The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

Credits

ARTISTS

All images copyright 2011 to the individual creators and original to this anthology, unless otherwise noted. All public-domain art and photography provided by and/or Photoshopped by John Coulthart. All title pages copyright 2011 John Coulthart.

“Mecha-frog” and “Mecha-fish” preceding ‘Holy Devices and Infernal Duds’, Vladimir Gvozdev, copyright © 2008

Introduction

“just one shelf in Lambshead’s study”—Jennifer and J. K. Potter, photograph from their “knickknack collection,” as arranged by Jennifer

“stage set for musical of Dr. Lambshead . . .”—Sam Van Olffen, “Travailleurs de lacier,” copyright © 2008

“secret medical laboratory stage set . . .”—Sam Van Olffen, “Dissecator,” copyright © 2007

“One of Lambshead’s few attempts at art . . .”—Myrtle von Damitz III, detail shot from “Family Portrait” with Michael, Michelle, and Sydney Holdman pictured, copyright © 2010

“One of the few museum exhibit loans . . .”—Vladimir Gvozdev, “Mecha-Rhino,” copyright © 2008

“Spell or secret communication?”—Kristen Alvanson, “Constructing an Elysian Pod for the Last Journey,” copyright © 2007

“so-called ‘Skull Cucumber’ hoax . . .”—Jan Svankmajer, cryptozoology print, copyright © 1975

“demonstrating the doctor’s commitment to the future . . .”—Jake von Slatt, “Bassington & Smith Electro-Mechanical Analog Brain,” copyright © 2010, first publication herein

“More evidence of the disarray . . .”—J. K. Potter, originally end papers for James Blaylock’s The Adventures of Langdon St. Ives from Subterranean Press, copyright © 2008

The Broadmore Exhibits

“Electrical Neurheographiton,” “St. Brendan’s Shank,” “The Auble Gun,” and “Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny”—Greg Broadmore

“Nikola Tesla ca. 1890”—Wikipedia Commons

“The Tasker Battle Carriage”—Sam Van Olffen, “Cours Lapin, cours!” copyright © 2008

Honoring Lambshead

“medieval tapestry . . .”—James A. Owen

“Tree Spirits Rising”—Jonathan Nix, copyright © 2006

“Relic with Fish”—Ivica Stevanovic

“Lord Dunsany’s Teapot”—Yishan Li

“Portrait of a Bear Unbound (with speaker)”—Eric Orchard

“The Meistergarten”—John Coulthart

The Mignola Exhibits

“Addison Howell on his Clockroach,” “Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham,” “Shamalung,” and “Pulvadmonitor”—Mike Mignola

The Miéville Anomalies

“The Very Shoe” and “Gallows-horse”—China Miéville

The Further Oddities

“Thing in Jar”—Aeron Alfrey

“Frog Resurrection”—Ron Pippin, copyright © 2008

“Armor Montage”—Ivica Stevanovic

“Castleblakeney Key”—Aeron Alfrey, copyright © 2009

“Taking the Rats to Riga”—Eric Schaller

“The Book of Categories”—Ron Pippin, copyright © 2008

“The Dead Dead Gang book cover”—John Coulthart

Visits and Departures

“Kneel” (full and detail views)—Scott Eagle, “Meditation on Power” installation, copyright © 2009

Catalog of Additional Items

“Bear Gun/Taxidermy Gun”—Eric Orchard

“Coffin Torpedo”—Jess Gulbranson

“Disgruntled Artifacts”—Rikki Ducornet

“Mooney & Finch Somnotrope”—Jake von Slatt, “Chronoclasmic Inhibitor,” copyright © 2010, first publication herein

“Much Smaller Cabinet”—Ron Pippin, Archive Box #2, copyright © 1999

“Skull”—John Coulthart, copyright © 1995

“The St. Blais Toad”—Norman Tabor

“Jean Lorrain’s Nightmares of an Ether-Drinker”—R. B. Russell, Tartarus Press designer/artist for dust jacket and boards, copyright © 2003

“Panoramic view of the Lambshead’s cabinet”—Bruce Ecker, The Obsolete Gallery, copyright © 2007

TEXT

“Introduction: The Contradictions of a Collection, Dr. Lambshead’s Cabinet” and all image captions, unless otherwise noted, copyright © 2011 Jeff & Ann VanderMeer. The character of Thackery T. Lambshead is a creation of Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, copyright © 2003.

