Michael Bishop: Short Fiction [Chronological]

Chronological Listing

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First appearances only; * denotes the work has been reprinted in a publication other than a Bishop collection. Links from individual stories lead to the Alphabetical Listing which includes all printings.

Format

Story Title ^NotesPeriodical Title [or Book Title], Date [Collection #]

1 9 7 0	Piñon Fall Galaxy, Oct/Nov 1970 [1] [8] * If a Flower Could Eclipse ¹ Worlds of Fantasy #3, Winter 1970 [11]
1 9 7 1	Darktree, Darktide Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Apr 1971 [12] * A Tapestry of Little Murders Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jun 1971 [7] * Spacemen and Gypsies Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sep 1971 [1] *
1 9 7 3	Death and Designation Among the Asadi ² Worlds of If, Jan/Feb 1973 [6] * The White Otters of Childhood Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul 1973 [1] * The Windows in Dante's Hell ¹ Orbit 12, Jul 1973 [11] *
1 9 7 4	The Tigers of Hysteria Feed Only on Themselves Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jan 1974 [7] * In Rubble, Pleading Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb 1974 [12] * On the Street of the Serpents or, The Assassination of Chairman Mao as Effected by the Author in Seville, Spain, in the Spring of 1992, a Year of No Certain Historicity Science Fiction Emphasis #1, May 1974 [1] * Cathadonian Odyssey Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sep 1974 [1] [8] *
1 9 7 5	Allegiances ¹ Galaxy, Feb 1975 [11] * Rogue Tomato New Dimensions 5, Apr 1975 [1] * The Contributors to Plenum Four New Dimensions 5, Apr 1975 [12] Blooded on Arachne Epoch, Nov 1975 [1] [8] *
1 9 7 6	The Samurai and the Willows ¹Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb 1976 [8] [11] * In Chinistrex Fortronza the People are Machines or, Hoom and the Homunculus New Constellations, Nov 1976 [1] *
1 9 7 7	The House of Compassionate Sharers Cosmos, May 1977 [1] [8] * Cabinet Meeting Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977 * Leaps of Faith Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct 1977 [1] * At the Dixie-Apple with the Shoofly-Pie Kid ¹ Cosmos, Nov 1977 [11]
1 9 7 8	Within the Walls of Tyre Weirdbook #13, Spring 1978 [2] [8] * Three Dream Woman (written with Craig Strete) New Dimensions 8, Apr 1978 * Old Folks at Home ¹ * Universe 8, May 1978 [11] Mory Shadows, Sep 1978 * Effigies Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct 1978 [1] * Vernalfest Morning Chrysalis 3, Dec 1978 [2] [12] * Collaborating Rooms of Paradise, 1978 [2] * I, Cartographer The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #3, 1978 [12] [Time Pieces] The Domes ¹ The Anthology of Speculative Poetry #3, 1978 [11]
1 9 7 9	Death Rehearsals ¹ Catacomb Years, Jan 1979 [11] Storming the Bijou, Mon Amour Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Jun 1979 [3] [8] A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Jul 1979 [12] Love's Heresy Shayol #3, Summer 1979 [3] [12] Seasons of Belief Shadows 2, Nov 1979 [2]
1 9 8 0	Of Crystalline Labyrinths and the New Creation Chrysalis 7, Feb 1980 [7] A Short History of the Bicycle: 401 B.C. to 2677 A.D. Interfaces, Feb 1980 [3] Cold War Orphans Their Immortal Hearts, May 1980 [2] The Yukio Mishima Cultural Association of Kudzu Valley, Georgia Basilisk, Aug 1980 [2] [8] Saving Face Universe 10, Aug 1980 [2] One Winter in Eden Dragons of Light, Oct 1980 [2]
1 9 8 1	Murder on Lupozny Station (written with Gerald W. Page) Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Apr 1981 [7] The Quickening ³ Universe 11, Jun 1981 [2] [8] * O Happy Day Rigel Science Fiction #2, Fall 1981 [7] A Spy in the Domain of Arnheim Pictures at an Exhibition, Nov 1981 [3] * Vox Olympica ⁴Omni, Dec 1981 [2] * At the City Limits of Fate Shayol #5, Winter 1981 [5] *
1 9 8 2	No Enemy But Time ⁵ Science Fiction Digest, May/Jun 1982 Unlikely Friends Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, Nov 1982 [4] [9] Wished-for Belongings Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Dec 1982 [4] [12] Patriots Shayol #6, Winter 1982 [2] [4]
