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Wondrous Beginnings
Wondrous Beginnings is an anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Steven H. Silver and Martin H. Greenberg, first published in paperback by DAW Books in January 2003. It is a compilation of the first published stories of seventeen prominent authors in the genre, and features introductions to the stories provided (in most instances) by the authors of those stories. "Wondrous Beginnings" was the first of three similarly-themed anthologies, its companions being "Magical Beginnings" and "Horrible Beginnings", compiling the first
, "Wondrous Beginnings", "Magical Beginnings", and "Horrible Beginnings", which reprinted the first published stories of authors in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror genres. From 2004 through 2012 he was the publisher and editor of ISFiC Press.
Silver published his first short story, ""Les Lettres de Paston"", in the final issue of "Helix SF". Silver had earlier written a column on alternate history for the magazine.
In 2009 and 2010, he edited the two