Anthologies

A collection of classic Fantasy short stories by H.G. Wells, Ursula Le Guin, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, Ruth Ainsworth, Joan Aiken, Mary Norton, J.R.R. Tolkien, Norton Juster, Washington Irving, Lewis Carroll, Eric Linklater, C.S. Lewis, Alan Garner, Helen Cresswell and L. Frank Baum.

From legendary editor Ellen Datlow, Tails of Wonder collects the best of the last thirty years of science fiction and fantasy stories about cats.

Speculative poetry travels winding roads leading to wondrous worlds, regions never traversed by mainstream verse. Fantastic poems range in the material they treat from the strange but explainable to the utterly fanciful, from horror to wonder, and from the rigidly verisimilitudinous to the purely surrealist. They may utilize traditional prosody or may avail themselves of the discontinuities and fragmentation of modernist free verse. They may use as setting the primary world, a secondary world, or a combination of the two. With roots planted firmly in the mythic and folkloric epics and ballads of yore, and branches reaching high into the endless skies of modern fantasy, science fiction, and horror, speculative poetry is a historic and vital poetic genre, the source of the most thoughtful, imaginative verse being written today. Red Sky features over 100 years' worth of speculative poetry from yesterday's masters, modern award winners, and emerging stars. Filled with luminous ideas, otherworldly adventures, metaphysical encounters and startling futuristic speculations, these poems will appeal to all readers as they chart the emergence and evolution of speculative poetry. "Enkindling dawns of memory, Each sun had radiance to relume A sealed, disused, and darkened room Within the soul's immensity. Their alien ciphers shown and lit, I understood what each had writ Upon my spirit's scroll; Again I wore mine ancient lives, And knew the freedom and the gyves That formed and marked my soul." Willy In The Nano Lab by Geoffrey A. Landis Cybernetic Sestina by E.S. Wynn Fatigue Of The Marionettes by Karen Neuberg The Fate Of Worlds by William Cullen, Jr. The Star-Treader by Clark Ashton Smith On This Outlying Planet by J.J. Steinfeld Close Encounters Of The Unique Kind by Adina Newman - Redder Soil, Greener Grass by Sara Bickley Jabberwocky by Lewis Carroll Lost And Found by Fanni Süto To No End Death by Seth Frederiksen Shine Down On Me by David Revilla Rain Check: version 36 by Chris Fradkin Songs From An Evil Wood by Edward Plunkett Aerial Corps Enlistment by David S. Pointer What The Robots Know by Alyssa Black The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe Flowing by Adrian George Nicolae You by Nora May French Pigeon Boy by Kyle Hemmings Repairman by John Grey Anastacia, Girl No. S10230 File: Insurgent by Carmen Tudor Rise Of The Machines by Stephanie Rose Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti Fungi From Yuggoth by H.P. Lovecraft The Landing by Matthew Wilson The Green Hills Of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein The Visitors by Ed Higgins Locksley Hall by Alfred Lord Tennyson The Stars Are Calling by Mathias Jansson Discombobulation by Rami Sebai Shadow Of Dreams by Robert E. Howard Armageddon by M.A. Crawford The Hosting Of The Sidhe by William Butler Yeats The Centaurs by Rudyard Kipling Lamia by John Keats Queen Mab by Percy Bysshe Shelley The Hunting Of The Dragon by G.K. Chesterton

The Classic Fantasy Collection is a journey through the golden age of fantasy, bringing together some of the most enchanting, thought-provoking, and influential stories ever written. Published by Blackmore Dennett, this collection weaves together timeless adventures, dreamlike landscapes, and unforgettable characters—tales that shaped the fantasy genre and continue to inspire readers today. From whimsical fairy tales to dark allegories, from epic quests to surreal visions, these stories capture the boundless possibilities of the imagination. Included are George MacDonald’s Phantastes and Lilith , mystical and poetic works that explore the nature of reality and the soul, alongside William Morris’s The Well at the World’s End and The Sundering Flood , foundational texts that pioneered the themes and structures of high fantasy. Charles Kingsley’s The Water-Babies blends fantasy with social commentary, while Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass offer playful, surreal journeys through lands where logic bends and the impossible becomes reality. L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Marvelous Land of Oz transport readers to a land of magic and adventure, while Edith Nesbit’s The Enchanted Castle and The Magic City introduce children to worlds where the ordinary and extraordinary collide. But this collection ventures beyond the well-trodden paths of children’s fantasy. William Hope Hodgson’s The House on the Borderland and The Night Land create haunting, otherworldly landscapes steeped in cosmic horror. David Lindsay’s A Voyage to Arcturus explores the nature of existence through an eerie and surreal planetary journey. G.K. Chesterton’s The Man Who Was Thursday blends mystery, satire, and the fantastical in an intricate philosophical puzzle. Ernest Bramah Smith’s The Wallet of Kai Lung and Kai Lung’s Golden Hours transport readers to an exotic world of wit and adventure, while Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows offers a quiet magic in its celebration of friendship, nature, and timeless wonder. And, of course, J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan invites readers to Neverland, where childhood dreams and adventures live forever. Spanning realms of whimsy, peril, wonder, and the unknown, The Classic Fantasy Collection is a tribute to the imagination’s endless horizons. These stories continue to resonate, drawing readers into worlds where magic is real, danger lurks, and every journey leads to discovery. Whether rediscovering beloved classics or uncovering forgotten gems, this collection is an invitation to step beyond the ordinary and lose yourself in the pages of fantasy’s greatest works.

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions [Edwin Abbott Abbott] Lady Susan [Jane Austen] R. Holmes & Co. [John Kendrick Bangs] Mrs. Raffles [John Kendrick Bangs] The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont [Robert Barr] Love Insurance [Earl Derr Biggers] The Mirror of Kong Ho [Ernest Bramah Smith] The Ghost-Extinguisher [Frank Gelett Burgess] Erewhon, or Over The Range [Samuel Butler] Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice [James Branch Cabell] Sylvie and Bruno [Lewis Carroll] The Napoleon of Notting Hill [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton [Wardon Allan Curtis] Our Mutual Friend [Charles Dickens] Brother Jacob [George Eliot] Cheerful—By Request [Edna Ferber] Cabbages and Kings [O. Henry] Crome Yellow [Aldous Huxley] All Roads Lead to Calvary [Jerome Klapka Jerome] Babbitt [Sinclair Lewis] Parnassus On Wheels [Christopher Morley] Beasts and Super-Beasts [Saki] A Tale of Negative Gravity [Frank R. Stockton] Gulliver's Travels [Jonathan Swift] Botchan [Natsume Sōseki] A Voyage to the Moon [George Tucker] The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn [Mark Twain] The Wheels of Chance [H. G. Wells] The Canterville Ghost [Oscar Wilde] My Man Jeeves [P. G. Wodehouse]