1 9 8 3	The Last Child Into the Mountain (written with Lee Ellis) Omni, Mar 1983 * The Monkey's Bride ⁶ Heroic Visions, Mar 1983 [2] Her Habiline Husband ⁷ Universe 13, Jun 1983 * Gravid Babies: A Novel of Horrific Menace in Considerable Synopsis The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror, Aug 1983 Give a Little Whistle Whispers #19-20, Oct 1983 [4] [12] And the Marlin Spoke Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct 1983 [3] The Gospel According to Gamaliel Crucis (or, The Astrogator's Testimony) Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Nov 1983 [3] [10] No Enemy But Time ⁸ The Nebula Awards #18, Nov 1983
1 9 8 4	With a Little Help from Her Friends Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Feb 1984 [7] Dogs' Lives The Missouri Review, Vol. VII No. 2, Spring 1984 [3] [8] * A Father's Secret Pulpsmith, Autumn 1984 [4] [12] * Scrimptalon's Test (written with Gerald W. Page) Light Years and Dark, Nov 1984 [3]
1 9 8 5	The Bob Dylan Tambourine Software & Satori Support Services Consortium, Ltd. Interzone #12, Summer 1985 [3] * A Gift from the GrayLanders Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Sep 1985 [3] [8] *
1 9 8 6	000-00-0000 Last Wave #5, Winter 1986 [5] Close Encounter with the Deity Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mar 1986 [3] * Taccati's Tomorrow Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jun 1986 [4] [8] * Alien Graffiti (A Personal History of Vagrant Intrusions) Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Jun 1986 [3] [8] * Voices Heroic Visions II, Jul 1986 [3] Diary of a Dead Man Afterlives, Aug 1986 [3] * Dear Bill All the Devils are Here, Aug 1986 [4] [12]
1 9 8 7	The Egret Playboy, Jun 1987 [4] [12] * God's Hour Omni, Jun 1987 [5] An Episode in the Death of Philip K. Dick ⁹ New Pathways #8, Aug 1987 In the Memory Room The Architecture of Fear, Oct 1987 [5] [12] * Tears The Chattahoochee Review, Vol. VIII No. 1, Fall 1987 [4] [12] For Thus Do I Remember Carthage The Universe, Nov 1987 [5] *
1 9 8 8	The Calling of Paisley Coldpony ¹⁰Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Jan 1988 * Unicorn Mountain ¹⁰ New Pathways #10, Mar 1988
1 9 8 9	Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana ³Pulphouse Publishing, Jul 1989 [6] [8] * Reading the Silks Omni, Aug 1989 [5] Icicle Music Spirits of Christmas, Sep 1989 [5] * The Ommatidium Miniatures The Microverse, Nov 1989 [5] *
1 9 9 0	Snapshots from the Butterfly Plague Omni, Dec 1990 [5] *
1 9 9 1	Crazy About Each Other The Chattahoochee Review, Vol. XI No. 3, Spring 1991 [9] * Thirteen Lies About Hummingbirds Final Shadows, Sep 1991 [7] Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats Omni, Sep 1991 [5] [8] * The Creature on the Couch The Ultimate Frankenstein, Oct 1991 Cutouts ¹¹The Georgia Review, Vol. XLV No. 4, Winter 1991 [9] *
1 9 9 2	The Balloon Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Jan 1992 [12] Herding with the Hadrosaurs The Ultimate Dinosaur, Oct 1992 [7] * Brittle Innings ¹² World Fantasy Convention Program, Oct 29 1992
1 9 9 3	Beginnings Christmas Forever, Nov 1993 [5]
1 9 9 4	Cri de Coeur Asimov's Science Fiction, Sep 1994 [6] *
1 9 9 5	Doggedly Wooing Madonna Century #2, May/Jun 1995 [9] Spiritual Dysfunction and Counterangelic Longings; or, Sariela: A Case Study in One Act Heaven Sent, May 1995 * Epistrophy Tombs, Jun 1995 [5] [12] I, Iscariot Crank #5, Summer 1995 [5] * Simply Indispensable Full Spectrum 5, Aug 1995 [7] Chihuahua Flats Killing Me Softly, Nov 1995 [7]
1 9 9 6	Outside the Circle The Thirteenth Moon #17, Jan 1996 [12] Among the Handlers or, The Mark 16 Hands On Assembly of Jesus Risen, Formerly Snake-o-rama Dante's Disciples, Feb 1996 [5] The Alzheimer Laureate Science Fiction Age, Mar 1996 [12] Allegra's Hand Asimov's Science Fiction, Jun 1996 [5] Three Dreams in the Wake of a Death Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Jul 1996 [12] The Procedure Science Fiction Age, Jul 1996 [7] Annalise, Annalise Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 1996 [12]
1 9 9 7	Cyril Berganske Omni Online, May 1997 * Yesterday's Hostage Dying For It, Oct 1997 Nine Prescriptions for My Funeral SF Eye #15, Fall 1997
