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Bruce Boston (1943–2024)

Author of The Guardener's Tale

80+ Works 214 Members 8 Reviews

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Works by Bruce Boston

The Guardener's Tale (2007) 33 copies
Pitchblende (2003) 10 copies
Stained Glass Rain (1993) 10 copies
All the Clocks Are Melting (1984) 9 copies
Chronicles of the Mutant Rain Forest ( Horrors Head Press ) (1992) 7 copies
The Nightmare Collection (2008) 7 copies
Flashing the Dark (2006) 7 copies, 1 review
Dark Matters (2010) 6 copies
White Space (2001) 6 copies, 1 review
Shades Fantastic (2006) 5 copies
Pavane For A Cyber-Princess (2001) 5 copies
After Magic (1990) 4 copies
Masque of Dreams: Tales of Illusion and Identity (2001) 4 copies
Surrealities 4 copies
Hypertales & Metafictions (1990) 4 copies
The Complete Accursed Wives (2000) 4 copies
Etiquette with Your Robot Wife and Thirty More SF/Fantasy/Horror Lists (2005) 4 copies
Double Visions (2013) 3 copies
Sacrificial Nights (2016) 3 copies
The Nightmare Collector (1988) 3 copies
Brief Encounters with My Third Eye: Selected Short Poems 1975-2016 (2016) 3 copies
Break 3 copies
Sensuous Debris: Selected Poems, 1970-1995 (1995) 3 copies
Short Circuits / Bad News from the Stars - Two Books in One (Ocean View Doubles) (Ocean View Doubles) (1990) 3 copies
El guardián de almas (2009) 2 copies, 1 review
The Kissing of Frogs 2 copies, 1 review
Notes From the Shadow City (2013) 2 copies
Pulp Woman Gets Her Man 2 copies
In Far Pale Clarity (2002) 2 copies
Skin Trades (1988) 2 copies
Night Eyes (1993) 2 copies
Animal Husbandry 2 copies
Dark Roads: Selected Long Poems 1971 -2012 (2013) 1 copy
A Web for Demons 1 copy
Marie Antoinette, 2125 {poem} 1 copy, 1 review
Fate of the Time Meddlers {poem} 1 copy, 1 review
It's Not Easy Being Dead {poem} 1 copy, 1 review
The Music of Particle Physics {poem} 1 copy
Houses and Other Stories (1991) 1 copy
The Lesions of Genetic Sin (1999) 1 copy
Asteroid People 1 copy
Unhappy Hour at the Godforsaken Lounge 1 copy
Night smoke (2007) 1 copy
Resonance Dark & Light (2015) 1 copy
Doctor's Dozen 1 copy
The 2001 Rhysling Anthology 1 copy
Star People 1 copy
She Was There For Him the Last Time (2002) 1 copy
The Surreal Fountain Pen 1 copy, 1 review
"Other Voices - Other Worlds" 1 copy
Gallimaufry (2021) 1 copy
Artifacts (2018) 1 copy
The Epithet 1 copy
Blue Teeth 1 copy
The Lair of the Beast 1 copy
Faces of the beast (1990) 1 copy
One Trick Dog 1 copy
Cold Tomorrows (1998) 1 copy
Jackbird: Tales of Illusion and Identity (1976) 1 copy
She Comes When You're Leaving & Other Stories (1982) 1 copy
Curse of the Procrustean's Wife {poem} 1 copy
Interview with a Gentleman Farmer 1 copy
Mammy and the Flies 1 copy
The Animist 1 copy
Striker Out 1 copy
The Opening 1 copy
Specula: Selected Uncollected Poems, 1968-1993 (1993) 1 copy
In the Darkened Hours (poem) 1 copy
The Last Love Letter 1 copy
Roger, Roger 1 copy
Everyone Needs a Vacation 1 copy
Broken Portraiture 1 copy
The Scissors-in-the-Arm Story 1 copy
Have Another Glass 1 copy
Pest Control 1 copy
Never Trust a Spargan 1 copy
Silver Bird, Dark Beast 1 copy
Skulls and Thighs 1 copy
Complete Artistic Control 1 copy
In an American Vein 1 copy
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Associated Works

