Tanith Lee Books In Order

Birthgrave Books In Publication Order

  1. The Birthgrave (1975)
  2. Shadowfire / Vazkor, Son of Vazko (1978)
  3. Hunting the White Witch / Quest for the White Witch (1978)

Novels of Vis Books In Publication Order

  1. The Storm Lord (1976)
  2. Anackire (1983)
  3. The White Serpent (1988)

Four-BEE Books In Publication Order

  1. Don’t Bite the Sun (1976)
  2. Biting the Sun (1977)
  3. Drinking Sapphire Wine (1977)

Tales from the Flat Earth Books In Publication Order

  1. The Lords of Darkness (1978)
  2. Night’s Master (1978)
  3. Death’s Master (1979)
  4. Delusion’s Master (1981)
  5. Delirium’s Mistress (1985)
  6. Tales from the Flat Earth (1986)
  7. Night’s Sorceries (1987)

Castle of Dark Books In Publication Order

  1. The Castle of Dark (1978)
  2. Prince on a White Horse (1982)
  3. Dark Castle, White Horse (1986)

Blood Stone Books In Publication Order

  1. Sabella, or, The Bloodstone (1980)
  2. Sabella (1980)
  3. Kill the Dead (1980)

Silver Metal Lover Books In Publication Order

  1. The Silver Metal Lover (1981)
  2. Metallic Love (2005)

Secret Books of Paradys Books In Publication Order

  1. The Book of the Damned (1988)
  2. The Book of the Beast (1988)
  3. The Book of the Dead aka Paradys (1991)
  4. The Book of the Mad (1993)

Unicorn Books In Publication Order

  1. Black Unicorn (1991)
  2. Gold Unicorn (1994)
  3. Red Unicorn (1997)

Blood Opera Books In Publication Order

  1. Dark Dance (1992)
  2. Personal Darkness (1993)
  3. Darkness, I (1994)

The Secret Books of Venus Books In Publication Order

  1. Faces Under Water (1998)
  2. Saint Fire (1999)
  3. A Bed of Earth (2002)
  4. Venus Preserved (2003)

Claidi Journals Books In Publication Order

  1. Law of the Wolf Tower aka Wolf Tower (1998)
  2. Wolf Star aka Wolf Star Rise (2000)
  3. Queen of the Wolves aka Wolf Queen (2001)
  4. Queen of the Wolves (2001)
  5. Wolf Wing (2002)
  6. The Claidi Journals (2003)

Piratica Books In Publication Order

  1. Piratica (2004)
  2. Return to Parrot Island (2006)
  3. The Family Sea (2007)

Lionwolf Trilogy Books In Publication Order

  1. Cast a Bright Shadow (2004)
  2. Here in Cold Hell (2005)
  3. No Flame But Mine (2007)

Ghosteria Books In Publication Order

  1. Ghosteria Volume 1 (2014)
  2. Ghosteria Volume 2 (2014)

Imaginings Books In Publication Order

  1. Last and First Contacts (By:Stephen Baxter) (2012)
  2. Stories from the Northern Road (By:) (2012)
  3. Objects in Dreams (By:Lisa Tuttle) (2012)
  4. Imaginings 5: Microcosmos (By:) (2013)
  5. Microcosmos (By:) (2013)
  6. Feast and Famine (By:Adrian Tchaikovsky) (2013)
  7. Colder Greyer Stones (2013)
  8. Saint Rebor (By:Adam Roberts) (2015)
  9. Sleeps With Angels (By:Dave Hutchinson) (2015)
  10. Mementoes (By:Keith Brooke) (2016)
  11. Mementoes (By:Keith Brooke) (2016)

Selected Stories of Tanith Lee Books In Publication Order

  1. Tempting the Gods (2009)
  2. Hunting the Shadows (2009)

Voyage of the Basset Books In Publication Order

  1. Islands in the Sky (1999)
  2. The Raven Queen (By:Terri Windling) (1999)
  3. Journey to Otherwhere (By:Sherwood Smith) (2000)
  4. Thor’s Hammer (By:Will Shetterly) (2000)
  5. Fire Bird (By:) (2001)

Standalone Novels In Publication Order

  1. The Dragon Ho*ard (1971)
  2. Volkhavaar (1977)
  3. East of Midnight (1977)
  4. Electric Forest (1979)
  5. Day by Night (1980)
  6. Lycanthia (1981)
  7. Sung in Shadow (1983)
  8. Days of Grass (1985)
  9. Madame Two Swords (1988)
  10. A Hero*ine of the World (1989)
  11. The Blood of Roses (1990)
  12. Into Gold (1991)
  13. Heart-Beast (1992)
  14. Elephantasm (1993)
  15. Eva Fairdeath (1994)
  16. When the Lights Go Out (1994)
  17. Louisa the Poisoner (1995)
  18. Reigning Cats and Dogs (1995)
  19. Vivia (1995)
  20. The Gods Are Thirsty (1996)
  21. White as Snow (2000)
  22. Mortal Suns (2003)
  23. Thirtyfour (2004)
  24. 34 (2004)
  25. Fatal Women (2004)
  26. Death of the Day (2004)
  27. L’Amber (2006)
  28. Greyglass (2011)
  29. To Indigo (2011)
  30. Killing Violets (2012)
  31. Ivoria (2012)
  32. Cruel Pink (2013)
  33. A Different City (2015)
  34. A Wolf at the Door (2019)

Short Stories/Novellas In Publication Order

  1. The Betrothed (1968)
  2. Animal Castle (1972)
  3. The Winter Players (1976)
  4. Indigara (2007)

Tanith Lee Colouring Books In Publication Order

  1. Turquoiselle (2014)

Collections In Publication Order

  1. Princess Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises (1972)
  2. Companions on the Road (1975)
  3. Companions on the Road and The Winter Players (1977)
  4. Cyrion (1982)
  5. The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales (1982)
  6. Red as Blood, or Tales from the Sisters Grimmer (1983)
  7. Tamastara, or The Indian Nights (1984)
  8. Dreams of Dark and Light (1986)
  9. Women as Demons (1989)
  10. Forests of the Night (1989)
  11. Nightshades (1993)
  12. Sounds and Furies (2010)
  13. Disturbed by Her Song (2010)
  14. Animate Objects (2013)
  15. Space Is Just a Starry Night (2013)
  16. Phantasya (2014)
  17. Blood 20 (2015)
  18. Legenda Maris (2015)
  19. Dancing Through the Fire (2015)
  20. Redder Than Blood (2017)
  21. Tanith By Choice (2017)
  22. The Weird Tales of Tanith Lee (2017)
  23. Venus Burning (2018)
  24. Strindberg’s Ghost Sonata and Other Uncollected Tales (2019)

