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Borderlands is a horror anthology series not concerned with traditional elements of horror fiction. Borderlands is about breaking the mold and pushing the genre and its finest writers to the edge. Hailed as the anthology series of the 90s, Borderlands will remind you that horror can indeed be horrific. Read about a farmer who disdains his wife for a giant potato...women's clothing made from fetal tissue..an executive who slowly slips into the reality he sells...and more.

CONTENTS:

• 'Introduction' -- Thomas F. Monteleone
• "The Calling" -- David B. Silva
• "Scartaris, June 28th" -- Harlan Ellison
• "Glass Eyes" -- Nancy Holder
• "The Grass of Remembrance" -- John DeChancie
• "On the Nightmare Express" -- Francis J. Malozzo
• "The Pounding Room" -- Bentley Little
• "Peeling It Off" -- Darrell Schweitzer
• "The Raw and the Cooked" -- Michael Green
• "His Mouth Will Taste of Wormwood" -- Poppy Z. Brite
• "Oh What a Swell Guy Am I" -- Jeffrey Osier
• "Delia and the Dinner Party" -- John Shirley
• "Suicide Note" -- Lee Moler
• "Stillborn" -- Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• "Ladder" -- T.E.D. Klein
• "Muscae Volitantes" -- Chet Williamson
• "The Man in the Long Black Sedan" -- Ed Gorman
• "His Frozen Heart" -- Jack Hunter Daves Jr.
• "Evelyn Grace" -- Thomas Tessier
• "By The Light of the Silvery Moon" -- Les Daniels
• "A Younger Woman" -- John Maclay
• "But You'll Never Follow Me" -- Karl Edward Wagner
• "Stephen" -- Elizabeth Massie
• "Alexandra" -- Charles L. Grant
• "The Good Book" -- G. Wayne Miller
• "By Bizarre Hands" -- Joe R. Lansdale

The stories we tell are not limited to monsters and harsh otherworlds. Yet the fiction books in the Borealis imprint certainly belong to a world other than our own. This line encompasses our science fiction, fantasy and horror novels and anthologies.

Welcome to the third volume of what`s been hailed as the `best anthology series of the nineties.`Borderlands 3 is the premiere showcase for outre fiction you won`t find anywhere else. Dark fantasy, suspense, and horror stories without the usual props and labored cliches.

No vampires, werewolves, chain-clanging ghostsm spouses with murder in their hearts, or any of the other tired staples of the genre can be found here. Within these pages you will find something different. Accurate words to describe Borderlands stories are: innovative, daring, surreal, provacative, experimental, seductive, literate, and above all, memorable.

Borderlands 4 is the fourth volume of the most exciting anthology series of the Nineties.

Contents Include:

• A Wind from the South -- Dennis Etchison
• House of Cool Air -- William F. Wu
• Morning Terrors -- Peter Crowther
• Misadventures in the Skin Trade -- Don D'Ammassa
• Circle of Lias -- Lawrence C. Connolly
• Watching the Soldiers -- Dirk Strasser
• One in the A.M. -- Rachel Drummond
• A Side of the Sea -- Ramsey Campbell
• Painted Faces -- Gerard Daniel Hourner
• Monotone -- Lawrence Greenberg
• Dead Leaves -- James C. Dobbs
• From the Mouths of Babes -- Bentley Little
• The Late Mr. Havel's Apartment -- David Herter
• Union Dues -- Gary Braunbeck
• Earshot -- Glenn Isaacson
• Fee -- Peter Straub

Borderlands 5 is an anthology edited by Thomas F. Monteleone and Elizabeth Monteleone that was published in 2004 by Borderlands Press. Including a new story by Stephen King, the anthology featured over a dozen new horror stories. It was also published as From the Borderlands from Warner Books.

The Anthology of Imaginative Fiction

This non-themed anthology of horror features never-before-published works M. Louis Dixon, John McIlveen, Jack Ketchum, Rebecca J. Allred, Dan Waters, Michael Bailey, John Boden, Trent Zelazny and Brian Knight, Bob Pastorella, Peter Salomon, Carol Pierson Holding, Steve Rasnic Tem, Darren O. Godfrey, David Annandale, Anya Martin, G. Daniel Gunn and Paul Tremblay, Gordon White, Sean M. Davis, Tim Waggoner, Bradley Michael Zerbe, and Gary A. Braunbeck. Also included, one amazing previously published novelette by David Morrell.

Borderlands 7 is the current volume of the continuing anthology series that has garnered awards and praise for its contributors and editors for more than twenty-five years. It is a non-themed gathering of stories which push the boundaries of genre fiction with provocative tales of the surreal and the weird.

You will find no zombies, no serial killers, no vampires, no ghosts . . . or any other familiar genre tropes or icons within these pages. Borderlands fiction is typified by its absolutely untypical nature. The editors offer herewith a wide range of fiction varying in tone, length, style, and theme. The path to the Borderlands of contemporary, imaginative fiction is traveled by writers who believe they can write a story that is so unique and memorable it demands to be a part of this current volume. The result is a grand amalgam of respected masters, solid veterans, and bold newcomers.

After reading many hundreds of submissions, the editors are proud to present an All-Star cast.

