The Ultimate Frankenstein

1 • Introduction: The Lord's Apprentice (The Ultimate Frankenstein) • [Asimov's Essays: Other's Work] • essay by Isaac Asimov 9 • Near-Flesh • short story by Katherine Dunn 25 • Summertime Was Nearly Over • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss] 39 • The Creature on the Couch • novelette by Michael Bishop 69 • Fortitude • (1968) • short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. 89 • Monsters of the Midway • short story by Mike Resnick 95 • Dreams • short story by F. Paul Wilson 109 • Evil, Be My Good • (1990) • short story by Philip José Farmer? 125 • A Writ of Habeas Corpus • short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro 143 • The State Versus Adam Shelley • short story by Benjamin M. Schutz 157 • Chui Chai • short story by S. P. Somtow 175 • I, Monster • short story by Loren D. Estleman 189 • This Icy Region My Heart Encircles • short story by Melanie Tem and Steve Rasnic Tem 205 • Mad at the Academy • short story by Esther M. Friesner 221 • Last Call for the Sons of Shock • short story by David J. Schow 239 • Victor • short story by Karen Haber 249 • Part Five • novelette by Garfield Reeves-Stevens 271 • Frankie Baby • short story by Joyce Harrington 283 • Pity the Monsters • [Newford] • short story by Charles de Lint 301 • The Last Supper and a Falafel to Go • short story by George Alec Effinger 317 • Selected Filmography (The Ultimate Frankenstein) • essay by Leonard Wolf