The Diogenes Club Books In Publication Order

  1. White of the Moon (By:Stephen Jones) (1999)
  2. Where The Bodies Are Buried (By:Kim Newman) (2000)
  3. Infinity Plus One (By:Keith Brooke) (2001)
  4. Embrace the Mutation (By:William Schafer) (2002)
  5. Best New Horror 14 (By:Stephen Jones) (2003)
  6. Adventure (By:Chris Roberson) (2005)
  7. Best New Horror 18 (By:Stephen Jones) (2007)
  8. Best New Horror 19 (By:Stephen Jones) (2007)
  9. Summer Chills (By:Stephen Jones) (2007)
  10. Infinity Plus (By:Keith Brooke) (2007)
  11. The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club (By:Kim Newman) (2007)
  12. The Fair Folk (By:Marvin Kaye) (2008)
  13. The Fair Folk (With: Megan Lindholm,Jane Yolen,Marvin Kaye,Kim Newman,Patricia A. McKillip,Craig Shaw Gardner) (2008)
  14. Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy (By:Ellen Datlow) (2010)
  15. Mysteries of the Diogenes Club (By:Kim Newman) (2010)
  16. Best New Horror 16 (By:Stephen Jones) (2012)
  17. The Mammoth Book of the Mummy (By:) (2015)
  18. The Mammoth Book of the Mummy (By:) (2015)
  19. The Man from the Diogenes Club (By:Kim Newman) (2017)

The Best Horror of the Year Anthology Books In Publication Order

  1. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One (2009)
  2. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two (2010)
  3. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three (2011)
  4. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Four (2012)
  5. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Five (2013)
  6. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Six (2014)
  7. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seven (2015)
  8. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Eight (2016)
  9. The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Nine (2017)
  10. The Best Horror of the Year Volume 10 (2018)
  11. The Best of the Best Horror of the Year: 10 Years of Essential Short Horror Fiction (2018)
  12. The Best Horror of the Year Volume 11 (2019)
  13. The Best Horror of the Year Volume 12 (2020)

Snow White, Blood Red Anthology Books In Publication Order

  1. Snow White, Blood Red (1993)
  2. Black Thorn, White Rose (1994)
  3. Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears (1995)
  4. Black Swan, White Raven (1997)
  5. Silver Birch, Blood Moon (1999)
  6. Black Heart, Ivory Bones (2000)

The Mythic Fiction Anthology Books In Publication Order

  1. The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest (2002)
  2. The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm (2004)
  3. The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People (2009)

The Dying Earth Books In Publication Order

  1. The Dying Earth / Mazirian the Magician (1950)
  2. Cugel’s Saga / Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight (1966)
  3. The Eyes of the Overworld / Cugel the Clever (1966)
  4. A Quest for Simbilis (1974)
  5. Morreion (1978)
  6. The Seventeen Virgins (1979)
  7. The Bagful of Dreams (1979)
  8. Rhialto the Marvellous (1984)
  9. The Laughing Magician (2006)
  10. Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance (2009)

Night Visions Books In Publication Order

  1. Night Visions: In the Blood (1984)
  2. Night Visions (1985)
  3. Night Visions 2 (1985)
  4. Night Visions 3 (1986)
  5. Night Visions: The Hellbound Heart (1986)
  6. Night Visions 5 (1988)
  7. The Skin Trade (1988)
  8. Night Visions 9 (1991)
  9. Night Visions 10 (2001)
  10. Night Visions 11 (2004)
  11. Night Visions 11 (2004)
  12. Night Visions 12 (2006)

Isaac Asimov’s Anthology Books In Publication Order

  1. Isaac Asimov’s Space of Her Own (With: Connie Willis,Ursula K. Le Guin,Pat Cadigan,Joan D. Vinge,Pamela Sargent,,Mary Gentle) (1983)
  2. Isaac Asimov’s Aliens & Outworlders (By:Isaac Asimov,,Larry Niven,Lisa Tuttle,Garry Douglas Kilworth,Jack C. Haldeman II,Barry N. Malzberg,William F. Wu,Steve Perry,Bob Shaw,Kate Wilhelm,,,,Madeleine E. Robins) (1983)
  3. Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy! (By:) (1985)
  4. Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy! (With: Connie Willis,George R.R. Martin,Ron Goulart,John Kessel,George Alec Effinger,Robert Thurston,Lucius Shepard) (1989)
  5. Isaac Asimov’s Aliens (By:Isaac Asimov) (1991)
  6. Isaac Asimov’s Robots (By:Isaac Asimov) (1991)
  7. Isaac Asimov’s SF-Lite (By:Isaac Asimov) (1993)
  8. Isaac Asimov’s War (By:Isaac Asimov) (1993)
  9. Isaac Asimov’s Cyberdreams (By:Isaac Asimov) (1994)
  10. Isaac Asimov’s Skin Deep (By:Isaac Asimov) (1995)
  11. Isaac Asimov’s Ghosts (By:Isaac Asimov) (1995)
  12. Isaac Asimov’s Christmas (By:Isaac Asimov) (1997)
  13. Isaac Asimov’s Camelot (By:Isaac Asimov) (1998)
  14. Isaac Asimov’s Detectives (By:Isaac Asimov) (1998)
  15. Isaac Asimov’s Valentines (By:Isaac Asimov) (1999)
  16. Isaac Asimov’s Werewolves (By:Isaac Asimov) (1999)
  17. Isaac Asimov’s Solar System (By:Gardner R. Dozois) (1999)
  18. Isaac Asimov’s Utopias (By:Isaac Asimov) (2000)
  19. Isaac Asimov’s Father Day (By:Isaac Asimov) (2001)
  20. Isaac Asimov’s Halloween (By:Isaac Asimov) (2001)

