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Robots vs fairies
By 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. 2018The best American science fiction and fantasy 2019 (Best American (TM))
By 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. 2019Toil and trouble: 15 tales of women & witchcraft
By 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. 2018The best American science fiction and fantasy 2018 (Best American series)
By 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. 2018Mythic journeys: retold myths and legends
By 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. 2019Black from the future: a collection of Black speculative writing
By 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. 2019Echoes: the Saga anthology of ghost stories
By 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. 2019The starlit wood: new fairy tales
By 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. 2016The Best American science fiction and fantasy, 2015 (Best American series)
By 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. 2015Fancies and goodnights (New York Review Books classics)
By 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. 1951Dead man's hand: an anthology of the weird west
By 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. 2014Rogues
By 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. 2014New Cthulhu: the recent weird
By 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. 2011Twilight zone: 19 original stories on the 50th anniversary
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. 2009Wastelands: stories of the Apocalypse
By 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. 2008Strange brew
By P. N. Elrod. 2009
Nine urban fantasy tales. In Patricia Briggs's "Seeing Eye" blind witch Moira helps werewolf Tom find his brother. In Charlaine…
Harris's "Bacon" vampire Dahlia seeks to avenge her husband's murder. Includes Jenna Maclaine's "Dark Sins" and a tale by Jim Butcher featuring wizard Harry Dresden. Some violence. 2009Irregulars: a shared-world anthology
By Josh Lanyon, Ginn Hale, Astrid Amara, Nicole Kimberling. 2012
NATO's Irregulars Affairs Division is a secret organization operating in thousands of cities around the globe. Its agents police relations…
between the earthly realm and those beyond this world, protecting us from terrible dangers as well as enthralling temptations. These agents--irregulars, as they are known to the few who know them at all--are drawn to the work for their own reasons and close cases in their own unique ways. Explicit descriptions of sex, strong language and violenceHeroic hearts
By Jim Butcher. 2022
An all-star urban fantasy collection featuring short stories from #1 New York Times bestselling authors Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Charlaine…
Harris, Kelley Armstrong, and more . . . In this short story collection of courage, adventure, and magic, heroes—ordinary people who do the right thing—bravely step forward. But running toward danger might cost them everything. . . . In #1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher&’s &“Little Things,&” the pixie Toot-Toot discovers an invader unbeknownst to the wizard Harry Dresden . . . and in order to defeat it, he&’ll have to team up with the dread cat Mister. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Briggs&’s &“Dating Terrors,&” the werewolf Asil finds an online date might just turn into something more—if she can escape the dark magic binding her. In #1 New York Times bestselling author Charlaine Harris&’s &“The Return of the Mage,&” the Britlingen mercenaries will discover more than they&’ve bargained for when they answer the call of a distress beacon on a strange and remote world. And in #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong&’s &“Comfort Zone,&” the necromancer Chloe Saunders and the werewolf Derek Souza are just trying to get through college. But they can&’t refuse a ghost pleading for help. ALSO INCLUDES STORIES BY Annie Bellet * Anne Bishop * Jennifer Brozek * Kevin Hearne * Nancy Holder * Kerrie L. Hughes * Chloe Neill * R.R. Virdi Once upon a time (she said)
By Jane Yolen, Ruth Sanderson. 2005
Fantasy writer presents a collection of poems, essays, and short stories. In the tale "Sans Soleil," meaning sunless, a prince…
is raised in darkness in keeping with a dire prophecy. In "Ride Me like a Wave," a fisherman finds a mermaid in distress. Some descriptions of sex. 2005