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Seventh Annual Collection (1994) — Contributor — 282 copies, 3 reviews
100 Great Fantasy Short, Short Stories (1984) — Contributor — 269 copies, 5 reviews
Semiotext(e) SF (1989) — Contributor — 257 copies
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection (1988) — Contributor — 193 copies, 2 reviews
Horrors! 365 Scary Stories (Anthology) (1998) — Contributor — 136 copies, 1 review
Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 (2001) — Contributor — 111 copies
Nebula Awards 32: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year (1998) — Contributor — 98 copies, 1 review
Alien Pregnant by Elvis (1994) — Contributor — 96 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards Showcase 2003 (2003) — Contributor — 95 copies, 1 review
Darker Masques (2002) — Contributor — 91 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards 30: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1996) — Contributor — 87 copies, 2 reviews
100 Astounding Little Alien Stories (1996) — Contributor — 73 copies, 1 review
Nebula Awards 25 (1991) — Contributor — 68 copies
Dogtales! (1988) — Contributor — 63 copies, 1 review
The Year's Best Horror Stories: XVIII (1990) — Contributor — 62 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1990) — Contributor — 61 copies
Cities in Space (1991) — Contributor — 55 copies, 1 review
Xanadu 2 (1994) — Contributor — 51 copies
100 Fiendish Little Frightmares (1997) — Contributor — 49 copies, 2 reviews
Nebula Awards 21: Sfwa's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy, 1985 (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1986) — Contributor — 44 copies, 2 reviews
New Worlds 7 (1974) — Contributor — 41 copies
Tropical Chills (1988) — Contributor — 32 copies, 1 review
Chiral Mad 3 (Anthology) (2016) — Contributor — 31 copies
The Alchemy of Stars: Rhysling Award Winners Showcase (2005) — Contributor — 31 copies
We, Robots (2020) — Contributor — 29 copies
Masques III: All-New Works of Horror and the Supernatural (1989) — Contributor — 29 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 35, No. 10 & 11 [October/November 2011] (2011) — Contributor — 25 copies, 2 reviews
Isaac Asimov's Robots (1991) — Contributor — 25 copies
Angels! (1995) — Contributor — 24 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 8, No. 1 [January 1984] (1984) — Contributor — 19 copies
Masques IV (1991) — Contributor — 19 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 4 & 5 [April/May 2007] (2007) — Contributor — 17 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 35, No. 8 [August 2011] (2011) — Contributor — 16 copies, 1 review
Isaac Asimov's tomorrow's voices (1984) — Contributor — 15 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 33, No. 9 [September 2009] (2009) — Contributor — 15 copies, 1 review
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 35, No. 6 [June 2011] (2011) — Contributor — 15 copies, 1 review
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 31, No. 12 [December 2007] (2007) — Contributor — 15 copies, 1 review
The Anthology of Dark Wisdom: The Best of Dark Fiction (2009) — Contributor — 14 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 37, No. 6 [June 2013] (2013) — Author — 14 copies, 3 reviews
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 23, No. 10 & 11 [October/November 1999] (1999) — Contributor — 14 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 35, No. 9 [September 2011] (2011) — Contributor — 14 copies, 2 reviews
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 12 [December 1986] (1986) — Contributor — 14 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 24, No. 3 [March 2000] (2000) — Contributor — 13 copies, 1 review
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 27, No. 12 [December 2003] (2003) — Contributor — 13 copies
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 16, No. 4 & 5 [April 1992] (1992) — Contributor — 12 copies
The Best of Strange Horizons: Year One : September 2000-August 2001 (2003) — Contributor — 12 copies, 1 review
Tales from The Lake Vol. 5 (2018) — Contributor — 11 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 19, No. 10 [September 1995] (1995) — Poet — 10 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 37, No. 7 [July 2013] (2013) — Contributor — 10 copies, 3 reviews
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 13, No. 13 [Mid-December 1989] (1989) — Contributor — 9 copies
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 40, No. 9 [September 2016] (2016) — Contributor — 9 copies
Scattered, Covered, Smothered: An Anthology of Food & Fiction (2004) — Contributor — 9 copies
Die Pilotin (1994) — Contributor — 7 copies
The Best of Strange Horizons: Year Two (2004) — Contributor — 6 copies
The Burning Maiden (2012) — Contributor — 5 copies
Gothic Blue Book IV: The Folklore Edition (2014) — Contributor — 4 copies
Hybrid: Misfits, Monsters and Other Phenomena (2022) — Contributor — 4 copies, 1 review
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 43, No. 5 & 6 [May/June 2019] (2019) — Contributor — 4 copies
Lone Star Stories 13 — Contributor — 4 copies
Spec-tacular: Fantasy Favorites from Raven Electrick Ink — Contributor — 4 copies
Retro Spec: Tales of Fantasy and Nostalgia (2010) — Contributor — 4 copies
Robots from Asimov's (1990) — Contributor — 4 copies
Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling (2015) — Contributor — 3 copies
TFF-X: Ten years of The Future Fire: A speculative fiction anthology (2015) — Contributor — 3 copies
ALLEN K'S INHUMAN MAGAZINE 2 (2004) 2 copies
Daily Science Fiction: August 2012 (2012) — Contributor — 1 copy, 1 review
Narcopolis and Other Poems (1989) — Contributor — 1 copy

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8 reviews
fyrefly981,641 reviews
The Kissing of Frogs [short story] by Bruce Boston
Kissing frogs and hoping for a prince is a fine plan… but the reality of what you might get doesn't necessarily match the fairy tale. I don't know if this one was also meant to be disturbing, but listening to it right after "The Princess and The …" made it read that way.
Apr 16, 2014
wisemetis1,135 reviews
White Space by Bruce Boston
I read this in the early 2000s and didn't much care for it. I decided to try again, as I had grown an appreciation for poetry since. Well, it's not me, it is the book. Some interesting tidbits, but overall, a ho-hum collection.
Jun 26, 2025
tldegray1,988 reviews
The Surreal Fountain Pen by Bruce Boston
Moving from charming to ominous in one very short and tight story.
Sep 21, 2018
aulsmith2,871 reviews
Marie Antoinette, 2125 {poem} by Bruce Boston
Fun, but maybe 2125 is too far in the future.
Aug 29, 2013 (Edited)
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