Pan Book of Horror Stories Books In Publication Order

  1. The Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Jack Finney,Herbert van Thal) (1959)
  2. The First Pan Book Of Horror Stories (By:Bram Stoker,Herbert van Thal) (1959)
  3. The Third Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Herbert van Thal) (1962)
  4. The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:,Herbert van Thal) (1963)
  5. The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Herbert van Thal) (1964)
  6. 7THPAN BOOK OF HORROR STORIES (By:,Herbert van Thal) (1966)
  7. The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories (With: ,,,Herbert van Thal) (1968)
  8. The Tenth Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:,,,,Herbert van Thal) (1969)
  9. The Twelfth Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Patricia Highsmith,Herbert van Thal) (1971)
  10. The 13th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Herbert van Thal) (1972)
  11. The 14th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Herbert van Thal,,,,,Alex White) (1973)
  12. The 15th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:,Herbert van Thal,,,Alex White) (1974)
  13. The 16th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Alan Lee,,Herbert van Thal,,,,Elleston Trevor) (1975)
  14. The 17th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Alan Lee,Herbert van Thal,,Alex White,Elleston Trevor) (1976)
  15. The 18th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Patricia Highsmith,Herbert van Thal) (1977)
  16. The 19th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Robert Holdstock,,Herbert van Thal) (1978)
  17. The 20th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:,Herbert van Thal) (1979)
  18. The 22nd Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Herbert van Thal,,,Ian McEwan) (1981)
  19. The 23rd Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Ruth Rendell,,Herbert van Thal,,,,Alex White) (1982)
  20. The 24th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Patricia Highsmith,Roald Dahl,Herbert van Thal) (1983)
  21. The 25th Pan Book of Horror Stories (By:Stephen King,,Herbert van Thal) (1984)

Anthologies In Publication Order

  1. The Ninth Pan Book of Horror Stories (1968)
  2. Moonsinger’s Friends: An Anthology in Honor of Andre Norton (1985)
  3. Tales From the Forbidden Planet (1987)
  4. Arrows Of Eros (1989)
  5. Hidden Turnings (1989)
  6. Dark Fantasies (1989)
  7. Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991)
  8. Modern Classics of Fantasy (1997)
  9. The Year’s Best Science Fiction : Sixteenth Annual Collection (1999)
  10. Midnight Mass and Other Great Vampire Stories (1999)
  11. The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology (1999)
  12. Graven Images (2000)
  13. Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian (2003)
  14. Winter Moon (2005)
  15. Sages & Swords (2006)
  16. The Fair Folk (2008)
  17. Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness (2008)
  18. Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness (2009)
  19. Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance (2009)
  20. Last Drink Bird Head (2009)
  21. From Twilight Till Dawn (2009)
  22. Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness (2010)
  23. Songs of Love and Death (2010)
  24. Human for a Day (2011)
  25. The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons (2011)
  26. Vampires (2011)
  27. Best Gay Stories 2011 (2011)
  28. Danse Macabre (2012)
  29. The Wildside Book of Fantasy (2012)
  30. Clockwork Phoenix 4 (2013)
  31. Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales (2013)
  32. Handsome Devil: Stories of Sin and Seduction (2014)
  33. The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, 2014 Edition (2014)
  34. The Alchemy Press Book of Urban Mythic 2 (2014)
  35. Mermaids and Other Mysteries of the Deep (2015)
  36. Sisters of the Revolution: A Feminist Speculative Fiction Anthology (2015)
  37. Obsidian (2016)
  38. Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends (2019)
  39. Blood Is Not Enough (2019)

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Tanith Lee Books Overview

Biting the Sun

In a world dedicated to pleasure, one young rebel sets out on a forbidden quest . Published for the first time in a single volume, Tanith Lee’s duet of novels set in a hedonistic Utopia are as riveting and revolutionary as they were when they first appeared two decades ago. It’s a perfect existence, a world in which no pleasure is off limits, no risk is too dangerous, and no responsibilities can cramp your style. Not if you’re Jang: a caste of libertine teenagers in the city of Four BEE. But when you’re expected to make trouble when you can kill yourself on a whim and return in another body, when you’re encouraged to change genders at will and experience whatever you desire you’ve got no reason to rebel…
until making love and raising hell, daring death and running wild just leave you cold and empty. Ravenous for true adventures of the mind and body, desperate to find some meaning, one restless spirit finally bucks the system and by shattering the rules, strikes at the very heart of a soulless society…
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Night’s Master

Night’s Master is the first book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of The One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales.

Long time ago when the Earth was Flat, beautiful indifferent Gods lived in the airy Upperearth realm above, curious passionate demons lived in the exotic Underearth realm below, and mortals were relegated to exist in the middle. Azhrarn, Lord of the Demons and the Darkness, was the one who ruled the Night, and many mortal lives were changed because of his cruel whimsy. And yet, Azhrarn held inside his demon heart a profound mystery which would change the very fabric of the Flat Earth forever…

Come within this ancient world of brilliant darkness and beauty, of glittering palaces and wondrous elegant beings, of cruel passions and undying love.

Discover the exotic wonder that is the Flat Earth.

Death’s Master

‘The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.’
— from Death’s Master

Death’s Master, winner of the August Derleth Award for Fantasy, is the second book of the stunning arabesque high fantasy series Tales from the Flat Earth, which, in the manner of the One Thousand and One Nights, portrays an ancient world in mythic grandeur via connected tales.

Long time ago when the Earth was Flat, beautiful indifferent Gods lived in the airy Upperearth realm above, curious passionate demons lived in the exotic Underearth realm below, and mortals were relegated to exist in the middle.

Uhlume, Lord of Death, second of the Lords of Darkness, King of Shadow and Pallor, makes an unusual bargain which sets in motion an intricate sequence of events that entangle men and gods, queens and kings, sorcerers and witches, and lowly wanderers. When the secret to immortality falls into human hands, dark magic and wickedness are unleashed, testing the bounds of mortal love and sanity, and questioning the nature and purpose of life itself.

Come within this ancient world of brilliant darkness and beauty, of glittering palaces and wondrous elegant beings, of cruel passions and undying love.

Rediscover the exotic wonder that is the Flat Earth.