1 9 9 8	Sequel on Skorpiós Interzone, Aug 1998 [7] [12] *
1 9 9 9	Tithes of Mint and Rue World Horror Convention Program, Mar 4 1999 [7] [8] *
2 0 0 0	How Beautiful With Banners Century #6, Spr 2000 [9] Blue Kansas Sky Blue Kansas Sky (MB) Oct 2000 [6] Tired Analog, Nov 2000 [12]
2 0 0 1	Her Chimpanion Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Mar 2001 [12] *
2 0 0 2	Midwifing the World The Silver Web, Jan 2002 [12] Help Me, Rondo J. K. Potter's Embrace the Mutation, Apr 2002 [7] [8] The Russian Agent The Chattahoochee Review, Spr 2002 [9] "We're All in This Alone" (written with Paul Di Filippo) [7] Interzone, Nov/Dec 2002
2 0 0 3	Cicada, Inc. Interzone, Jan 2003 Andalusian Triptych, 1962 Polyphony, Volume 2, Apr 2003 [9] The Sacerdotal Owl 13 Horrors, Apr 2003 [10] * The Door Gunner The Silver Gryphon, May 2003 [8] * Last Night Out Brighten to Incandescence, Jun 2003 [7] [12] The Road Leads Back After O'Connor: Stories from Contemporary Georgia, Sep 2003 [8] [9] * Menard's Disease The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases, Oct 2003 [12]
2 0 0 4	Change of Life New York Stories, Spr 2004 [9] * Baby Love Polyphony 4, Sep 2004 [9] The Angst of God The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Oct/Nov 2004 [8] *
2 0 0 5	No Appetite for Communion Indiana Review, Sum 2005 [12] Bears Discover Smut SciFiction.com, Oct 26 2005 [8]
2 0 0 6	Dr. Prida's Dream-Plagued Patient Aberrant Dreams, Spr 2006 [12] *
2 0 0 7	The Inquisitor General A Cross of Centuries, Apr 2007 Miriam [as by Nōni Tyent] A Cross of Centuries, Apr 2007 [8] *
2 0 0 8	The Pile Subterranean Online, Win 2008 [8] * Vinegar Peace, or, The Wrong-Way Used-Adult Orphanage Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2008 [8] * Purr Weird Tales, Nov/Dec 2008 [12] Free The Chattahoochee Review, Fall 2008 [9]
2 0 0 9	The City Quiet as Death [with Steven Utley] Tor.com, Jun 2009 [8] * Last Drink Bird Head Last Drink Bird Head, Nov 2009
2 0 1 0	The Library of Babble Subterranean Online, Win 2010 [12]
2 0 1 1	Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes Tor.com, Jul 11, 2011 [12] *
2 0 1 2	Unfit for Eden Postscripts 26/27: Unfit for Eden, Jan 2012 [9] Twenty Lights to 'The Land of Snow' Going Interstellar, Jun 2012 [10] *
2 0 1 5	Rattlesnakes and Men Asimov's, Feb 2015 [9]
2 0 1 7	Other Arms Reach Out to Me Other Arms Reach Out to Me, Jun 2017 [9] No Picnic Other Arms Reach Out to Me, Jun 2017 [9] Gale Strang Asimov's, Jul/Aug 2017
2 0 1 8	The Grape Jelly and Mustard Method Book Mark: How to Be an Author, Jan 2018 [12]
2 0 2 1	Did You Want to Talk? A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals, Nov 2021 [12] The Making of Kid Dibauda A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals, Nov 2021 [12] Seevy A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals, Nov 2021 [12] Yahweh's Hour A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals, Nov 2021 [12]

Notes:

These stories form the Urban Nucleus of Atlanta [UrNu] sequence; fixed-up as Catacomb Years.
Incorporated into Transfigurations
Published as a book; go to Miscellaneous
Collected as Out of the Mouths of Olympus
An abridgement of No Enemy But Time
Incorporated into Who Made Stevie Crye?
Forms Part One of Ancient of Days
Excerpt from No Enemy But Time
Reprint of the Prelude from The Secret Ascension
Excerpts from Unicorn Mountain
Reprinted as Her Smoke Rose Up Forever
Excerpt from Brittle Innings

Collections:

[1] Blooded On Arachne 1982
[2] One Winter in Eden 1984
[3] Close Encounters with the Deity 1986
[4] Emphatically Not SF, Almost 1990
[5] At the City Limits of Fate 1996
[6] Blue Kansas Sky 2000
[7] Brighten to Incandescence 2003
[8] The Door Gunner and Other Perilous Flights of Fancy: A Michael Bishop Retrospective 2011
[9] Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories 2017
[10] The Sacerdotal Owl and Three Other Long Tales of Calamity, Pilgrimage, and Atonement 2018
[11] The City and the Cygnets 2019
[12] A Few Last Words for the Late Immortals 2021

Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins

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