And they are:

• Meghan Arcuri
• Michael Bailey
• Gary A. Braunbeck
• Michael Scott Bricker
• Cory Cone
• Roby Davies
• John DeChancie
• Louis Dixon
• Caitlín R. Kiernan
• Felicia Lee
• Bentley Little
• Lisa Mannetti
• Richard Christian Matheson
• Robert McCammon
• Donna J. W. Munro
• Stephanie Pendley Paul
• Bill Pronzini
• Stephen Mark Rainey
• Lucy A. Snyder
• Daniel Waters
• Tim Waggoner
• Paul Wilson
• Leo Zaccari

Nebula Award nominated short story. It originally appeared in the anthology The Essential Bordertown (1998) edited by Terri Windling and Delia Sherman.

This novelette originally appeared in the anthology Welcome to Bordertown (2011), edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner.

Read the full story for free at Tor.com.

Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Farrel Din
• Prodigy - novella by Steven R. Boyett
• Gray - short fiction by Terri Windling [as by Bellamy Bach ]
• Stick - novella by Charles de Lint
• Charis - novelette by Ellen Kushner

Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Farrel Din
• Danceland - novella by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly
• Demon - novella by Midori Snyder
• Exile - novelette by Terri Windling [as by Bellamy Bach ]
• Mockery - novella by Terri Windling and Ellen Kushner [as by Ellen Kushner and Bellamy Bach]

Contents:

• Lost in the Mall (I) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Global News Service: Life on the Border - uncredited short story
• Nevernever - [Wolfboy of Bordertown] - short story by Will Shetterly
• Lost in the Mall (II) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Nightwail - short story by Kara Dalkey
• Lost in the Mall (IV) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Alison Gross - novella by Midori Snyder
• Lost in the Mall (V) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Berlin - (1989) - novella by Charles de Lint
• Lost in the Mall (VI) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Reynardine - novella by Michael Korolenko
• Light and Shadow - short story by Craig Shaw Gardner
• Lost in the Mall (VII) - short story by Ellen Kushner
• Rain and Thunder - novella by Terri Windling [as by Bellamy Bach ]
• For it All - poem by Emma Bull
• Lost in the Mall (VIII-IX) - short story by Ellen Kushner

Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Terri Windling
• From the World to the Border - essay by Terri Windling
• Oak Hill - (1998) - short story by Patricia A. McKillip
• The Path from the True and Only Realm to the False Lands and the City of Illusion (Translation for Humans: How to Get from Elfland to Bordertown) - essay by Terri Windling
• Dragon Child - (1998) - novelette by Midori Snyder
• First Things First: So You Need a Place to Stay - essay by Terri Windling
• Socks - novelette by Delia Sherman
• The Gangs: And Life's Other Little Annoyances - essay by Terri Windling
• Half Life - novelette by Donnárd Sturgis
• What to Eat: A Tasteful Guide to Border Cuisine - essay by Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• Hot Water: A Bordertown Romance - short story by Ellen Kushner
• The Music Scene: What's Up and What Ain't - essay by Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• Arcadia - short story by Michael Korolenko
• Nightlife: Where to Find It - essay by Terri Windling
• Changeling - novelette by Elisabeth Kushner
• So You Want to Be a Star: Get Real - essay by Terri Windling
• May This Be Your Last Sorrow - short story by Charles de Lint
• Uptown: How the Other Half Lives - essay by Terri Windling
• Rag - short story by Caroline Stevermer
• The Peculiar Joy of Cooking on the Border - essay by Terri Windling and Teresa Nielsen Hayden
• When the Bow Breaks - short story by Steven Brust
• A Human Guide to Elvin Etiquette - essay by Terri Windling and Mimi Panitch
• Argentine - novelette by Ellen Steiber
• A Trueblood Guide to Human Peccadillos - essay by Terri Windling
• Cover Up My Tracks with Rain - novelette by Micole Sudberg
• Famous Last Words - essay by Terri Windling
• How Shannaro Tolkinson Lost and Found His Heart - novelette by Felicity Savage

Bordertown: a city on the border between our human world and the elfin realm. Runaway teens come from both sides of the border to find adventure, to find themselves. Elves play in rock bands and race down the street on spell-powered motorbikes. Human kids recreate themselves in the squats and clubs and artists' studios of Soho.

Terri Windling's original Bordertown series was the forerunner of today's urban fantasy, introducing authors that included Charles de Lint, Will Shetterly, Emma Bull, and Ellen Kushner. In this volume of all-new work (including a 15-page graphic story), the original writers are now joined by the generation that grew up dreaming of Bordertown, including acclaimed authors Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Catherynne M. Valente, and many more. They all meet here on the streets of Bordertown in more than twenty new interconnected songs, poems, and stories.

Contents:

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

When Ron runs away, he ends up in Bordertown, a grim city that lies between the real world and the world of faerie, a place where elf and human gangs stalk the streets side by side, and where magic works better than technology. If the city doesn't kill him, it just may teach him what it is to be human.

Growing up is hard to do... especially if, like Ron, you've been cursed (blessed?) and changed into a half wolf/half human. But though he may look strange, there is nothing weird about his loyalty to his newfound friends, or in his attempts to stay true to himself in the deadly, shifting world of Bordertown.