Ur-Bar Bingo! Guess the author

[pbray]

We'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.

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.

Comments

[jmward14.livejournal.com]

They all sound wonderful. So much fun! So long to wait. *sigh*

[pbray.livejournal.com]

:-)

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Um, Patricia....

[mtlawson.livejournal.com]

Oh, nevermind. The titles don't give them all away.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Cause we are tricksy like that :-) But that is why I didn't put the titles on the page.

Stalking our contributors on the web will help you fill in most but not all of the blanks :-)

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

An alewife is a species of small fish . . .

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Or an MBTA subway station (on the red line I believe).

But it's also a medieval word for a woman who runs an alehouse, and if you look up the legends about Kubaba (Ku-baba, Kugbaba, etc) she is described as an alewife.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Worked that connection through context, but the first reaction . . .

"You never get a second chance to make a first impression."

:-)

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

Am on my way to the subway station (and Readercon) right now.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

have fun!

[califmole.livejournal.com]

Well you're either the zombie story or the demon hunter. Jennifer Dunne blogged about hers, so I know she is the emperor. S.C. Butler is either the dog story or the Vikings. I'm guessing Jackie is the time travel?

Hmm. Trying not to cheat and look up titles.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Any guesses on the rest of the lineup?

Why not? Giving it a shot...

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1. B
2. F
3. G
4. A
5. N
6. H
7. D
8. E
9. K
10. L
11. I
12. J
13. O
14. C
15. M

[vespican.livejournal.com]

Thought I'd take a stab at it. My results are as follows
1-o
2-d
3-g
4-a
5-n
6-h
7-f
8-e
9-k
10-l
11-i
12-j
13-b
14-c
15-m

Dave