Bafflement & Devotion: Iris at the Edges (anthology)
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Bafflement and Devotion: Iris at the Edges was an Iris Wildthyme charity anthology published by Obverse Books in January 2021.
Unlike other anthologies in the Iris Wildthyme series, which were released for profit, all proceeds from Bafflement and Devotion were donated to the Project Muyembe charity. All of the stories featured Iris Wildthyme, and most had previously been published in earlier charity anthologies.
Publisher's summary
A blonde in a catsuit flirting with the 8th Doctor, a scruffy old dear exploring a universe hidden in a cupboard in the Bus, the spitting image of the glorious Katy Manning on Neptune with its anatomically extravagant inhabitants, an elderly author of lesbian fiction… Iris has had a lot of faces, and been to a lot of places. She’s been all the way to the edges and back again, so it any wonder some of her adventures have been misplaced over the years, or grown tricky to uncover?
Here, gathered together for the first time ever in a new charity collection, are the Iris stories which appeared in charity anthologies, on convention stages, got lost on old web servers and fell down the back of the sofa…a selection of tales, both old and new, from the very edges of the Obverse…
Stories
| Title | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Bafflement and Devotion | Paul Magrs | Previously published in DWM 289. |
| In the Sixties | Previously published in Walking in Eternity and, with unlicensed names changed, Twelve Stories. | |
| Being an Extract from 'The Amazing Adventures of Iris Wildthyme on Neptune' | Previously published in Tales of the Solar System. | |
| An Unearthly Palaver | A retelling of An Unearthly Child, with Iris and Panda replacing the Doctor and Susan. Intended as a stageplay for the G’Day of the Doctor convention. | |
| Entertaining Mr O | Introduces Tom. Previously published in Perfect Timing. Received a partial continuation in Talented Witches. | |
| Hospitality | Previously published in Iris: Abroad. | |
| It's Raining Again | Previously published in Perfect Timing. | |
| Iris Explains | Lance Parkin | Features Miranda Dawkins. Previously published in Missing Pieces. |
| A World Apart | Daniel Tessier | Previously published on the Iris Wildthyme Pages website. |
| No Place Like Home | Stuart Douglas | Previously published in Shelf Life. |
| Faking It | Philip Marsh | Previously published on the Iris Wildthyme Pages website. |
| Iris Wildthyme and the Spiders from Magrs | Alan Taylor | Previously published in Walking in Eternity. |
| Iris and the Outsider | Simon Bucher-Jones | Previously published on the Iris Wildthyme Pages website. |
| Cabinet of Changes | Philip Purser-Hallard | Features Sally, Canine, and Magda. Previously published in Walking in Eternity. |
| Deleted Scene from The Key Lime Pie 2 Time | Cody Schell | Features Señor 105, Panda, and the Masterbakers of Barastabon. Previously published an ebook-only extra to Iris: Abroad. |
| Lost, Presumably Illogically Ignored | Unknown | Attributed to an old FTP server. |
| When Iris Met Billy | Stuart Douglas | Previously published in A Second Target for Tommy and, with unlicensed names changed, as First Meetings in Iris: Abroad. |
Notes
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External links
- Official Bafflement & Devotion: Iris at the Edges page at Obverse Books