Sabella, or, The Bloodstone

SABELLAorThe Blood Stone A Science Fiction Vampire Novel On the pink planet of Novo Mars, Sabella, the beautiful young recluse, lives out her uneasy daytime life behind drawn blinds. And at night she feeds on the blood of deer. After what has happened before, she no longer wants or dares to take the blood of men. But something, it seems, is intent on throwing Sabella back into her former existence of danger and despair. Forcing her first to consume the handsome young stranger, Sand, and then to confront Sand’s invincible and terrifying brother, Jace, the avenging angel. When predator becomes prey, some kind of death must end it And only blood will answer for blood. ‘Tanith Lee is one of the most powerful and intelligent writers in fantasy.’ Publishers Weekly ‘With Lee expect the unexpected.’ Starburst

Sabella

SabellaorThe Blood Stone A Science Fiction Vampire Novel On the pink planet of Novo Mars, Sabella, the beautiful young recluse, lives out her uneasy daytime life behind drawn blinds. And at night she feeds on the blood of deer. After what has happened before, she no longer wants or dares to take the blood of men. But something, it seems, is intent on throwing Sabella back into her former existence of danger and despair. Forcing her first to consume the handsome young stranger, Sand, and then to confront Sand’s invincible and terrifying brother, Jace, the avenging angel. When predator becomes prey, some kind of death must end it And only blood will answer for blood. ‘Tanith Lee is one of the most powerful and intelligent writers in fantasy.’ Publishers Weekly ‘With Lee expect the unexpected.’ Starburst

Kill the Dead

Out of the dusk he comes striding, the stranger, the man in black, inevitable as death itself: Parl Dro Ghost Slayer. Some have bought his services for gold, and some have blessed him for his work. But not everyone welcomes an exorcist who will remorselessly deprive them of their beloved dead. Dro began his vocation at an early age. And now he will not be turned aside, no matter how you may threaten, curse or weep. He is seeking too the greatest stronghold of the deadalive: Ghyste Mortua, the ghost town in the mountains, and he means to destroy it. If he will face that, what use the pleas of the desperate sisters, Cilny and Ciddey, what use the rage of Myal, with his genius for music and his imperfect talent for crime? Only one thing, it seems, motivates Parl Dro. His determination to Kill the Dead. ‘Tanith Lee is one of the most powerful and intelligent writers in fantasy.’ Publishers Weekly ‘With Lee expect the unexpected.’ Starburst

The Silver Metal Lover

Love is made of more than mere flesh and blood…
. Tanith Lee is one of the most thought provoking and imaginative authors of our time. In this unforgettably poignant novel, Lee has created a classic tale a beautiful, tragic, erotic, and ultimately triumphant love story of the future. For sixteen year old Jane, life is a mystery she despairs of ever mastering. She and her friends are the idle, pampered children of the privileged class, living in luxury on an Earth remade by natural disaster. Until Jane’s life is changed forever by a chance encounter with a robot minstrel with auburn hair and silver skin, whose songs ignite in her a desperate and inexplicable passion. Jane is certain that Silver is more than just a machine built to please. And she will give up everything to prove it. So she escapes into the city’s violent, decaying slums to embrace a love bordering on madness. Or is it something more? Has Jane glimpsed in Silver something no one else has dared to see not even the robot or his creators? A love so perfect it must be destroyed, for no human could ever compete?

Metallic Love

In her now classic tale The Silver Metal Lover, award winning author Tanith Lee told the spellbinding story of Jane and her forbidden love for a robot named Silver. In this stunning follow up, the legend of their tragic romance lives on. But nothing is as it was or as it seems. As an orphan growing up in the slums, Loren read her clandestine copy of Jane’s Story over and over, relishing every word. But Loren is no Jane. Savvy and street smart, Loren could never be stirred by a man of metal, her passion never ignited by an almost human even one designed for pleasure. Still, when the META corporation does the unthinkable and brings back updated versions of robots past Loren knows she must see Silver. And just like Jane, it is love at first sight. But Silver is now Verlis. If he was perfection before, he is now like a god. Yet he is more human than his creators think or fear. While Loren doesn t quite trust him, she will follow her twice born lover into a battle to control his own destiny one that will reveal to her the most astonishing illusion of all.

The Book of the Damned

Popular fantasy author Tanith Lee is at her Gothic, haunting best, creating an atmosphere charged with horror, eroticism, and decadence. In this first volume of The Secret Books of Paradys, Lee begins the search for a demonic creature seemingly impervious to sword, conjuring, or prayer. Readers won’t want to miss number two in the series, THE BOOK OF THE BEAST.

The Book of the Dead aka Paradys

Along with the fourth volume, ‘The Book of the Mad’, this book complete Lee’s acclaimed Paradys series, set in a thrillingly dark and decadent alternate world. In ‘The Book of the Dead’, the dark atmosphere is charged with hedonism, sexuality and death in eight interlocking short stories.

The Book of the Mad

In the final two volumes of the Paradys series, Tanith Lee completes this thrillingly dark and decadent alternate world, the imagined city of Paradys. In The Book of the Dead, the dark atmosphere is charged with hedonism, sexuality and death in eight interlocking short stories. In The Book of the Mad a seductive nightmare unfolds in three parallel versions of the city Paradis, Paradys and Paradise. Connected by a labyrinth of ice whose dangers are amplified by the will and emotion of its lunatic travelers, these cities provide the stage for a drama of mythical proportions, setting up a darkly dazzling finish to The Secret Books of Paradys.

Black Unicorn

The return of a classic novella by internationally acclaimed fantasist Tanith Lee. It was big and beautiful and so black that it was like a hole in space, and it was completely impossible. Unicorns didn’t belong in this world except in legends. But there it stood, radiating magical power, in the shattered wreck of the party. Nobody knew where it had come from, or what it wanted. Not even Jaive, the sorceress, could fathom the mystery of the fabled beast. But Tanaquil, Jaive’s completely unmagical daughter, understood it at once. She knew why the unicorn was there. It had come for her. It needed her. Yet she was the girl with no talent for magic. She could only fiddle with broken bits of machinery and make them work again. What could she do for a unicorn?

Gold Unicorn

In the sequel to Black Unicorn, Tanaquil, a young mender, and her familiar come face to face with her half sister, Lizra, who forces Tanaquil to make a perilous choice between aiding Lizra in her quest for conquest or risking her terrible anger.

Red Unicorn

The enchanting, magical sequel to The Black Unicorn and The Gold Unicorn!After several years traveling, Tanaquil a sorceress like her mother with the ability to mend returns home only to discover that her true love has been betrothed to her sister, Empress Lizra. Broken hearted and jealous of her sister’s happiness, Tanaquil is lured by a Red Unicorn into a mirror world where she encounters Tanakil, a diabolical version of herself. She discovers also several new powers. Powers she will need to foil Tanakil s sinister plot of revenge.

Dark Dance

Drawn to the ominous house of Scarabae by the promise of passion, Rachaela soon finds herself a prisoner of her own desire, seduced into a dark and dangerous existence by a lover who bears her family name.

