been listed in the New Weird genre, but he prefers not to ascribe his writings to any genre. Life Hal Duncan was born in Ki ...

#"Real Mothers, a Faggot Uncle, and the Name of the Father: Samuel R. Delany's Feminist Revisions of the Story of SF", essay by L. Timmel Duchamp #"Nilda ", short story by

Junot Díaz Junot Díaz (; born December 31, 1968) is a Dominican-American writer, creative writing professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and was fiction editor at ''Boston Review''. He also serves on the board of advisers for Freedo ...

#"The First Gate of Logic", short story by

Benjamin Rosenbaum Benjamin Rosenbaum (born August 23, 1969) is an American science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction writer and computer programmer, whose stories have been finalists for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the BSFA ...

#"The Master of the Milford Altarpiece", 1968 short story by

Thomas M. Disch Thomas Michael Disch (February 2, 1940 – July 4, 2008) was an American science fiction author and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book – previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book" – in 1999, and he had two other Hugo nomination ...

#"River, Clap Your Hands ", short story by Sheree Renée Thomas #"Haunt-Type Experience", 2009 short story by Roz Clarke #"Eleven Stations", short story by Fábio Fernandes #"Légendaire", 2013 novelette by Kai Ashante Wilson #"On My First Reading of The Einstein Intersection", essay by

Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick (born 18 November 1950) is an American fantasy and science fiction author who began publishing in the early 1980s. Writing career Swanwick's fiction writing began with short stories, starting in 1980 when he published "Ginungagap ...

#"Characters in the Margins of a Lost Notebook", short story by

Kathryn Cramer Kathryn Elizabeth Cramer (born April 16, 1962) is an American science fiction writer, editor, and literary critic. Early years Kathryn Cramer is the daughter of physicist John G. Cramer. She grew up in Seattle and graduated from Columbia Univ ...

#"Hamlet's Ghost Sighted in Frontenac, KS", short story by

Vincent Czyz Vincent Czyz (/ˈtʃɛz/ ''Chez''; born 1963) is an American writer and critic of Literary fiction. His work often explores mythological motifs, religious themes, and dreams as a substrate of reality. Biography Vincent Czyz was born in Orang ...

#"Each Star a Sun to Invisible Plane", short story by Tenea D. Johnson #"Clones", short story by Alex Smith (II) #"The Last Dying Man", short story by Geetanjali Dighe #"Capitalism in the 22nd Century or A.I.r.", short story by

Geoff Ryman Geoffrey Charles Ryman (born 1951) is a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy, slipstream and historical fiction. Biography Ryman was born in Canada and moved to the United States at age 11. He earned degrees in History and English at UCLA ...

#"Jamaica Ginger", novelette by

Nalo Hopkinson Nalo Hopkinson (born 20 December 1960) is a Jamaican-born Canadian speculative fiction writer and editor. Her novels ('' Brown Girl in the Ring'', ''Midnight Robber'', '' The Salt Roads'', ''The New Moon's Arms'') and short stories such as thos ...

and

#"Festival", novelette by

Chris Nakashima-Brown Christopher Brown is an American author, who formerly wrote under the name Chris Nakashima-Brown,and is known for writing science fiction. His first novel, ''Tropic of Kansas'', was published in 2017 by Harper Voyager, and was a finalist for the ...

as by Christopher Brown (I)

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