AD 100: Volume II — Avram Davidson

VOLUME TWO In honor of Avram Davidson's 100th birthday, we have compiled the AD 100 Collection: a compilation of 100 of his previously unpublished and uncollected stories. This two-volume collection aims to showcase the breadth and depth of Davidson's work and introduce his writing to both longtime fans and a new generation of readers. Volume two begins with The Roads the Beautiful Roads originally published in Orbit 5, ed. Damon Knight (Berkley Publishing, 1969). Volume two ends with a difficult to find Adventures in Unhistory. The AD 100 collection has taken years of work and generations of love and care (and preservation) to make possible. We are confident that readers will find something to appreciate in this collection. There are lighthearted pieces that Avram wrote on a whim, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, Jewish stories and stories that impart valuable historical lessons, and many pieces that can't be characterized by a single genre. The collection includes tales set in Belize which served as the foundation for Avram's Limekiller! series, as well as difficult to find Vergil Magus and Adventures in Unhistory tales. Contents: THE ROADS, THE ROADS, THE BEAUTIFUL ROADSBIG SAMRITE OF SPRINGTHE CAPTAIN M. CAPERTHEY LOVED ME IN UTICATIMESERVERZONBASILEIKON: SUMMERHOW MY GRANDMOTHER CAME AROUND THE HORN TO CALIFORNIALOUPS-GAROUSHOW COULD HE DO IT?ROOKIE COPAMPHORATHE MAD SNIPERIF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEMCARAVAN TO ILLIELTHE OTHER MAGUSTHE APEDEAR FRIEND CHARLENETHE HOUSE SURGIS SWORDBODY MANLANDSCAPE WITH GIANT BISONLOUIE AND THE LIBRARYMR. AND MRS. PIGGOTWITNESSADDRICTMOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREEVERGIL AND THE CAGED BIRDKNOX'S 'NGANOTHING LIKE A CLEAN WEAPONBENNY AND GEORGECONVERSATIONAL TALES OF THE WANLANDDOWN BY THE DEPOTEVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE A DAY BEFORE OTHER EVENTSWAITING FOR WILLIEHAVE YOU TRIED GUMMIES?MR. ROB'T E. HOSKINSSEEOMANCERUNFORCED ENTRYLEGTHE DAY THEY ALL CAME BACKIN BRASS VALLEYTHE MAN WHO WAS MADE OF MONEYGEORGE'S SHIRTSACRIFICEVERGIL AND THE DUKOS: HIC INCLUSUS VITAM PERDITBLUNTVERGIL MAGUS: KING WITHOUT COUNTRYKINDLY HOLD OUT YOUR RIGHT INDEX FINGERTHE WAILING OF THE GAULISH DEAD