Paper Golem‘s first book is scheduled to be released Memorial Day Weekend at Balticon 41. Prime Codex is an anthology “showcasing the Codex Writers Group, a vibrant community of ‘neo-pro’ writers of speculative fiction: writers on the hungry edge of their careers. They include Writers of the Future winners, veterans of prestigious writing workshops, and authors of critically acclaimed publications at all levels of the literary marketplace, from novels to flash fiction. Prime Codex highlights the new directions in fiction that the Codex Writers Group has collectively begun to forge. Gathering stories from a cross-section of the group’s production, the anthology reveals just how diverse and influential the next generation of speculative fiction will be.”
The book is edited by Lawrence M. Schoen and Michael Livingston, with a cover by David Ho.
Contents of this reprint anthology include:
Introduction by Luc Reid
“To the East, a Bright Star” by James Maxey (originally publishing in Asimov’s December 2005 issue)
“Ticktock Girl” by Cat Rambo (CyberAge Adventures, September 2005)
“The Man With Great Despair Behind His Eyes” by Ken Scholes (Talebones, Winter 2005)
“Wizards’ Encore” by Geoffrey Girard (Beyond Centauri, April 2005)
“The Disenchantment of Kivron Ox-master” by Elaine Isaak (The Worlds of Fantasy, 2001)
“Sister of the Hedge” by Jim C. Hines (Realms of Fantasy, June 2006)
“Rampion” by Mary Robinette Kowal (The First Line, Spring 2005)
“Salt of Judas” by Eric James Stone (Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show, March 2006)
“Button by Button” by E. Catherine Tobler (Would That It Were, April/June 2001)
“Black Boxes” by Matthew S. Rotundo (Absolute Magnitude, Spring 2001)
“Tides” by Tobias Buckell (Ideomancer Unbound, December 2002)
“Urban Renewal” by Tom Pendergrass (Shimmer, Summer 2006)
“As the Stars of the Sky” by Mike Shultz (Leading Edge, April 2004)
“Rainmakers” by Ruth Nestvold (Asimov’s, June 2005)
“Radical Acceptance” by David W. Goldman (Analog, January/February 2007)