The Secret History of Fantasy
10 best books like The Secret History of Fantasy (Peter S. Beagle): The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities: Exhibits, Oddities, Images, and Stories from Top Authors and Artists, Flights: Extreme Visions of Fantasy, The Secret History of Science Fiction, Happily Ever After, Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing, Wings of Fire, Firebirds Soaring: An Anthology of Original Speculative Fiction, The Apex Book of World SF, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012
| Author | Ann VanderMeer |
| ISBN | 0062004751 |
You’ll be astonished by what you’ll find in The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities. Editors Ann and Jeff Vandermeer have gathered together a spectacular array of exhibits, oddities, images, and stories by some of the most renowned and bestselling writers and artists in speculative...
| Author | Al Sarrantonio |
| ISBN | 0451459776 |
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...
| Author | James Patrick Kelly |
| ISBN | 1892391937 |
This ingeniously conceived anthology raises the intriguing question, If Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow had won the Nebula award in 1973, would the future distinction between literary fiction and science fiction have been erased? Exploring the possibility of an alternate history of speculative...
| Author | John Klima |
| ISBN | 1597802204 |
Once Upon A Time...
...in the faraway land of Story, a Hugo-winning Editor realized that no one had collected together the fairy tales of the age, and that doorstopthick anthologies of modern fairy tales were sorely lacking...
And so the Editor ventured forth, wandering the land...
| Author | Ekaterina Sedia |
| ISBN | 0979624606 |
This anthology of 21 original fantasy stories explores humanity’s most dynamic and forceful creation—the city. Featuring tales from fantasy heavyweights such as Hal Duncan, Catherynne M. Valente, Jay Lake, and Barth Anderson, the collection whisks readers from dizzying rooftop perches...
| Author | Delia Sherman |
| ISBN | 1931520240 |
Nineteen writers dig into the imaginative spaces between conventional genres—realistic and fantastical, scholarly and poetic, personal and political—and bring up gems of new fiction: interstitial fiction.
This is the literary mode of the new century, a reflection of the complex,...
| 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...
| Author | Sharyn November |
| ISBN | 0142405523 |
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),...
| Author | Lavie Tidhar |
| ISBN | 0982159633 |
The world of speculative fiction is expansive; it covers more than one country, one continent, one culture. Collected here are sixteen stories penned by authors from Thailand, the Philippines, China, Israel, Pakistan, Serbia, Croatia, Malaysia, and other countries across the globe. Each one tells...
The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2012
| Author | Rich Horton |
| ISBN | 1607013444 |
From the publisher's web site: This fourth volume of the year's best science fiction and fantasy features thirty stories by some of the genre's greatest authors, including Jonathan Carroll, Neil Gaiman, Kij Johnson, Kelly Link, Paul McAuley, RJ Parker, Robert Reed, Rachel Swirsky, Catherynne M....
| Author | John Joseph Adams |
| ISBN | 1607012324 |
Power. We all want it, they've got it -- witches, warlocks, sorcerers, necromancers, those who peer beneath the veil of mundane reality and put their hands on the levers that move the universe. They see the future in a sheet of glass, summon fantastic beasts, and transform lead into gold... or you into...
| Author | Jack Dann |
| ISBN | 0061999717 |
Seventeen all-new stories illuminate the steampunk world of fog and fear!
Modern masters of the supernatural weave their magic to revitalize the chilling Victorian and Edwardian ghostly tale: here are haunted houses, arcane inventions, spirits reaching across the centuries, ghosts...
| Author | Ellen Datlow |
| ISBN | 1597801704 |
What is it about the cat that captivates the creative imagination? No other creature has inspired so many authors to take pen to page. Mystery, horror, science fiction, and fantasy stories have all been written about cats.
From legendary editor Ellen Datlow comes Tails of Wonder and Imagination,...
The Stories: Five Years of Original Fiction on Tor.com
To celebrate our fifth birthday, Tor.com assembled the last five years of our award-winning original fiction into downloadable ebook files!
Table of Contents:
1. When We Were Heroes (Wild Cards #21.2) by Daniel Abraham
2. Olga by C.T. Adams
3. Foundation (Razorland 0.5)...
| Author | Martin H. Greenberg |
| ISBN | 0765302071 |
After the King presents an outstanding collection of new fantasy stories by an extraordinary assemblage of some of the very best writers to ever continue the tradition Tolkien began with The Lord of the Rings.
Stephen R. Donaldson, Peter S. Beagle, Andrew Nortong, Terry Pratchett, Robert...
