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10 best books like Enchanted Forests (Katharine Kerr): Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy, The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People, Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, The Fair Folk, Those Who Fight Monsters: Tales of Occult Detectives, Once Upon a Crime, Magic in the Mirrorstone, Ill Met in Lakhmar/The Fair in Emain Macha, Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues, The Magic Shop

Emerald Magic: Great Tales of Irish Fantasy
AuthorAndrew M. Greeley
ISBN0765305046
Mythology and magic come alive in this collection of Irish fantasy stories by some of today's finest authors.
Ireland is a nation that holds fast to its history and heritage, and nowhere is that more true than in its folktales and legends. From the great Celtic myths featuring the bard Taliesin,...
The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People
AuthorEllen Datlow
ISBN0670011452
What do werewolves, vampires, and the Little Mermaid have in common? They are all shapechangers. In "The Beastly Bride," acclaimed editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling bring together original stories and poems from a stellar lineup of authors including Peter S. Beagle, Ellen Kushner, Jane Yolen,...
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...
The Fair Folk
AuthorMarvin Kaye
Six stories from some of the most famous names in fantasy-all with one common thread-"the fair folk." From blithe fairies to sinister fey, some are fair, some are foul, all are fantastic.

In "The Kelpie," by Patricia A. McKillip, a carefree circle of bohemian artists is confronted by a being...
Those Who Fight Monsters: Tales of Occult Detectives
AuthorJustin Gustainis
ISBN1894063481
Got vampires? Ghosts? Monsters? We can help!

Those Who Fight Monsters: Tales of Occult Detectives, is your one-stop-shop for Urban Fantasy’s finest anthology of the supernatural. 14 sleuths are gathered together for the first time in all-original tales of unusual cases which require...
Once Upon a Crime
AuthorEd Gorman
ISBN0425171280
There are some pleasent surprises in this little collection. There are also some duds. Thankfully, however, the gems make up for the dudes. There does seem to be a preponderence of mob stories.

The stories range from funny to touching. Now of them all really sad. Standouts include-

"After...
Magic in the Mirrorstone
AuthorSteve Berman
ISBN0786947322
In this anthology for teen readers, fifteen best-selling and acclaimed authors--including Holly Black, Cecil Castellucci, Cassandra Clare, Eugie Foster, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Gregory Frost--weave all-new stories filled with magic. Comic and dark, epic and entertaining, these stories will...
Ill Met in Lakhmar/The Fair in Emain Macha
AuthorFritz Leiber
The battle mist overcame Colum now. His knee lifted to drive into Donnan's crotch. As the man bent over in pain, Colum struck him a savage blow across the back of the neck with a closed fist. Donnan dropped like a felled ox and lay still.

But colum wasn't done with him yet. Still cursing, he grabbed...
Highwaymen: Robbers and Rogues
AuthorJennifer Roberson
ISBN0886777321
Enter a sweeping world of charm, wit, and deceit with this new anthology of dashing and intriguing anti-heroes who have long been a staple of fantasy and romance fiction. Inspired by Alfred Noyes's famous poem, and spanning subjects from the strictly human to the supernatural, this book will take readers...
The Magic Shop
AuthorDenise Little
ISBN0756401739
An anthology of 15 stories whose themes revolve around a magic shop. This is a nice collection as the stories vary greatly.

Susan Sizemore’s Every Little Thing She Does is a cute romance between a mundane and the owner of a not-too-successful magic shop in Scotland. Overtly, the stubborn...
Faery!
AuthorTerri Windling
ISBN0441225640
1 • A Troll and Two Roses • Patricia A. McKillip
13 • The Thirteenth Fey • Jane Yolen
25 • Lullaby for a Changeling • (1976) • Nicholas Stuart Gray
43 • Brat • (1941) • Theodore Sturgeon
61 • Wild Garlic • William F. Wu
79 • The Stranger • (1978) • Shulamith...
Elf Fantastic
AuthorMartin H. Greenberg
ISBN0886777364
An anthology of 19 stories about elves. Tall slender elves and small bearded elves, elven Lords and elven layabouts, elves in faerie and elves in our world, fairy tales and fantasy stories. There were a couple of weaker stories but on the whole this was an interesting and varied bunch of stories. My favourites...
Bewere the Night
AuthorEkaterina Sedia
ISBN1607012529
Kitsune. Werewolves. Crane wives. Selkies. Every culture has stories of such strange creatures -- animals turning into humans, humans shapeshifting into animals. Sometimes seductive, sometimes bloodthirsty, but always unpredictable like nature itself, these beings are manifestations of...
Misspelled
AuthorJulie E. Czerneda
ISBN0756404754
strange magic...in 17 Fascinating tales of spells gone awry

When it comes to magic, skipping the directions, changing the ingredients, or garbling the words of a spell can lead to unusual consequences-sometimes dire, sometimes comical. Included in these stories are just a few of the possible...
DAW 30th Anniversary Fantasy
AuthorElizabeth R. Wollheim
ISBN0756400708
To celebrate DAW Books's 30 years of publishing in the sf and fantasy genres, Wollheim and Gilbert have assembled these volumes that feature authors who have published under the DAW banner and whose works have made significant contributions to the field of imaginative literature. An essay by the editors...
Unicorns!
AuthorJack Dann
ISBN0441854419
1 • Introduction to Avram Davidson's "The Spoor of the Unicorn" • (1982) • essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
3 • The Spoor of the Unicorn • [Adventures in Unhistory] • (1982) • essay by Avram Davidson
29 • The Silken-Swift • (1953) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
55...
Sword and Sorceress XII
AuthorMarion Zimmer Bradley
ISBN0886776570
WOMEN OF POWER

Two sisters, one a mercenary, one a practitioner of earth magic, learn that the irony of love knows no justice...

A sorceress must come to the aid of a creature out of legend...

A seeress has her life forever changed by a "voice" she never dreamed she would hear...

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