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Already an established tradition, this is still the only anthology of its kind in America. The Year's Best Horror Stories has come to be the highly regarded annual selection of the masterpieces of terror and weird fiction published during the past year. Specially chosen and edited by a long-time authority, the editor of Witchcraft & Sorcery magazine, Gerald W. Page, this year's edition is scarier than ever. Here you will find Fritz Leiber's award-winning story of the year. Here you will find a chiller-diller by Harlan Ellison. Here is Robert Bloch at his Psycho -spookiest. Here is a grim fantasy by Tanith Lee. Here are equally unforgettable tales by Manly Wade Wellman, H. Warner Munn, Joseph Payne Brennan, and many more. Here's horror! Contents: Sing a Last Song of Valdese by Karl Edward Wagner. Where the Woodbine Twineth by Manly Wade Wellman. Huzdra by Tanith Lee. Long Hollow Swamp by Joseph Payne Brennan. The Service by Jerry Sohl. Harold's Blues by Glen Singer. The Well by H. Warner Munn. A Most Unusual Murder by Robert Bloch. Shatterday by Harlan Ellison. Children of the Forest by David Drake. The Day it Rained Lizards by Arthur Byron Cover. Followers of the Dark Star by Robert Edmond Alter. When All the Children Call My Name by Charles L. Grant. Belson Express by Fritz Leiber.
Excellent reviews greeted Gerald Page's previous selections of the best weird and horror stories of the year... and similar acclaim is sure to greet this latest volume. For undoubtedly this is the best one thus far, with thirteen tales that range the scale of terror from tingles in the spine to hair-raising nightmare-makers. Among the authors represented here are bestsellers like Stephen King of 'Salem's Lot and The Shining , prize-winners like Charles L. Grant of Nebula honor, new masters like Michael Bishop of Beneath the Shattered Moons , and Tanith Lee of The Birthgrave and The Storm Lord . There are the old masters such as Manly Wade Wellman and Ramsey Campbell. Add the skills of Lisa Tuttle, Janet Fox, David Drake and others, and you can be sure that once again The Year's Best Horror Stories will gain the sort of praise it has had before. Contents: Undertow by Karl Edward Wagner. Ever the Faith Endures by Manly Wade Wellman. Winter White by Tanith Lee. At the Bottom of the Garden by David Campton. Screaming to Get Out by Janet Fox. I Can Hear the Dark by Dennis Etchison. The Horse Lord by Lisa Tuttle. A Cobweb of Pulsing Veins by William Scott Home. Best of Luck by David Drake. Children of the Corn by Stephen King. If Damon Comes by Charles L. Grant. Drawing In by Ramsey Campbell. Within the Walls of Tyre by Michael Bishop.
July 1979. Cover art by Barclay Shaw illustrating "Jumping the Line" by Grania Davis. Edited by Edward L. Ferman.
Zebra Books paperback, 1980. Original fantasy stories. Introduction by the editor, and these stories: “The Man Who Lived in Kaleidoscopic Glass” by James Tucker; “The Places of Aache” by Roger Zelazny; “Since Tommy Came” by Spencer Chilton Manrodt; “One Night of the Year” by Tanith Lee; “A Frenzied Beat of Wings” by C. Bruce Hunter; “The Sparrow and the Wizard” by John P. Boyd; “A World Beyond Our Dreams” by Bill Pronzini; “A Form That Fetters” by Keith Allen Daniels; “Don't Look Back” by Pat Murphy; “There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me” by Avram Davidson; Excerpts from "The Last Viking": “Of Thora Thorbergsdottir” and “How They Fought at the River Niss” by Poul Anderson.