Darkness, I

Rachaela’s daughter is named Anna, to honour the dead. On her breast is a small blue mark. In two years, she grows to the maturity of a 16 year old woman and is abducted by Cain, the outcaste of Scarabe. Meanwhile, he is stealing other children and taking them to a place at the end of the world.

Faces Under Water

Lee sets her darkly terrifying new series amidst the timeless beauty of Venice, weaving intricate plots around the elements of water, fire, earth, and air. The first book immerses readers in the secret terror that lies beneath the ancient Venetian canals.

Saint Fire

Starting with the premise of four novels based on the phases of alchemy and the four primal elements, Tanith Lee created an evocative fantastical alternate to the historical Italy in her Secret Books of Venus series. The fist volume, Faces Under Water, was set against a backdrop of a macabre Venietian carnival. In Saint Fire, the chilling second volume in the series, Volpa is a strangely beautiful servant girl who glows with an inhuman inner fire. When her master, an abusive wood seller, is mysteriously incinerated, Volpa begins to discover her power of fire. Church leaders, who see her as a mighty weapon in their holy wars, notice her gift, and unable to determine whether her powers are heavenly or demonic, are nonetheless determined to have Volpa on their side. This gripping fantasy of a mysteriously gifted Joan of Arc figure is stunning from beginning to end.

A Bed of Earth

The third book in Tanith Lee’s compelling series based on alchemy and the elements focuses on the element of earth. It is a haunting journey to a parallel version of sixteenth century Venice, where a fierce territorial rivalry between two noble families the della Scorpias and the Barbarons unearths a supernatural force from beneath the placid surface of the canals and rotting understructure of the city. The struggle between the two families for space on the Isle of the Dead, the overcrowded burial ground for generations of Venetian nobility, becomes more and more heated, and fourteen year old Meralda della Scorpia is forced to pay the ultimate price. But as the years pass on, parties complicit in her disappearance from both houses begin to suffer the consequences in a series of shocking deaths that could emanate from none other than a supernatural foe. As these bizarre events throw the city into a panic, a humble apprentice gravedigger is left to sort out the mysteries an effort that will enable him to unearth the secrets of his own shadowy past.

Venus Preserved

Tanith Lee concludes her compelling Secret Books of Venus quartet with a haunting and suspenseful tale set in her brilliantly reimagined alternate Venice. Centuries into the future, the sunken city of Venus has been salvaged from beneath the sea and rebuilt there under a dome, where it is supported by a vast network of computers that regulate weather, noise, and the most precious undersea commodity of all air. It is here that a macabre experiment takes place. Conducted by geneticists at the university, it consists of the resurrection of two lost souls, both murdered in their times: Jula, a first century gladiatrix, and Cloudio Del Nero, the eighteenth century composer who met his fate in Lee’s acclaimed first volume of the Venus series. An unexplained catastrophe occurs, claiming several lives. Was it merely an accident, computer failure, or has the experiment unleashed an airborne virus? Or is there an even more sinister danger afoot, a force from beyond that threatens the survival of Venus itself? To answer these questions, a traveler from the surface is forced to confront mysteries in his own past that have remained buried, and to reveal the connection that ties him to the unavenged spirits wreaking havoc on the doomed city.

Law of the Wolf Tower aka Wolf Tower

In a triumph of teen fantasy that claims a place alongside titles by Robin McKinley and Tamora Pierce, master storyteller Tanith Lee gives us an unforgettable first person, diary narrative that sweeps readers into an epic adventure while probing truths of adolescence. Sixteen year old Claidi is an orphan, forced to serve as a handmaiden to cruel royal families in the oppressive House. Outspoken and ready for romance, she becomes embroiled in a plot to rescue a handsome, intriguing prisoner. She wins freedom for herself, too, but after journeying with him across the perilous Waste, Claidi discovers that her freedom is only a sham and she must act boldly to destroy a conspiracy brewing across generations. Claidi’s charisma, her romantic turmoil, and the revelatory insights of her journal make Wolf Tower a novelistic coup that readers won’t put down until Claidi confronts the dreadful Tower itself.

Wolf Star aka Wolf Star Rise

This gripping fantasy sequel fulfills the dramatic promise of Wolf Tower as the headstrong main character, Claidi, plunges into new adventures and finds herself unexpectedly probing her clouded past. On the eve of her long anticipated wedding, Claidi is kidnapped and taken to a mountaintop palace in the shadow of an unearthly star. As she struggles to understand who kidnapped her and why, she must also grapple with strange surroundings, complete with mechanical servants and animals and rooms that move. Claidi wins the trust of the palace’s keeper, the enigmatic Prince Venn, and together they struggle to free themselves from the bizarre maze of taboo, repression, and mystery surrounding both of their long lost families. Soon Claidi is on the run again, still yearning for a life that may be lived freely and with love.

Queen of the Wolves aka Wolf Queen

Claidi, the witty diary writer who captivated readers in Wolf Tower and Wolf Star, is back to complete her trilogy and delight her loyal fans. Our intrepid hero*ine has finally returned home for a reunion with her fianc , Argul. But someone has poisoned everyone against her, and Argul is nowhere in sight. Seeking answers, Claidi encounters the Ravens, bird worshipers of the icy North. Among them she meets a woman who just might be her mother. Adventure, magic, and intrigue abound, from secret identities to people who fly…
and a mystical arranged marriage, with Claidi as the bride to be. Suspenseful and crackling with wit, this showstopping conclusion to the Claidi Journals trilogy leaves no doubt that Tanith Lee reigns supreme in fresh, compelling fantasy.

Queen of the Wolves

Claidi, the witty diary writer who captivated readers in Wolf Tower and Wolf Star, is back to complete her trilogy and delight her loyal fans. Our intrepid hero*ine has finally returned home for a reunion with her fianc , Argul. But someone has poisoned everyone against her, and Argul is nowhere in sight. Seeking answers, Claidi encounters the Ravens, bird worshipers of the icy North. Among them she meets a woman who just might be her mother. Adventure, magic, and intrigue abound, from secret identities to people who fly…
and a mystical arranged marriage, with Claidi as the bride to be. Suspenseful and crackling with wit, this showstopping conclusion to the Claidi Journals trilogy leaves no doubt that Tanith Lee reigns supreme in fresh, compelling fantasy.

