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By Maria Tatar, Henry Louis Gates. 2018
A collection of over a hundred stories, essays, folktales, myths, and legends from African American history. Includes well-known classics, such…
as Brer Rabbit and Anansi, as well as lesser-known traditions. Includes information about how these tales were sometimes hijacked or misappropriated and contains numerous annotations and illustrations. Some strong language. 2018By Navah Wolfe, Dominik Parisien. 2018
A collection of eighteen short stories that pits the genres of fantasy and science fiction against each other, focusing particularly…
on fairies and robots as classic representatives of these categories. Authors include Seanan McGuire, Ken Liu, Kat Howard, Mary Robinette Kowal, John Scalzi, and Max Gladstone. Some violence and some strong language. 2018By John Joseph Adams, Carmen María Machado. 2019
A collection of American speculative, science fiction, and fantasy short stories that were originally published in 2018. Includes selections by…
Seanan McGuire, N. K. Jemisin, Sarah Gailey, Kelly Robson, and Annalee Newitz, among others. Violence and strong language. 2019By Nova Ren Suma, Brenna Yovanoff, Elizabeth May, Andrea Cremer, Zoraida Córdova, Jessica Spotswood, Brandy Colbert, Robin Talley, Lindsay Smith, Emery Lord, Tess Sharpe, Shveta Thakrar, Anna-Marie McLemore, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Kate Hart. 2018
Compilation of fifteen feminist tales of women embracing their magical powers and witchcraft. In Tehlor Kay Mejia's "Starsong," sixteen-year-old Esperanza,…
a bruja, surprises herself when she connects on social media with a skeptic, a NASA-loving girl. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2018Editor Datlow has selected twenty-eight standout stories from ten years' worth of her "best of the year" horror anthologies. Authors…
in the collection include Suzy McKee Charnas, Peter Straub, Laird Barron, Mira Grant, Brian Evenson, and Neil Gaiman. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2018By John Joseph Adams, N. K. Jemisin. 2018
A collection of American speculative, science fiction, and fantasy short stories that were originally published in 2017. Includes selections by…
Charlie Jane Anders, Samuel R. Delany, Jaymee Goh, Cadwell Turnbull, Peter Watts, and others. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2018By Paula Guran. 2019
A collection of twenty-eight stories that reexamine and reinterpret ancient myths and legends. The cultural roots of the stories come…
from around the world, with contributors including Neil Gaiman, Ken Liu, Rachel Pollack, Yoon Ha Lee, and Ann Leckie. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019By Lauren Cherelle, Stephanie Andrea Allen. 2019
A collection of stories by Black women writers from across the spectrum of Black speculative writing, including science fiction, fantasy,…
magical realism, and Afrofuturism. Includes stories from, among others, Jewelle Gomez, Eden Royce, Nicole Sconiers, Morgan Christie, Vernita Hall, Stefani Cox, and Leila Green. 2019By Alice Hoffman, Ford Madox Ford, Ellen Datlow, Pat Cadigan, F. Marion Crawford, Joyce Carol Oates, Garth Nix, John Langan, Jeffrey Ford, Richard Kadrey, Dale Bailey, Nick Mamatas, Terry Dowling, Stephen Graham Jones, Brian Evenson, Alison Littlewood, Nathan Ballingrud, Paul Tremblay, Lee Thomas, Seanan McGuire, Gemma Files, Siobhan Carroll, Aliette De Bodard, Richard Bowes, Indrapramit Das, Carole Johnstone, Bracken Macleod, Vincent J. Masterson, M. Rickert, M. L. Siemienowicz, A. C. Wise. 2019
A collection of contemporary short stories about ghosts which range from eerie to terrifying, most original to this anthology. Authors…
include Seanan McGuire, Richard Kadrey, Gemma Files, Garth Nix, Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Hoffman, and Paul Tremblay. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2019By Navah Wolfe, Dominik Parisien. 2016
Fantasy authors reimagine eighteen classic fairy tales. Includes Daryl Gregory's take on Hansel and Gretel, "Even the Crumbs Were Delicious."…
Other authors in the collection include Seanan McGuire, Garth Nix, and Naomi Novik. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2016By Joe Hill, John Joseph Adams. 2015
Twenty stories, selected by editor Hill as the best published in 2015. Contributors include Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link, Seanan McGuire…
and Sofia Samatar. In Cat Rambo's "Tortoiseshell Cats are Not Refundable," a widower clones his dead wife. Strong language and some violence. 2015By W. B. Yeats. 2004
Consists of stories recounted to the poet by his friends, neighbors, and acquaintances. All of the stories focus on the…