A collection of stories by some of today's leading science-fiction writers--including Garrett, Lee, Wolfe, Asimov, Longyear, and Foster--opening up to the reader a variety of imaginative worlds and characters
Contents Introduction (Chrysalis 9) (1981) essay by Roy Torgeson A Child of Earth and Starry Heaven (1981) short story S.P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul] Tomorrow Mourning (1981) short story by Nicholas V. Yermakov The Hashed Brown Buggy (1981) short story by Margaret St. Clair Dancing in the Dark (1981) short story by Glenn Chang Orange Blossom Time (1981) short story by Pat Murphy Again, the Hit-and-Run (1981) short story by Steve Rasnic Tem A Good Place to Be (1981) short story by Cynthia Felice The Ballad of Lady Blue (1981) novelette by Karl Hansen That They Be Saved (1981) short story by Al Sarrantonio Hunting the Dragonblood (1981) short story by Patrick H. Adkins The Sound of Hawkwings Dissolving (1981) short story by Steve Rasnic Tem Gemini (1981) short story by Tanith Lee
Welcome to an uncharted galaxy of stars...welcome to the worlds of the woman science fiction writer! This exciting collection takes you on a tour of the wondrous visions of award-winning masters and promising newcomers - from their alien landscapes in far-distant worlds, to high adventure among the stars, to startling - and terrifying technological possibilities... Join Ursula K. LeGuin, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Joan D. Vinge, and many more acclaimed women writers who have broken new ground in science fiction. And who have made a "space of their own". Welcome to an uncharted galaxy of stars...welcome to the worlds of the woman science fiction writer! This exciting collection takes you on a 17-tale tour of the wondrous visions of award-winning masters and promising newcomers - from their alien landscapes in far-distant worlds, to high adventure among the stars, to startling - and terrifying - ... more »technological possibilities... Join Ursula K. LeGuin, Sydney J. Van Scyoc, Joan D. Vinge, and many more acclaimed women writers who have broken new ground in science fiction. And who have made a "space of their own". Contents The Sidon in the Mirror (1983) novelette by Connie Willis A Letter from the Clearys (1982) shortstory by Connie Willis The Crystal Sunlight, the Bright Air (1983) shortstory by Mary Gentle Belling Martha (1983) novelette by Leigh Kennedy Fire-Caller (1983) novelette by Sydney J. Van Scyoc The Ascent of the North Face (1983) shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin Heavenly Flowers (1983) shortstory by Pamela Sargent Exorcycle (1982) shortstory by Joan D. Vinge Miles to Go Before I Sleep (1982) shortstory by Julie Stevens Night of the Fifth Sun (1982) shortstory by Mildred Downey Broxon The Examination of Ex-Emperor Ming (1982) shortstory by Cyn Mason Missing (1982) shortstory by P. A. Kagan Shadows from a Small Template (1982) shortstory by Sharon Webb The Sorceress in Spite of Herself (1982) shortstory by Pat Cadigan The Jarabon (1981) shortstory by Lee Killough Packing Up (1981) shortstory by P. J. MacQuarrie La Reine Blanche (1983) shortstory by Tanith Lee Blue Heart (1982) shortstory by Stephanie A. Smith $CALL LINK4(CATHY) (1983) shortstory by Cherie Wilkerson The Horn of Elfland [Pshrinks Anonymous] shortstory by Janet Asimov [as by Janet O. Jeppson ] Stargrazing (1982) poem by Beverly Grant Ancient Document (1982) poem by Hope Athearn Editor's Note (Isaac Asimov's Space of Her Own) essay by Shawna McCarthy
Contents: * "Introduction" (Arthur W. Saha) * "Blue Vase of Ghosts" (Tanith Lee) * "She Sells Sea Shells" (Paul Darcy Boles) * "Green Roses" (Larry Tritten) * "Wong’s Lost and Found Emporium" (William F. Wu) * "Huggins’ World" (Ennis Duling) * "The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars" (Fritz Leiber) * "The Silent Cradle" (Leigh Kennedy) * "Into Whose Hands" (Karl Edward Wagner) * "Like a Black Dandelion" (John Alfred Taylor) * "The Hills Behind Hollywood High" (Avram Davidson and Grania Davis) * "Beyond the Dead Reef" (James Tiptree, Jr.)
For over forty years Andre Norton has been telling unique fantasy and science fiction stories that have enchanted millions of readers. Now a whole generation of writers, all of whom have been inspired by Andre Norton, is giving gifts to the giver, in a festschrift of original fantasy stories written especially for this volume
Contains "Tithing Night" by Louise Cooper, "The Interferences" by Josephine Saxton"By Crystal Light Beneath One Star" by Tanith Lee, "Descendant" by Iain Banks, "Mushroom Roulette" by Jody Scott, "A Birthday" by Lisa Tuttle, "The Snow Apples" by Gwyneth Jones, "The Murderer's Song" by Michael Moorcock, "A Case of Painter's Ear" by John Brunner, "Ni Venos, Doktoro Zamenof, Ni Venos" by Harry Harrison, "The Earth is Flat and We're All Like to Drown" by Garry Kilworth, "Another World" by Ramsey Campbell, "Equivalent for Giles" by Keith Roberts and "Tourney" by Brian W. Aldiss.