Wolf Wing

At last, Claidi and her beloved Argul are free to get married. But before they can start their life together, Claidi must face her past. They return to her birthplace, the House, to rescue the other slaves and find that there has been a revolution, sparked by Claidi’s escape. Then the two are urgently summoned by Ironel Novendot of the Wolf Tower, who tells them that Ustareth is alive. Ustareth, the mother of Argul and Venn, the science sorceress, who has perhaps manipulated each of them for their entire lives. Now she wants them all to visit her but to what end?

The Claidi Journals

The first three novels in Tanith Lee’s popular Claidi Journals series are now available in this handsome hardcover three in one omnibus volume, which includes the complete texts of Wolf Tower, Wolf Star, and Wolf Queen. Fantasy fans can immerse themselves in Claidi’s adventures as she unlocks the secrets of her past and finds the love of her life.

Piratica

Artemesia is the daughter of a pirate queen, and she’s sick of practicing deportment at the Angels Academy for Young Maidens. Escaping from the school, she hunts up her mother’s crew and breezily commands them out to sea in a leaky boat. Unfortunately, Art’s memories of her early life may not be accurate her seasick crew are actors, and Art’s infamous mother was the darling of the stage in a pirate drama. But fiery, pistol proof Art soon shapes her men into the cleverest pirate crew afloat. And when they meet the dread ship Enemy and her beautiful, treacherous captain, Goldie Girl, Art is certain that her memories are real. The Seven Seas aren’t large enough for two pirate queens: Art will have the battle of her life to win her mother’s title and the race for the most fabulous treasure in pirate lore. This gaudy, outrageous tale sparkles with swordplay, skullduggery, and salty language not to mention over the top comedy!

Return to Parrot Island

Art Blastside has dodged the gallows and married her true love. But life ashore is too tame for a pirate queen, so she jumps at the chance to go to sea again. England is at war, and the government wants Art to use her talents against the French. Naval war is horrific, and her arch nemesis is bent on revenge. What price is Art willing to pay for her life of freedom?

As gripping as the first Piratica, which Kirkus Reviews praised in a starred review as ‘a glorious roustabout of a tale,’ this book proves again why Tanith Lee is one of the world’s most popular fantasy writers.

The Family Sea

Art Blastside in her third daring adventure upon the high seas. It’s been eighteen months since Art’s baby was born: a pretty child called Africa, with Felix’s dark hair and Art’s grey eyes. Now Art, who dreamed of being like her own loving, wonderful Ma, must face up to the fact that she has absolutely no warm feeling for her child. In fact Art can’t stand her! What’s wrong with her? Beyond the family lies an unsettled world too. The French are still waging war, and England has fallen out of love with pirates. Piratomania has been suppressed by the government and Art and Felix are evicted from their cliff top mansion. The return of Ebad and the new and improved Unwelcome Stranger prompts Art to regroup her ragtag crew and sail once again across the oceans, through wild weather, bizarre places and riotous sea battles, to return to the Treasured Isle and learn the ultimate true secret behind the treasure and the mystery of why Art can’t love her child.

No Flame But Mine

Searching for the beautiful witch Jemhara, the magician Thryfe at last finds her in the reinvented town of Kandexa, where a strange and passionate wooing begins. From this union a son is born golden skinned, red haired, blue eyed and thus the Lionwolf returns to the world of men. Unaware of this birth, his original mother the goddess Saftri has begun her own search for her lost love Athluan…
while elsewhere the black and shining ones, the Children of Chillel, seek to establish claims on the ice locked planet. Beyond, over, under all, the evil god Zzth rages and plans the ruin of these separate and immortal lives. Strafed by the tumult of such conflicting powers, the be wintered realm of mortals can only wait to learn its destiny. ‘It’s refreshing to find a fantasy world where the more common medieval backdrop is developed into something deeper; where each page brings something new’ ‘SFX’.

Tempting the Gods

A short story collection by the award winning author of The Birthgrave and The Silver Metal Lover, the first installment of a two volume series.

Islands in the Sky

London, 1877. Twelve year old Hope Glover climbs a tree to rescue a kite but instead finds the kite pulling her into the sky, over the ocean, and into a storm! She is rescued by a small, beautiful ship the Basset and drawn into a magical world where a war rages between centaurs and winged horses. It’s up to Hope to find a solution which turns out to include an out of practice genie, a new pair of wings, and the legendary Pandora’s box itself! Middle grade boys and girls will be swept up in this first exciting adventure in the fantastic world of the Basset!

The Raven Queen (By:Terri Windling)

Gwen Thornworth has dreamed of dancing with fairies since she was a little girl. When the Bassett arrives to pick her up, it looks like her dream will come true! Gwen’s twin brother, Devin, reluctantly comes along to keep an eye on her. And he has to do just that when Gwen is lured away to the dark halls of the Unseelie fairies. Can Devin rescue his sister or will he also be caught under the spell of the Raven Queen? This second book in this thrilling new series that combines magic and mythology will captivate readers.

Journey to Otherwhere (By:Sherwood Smith)

Bradford Ellis believes in progress and in fixing other people’s problems. His latest case study, a poor seamstress named Lucy Beale, resents his meddlesome attempts to improve her life. But when a small, stately ship the Basset sails into the harbor, Brad and Lucy must journey together to the Lands of Legend. There, the transformative Chimera challenges their assumptions and awakens their imaginations. In this land where fantasy rules and nothing is as it seems, Brad must learn to respect others’ boundaries and Lucy must learn to overcome hers.

Thor’s Hammer (By:Will Shetterly)

The Norse gods are in an uproar Thor’s hammer has been stolen! The goddess Freyja has foreseen that a human boy will help find the hammer; the Basset sails into the mortal world to find him. But when the Basset returns, it carries not one boy, but four all of whom must change if they are to fulfill Freyja’s prophecy and save the gods from destruction.

Fire Bird (By:)

Oberon, the lord of the Lands of Legend, sends the Basset on an urgent mission, to find an engineer in the mortal world to help rebuild the great Pharos lighthouse. The Basset returns with an engineer, his daughter, and a young boy. But what no one yet understands is that the fate of the ancient beacon of light is forever tied to the long lost bird of the sun, the Phoenix.

East of Midnight

Having exchanged identities, a ruler’s consort and a slave discover they seem doomed to die in their new roles.

Louisa the Poisoner

Raised in a swamp by a mad witch, poor Louisa grew up with one goal in mind: to marry a wealthy man, then inherit his lands and money by whatever means it takes. And Louisa may well succeed, for she is a stunning beauty with the manners of an angel. At last she sets off to make her fortune…
and with the help of her vial of undetectable poison, she soon finds her first victim. A dazzlingly dark fantasy, as only Tanith Lee could write it!