mythic and magical roots of Irish folklore, venturing into the world of fairies, ghosts, and spirits. Includes commentary based on Yeats's own experiences. 1902By John Collier. 2003
Collection of fifty short stories by Collier--cruel, ludic, and startling--originally published between 1931 and 1951. In "Great Possibilities," mundane lawyer…
Benjamin Murchison fantasizes about setting houses on fire, and his questions are misconstrued by good friends. With a 2003 introduction by Ray Bradbury. 1951By Orson Scott Card, Kelley Armstrong, John Joseph Adams. 2014
Twenty-three weird wild-west tales, featuring an American frontier populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, zombies, aliens, time-travelers, and a steampunk bordello.…
Includes works by Orson Scott Card, Jonathan Maberry, Seanan McGuire, Beth Revis, Walter Jon Williams, and more. Some violence and some strong language. 2014By Gardner Dozois, Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Patrick Rothfuss, Gillian Flynn. 2014
Twenty-one rogue-themed short stories that span several genres, highlighting work by Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Joe R. Lansdale, Cherie Priest,…
Carrie Vaughn, and others. Includes a new Game of Thrones tale by George R.R. Martin. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2014By Inc. Foxfire Fund, Inc. Foxfire Fund. 2011
Compilation of folklore, oral histories, and songs of Appalachian mountain culture from northeastern Georgia, published to mark the forty-fifth anniversary…
of the Foxfire magazine project. Includes tales of ghosts, crime, and murders as well as bluegrass music and arts and crafts instruction. 2011By Neil Gaiman, Charles Stross, Cherie Priest, Caitlin R. Kiernan, China Miéville, Michael Marshall Smith, Kim Newman, Sarah Monette, Paula Guran, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Rafael Tavares. 2011
Twenty-seven previously published short stories in the tradition of horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. Contributing authors include Neil Gaiman, Caitl�in Kiernan,…
and China Mi�eville. In Laird Barron's "Old Virginia" a Cold War-era CIA agent on a secret assignment doesn't realize he's fighting supernatural forces, not communists. Some violence. 2011By Charlotte Higgins. 2022
A brilliantly original, landmark retelling of Greek myths, recounted as if they were actual scenes being woven into textiles by…
the women who feature prominently in them—including Athena, Helen, Circe and Penelope &“Greek myths were full of powerful witches, unpredictable gods and sword-wielding slayers. They were also extreme: about families who turn murderously on each other; impossible tasks set by cruel kings; love that goes wrong; wars and journeys and terrible loss. There was magic, there was shape-shifting, there were monsters, there were descents to the land of the dead. Humans and immortals inhabited the same world, which was sometimes perilous, sometimes exciting. &“The stories were obviously fantastical. All the same, brothers really do war with each other. People tell the truth but aren&’t believed. Wars destroy the innocent. Lovers are parted. Parents endure the grief of losing children. Women suffer violence at the hands of men. The cleverest of people can be blind to what is really going on. The law of the land can contradict what you know to be just. Mysterious diseases devastate cities. Floods and fire tear lives apart. &“For the Greeks, the word muthos simply meant a traditional tale. In the twenty-first century, we have long left behind the political and religious framework in which these stories first circulated—but their power endures. Greek myths remain true for us because they excavate the very extremes of human experience: sudden, inexplicable catastrophe; radical reversals of fortune; and seemingly arbitrary events that transform lives. They deal, in short, in the hard, basic facts of the human condition.&” —from the Introduction  By Carol Serling. 2009
Nineteen original tales celebrating the television show. In "A Haunted House of Her Own" skeptic Tanya purchases a haunted house…
to run as an inn, but disturbing events escalate and she gets more than she bargained for. Includes stories by R.L. Stine, Rod Serling, and others. Strong language. 2009By John Joseph Adams. 2008
Twenty-two short stories of postapocalyptic fiction. In Stephen King's "The End of the Whole Mess," Howard Fornoy recounts the life…
of his genius brother, Bobby, before his intelligence destroyed the world. Includes tales by Orson Scott Card, Dale Bailey, and others. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2008