Collects fantasy, horror, fairy tales, and gothic stories chosen from the past year, including works by Ursula K. LeGuin, Neil Gaiman, and Bill Lewis.
Collecting the creme de la creme of the horror and fantasy fields, this third volume amasses the best from 1989, including works by Scott Baker, Pat Cadigan, Joe Haldeman, Tanith Lee, Jonah Carroll, Robert McCammon and Bruce Sterling, as well as extensive overviews of the year in horror and fantasy, and Ed Bryant's survey of the year's movies.
This collection contains 16 original short stories of psychological and supernatural horror.
Masterpieces of horror fiction. Brilliant introduction by Hartwell.
Gathers literary fairy tales by authors from Apuleius, Charles Perrault, Wilhelm Grimm, and Nathaniel Hawthorne to James Thurber, Italo Calvino, Stanislaw Lem, and Jane Yolen
October 1991. Cover art by Broeck Steadman illustrating "Jack" by Connie Willis. ALSO: "Venus Rising On Water" by Tanith Lee; plus stories and poems by Gregory Benford, Joe Haldeman, R. Garcia y Robertson, and more. Editor: Gardner Dozois.
Award-winning horror editor Stephen Jones presents thirty-six modern masters of the macabreamong them Harlan Ellison, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Paul McAuley, Peter Tremayne, Steve Rasnic Tem, and Ramsey Campbellin this collection of the very best in vampire fiction which blends sheer horror with dark humor, deadly tenderness with tingling terror. For the classic vampire, as this volume amply shows, the Blood is the Life. So you'll discover throughout these always scary and diversely crafted pages, from Hugh B. Cave's pulp thriller "Stragella" through to Harold Waldrop's bizarre mix of vampire and Nazis in "Der Untergang Des Abendlandesmenschen" and Christopher Fowler's "The Legend of Dracula Reconsidered as a Primetime TV Special." In between lie artful chillers by the likes of Clive Barker, Brian Lumley, R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Robert Bloch and John Burke, along with new and original stories by Niel Gaiman with "Cards from a Vampire Tarot," and Kim Newman with "Andy Warhol's Dracula: anno Dracula 197879." You can sink your teeth, too, in F. Paul Wilson's fast-paced thriller "Midnight Mass," Manly Wade Wellman's "Chastel," offering bloody intrigue and adventure with Judge Keith Hilary Pursuivant; and Les Daniel's "Yellow Fog," which features his enigmatic vampire-hero Don Sebastian de Villanueva.
Once upon a time, fairy tales were for children . . . But no longer. You hold in your hands a volume of wonders -- magical tales of trolls and ogres, of bewitched princesses and kingdoms accursed, penned by some of the most acclaimed fantasists of our day. But these are not bedtime stories designed to usher an innocent child gently into a realm of dreams. These are stories that bite -- lush and erotic, often dark and disturbing mystical journeys through a phantasmagoric landscape of distinctly adult sensibilities . . . where there is no such thing as "happily ever after."
The stories of magic and transformation that we call fairy tales are among the oldest known forms of literature, and many the most popular. "Jack and the Beanstalk," "Sleeping Beauty," "Little Red Ridinghood"--these ageless tales seem to have been written an almost magically long time ago. Yet fairy tales are still being created to this very day. And while they are principally directed to children and have child protagonists, these modern fairy tales, like the classics, have messages to those of all ages. In The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales , Alison Lurie has collected forty tales that date from the late nineteenth century up to the present. Here are trolls and princesses, magic and mayhem, morals to be told and lessons to be learned--all the elements of the classic fairy tale, in new and fantastical trappings. In Charles Dickens's "The Magic Fishbone," we find an unusually pragmatic princess who uses her one wish only after she has tried to solve her family's problems through hard work. Angela Carter's "The Courtship of Mr. Lyon" is a "Beauty and the Beast" tale with a contemporary twist, in which Beauty leaves Beast to live the high life, becoming a society brat who "smiled at herself in mirrors too much." And in T.H. White's "The Troll," we find out how his father killed the troll that tried to eat him. In these enchanting pages we also see how modern writers have taken the classic fairy tale and adapted it to their times in a variety of ways. Francis Browne, for example, takes a poke at Victorian standards of beauty in "The Story of Fairyfoot," about a young prince who is cast out of the kingdom of Stumpinghame because, unlike the fashion of the town, his feet are too small. Some writers, such as Ursula Le Guin, have taken familiar myths and turned them upside down. In Le Guin's "The Wife's Story," a mother sees the horrible transformation of her husband into "the hateful one", and then watches her sister and neighbors mob and kill this "creature whose hair had begun to come away all over his body...the eyes gone blue...staring at me out of that flat, soft, white face." And L.F. Baum's "The Queen of Quok," contains a castle and royal characters in a kingdom run by common sense and small-town American values. At one point the boy king of Quok has to borrow a dime from his counsellor to buy a ham sandwich, and greed transforms his young queen-to-be into a haggard old woman. With tales from the likes of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Oscar Wilde, Carl Sandburg, James Thurber, Donald Barthelme, Louise Erdrich, and many more, The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales brings us through the modern-day world of the supernatural, the mystical, the moral, and reminds us that fairy tales are still very much alive.
