The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities

“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