Bending the Landscape is the title of an award-winning series of LGBT-themed anthologies of short speculative fiction edited by Nicola Griffith and Stephen Pagel. Three books were produced, subtitled Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror, between 1997 and 2002.
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man.
Each of the volumes won LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) or genre awards, including winning a World Fantasy Award, two Lambda Literary Awards and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards; some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.
The editors asked contributors to "imagine a different landscape... some milieu that had not happened" and then address the theme of Alien or Other, with the Other being a lesbian or gay man. However the stories were not specifically aimed at a gay readership. Mark R. Kelly's review in locus magazine bemoaned the anthologies lack of thematic breadth.
Each of the volumes won LGBT or genre awards, including winning a World Fantasy Award, two Lambda Literary Awards and two Gaylactic Spectrum Awards; some individual stories contained within were also recipients of awards and nominations.
Bending the Landscape: Fantasy
Published in 1997.
Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction, Fantasy & HorrorWorld Fantasy Award, Best AnthologyFrost Painting – novelette by Carolyn Ives GilmanGary, in the Shadows – shortstory by Mark ShepherdPrince of the Dark Green Sea – shortstory by Mark McLaughlinWater Snakes – shortstory by Holly Wade MatterGestures Too Late on a Gravel Road – shortstory by Mark W. TiedemannThe Fall of the Kings (The World of Riverside) – novelette by Ellen Kushner and Delia ShermanCloudmaker – shortstory by Charlee JacobMagicked Tricks – novelette by K. L. BeracThe Sound of Angels – shortstory by Lisa S. SilverthorneThe King's Folly – shortstory by James A. MooreBeside the Well – shortstory by Leslie WhatThe Home Town Boy – shortstory by B. J. ThrowerExpression of Desire – shortstory by Dominick CancillaThere Are Things Which Are Hidden from the Eyes of the Everyday – shortstory by Simon SheppardFull Moon and Empty Arms – shortstory by M. W. KeiperMahu – novelette by Jeff VeronaThe Stars Are Tears – shortstory by Robin Wayne BaileyDesire – shortstory by Kim AntieauYoung Lady Who Loved Caterpillars – shortstory by Jessica Amanda SalmonsonIn Memory of – shortstory by Don BassingthwaiteIn Mysterious Ways – novelette by Tanya HuffIn the House of the Man in the Moon – shortstory by Richard BowesBending the Landscape: Science Fiction
Published in 1998.
Lambda Literary Award, Lesbian and Gay Science Fiction, Fantasy & HorrorGaylactic Spectrum AwardStonewall Book Award: Literature (finalist)Sex, Guns, and Baptists – shortstory by Keith HartmanHalf in Love With Easeful Rock and Roll – shortfiction by Rebecca OrePowertool – shortfiction by Mark McLaughlinTime Gypsy – novelette by Ellen KlagesLonely Land – shortfiction by Denise Lopes HealdThe Rendez-Vous – shortfiction by Nancy JohnstonSilent Passion – shortfiction by Kathleen O'MalleySun-Drenched – shortfiction by Stephen BaxterThe Flying Triangle – [Near Space] – shortfiction by Allen SteeleBrooks Too Broad For Leaping – shortstory by Charles SheffieldA Real Girl – shortfiction by Shariann LewittDance at the Edge – novelette by L. Timmel DuchampLove's Last Farewell – shortfiction by Richard A. BambergOn Vacation – shortfiction by Ralph A. SperryThe City in Morning – shortstory by Carrie RichersonState of Nature – shortstory by Nancy KressThe Beautiful People – shortfiction by Wendy RathboneWho Plays With Sin – shortfiction by Don BassingthwaiteSurfaces – shortfiction by Mark W. TiedemannStay Thy Flight – shortfiction by Élisabeth VonarburgFree in Asveroth – shortstory by Jim GrimsleyBending the Landscape: Horror
Published in 2001.
Gaylactic Spectrum AwardCoyote Love – shortstory by Kraig BlackwelderExplanations Are Clear – novelette by L. Timmel DuchampWhat Are You Afraid Of? – shortstory by Simon SheppardThe Lost Homeland – novelette by Cynthia WardThe Man Who Picks the Chamomile – shortstory by Mark McLaughlinLove on a Stick – novelette by Carrie RichersonTriangle – shortstory by Ellen KlagesMemorabilia – novelette by Holly Wade MatterBlood Requiem – shortstory by Gary BowenIn the Days Still Left – novelette by Brian A. Hopkins and James Van PeltBroken Canes – shortstory by Alexi SmartKeep the Faith – shortstory by A. J. PotterThe WereSlut of Avenue A – shortstory by Leslie WhatKindred – novelette by Alexis Glynn Latner'Til Death – shortstory by Barbara HamblyIf I Could See Lazarus Rising – novelette by Kathleen O'MalleyThe Waltz of the Epileptic Penguins – shortstory by Keith HartmanPassing – novelette by Mark W. Tiedemann
