Polyphony is a new biannual anthology of original short fiction. Featuring a mix of established and new writers, Polyphony Volume 1 offers a dozen stories that skate gracefully across the boundaries of science fiction, fantasy, magic realism, and literary fiction.

Polyphony, Volume 1

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Wheatland Press

This is a new biannual anthology of original short fiction featuring a mix ofestablished and new writers.

Polyphony 2

This is the latest volume in the critically acclaimed Polyphony anthology series. Featuring a mix of established and new authors, this edition offers 21 original works of short fiction.

Polyphony, Volume 3

For the first time, the greater part of Waldrop's media-related tales are brought together in one volume. TV, radio, and movie stories--they're all here, plus a never-before-published novelette.

Dream Factories and Radio Pictures

Waldrop, Howard

Essays & Correspondence

Twenty Questions

Oltion, Jerry

Contemporary

INTRODUCTION It’s been a long, strange road since the first volume of Polyphony was conceived by the dashboard lights along the lonely miles of I-5 in the Willamette Valley. Two and a half years have gone by, three volumes have been published in the series, markets have changed, production technology has evolved, and somehow, our book has found a home in genre. When Polyphony first took off, it was on a wing and a prayer, with the help of a few dozen supporters and a hell of a lot of hope. New Weird was not the topic of the hour, the definition of slipstream was even more arguable than it is now. The phrase "interstitial arts" hadn't crept into the critical lexicon, let alone spawned a foundation or a conference. We weren't even sure whether to call Polyphony "cross-genre" or "slipstream" or "literary with a genre sensibility" (the last being the least elegant but most descriptive). As Supreme Court Justice Potter STewart said in another context, "We know it when we see it." We weren’t the first. Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Leviathan and Strange Horizons, to name several, had charted this oh-so-literate genre territory before us. We haven’t necessarily been the best—only the years will tell that. But we have been privileged to make a mark, and perhaps even set a standard, for a kind of fiction that many wanted to write, and many more wanted to read. We could fill this book thanking all the mentors, authors, publishers, reviewers, critics, booksellers, friends, fans, and family members that have helped drive that winding road. Instead we thought we’d fill this book with stories. Curl up and read. That’s what we’ll be doing because we still love short fiction. Deborah Layne and Jay Lake Portland, Oregon July, 2004

Polyphony 4

Fantastic adventure stories to stimulate the mind and imagination of Junior High School age readers.

All Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories

Knuckle Sandwiches

Smario, Tom

American Sorrows

Lake, Jay

All of the colonists aboard a spaceship bound for Alpha Centauri long to find a habitable planet at the end of their journey. Finding one planet would be cause for celebration, but finding two could tear the crew and its families apart.

Paradise Passed

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