The Chains That You Refuse
The Chains That You Refuse is a 2006 collection of short fiction by Elizabeth Bear.
Contents
- L'esprit d'escalier: Not a Play in One Act (2006; first published in this collection) (pp. 1-14)
- Gone to Flowers (2006; first published in Eidolon I) (pp. 15-34)
- The Company of Four (2006; first published in Scheherazade, no. 20) (pp. 35-44)
- Ice (2003; first published in Ideomancer, April 2003) (pp. 45-52)
- High Iron (2006; first published in this collection) (pp. 53-58)
- ee "doc" cummings (2003; first published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 2003) (pp. 59-60)
- Tiger! Tiger! (2003; first published in Shadows Over Baker Street) (pp. 75-90)
- The Dying of the Light (with Amber van Dyk; 2003; first published in Fortean Bureau, April 2003) (pp. 91-94)
- And the Deep Blue Sea (2005; first published in SCIFICTION, May 4, 2005) (pp. 95-110)
- Schrödinger's Cat Chases the Super String (2006; first published in this collection) (pp. 111-114)
- One-Eyed Jack and the Suicide King (2005; first published in Lenox Avenue, March-April 2005) (115-126)
- Sleeping Dogs Lie (2004; first published in Flytrap no. 3) (pp. 127-130)
- Two Dreams on Trains (2005; first published in Strange Horizons, Jan. 3, 2005) (pp. 131-138)
- Stella Nova (2006; first published in this collection) (pp. 139-144)
- This Tragic Glass (2004; first published in SCIFICTION, April 7, 2004) (pp. 145-170)
- Botticelli (2006; first published in a slightly different form in The Agony Column, Feb. 2005) (pp. 171-180)
- Seven Dragons Mountains (2004; first published in All-Star Zepelin Adventure Stories) (pp. 181-190)
- Old Leatherwings (2004; first published in Lenox Avenue, July 2004) (pp. 191-198)
- When You Visit the Magoebaskloof Hotel, Be Certain Not To Miss the Samango Monkeys (2004; first published in Interzone, Nov/Dec 2004) (pp. 199-204)
- Follow Me Light (2005; first published in SCIFICTION, Jan. 12, 2005.) (pp. 205-216)
- The Chains That You Refuse (2004; first published in Chiaroscuro, April 2004) (pp. 217-219)
Editions
- 2006: Night Shade Books, ISBN 1-59780-048-1 (trade pbk)