Harrowing the Dragon

10 best books like Harrowing the Dragon (Patricia A. McKillip): Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer, Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories, Somewhere Beneath Those Waves, Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction, The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy, The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People, A Feast of Sorrows, Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness, Waters Luminous and Deep, The Fair Folk

Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer

Author	Tanith Lee
ISBN	0879977906

How would it be if Snow White were the real villain & the wicked queen just a sadly maligned innocent? What if awakening the Sleeping Beauty should be the mistake of a lifetime--of several lifetimes? What if the famous folk tales were retold with an eye to more horrific possibilities?

Only...

Unexpected Magic: Collected Stories

Author	Diana Wynne Jones
ISBN	0060555351

Master storyteller Diana Wynne Jones presents a riveting collection of unpredictable tales, including:

* A cat tells how the kindhearted wizard she owns is suddenly called upon to defeat a horrific Beast.

* When Anne has mumps, her drawings come to life, and she must protect her home...

Somewhere Beneath Those Waves

Author	Sarah Monette
ISBN	1607013053

Monette's diverse collection delves deeply into the mythic and reaches far beyond everyday reality. Readers cannot resist journeying with her into realms-dangerously dark or illuminatingly revelatory-they could never imagine without her as their guide. From ghost stories in the tradition of...

Firebirds: An Anthology of Original Fantasy and Science Fiction

Author	Sharyn November
ISBN	0142403202

Firebirds is more than simply an anthology -- it is a celebration of wonderful writing. It gathers together sixteen original stories by some of today's finest writers of fantasy and science fiction. Together, they have won virtually every major prize -- from the National Book Award to the World Fantasy...

The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy

Author	Jack Dann
ISBN	0441017649

Never before published stories by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, and others.
Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts at war with humanity or as noble creatures capable of speech and mystically bonded to the warriors...

The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People

Author	Ellen Datlow
ISBN	0670011452

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,...

A Feast of Sorrows

Author

Angela Slatter

A Feast of Sorrows—Angela Slatter’s first U.S. collection—features twelve of the World Fantasy and British Fantasy Award-winning Australian author’s finest, darkest fairy tales, and adds two new novellas to her marvelous cauldron of fiction.

Stories peopled by women and girls—fearless,...

Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

Author	Mike Allen
ISBN	1934169986

You hold in your hands a cornucopia of modern cutting-edge fantasy. The first volume of this extraordinary new annual anthology series of fantastic literature explodes on the scene with works that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle...

Waters Luminous and Deep

Author	Meredith Ann Pierce
ISBN	0142403563

A spellbinding collection of short stories by the author of the Darkangel and Firebringer trilogies.

Meredith Ann Pierce's acclaimed novels are the proof of a remarkable imagination. Here is more proof--eight shorter works of fiction, each with a strong heroine, a tangibly imagined world,...

The Fair Folk

Author

Marvin 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...

Imaginary Lands

Author	Robin McKinley
ISBN	0862032806

It was on a ferry ride to Manhattan that the idea for this anthology was conceived: Sometimes the ground the characters of a story walk on is no more than that; but sometimes the landscape is a character in its own right. Nine writers, including James P. Blaylock, Peter Dickinson, Patricia A. McKillip,...

Wings of Fire

Author	Jonathan Strahan
ISBN	1597801879

Dragons: Fearsome fire-breathing foes, scaled adversaries, legendary lizards, ancient hoarders of priceless treasures, serpentine sages with the ages' wisdom, and winged weapons of war... Wings of Fire brings you all these dragons, and more, seen clearly through the eyes of many of today's most...

The Fate of Mice

Author	Susan Palwick
ISBN	1892391422

Gathering together the most outstanding short stories of Susan Palwick's twenty-year literary career, The Fate of Mice is a powerful collection from an extraordinary fantasist. These unflinching tales, including three original pieces, consider a woman born with her heart exposed and the heartless...

Fast Ships, Black Sails

Author	Ann VanderMeer
ISBN	1597800945

Do you love the sound of a peg leg stomping across a quarterdeck? Or maybe you prefer a parrot on your arm, a strong wind at your back? Adventure, treasure, intrigue, humor, romance, danger — and, yes, plunder! Oh, the Devil does love a pirate — and so do readers everywhere!
Swashbuckling from...

Faery!

Author	Terri Windling
ISBN	0441225640

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...

Instead of Three Wishes

Author	Megan Whalen Turner
ISBN	0060842318

A leprechaun is sighted in small–town New Hampshire. A city boy becomes a hero in prehistoric Sweden. An elf prince tries to reward a girl who wishes he'd just leave her alone. In these and other delightful stories, magical adventure appears in the most unexpected places!

Instead of Three...

Swan's Braid and Other Tales of Terizan

Author	Tanya Huff
ISBN	1625670389

You can't belong to the Thieves' Guild if you can't break into the Thieves' Guild. When Terizan dropped out of the secret passage, past the net, and into the Inner Sanctum, she was astonished to discover that no one else had ever made it that far. Unfortunately, neither Terizan nor the Guild are thrilled...

To Weave a Web of Magic

Author	Claire Delacroix
ISBN	0425196151

A romantic fantasy anthology with four novellas from renowned authors of romance and fantasy...

USA Today best-selling author Claire Delacroix gives readers a revisionist version of the medieval legend of Melusine. USA Today best-selling author Lynn Kurland's trademark style shines...