Holy devices and infernal duds: the Broadmore exhibits: Electrical neurheographoitron / Minister Faust -- St. Brendan's shank / Kelly Barnhill -- Auble gun / Will Hindmarch -- Dacey's patent automatic nanny / Ted Chiang -- Threads / Carrie Vaughn. Honoring Lambshead: stories inspired by the cabinet: Ambrose and the ancient spirits of east and west / Garth Nix -- Relic / Jeffrey Ford -- Lord Dunsany's teapot / Naomi Novik -- Lot 558: shadow of my nephew by Wells, Charlotte / Holly Black -- Short history of Dunkelblau's Meistergarten / Tad Williams. Microbial alchemy and demented machinery: the Mignola exhibits: Addison Howell and the clockroach / Cherie Priest -- Sir Ranulph Wykeham-Rackham, GBE, a.k.a. Roboticus the all-knowing / Lev Grossman -- Shamalung (The diminutions) / Michael Moorcock -- Pulvadmonitor: the dust's warning / China Miéville.

Miéville anomalies: The very shoe / Helen Oyeyemi -- Gallows-horse / Reza Negarestani. Further oddities: Thing in the jar / Michael Cisco -- Singing fish / Amal el-Mohtar -- Armor of Sir Locust / Stepan Chapman -- Key to the Castleblakeney key / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- Taking the rats to Riga / Jay Lake -- Book of categories / Charles Yu -- Objects discovered in a novel under construction / Alan Moore. Visits and departures: 1929: the singular taffy puller / N.K. Jemisin -- 1943: A brief note pertaining to the absence on one olivaceous cormorant, stuffed / Rachel Swirsky -- 1963: The argument against Louis Pasteur / Mary Lafferty -- 1972: The lichenologist's visit / Ekaterina Sedia -- 1995: Kneel / Brian Evenson -- 2000 Dr. Lambshead's dark room / S.J. Chambers -- 2003: The pea / Gio Clairval.