In this haunting and provocative collection, some of the best-known authors of the fantastic and the mysterious explore the legends and lore of witches and witchcraft. From Dean Koontz’s tale of a witch’s revenge on a purse-snatcher to Jane Yolen’s story of sorcery in old Scotland, from S.P. Somtow’s eerie look at Magic in modern-day Hollywood to Tanith Lee’s story of enchantment in an exotic land—here are spectacular stories transcending time and place. Stories by Various Authors Introduction by Philip José Farmer Cover art by Bruce Jensen Illustrations by Lars Hokanson
July 1995. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. STORIES: "A Woman's Liberation" by Ursula K. Le Guin; "Starship Day" by Ian R. MacLeod; "Edwige" by Tanith Lee; "Twenty-Three" by Avram Davidson; plus stories and poetry by Keith Allen Daniels, William John Watkins, Mary Rosenblum and others. FEATURES: "Reflections" column by Robert Silverberg; letters; book reviews by Peter Heck; SF Conventional Calendar.
Fantasy has come to mean different things to different people - for some it is a descent into the unconscious, an expression of repressed fears or desires; for others it is an exploration of new territories, frightening and fertile landscapes inhabited by playful and provocative beings who draw the reader into a fascinating web of morality and myth. In her challenging Introduction, Joanna Russ describes Fantasy as 'the most realistic of all the arts, expressing as it does the contents of human souls directly'. This anthology aims to show that Fantasy has also been an important vehicle for women, who have used it to express their creative diversity, without having to be boxed in and categorized by a male-dominated literary establishment.
A collection of adult fairy tales highlights such subjects as rich witches who live in trendy resorts and terrible beasts that reside within handsome bodies, and includes contributions by Joyce Carol Oates, Tanith Lee, and Jane Yolen. Reprint.
More than forty stories and poems are included in this anthology of the year's finest horror and fantasy fiction, accompanied by a roundup of the year's fantasy films and a guide to the year's notable fiction. 20,000 first printing.
This wonderful collection celebrates fantasy's heydey with 33 masterpieces of short fiction, ranging from 1940s stories by L. Sprague de Camp, H. L. Gold, Fritz Leiber, and Manly Wade Wellman to more recent tales by such towering modern talents as Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, James P. Blaylock, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Crowley, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, Michael Swanwick, JaneYolen, and Roger Zelazny. Just as Gardner Dozois's anthology Modern Classics of Science Fiction (SMP, 1992) has helped new generations of readers and old fans discover the genre's finest short stories, so too shall this volume allow readers to find in one volume more than two dozen masterworks of fantasy.
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Collects contemporary adaptations of traditional fairy tales by such authors as Harvey Jacobs, Nancy Kress, Michael Cadnum, Nalo Hopkinson, Wendy Wheeler, Susan Wade, Tanith Lee, Patricia McKillip, and Richard William Asplund
Since its founding, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction has been acclaimed as one of the pinnacles of the field, the source of fantastic fiction of the highest literary quality. Now the magazine known to its readers as "F&SF" celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with a spectacular anthology of the best recent work from the magazine. Included are stories from major writers like Bruce Sterling, John Crowley, and Harlan Ellison. Also here are award-winners like Ursula K. Le Guin's Nebula-winning "Solitude," Maureen F. McHugh's Hugo-winning "The Lincoln Train," and Elizabeth Hand's Nebula- and World Fantasy Award-winning "Last Summer at Mars Hill." The fiftieth anniversary collection for the most distinguished magazine of the science fiction and fantasy world. Contributors include: Dale Bailey Terry Bisson Michael Blumlein Ray Bradbury John Crowley Bradley Denton Paul Di Filippo S.N. Dyer Harlan Ellison Esther M. Friesner Elizabeth Hand Tanith Lee Ursula K. Le Guin Maureen F. McHugh Rachel Pollack Robert Reed Bruce Holland Rogers Bruce Sterling Ray Vukcevich Kate Wilhelm Gene Wolfe
The latest volume in the world's biggest and most acclaimed horror anthology series
An anthology of twenty "fairy tales for adults" reconsiders a host of beloved tales, dissecting them for their darker, universal themes. Original.
