I am trying to be Zen about this...relax, it'll come in its own time...but is there anything worse than wanting to reread a book and being unable to remember enough of the plot, title, or author to find it again? I originally read it about fifteen years ago, which means my usual sources for locating forgotten books---library catalogs, bookseller websites, internet search engines---are not very helpful. I've tried book-finding message boards and forums, but so far, no luck.

The truly aggravating part is I remember exactly where I found it in my childhood library, but it's so old, there's no way it's still on those shelves. Why, book gods? Why?!

ETA: And just as one might expect, the book did indeed reveal itself to me in its own time. I was looking for Vera Nazarian's "The Stone Face, the Giant, and the Paradox," from Sword and Sorceress XII. Which means that it wasn't shelved where I remembered it to be, after all. Figures....