Magic for Beginners (collection)

Magic for Beginners

Author	Kelly Link
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy, Horror
Publisher	Small Beer Press
Publication date	July 1, 2005
Media type	Print
Pages	297 pp.
ISBN	978-1931520157

Magic for Beginners is a collection of nine works of fantasy and light horror short fiction by Kelly Link. The stories were all previously published in other venues from 2002 to 2005.

The book won the 2006 Locus Award for best short story collection.^[1] The title story, "Magic for Beginners", won the 2006 Nebula Award^[2] and 2006 Locus Award^[1] for best novella, and the 2006 British SF Award for best short fiction.^[3] Another story in the book, "The Faery Handbag", won the 2005 Hugo Award for Best Novelette,^[4] the 2006 Nebula Award,^[2] and the 2005 Locus Award for best novelette.^[5]

Stories

"The Faery Handbag"
"The Hortlak"
"The Cannon"
"Stone Animals"
"Catskin"
"Some Zombie Contingency Plans"
"The Great Divorce"
"Magic for Beginners"
"Lull"

References

1 2 "Locus Awards Winners". Locus Magazine. 2006-06-17. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
1 2 "The Locus Index to SF awards: 2006 Nebula Awards". Locus Magazine. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
↑ "BSFA Awards". British Science Fiction Association. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
↑ "2005 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. Retrieved 2013-05-06.
↑ "Locus Award Winners". Locus Magazine. 2005-07-03. Retrieved 2013-05-06.

External links

Review of Magic for Beginners by Geneva Melzack for Strange Horizons.

Nebula Award for Best Novella (2001–present)

2001–present	The Ultimate Earth by Jack Williamson (2001) Bronte's Egg by Richard Chwedyk (2002) Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2003) The Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams (2004) Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link (2005) Burn by James Patrick Kelly (2006) Fountain of Age by Nancy Kress (2007) The Spacetime Pool by Catherine Asaro (2008) The Women of Nell Gwynne's by Kage Baker (2009) The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers beneath the Queen's Window by Rachel Swirsky (2010) The Man Who Bridged the Mist by Kij Johnson (2011) After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall by Nancy Kress (2012) The Weight of the Sunrise by Vylar Kaftan (2013) Yesterday's Kin by Nancy Kress (2014) Binti by Nnedi Okorafor (2015)

Complete List 1965–1980 1981–2000 2001–present

BSFA Award for the Best Short Fiction

1969–1979	The Moment of Eclipse by Brian W. Aldiss (1970) The Deathbird Stories by Harlan Ellison (1978) "Palely Loitering" by Christopher Priest (1979)

1980–1989	"The Brave Little Toaster" by Thomas M. Disch (1980) "Mythago Wood" by Robert Holdstock (1981) "Kitemaster" by Keith Roberts (1982) "After-Images" by Malcolm Edwards (1983) "The Unconquered Country" by Geoff Ryman (1984) "Cube Root" by David Langford (1985) "Kaeti and the Hangman" by Keith Roberts (1986) "Love Sickness" by Geoff Ryman (1987) "Dark Night in Toyland" by Bob Shaw (1988) "In Translation" by Lisa Tuttle (1989)

1990–1999	"The Original Doctor Shade" by Kim Newman (1990) "Bad Timing" by Molly Brown (1991) "Innocent" by Ian McDonald (1992) "The Ragthorn" by Robert Holdstock and Garry Kilworth (1993) "The Double Felix" by Paul di Filippo (1994) "The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires" by Brian Stableford (1995) "A Crab Must Try" by Barrington J. Bayley (1996) "War Birds" by Stephen Baxter (1997) "La Cenerentola" by Gwyneth Jones (1998) "Hunting the Slarque" by Eric Brown (1999)

2000–2009	"The Suspect Genome" by Peter F. Hamilton (2000) "Children of Winter" by Eric Brown (2001) "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman (2002) "The Wolves in the Walls" by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean (2003) "Mayflower II" by Stephen Baxter (2004) "Magic for Beginners" by Kelly Link (2005) "The Djinn's Wife" by Ian McDonald (2006) "Lighting Out" by Ken MacLeod (2007) "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang (2008) "The Beloved Time of Their Lives" by Ian Watson and Roberto Quaglia (2009)

2010–current	The Ship Maker by Aliette de Bodard (2010) The Copenhagen Interpretation by Paul Cornell (2011) Adrift on the Sea of Rains by Ian Sales (2012) "Spin" by Nina Allan (2013)

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