Ur-Bar Bingo! Guess the author
Jul. 8th, 2010 09:27 pmWe're officially announcing the lineup for AFTER HOURS: TALES FROM THE UR-BAR edited by Joshua Palmatier and Patricia Bray. Co-conspirator jpsorrow is posting a list of titles and authors, but I've decided to mix things up a bit.
Below in column A is a list of authors. In column B is a one sentence description of the stories. Take your best guess at figuring out who wrote what, and post your answers in a comment to this post. First one to guess them all wins everlasting fame.
Below in column A is a list of authors. In column B is a one sentence description of the stories. Take your best guess at figuring out who wrote what, and post your answers in a comment to this post. First one to guess them all wins everlasting fame.
1) Anton Stout | a) Condemned by the gods to spend her life serving others, the alewife Kubaba tricks Gilgamesh into taking her place as the undying guardian of the Ur-Bar. |
2) Avery Shade | b) In a future world terrorized by zombies, one bouncer discovers that letting someone in after hours may be the worst mistake of his life. |
3) Barbara Ashford | c) When the Ur-Bar appears outside Hedeby, Odin can’t resist “helping” introduce the bar to the locals . . . with a typical Viking brawl answering the question of why the Vikings had no bars. |
4) Benjamin Tate | d) Condemned to purgatory—a hallway full of closed doors—a young woman’s ghost stumbles into the Ur-Bar where she finds the courage to open one final door . . . and face her own Judgment. |
5) D.B. Jackson | e) The Holy Roman Emperor Otto secretly visits the Ur-Bar in order to pledge his allegiance to Mars, the God of War, but when Otto breaks the bargain he pays the ultimate price. |
6) Ian Tregillis | f) A traveler from a dying future is sent back to 1987 in search of the genetic samples that will save her people, but instead finds herself seduced by the uncivilized past. |
7) Jackie Kessler | g) Transformed into a dog by the Queen of Faery’s curse, Tam Lin finds the cure he seeks in the Ur-Bar, but discovers there’s more to becoming a man than changing his shape. |
8) Jennifer Dunne | h) In World War II’s London, a young sapper with the Sight finds redemption and glory in the heart of an unexploded bomb. |
9) Juliet McKenna | i) A team of fencers arrives in Paris for the 1924 Olympics and during a night out on the town one of the athletes discovers there’s more to life than fame and glory. |
10) Kari Sperring | j) In feudal Japan, a young woman in hiding from the samurai finds work at the local bar only to be forced to face her past when a supernatural kappa—a water vampire—takes up residence in the local lake. |
11) Laura Anne Gilman | k) In the years before the Great War, two young travelers find themselves stranded in an Austrian village, where they encounter both hatred and kindness . . . and a lesson that will change the course of their lives forever. |
12) Maria V. Snyder | l) Personal maid to the king’s favorite mistress by day, and secret satirist by night, Thais will sacrifice everything to save a friend who has been accused of witchcraft. |
13) Patricia Bray | m) In 1899 San Francisco, a young alchemist is forced to wake the Winter Queen weeks ahead of time in order to save her from death. |
14) S.C. Butler | n) In eighteenth century Boston, a desperate woman comes to the Ur-Bar seeking a love potion but brings more to the casting than she expected as her own bitterness fuels a fire that threatens to destroy the city. |
15) Seanan McGuire | o) George Harker hunts demons in eighteenth century Europe, but when he discovers an immortal bartender he finds he has finally met his match. |