White as Snow

Once upon a time there was a mirror…
. So begins this dark, unusual retelling of the story of Snow White by the writer reviewers have called the Angela Carter of the fantasy field a whole novel based on a beloved story, turning it into a dark and sensual drama full of myth and magic. Arpazia is the aging queen who paces the halls of a warlord’s palace. Cold as winter, she has only one passion for the mysterious hunter who courts the outlawed old gods of the woodland. Coira is the princess raised in the shadow of her mother s hatred. Avoided by both her parents and half forgotten by her father s court, she grows into womanhood alone…
until the mirror speaks, and blood is spilled, and the forest claims her. The tragic myth of the goddess Demeter and her daughter, Persephone, stolen by the king of the underworld, is woven together with the tale of Snow White to create a powerful story of mothers and daughters and the blood that binds them together, for good or ill. Black queen. White maid. Royal huntsman. Seven little folk who live in the forest. Come inside, sit by the fire, and listen to this fairy tale as you ve never heard it told before. Once upon a time there was a mirror, and a girl as White as Snow
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Mortal Suns

Epic in scope and thrilling in detail, Mortal Suns is set in the corridors of power in the mythical kingdom of Akhemony, which calls up the world of Ancient Greece. Acclaimed author Tanith Lee transports her readers to an ominous yet seductive alternate universe, as fully realized as Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Avalon, where fate organizes the forces of nature to bring ruin to those who dare to control it. Horrible screams pierce the night air as the Daystar, Queen Hesta of Akhemony, wrestles with the delivery of the King’s child, beautifully formed except for one heartbreaking deformity she is born without feet. Consigned immediately to the world of death, the lame infant is dispatched to Thon, the underworld temple, and baptized Cemira, ‘snake,’ the name she will bear throughout a lifetime of darkness. It is only at the behest of Urdombis, the Sun Consort, that the child is restored to her rightful place as heir to the throne of Oceaxis. Recounting a deadly battle for power, pitting the forces of man against the supernatural, her story is one that will captivate, shock, and terrify.

Greyglass

The house…
always growing, adding to itself, blooming, decaying, becoming reborn…
But Susan doesn’t live in the house of Catherine, her grandmother. Instead, she grows up in a one parent family, with her mother, the glamorous and determined Anne. And Catherine, old forbidding and unkind, is only a nuisance. When Catherine dies, no one mourns. Why is it then that whenever some new problem swamps Susan’s far from calm existence, she is driven to revisit the house? As when her mother takes up with the worrying Wizz. Or years later, at the end of a deeply-felt and broken love-affair of Susan’s own. The house is always changing. As if at last it must achieve some irresistible transformation. Frankly, there is something uncanny about the house. Isn’t there.

Indigara

Jet and her robot dog, Otis, have been taken with Jet’s two sisters one of whom has a role in the latest Super Movie to their planet s film capital, Ollywood. Jet and Otis are soon catapulted into the unplumbed underworld that lurks below the studios and lots. Here lies the beautiful and sinister otherwhere of Indigara, which has spontaneously generated from the sets, costumes, models, and actual celluloid of rejected pilot fantasy and SF movies that never got made into series. Even while girl and dog try to survive the dangers and terrors below, their Indigaran mirror images have replaced them, and are running amok in the real world above .

Sounds and Furies

Norilana Books is proud to present timeless works of dark beauty and imagination by the award winning beloved British author Tanith Lee, via the new imprint TaLeKa, dedicated to showcasing the literary works of Tanith Lee and the art of John Kaiine. Tanith Lee is the author of 77 novels, 14 collections, and almost 300 short stories, plus 4 radio plays broadcast by the BBC and 2 scripts for the TV cult UK SF series Blake’s 7. Her work, which has been translated into over 17 languages, ranges through fantasy, SF, gothic, YA and children’s books, contemporary, historical and detective novels, and horror. This year she was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Master of Horror 2009. Major awards include the August Derleth Award for Death’s Master, the second book in the Flat Earth series. Sounds and Furies collects seven singular, gorgeous tales of lingering atmospheric horror from the masterful pen of Tanith Lee. These seven faces of darkness cast a wide shadow and burrow deep within…
The collection includes six short stories and a full length novella The Isle Is Full of Noises.

Disturbed by Her Song

Disturbed by Her Song collects the work of Esther Garber and her half brother Judas Garbah, the mysterious family of writers that Tanith Lee has been channeling for the past few years. Possibly autobiographical, frequently erotic and darkly surreal, their fiction takes place in a variety of eras and places, from Egypt in the 1940s, to England in the grip of the Pre Raphaelites, to gaslit Paris and to the shadowy landscapes carved by the mind and memory. The themes of youth and age stream through these tales of homosexual love and desire. These stories recall, at times, the work of Lawrence Durrell, Colette, and Angela Carter.

Best New Horror 14 (By:Stephen Jones)

The fourteenth volume in this series is going strong, and with another generous sampling of the past year’s best horror fiction, it again earns ‘merits’ from Publishers Weekly. With contributions from such favorites as Ramsey Campbell and Kim Newman, along with the talented likes of Neil Gaiman, China Mieville, Graham Joyce, Paul McCauley, Stephen Gallagher, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Jay Russell, Glen Hirshberg and many more, the hairraising tales in this edition hold nightmares for travelers in alien lands, unveil the mystery and menace lurking in our everyday reality, explore the terrors of the supernatural, and honor horror s classic tradition. As always, editor Stephen Jones provides an illuminating and engaging overview of the past year in horror fiction, as well as an affecting necrology and a guide to contacts among publishers, organizations, booksellers, and magazines in the eerier fields of fiction.

Adventure (By:Chris Roberson)

ADVENTURE, the first volume of an annual anthology of original fiction in the spirit of early twentieth-century pulp fiction magazines, features stories from all genres, promising both literary sophistication and pulse-pounding action. Contributors to the first volume, among them leading lights and award-winners in the fields of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, and western, include John Edward Ames, Lou Anders, Neal Asher, Kage Baker, Barry Baldwin, O’Neil De Noux, Paul Di Filippo, Mark Finn, Michael Kurland, John Meaney, Michael Moorcock, Chris Nakashima-Brown, Kim Newman, Mike Resnick, Chris Roberson, Matthew Rossi, and Marc Singer.

