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A Wizard's Dozen: Stories Of The Fantastic

10 best books like A Wizard's Dozen: Stories Of The Fantastic (Michael Stearns): The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection, Story Time, Kissing Tennessee: and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance, Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, Oddly Enough, Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction, Sisters in Fantasy 2, Dragon Fantastic, Magic Can Be Murder, The Mystery of Mr. Nice: A Chet Gecko Mystery

The Year's Best Fantasy First Annual Collection
AuthorEllen Datlow
ISBN0312018525
When I started the anthology, at first I felt robbed.

I hadn't read this one before, so most of the stories were new to me, but I have read other books in the series, as well as other things that the editors have done together.

I wasn't prepared to come back to it. Not only have both fantasy...
Story Time
AuthorEdward Bloor
ISBN0152052224
George and Kate are promised the finest education when they transfer to the Whittaker Magnet School. It boasts the highest test scores in the nation. But at what price? Their school's curriculum is focused on beating standardized tests; classes are held in dreary, windowless rooms; and students are...
Kissing Tennessee: and Other Stories from the Stardust Dance
AuthorKathi Appelt
ISBN0152051279
Mason and Carrie Marie can't get up the courage to ask each other to dance. Russ's girlfriend has died, and now he's just trying to live without her. Peggy Lee has grown up with Tennessee--how can she ever think of him as more than a friend?

In these moving tales and others, Kathi Appelt captures...
Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy
AuthorAl Sarrantonio
ISBN0451459776
Now, Sarrantonio presents another daring, all-new anthology showcasing some of the genre's biggest names and best newcomers. "Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy" sets the standard for fantasy in the twenty-first century. Fantasy as literature. Fantasy that reinvigorates and expands the field's...
Oddly Enough
AuthorBruce Coville
ISBN0152000933
The Box--an angel gave him a sealed box. How will it change his life?
Duffy's Jacket--a classic scary campfire tale with a twist for an ending.
Homeward Bound--fantasy about a boy who discovers why he's different.
With His Head Tucked Underneath His Arm--the dead do have their ways...
Clean...
Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction
AuthorSharyn November
ISBN0142405523
First Firebirds. Then Firebirds Rising. Now there is Firebirds Soaring, the third anthology of original stories by some of today?s finest writers of fantasy and science fiction. These authors, including Nancy Farmer (The Sea of Trolls), Ellen Klages (The Green Glass Sea), Margo Lanagan (Black Juice),...
Sisters in Fantasy 2
AuthorMartin H. Greenberg
ISBN0451455037
Oh dear. The first Sisters in Fantasy was a pretty solid collection. This is not: it has a few stand outs and a few truly awful stories, and then a load of completely forgettable tales. The truly weird thing about this collection is that there were a number with no fantastical elements: Nancy Springer's...
Dragon Fantastic
AuthorRosalind M. Greenberg
ISBN0886775116
Each story included in this volume offers a new perspective on the legends of the dragons, the fiercest creatures in the annals of fantasy. Challenges and delights await readers in this all-original collection of imaginative dragon tales tales by such top talents as Alan Dean Foster, Mickey Zucker...
Magic Can Be Murder
AuthorVivian Vande Velde
ISBN0142302104
Nola isn't much of a witch. She can work only a few useless spells, like the one that lets her spy on people by enchanting a bucket of water. But there's no spell for keeping her mother-who hears voices and is a magnet for witch-hunters-out of trouble. The two of them evade the authorities by traveling from...
The Mystery of Mr. Nice: A Chet Gecko Mystery
AuthorBruce Hale
ISBN0152025154
Most folks know him as the best lizard detective at Emerson Hicky Elementary, but it's not all knuckles and know-how with Chet Gecko. He's also got his artistic side.
If it wasn't for his art, he might never have been sent to Principal Zero's office, where he stumbled onto the mystery of Mr. Nice....
In the Shadow of the Gargoyle
AuthorNancy Kilpatrick
ISBN0441007007
For centuries, they have watched over us. Leering from the arches and peaks of ancient cathedrals. Spreading their wings across hallowed doorways. Even decorating our homes in stony, silent elegance. Are they angels or demons? Sacred or profane? In the Shadow of the Gargoyle features fifteen original...
The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 7
AuthorJonathan Strahan
ISBN1597804592
In print and on-line, science fiction and fantasy is thriving as never before. A multitude of astonishingly creative and gifted writers are boldly exploring the mythic past, the paranormal present, and the promises and perils of myriad alternate worlds and futures. There are almost too many new and...
When The King Comes Home
AuthorCaroline Stevermer
ISBN0812589815
When the King IV comes home . . .

Good King Julian of Aravis has been dead for two hundred years, but his kingdom still misses him. The current occupant of the throne is old and witless and has no heir. The true ruler of Aravis is the powerful Prince Bishop, who controls both church and state.

When...
Shadow Show: Stories In Celebration of Ray Bradbury
AuthorJoe Hill
ISBN1631402676
In Shadow Show, acclaimed writers and artists such as Joe Hill, Mort Castle, Audrey Niffenegger, Charles Paul Wilson III, Maria Frohlich, Eddie Campbell, Neil Gaiman, and more come together to pay tribute to the work of the one and only Ray Bradbury. In this collection are stories based on "By The Silver...
The Glass Gauntlet
AuthorCarter Roy
ISBN1477827153
Ronan Truelove barely survived his first encounter with his father and the Bend Sinister. Now, he’s determined to become one of the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect thirty-six pure souls crucial to the world’s survival.

Eager to prove he’s got what it takes,...
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