An Anthropomorphic Century

What if animals could talk? Or communicate telepathically? What if they evolved to become something more than human, or we made ourselves more like them?



Storytellers have asked these questions from the dawn of human history to the present day. An Anthropomorphic Century showcases the answers to some of these questions from the last century.



Features stories ranging from 1909 to 2008, including the talents of Peter S. Beagle, Philip K. Dick, Michael H. Payne, Phil Geusz, Renee Carter Hall, and more.

Table of Contents

Tobermory by Saki

Dr. Lu-mie by Clifton B. Kruse

The Blue Giraffe by L. Sprague de Camp

Barney by Will Stanton

Expendable by Philip K. Dick

The Conspirators by James White

Sic Transit… ? A Shaggy Hairless-Dog Story by Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop

Crow’s Curse by Michael H. Payne

Nine Lives To Live by Sharyn McCrumb

Vole by John Gregory Betancourt

Choice Cuts by Edd Vick

Transmutational Transcontinental by Phil Geusz

Daylight Fading by Chris Hoekstra

The Good Sport by Bill Kieffer

The Dog Said Bow-Wow by Michael Swanwick

Cat ‘n’ Mouse by Steven Millhauser

Pig Paradise by Scott Bradfield

Sergeant Chip by Bradley Denton

Gordon, the Self-Made Cat by Peter S. Beagle

The Wishing Tree by Renee Carter Hall

Cover art by Mark Brill