Welcome to Bordertown : new stories and poems of the Borderlands

Black, Holly (Added Author). Kushner, Ellen (Added Author).

Summary: A collection of stories and poems set in Bordertown, a city on the edge of the faerie and human world that is populated by human and elfin runaways, including Cory Doctorow's "Shannon's Law," Patricia A. McKillip's "Cruel Sister," Annette Curtis Klause's "Elf Blood," and others.

Item details

ISBN: 9780375866357 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0375866353 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780375867057 (trade : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0375867058 (trade : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
517 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st Bluefire ed.
Publisher: New York : Bluefire, 2012, c2011.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Welcome to Bordertown / Terri Windling and Ellen Kushner -- Shannon's law / Cory Doctorow -- Cruel sister / Patricia A. McKillip -- A voice like a hole / Catherynne M. Valente -- Stairs in her hair / Amal El-Mohtar -- Incunabulum / Emma Bull -- Run back across the border / Steven Brust -- A prince of thirteen days / Alaya Dawn Johnson -- The sages of elsewhere / Will Shetterly -- Soulja grrrl: a long line rap / Jane Yolen -- Crossings / Janni Lee Simner -- Fair trade / Sara Ryan -- Night song for a Halfie / Jane Yolen -- Our stars, our selves / Tim Pratt -- Elf blood / Annette Curtis Klause -- Ours is the prettiest / Nalo Hopkinson -- The wall / Delia Sherman -- We do not come in peace / Christopher Barzak -- A Borderland jump-rope rhyme / Jane Yolen -- The Rowan gentleman / Holly Black and Cassandra Clare -- The song of the song / Neil Gaiman -- A tangle of green men / Charles de Lint.

Target Audience Note:

Young adult.