Sporty Spec: Games of the Fantastic views sports and games
with a speculative twist, in prophesied futures, parallel presents, and
imagined pasts. From tennis matches with Death to chess games with Oberon,
from free throws with the Fairy Court to surfing with werewolves, every
sport imaginable (and a few unimaginable) exist within this speculative
city of games. 42 authors, veterans and rookies alike, have contributed
flash fiction and poetry that will take you from pong with a dust mote
at the beginning of the world to sailboarding through the stars at the
universe's edge.
Sporty Spec
is published by Raven Electrick Ink. The anthology is currently available for purchase at Amazon.com,
Barnes
& Noble, and most online booksellers.
Come be a spectator at our games. There are no sports like these!
Annotated Table of Contents:
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Paul Abbamondi, "The Sport of Kings," sf-fantasy/horseracing
story.
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Marge Simon, "Ebonmadder's Run," sf/horseracing poetry reprint
(Space & Time, Spring 2000).
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Jo L. Gerrard, "Somewhere, the Sun is Shining," sf/baseball
story.
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Robert Frazier, "Stealing for the Record," slipstream/baseball
poetry reprint (Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1990.)
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E. C. Myers, "Perpetual Check," fantasy/chess story.
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C. A. Gardner, "Riding to Faery," fantasy/chess poetry reprint
(Mythic Delirium, Iss. 6, Winter/Spring 2002).
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Brenta Blevins, "Running for Life," dark fantasy/running
story.
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James S. Dorr, "Leaves," horror/running poetry reprint (The
Magazine of Speculative Poetry, Autumn 1997.)
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Adam Nakama, "The Empress of the Dragon" slipstream/uniquesport
story.
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Todd Wheeler, "Less Than Perfect," sf/uniquegame story.
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Beth Langford, "Inland Sea," slipstream/ice-skating story.
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Deborah P Kolodji, "Approaching Europa," sf/ice-skating poem.
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Jude-Marie Green, "Hang Twenty," dark fantasy/surfing story.
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Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, "Star Boarding," sf/sailboarding poem.
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Paul L. Bates, "Prey," fantasy/hunting story.
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Samantha Henderson, "The Tithing Hunt," dark fantasy/hunting
poem.
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Connor Moran, "The Football Phase," fantasy/football story.
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Roger Dutcher, "1967 NFC Championship Game Remembered After
Awakening from Cryogenic Sleep," sf/football poetry reprint (Isaac Asimov's
Science Fiction Magazine, April 1991.)
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Amanda M. Hayes, "Blackthorn Darts," dark fantasy/uniquesport
story.
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Richard Pitaniello, "Librarian Gladiators," dark fantasy/uniquesport
story.
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Erin Kinch, "Mutiny," fantasy/uniquegame story.
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Ruth Berman, "Dealing in Tarot," fantasy/cards poem.
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Lawrence Schimel, "The Court Photographer," fantasy/basketball
story.
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Michael Ceraolo, "Games People Play," science fiction/basketball
poetry reprint (KillPoet, Vol. 1, Issue 1).
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Alison J. Littlewood, "The Drop Zone," dark fantasy/competitive
skydiving story.
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K.M. Praschak, "Leiris of Green Wyvern United," fantasy/uniquesport
poem.
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Larry Hodges, "Ping-Pong Ambition," fantasy/ping-pong story.
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G. O. Clark, "Virtual Pong Circa 35,000 B.C.," sf/pong poetry
reprint (Pirate Writings Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 4, 1996.)
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Camille Alexa, "Night Vaulting," fantasy/pole-vaulting+cycling
story.
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Jennifer Crow, "Liliya's Game," dark fantasy/soccer story.
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Stephen D. Rogers, "Gravity Field Golfball," sf/uniquesport
story.
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Willow Katsumi Relf-Discartin and Terrie Leigh Relf, "Space
Envelopes," sf/uniquesport poem.
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Kevin Lightburn, "Soul in One," dark fantasy/golf story.
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Brian Rosenberger, "Menace Anyone," horror/tennis poem.
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Alex Dally MacFarlane, "Jumping Over the Moon," fantasy/uniquesport
story.
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Rob Rosen, "Poltergame," horror/Monopoly (board game) story.
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Aurelio Rico Lopez III, "All the Medals and Trophies," dark
fantasy/swimming story.
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Stephen M. Wilson, "The Running of. . . ," fantasy/uniquesport
poem.
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Stoney M. Setzer, "Curses!" fantasy/baseball story.
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Eric Hermanson, "6.66 Earned Run Average," horror/baseball
poem.
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Andrew C. Ferguson, "Organic Geometry," sf-fantasy/cricket
story.
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Daniel Ausema, "City of Games," fantasy/uniquesport story.
