So good there had to be a book. Or something. The Best of Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet is now (2007) available from Del Rey. It’s a collection of fiction and sometimes fancy (but usually plain) knitting patterns (a lie), recipes (ok, there are a few drink recipes), poetry (some great poetry), and an apology or two.

Table of Contents:

• Preface by Chunterers
• Dan Chaon, Introduction
• Kelly Link, Travels with the Snow Queen, LCRW 1
• Scotch, An Essay Into A Drink, LCRW 2
• David Findlay, Unrecognizable, LCRW 3
• Ian McDowell, mehitobel was queen of the night, LCRW 4
• Nalo Hopkinson, Tan Tan and Dry Bone, LCRW 4
• Margaret Muirhead – An Open Letter, LCRW 4
• Margaret Muirhead, I am glad, LCRW 4
• Margaret Muirhead, Lady Shonagon’s Hateful Things, LCRW 5
• Karen Joy Fowler, Heartland, LCRW 6
• What a Difference A Night Makes, LCRW 7
• Ray Vukcevich, Pretending, LCRW 8
• Shh! I can’t hear the music! LCRW 8
• William Smith – The Film Column
• Amy Beth Forbes, A is for Apple, LCRW 9
• Shh! I said I was listening to some music! LCRW 9
• Mark Rudolph, My Father’s Ghost, LCRW 9
• A list of chickens (From The Fairest Fowl, Portraits of Champion Chickens) LCRW 9
• Jeffrey Ford, What’s Sure to Come LCRW 10
• Roadtripping, zinemaking, cooking, cleaning, reading, and eating music LCRW 10
• Geoffrey Goodwin – Stoddy Awchaw, LCRW 10 (Listen)
• A selection of teas the LCRW kitchen has acquired or been given over the years LCRW 10
• Theodora Goss, Rapid Advance of Sorrow LCRW 11
• Nan Fry, The Wolf’s Story, LCRW 11
• Sarah Monette – Three Letters from the Queen of Elfland, LCRW 11 (prize winner!)
• David Moles – Tacoma-Fuji, LCRW 11
• David Erik Nelson – Bay, LCRW 12
• Richard Butner – How to Make a Martini, LCRW 12
• All About the T: Swept (not sweeped) away by the love of irregular verbs LCRW 12
• Jan Lars Jensen – Happier Days, LCRW 12
• Philip Raines and Harvey Welles – The Fishie, LCRW 12
• The Switch. Hope in the form of planted tomatoes LCRW 12
• Gwenda Bond – Dear Aunt Gwenda
• William Smith – The Film Column
• David J. Schwartz – The Ichthymancer Writes His Friend with an Account of the Yeti’s Birthday Party, LCRW 13
• A By-No-Means-Complete Joan Aiken Checklist LCRW 13
• Veronica Schanoes – Serpents, LCRW 13
• Homeland Security, LCRW 13
• David Blair – Vincent Price; For George Romero, LCRW 13 (First book coming soon!)
• Douglas Lain – Music Lessons, LCRW 14
• James Sallis – Two Stories, LCRW 14
• Karen Russell – Help Wanted, LCRW 15
• Sarah Micklem – “Eft” or “Epic”, LCRW 15
• John Kessel – The Red Phone, LCRW 16
• Lawrence Schimel & Sara Rojo, The Well-Dressed Wolf, COMIC LCRW 15
• Deborah Roggie – The Mushroom Duchess LCRW 17
• Seana Graham – The Pirate’s True Love, LCRW 17
• You Could Do This Too, LCRW 17
• Sunshine Ison – Two Poems LCRW 18
• [Name Withheld] Article Withdrawn
• Becca De La Rosa – This Is The Train The Queen Rides On LCRW 18
• A selected list of Automobile City/Hwy Mileages LCRW 18
• Gwenda Bond – Dear Aunt Gwenda
• John Brown – Bright Waters LCRW 17
• K.E. Duffin, Two Poems LCRW 19
• D.M. Gordon, Sliding LCRW 19
• Cara Spindler & David Erik Nelson, You Were Neither . . . LCRW 19