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In the 1980s, author Terri Windling wanted to bring more writers into fantasy, so she invented a world, and invited young authors to build and contribute to it. That world was Bordertown, a city on the edge of contemporary human civilization and the Elven world—a place where magic and science... read more

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Introduction, by Holly Black
Introduction, by Terri Windling

Bordertown Basics

Welcome to Bordertown, by Ellen Kushner and Terri Windling
Shannon's Law, by Cory Doctorow
Cruel Sister, by Patricia A. McKillip
A Voice Like A Hole, by Catherynne M. Valente
Stairs in Her Hair, by Amal El-Mohtar
Incunabulum, by Emma Bull
Run Back Across the Border, by Stephen Brust
A Prince of Thirteen Days, by Alaya Dawn Johnson
The Sages of Elsewhere, by Will Shetterly
Soulja Grrrl: A Long Line Rap, by Jane Yolen
Crossings, by Janni Lee Simner
Fair Trade, by Sara Ryan, drawn by Dylan Meconis
Night Song for a Halfie, by Jane Yolen
Our Stars, Our Selves, by Tim Pratt
Elf Blood, by Annette Curtis Klause
Ours Is the Prettiest, by Nalo Hopkinson
The Wall, by Delia Sherman
We Do Not Come in Peace, by Christopher Barzak
A Borderland Jump-Rope Line, by Jane Yolen
The Rowan Gentleman, by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
The Song of the Song, by Neil Gaiman
A Tangle of Green Men, by Charles de Lint

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This book is in Bordertown. (standard series)

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Holly Black (Editor) - Also author.
  2. Ellen Kushner (Editor) - Also author.

Other Contributors:

  1. Christopher Barzak (Author)
  2. Steven Brust (Author)
  3. Emma Bull (Author)
  4. Cassandra Clare (Author)
  5. Charles de Lint (Author)
  6. Cory Doctorow (Author)
  7. Amal El-Mohtar (Author)
  8. Neil Gaiman (Author)
  9. Nalo Hopkinson (Author)
  10. Alaya Dawn Johnson (Author)
  11. Annette Curtis Klause (Author)
  12. Patricia A. McKillip (Author)
  13. Dylan Meconis (Artist)
  14. Tim Pratt (Author)
  15. Sara Ryan (Author)
  16. Delia Sherman (Author)
  17. Will Shetterly (Author)
  18. Janni Lee Simner (Author)
  19. Catherynne M. Valente (Author)
  20. Jane Yolen (Author)
  21. Terri Windling (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9780375867057
Page Count: 516

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