Ad 100: Volume II

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of Avram Davidson's 100th birthday, we have compiled the AD 100 Collection: a compilation of 100 of his previously unpublished and uncollected stories.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:

1. THE ROADS, THE ROADS, THE BEAUTIFUL ROADS
2. BIG SAM
3. RITE OF SPRING
4. THE CAPTAIN M. CAPER
5. THEY LOVED ME IN UTICA
6. TIMESERVER
7. ZON
8. BASILEIKON: SUMMER
9. HOW MY GRANDMOTHER CAME AROUND THE HORN TO CALIFORNIA
10. LOUPS-GAROUS
11. HOW COULD HE DO IT?
12. ROOKIE COP
13. AMPHORA
14. THE MAD SNIPER
15. IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM
16. CARAVAN TO ILLIEL
17. THE OTHER MAGUS
18. THE APE
19. DEAR FRIEND CHARLENE
20. THE HOUSE SURGIS SWORD
21. BODY MAN
22. LANDSCAPE WITH GIANT BISON
23. LOUIE AND THE LIBRARY
24. MR. AND MRS. PIGGOT
25. WITNESS
26. ADDRICT
27. MOUNTAINEERS ARE ALWAYS FREE
28. VERGIL AND THE CAGED BIRD
29. KNOX'S 'NGA
30. NOTHING LIKE A CLEAN WEAPON
31. BENNY AND GEORGE
32. CONVERSATIONAL TALES OF THE WANLAND
33. DOWN BY THE DEPOT
34. EVENTS WHICH TOOK PLACE A DAY BEFORE OTHER EVENTS
35. WAITING FOR WILLIE
36. HAVE YOU TRIED GUMMIES?
37. MR. ROB'T E. HOSKINS
38. SEEOMANCER
39. UNFORCED ENTRY
40. LEG
41. THE DAY THEY ALL CAME BACK
42. IN BRASS VALLEY
43. THE MAN WHO WAS MADE OF MONEY
44. GEORGE'S SHIRT
45. SACRIFICE
46. VERGIL AND THE DUKOS: HIC INCLUSUS VITAM PERDIT
47. BLUNT
48. VERGIL MAGUS: KING WITHOUT COUNTRY
49. KINDLY HOLD OUT YOUR RIGHT INDEX FINGER
50. THE WAILING OF THE GAULISH DEAD