The following subsection introductory text copyright © 2011 Jeff VanderMeer: “Holy Devices and Infernal Duds: The Broadmore Exhibits,” “Honoring Lambshead: Stories Inspired by the Cabinet,” “Microbial Alchemy and Demented Machinery: The Mignola Exhibits,” “The Miéville Anomalies,” “Further Oddities,” “Visits and Departures,” and “A Brief Catalog of Additional Items.”

Additional text: caption for Jake von Slatt image in the introduction, “demonstrating the doctor’s commitment to the future,” copyright © 2011 Annalee Newitz; caption for “Bear Gun/Taxidermy Gun” at beginning of “A Brief Catalog” copyright © by Adam Mills. “Disgruntled Artifacts” text attributed to Rikki Ducornet (with her permission) in “A Brief Catalog” copyright © 2011 Jeff VanderMeer.

In order of appearance in the anthology:

“The Electrical Neurheographiton” copyright © 2011 by Minister Faust

“St. Brendan’s Shank” copyright © 2011 by Kelly Barnhill

“The Auble Gun” copyright © 2011 by Will Hindmarch

“Dacey’s Patent Automatic Nanny” copyright © 2011 by Ted Chiang

“Threads” copyright © 2011 by Carrie Vaughn

“Ambrose and the Ancient Spirits of East and West” by Garth Nix

“Relic” copyright © 2011 by Jeffrey Ford

“Lord Dunsany’s Teapot” copyright © 2011 by Naomi Novik

“Lot 558: Shadow of My Nephew by Wells, Charlotte” copyright © 2011 by Holly Black

“A Short History of Dunkelblau’s Meistergarten” copyright © 2011 by Tad Williams

“Addison Howell and the Clockroach” copyright © 2011 by Cherie Priest

“Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham, GBE, a.k.a. Roboticus the All-Knowing” copyright © 2011 by Lev Grossman

“Shamalung (The Diminutions)” copyright © 2011 by Michael Moorcock

“Pulvadmonitor: The Dust’s Warning” copyright © 2011 by China Miéville

“The Very Shoe” copyright © 2011 by Helen Oyeyemi

“The Gallows-horse” copyright © 2011 by Reza Negarestani

“The Thing in the Jar” copyright © 2011 by Michael Cisco

“The Singing Fish” copyright © 2011 by Amal El-Mohtar

“The Armor of Sir Locust” copyright © 2011 by Stepan Chapman

“A Key to the Castleblakeney Key” copyright © 2011 by Caitlín R. Kiernan

“Taking the Rats to Riga” copyright © 2011 by Jay Lake

“The Book of Categories” copyright © 2011 by Charles Yu

“Objects Discovered in a Novel Under Construction” copyright © 2011 by Alan Moore

“1929: The Singular Taffy Puller” copyright © 2011 by N. K. Jemisin

“1943: A Brief Note Pertaining to the Absence of One Olivaceous Cormorant, Stuffed” copyright © 2011 by Rachel Swirsky

“1963: The Argument Against Louis Pasteur” copyright © 2011 by Mur Lafferty

“1972: The Lichenologist's Visit” copyright © 2011 by Ekaterina Sedia

“1995: Kneel” copyright © 2011 by Brian Evenson

“2000: Dr. Lambshead’s Dark Room” copyright © 2011 by S. J. Chambers

“2003: The Pea” copyright © 2011 by Gio Clairval

The flash fictions in “A Brief Catalog of Additional Items” are copyright © 2011 to the writer noted in parentheses at the end of each entry: Hugh Alter, Charlie Jane Anders, Julie Andrews, Christopher Begley, Jayme Lynn Blaschke, Nickolas Brienza, Tucker Cummings, Kaolin Imago Fire, Jess Gulbranson, Jennifer Harwood-Smith, Willow Holser, Rhys Hughes, Incognitum (aka Reza Negarestani), Paul Kirsch, Michael J. Larson, Graham Lowther, Claire Massey, Tony Mileman, Adam Mills, Annalee Newitz, Ignacio Sanz, Steven M. Schmidt, Grant Stone, Norman Taber (aka Dr. Galubrious), Brian Thill, Nick Tramdack, Nicholas Troy, Tom Underberg, Horia Ursu, William T. Vandemark, Kali Wallace, Tracie Welser, Amy Willats, Nadine Wilson, Ben Woodard.