An anthology of twenty "fairy tales for adults" reconsiders a host of beloved tales, dissecting them for their darker, universal themes. Original.
Th editors of In the Shadow of the Gargoyle present a new anthology of dark fantasy and horror tales by Robert Silverberg, Esther M. Freisner, Tanith Lee, Gene Wolfe, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Brian McNaughton, Lawrence Watt Evans, and other renowned authors. Original.
From legendary editor Ellen Datlow, Tails of Wonder collects the best of the last thirty years of science fiction and fantasy stories about cats.
For more than a decade, readers have turned to The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror to find the most rewarding fantastic short stories. The critically acclaimed and award-winning tradition continues with another stunning collection, including stories by Jack Cady, Ramsey Campbell, Susanna Clarke, Jack Dann, Terry Dowling, Dennis Etchison, Greer Gilman, Nalo Hopkinson, Kelly Link, Kathe Koja, Paul J. McAuley, Delia Sherman. Rounding out the volume are the editors' invaluable overviews of the year in fantasy and horror, and a long list of Honorable Mentions, making this an indispensable reference as well as the best reading available in fantasy and horror.
Thirty-five uncanny and erotic tales of vampires written by supernatural fiction’s greatest mistresses of the macabre. "Fashions change, and the urbane vampire created by Byron and cemented in place by Stoker has had to move on . . . Are you, like me, ready for the new dusk?" —Ingrid Pitt, from her Introduction Prepare to arm yourself with garlic, silver bullets, and a stake. Featuring the only vampire short story written by Anne Rice, the undisputed queen of vampire literature, and boasting an autobiographical introduction and original tale by Ingrid Pitt, the star of Hammer Films' The Vampire Lovers and Countess Dracula , this is one anthology that every vampire fan—vampiric feminist or not—will want to drink deep from. From the classic stories of Edith Wharton, Edith Nesbit, Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, and Mary Elizabeth Braddon to modern incarnations by such acclaimed writers as Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Kilpatrick, Tanith Lee, Caitlín R. Kiernan, and Angela Slatter, these blood-drinkers and soul-stealers range from the sexual to the sanguinary, from the tormented Good to the unspeakably Evil. Among those memorable Children of the Night you will encounter are Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Byronic vampire Saint-Germain, Nancy A. Collins' undead heroine Sonja Blue, Tanya Huff's vampiric detective Vicki Nelson, and Freda Warrington’s age-old lovers Karl and Charlotte. Nominated for the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Guild Award, and now revised and updated, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women fulfils the bloodlust of the somnambulist horror fan, delivering the ultimate bite.
In honor of the thirtieth anniversary of DAW Books, an anthology of original short fiction features works by some of fantasy's most important authors, including Melanie Rawn, Ian Watson, Mercedes Lackey, Michael Shea, and Larry Dixon.
The award-winning Best New Horror anthology serieswinner of the World Fantasy Award and the International Horror Critics Guild Awardhas now reached its thirteenth spectacular volume and to mark the event, Stephen Jones has chosen only the very best short stories and novellas by the horror genre's finest exponents and by new discoveries in the field. Contributors to this volume include Gala Blau, Ramsey Campbell, Dennis Etchison, Charles Grant, Glen Hirshberg, Chico Kidd, Nancy Kilpatrick, Paul J. McAuley, and Conrad Williams. Also, Stephen Jones once again provides the most comprehensive overview of the field for the year and a full necrology, plus a list of useful contacts among organizations, magazines, booksellers, and more. Whether a reader is a fan of supernatural chillers, macabre fantasy, or psychological terror, the thirteenth Mammoth Book of Best New Horror will appeal to their dark side. "The definitive series of Horror Bests' ... you'll get quantity as well as quality."Science Fiction Chronicle "A formidable line-up of must-read creepers whose merits are indisputable even to entrenched enthusiasts of the genre."Publishers Weekly "Essential reading every year."Hellnotes "The finest horror collection going."Kirkus Reviews