Best New Horror 18 (By:Stephen Jones)

Here is the latest edition of the world’s premier annual showcase of horror and dark, fantasy fiction, from a series that has won the World Fantasy Award, British Fantasy Award, and the International Horror Guild Award. It features some of the very best short stories and novellas by today’s masters of the macabre including Neil Gaiman, Glen Hirshberg, Tanith Lee, Ramsey Campbell, and Charles Coleman Finlay.

Best New Horror 19 (By:Stephen Jones)

This collection features the most comprehensive yearly overview of horror around the world in all its incarnations, an impressively researched necrology, and a list of indispensable contact addresses for the dedicated reader and budding writer alike. This is the very best of new short stories and novellas by today’s masters of the macabre. Contributors include such names as Neil Gaiman, Gene Wolfe, Brian Keene, Michael Marshall Smith, Ramsey Campbell, Kim Newman, Elizabeth Massie, Glen Hirshberg, Peter Atkins, and Tanith Lee. This is required reading for any fan of ghoulish fiction.

Summer Chills (By:Stephen Jones)

A collection of horror stories in exotic locale by the likes of Dennis Etchinson, Graham Masterton, Brian Lumley, and Christopher Fowler.

The Secret Files of the Diogenes Club (By:Kim Newman)

From the 1860s to the present, these are the accounts of the Diogenes Club, whose agents solve crimes too strange for Britain’s police, protecting the realm and this entire plane of existence from occult menaces, threats born in other dimensions, magical perfidy and the Deep Dark Deadly Ones. Kim Newman continues the series began in The Man From the Diogenes Club, revealing more of the secrets of the British Empire’s most secret service.

The Fair Folk (By:Marvin Kaye)

Six stories from some of the most famous names in fantasy all with one commonthreat ‘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 more powerful than any muse. Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder weave a tale of two sisters long exiled from their magical realm who must survive in ours, in ‘Except the Queen.’ In Tanith Lee’s ‘UOUS,’ a young woman with a rotten family is granted three wishes by a handsome elf and learns that nothing good comes free of charge. A hapless slob finds his world turned upside down when an eager brownie moves in and proceeds to clean house, in Megan Lindholm’s ‘Grace Notes.’ Kim Newman introduces an intrepid government investigator whose latest case pits him against a sinister brood of fairy folk known as ‘The Gypsies in the Wood.’ And the serenity of the Elves is tested in a wry fable of a long suffering magical apprentice who can’t catch a break, in Craig Shaw Gardner’s ‘The Embarrassment of Elves.

The Fair Folk (With: Megan Lindholm,Jane Yolen,Marvin Kaye,Kim Newman,Patricia A. McKillip,Craig Shaw Gardner)

Six stories from some of the most famous names in fantasy all with one commonthreat ‘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 more powerful than any muse. Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder weave a tale of two sisters long exiled from their magical realm who must survive in ours, in ‘Except the Queen.’ In Tanith Lee’s ‘UOUS,’ a young woman with a rotten family is granted three wishes by a handsome elf and learns that nothing good comes free of charge. A hapless slob finds his world turned upside down when an eager brownie moves in and proceeds to clean house, in Megan Lindholm’s ‘Grace Notes.’ Kim Newman introduces an intrepid government investigator whose latest case pits him against a sinister brood of fairy folk known as ‘The Gypsies in the Wood.’ And the serenity of the Elves is tested in a wry fable of a long suffering magical apprentice who can’t catch a break, in Craig Shaw Gardner’s ‘The Embarrassment of Elves.

Digital Domains: A Decade of Science Fiction & Fantasy (By:Ellen Datlow)

A girl who eats dreams, a woman who chooses the apes, and a barbarian hero rendered as a collage. These are just a few of the people readers first met online thanks to the explosion of Webzines. Ellen Datlow, editor of Omni Online, Event Horizon, and SciFiction, led the charge into the brave new world of science fiction. Digital Domains collects some of the best, and most controversial, works in print well, except for your home printer for the first time.

Best New Horror 16 (By:Stephen Jones)

This is the latest edition of the world’s foremost annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. Here are some of the very best short stories and novellas by today’s finest exponents of horror fiction including Kim Newman, Neil Gaiman, Ramsey Campbell and Tanith Lee.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror 16 also contains the most comprehensive overview of horror around the world during the year, lists of useful contact addresses and a fascinating necrology. It is the one book that is required reading for every fan of macabre fiction.

The Man from the Diogenes Club (By:Kim Newman)

In the swinging seventies, Richard Jeperson secret agent of the Diogenes Club solves crimes too strange for Britain’s police. His fashion sense is gaudy, his enemies deadly, his associates glamorous.

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume One

An Air Force Loadmaster is menaced by strange sounds within his cargo; a man is asked to track down a childhood friend…
who died years earlier; doomed pioneers forge a path westward as a young mother discovers her true nature; an alcoholic strikes a dangerous bargain with a gregarious stranger; urban explorers delve into a ruined book depository, finding more than they anticipated; residents of a rural Wisconsin town defend against a legendary monster; a woman wracked by survivor’s guilt is haunted by the ghosts of a tragic crash; a detective strives to solve the mystery of a dismembered girl; an orphan returns to a wicked witch’s candy house; a group of smugglers find themselves buried to the necks in sand; an unanticipated guest brings doom to a high class party; a teacher attempts to lead his students to safety as the world comes to an end around them…
What frightens us, what unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw is tightened. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the twenty one stories and poems included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year. Legendary editor Ellen Datlow Poe: New Tales Inspired by Edgar Allan Poe, winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year, Volume One.

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Two

Legendary editor Ellen Datlow, winner of multiple Hugo, Bram Stoker, and World Fantasy awards, joins Night Shade Books in presenting The Best Horror of the Year Volume 2.

The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Three

What frightens us? What unnerves us? What causes that delicious shiver of fear to travel the lengths of our spines? It seems the answer changes every year. Every year the bar is raised; the screw, tightened. Ellen Datlow knows what scares us; the nineteen stories included in this anthology were chosen from magazines, webzines, anthologies, literary journals, and single author collections to represent the best horror of the year.

Snow White, Blood Red

Once upon a time, fairy tales were for children…
But no longer. You hold in your hands a volume of wonders magical tales of trolls and ogres, of bewitched princesses and kingdoms accursed, penned by some of the most acclaimed fantasists of our day. But these are not bedtime stories designed to usher an innocent child gently into a realm of dreams. These are stories that bite lush and erotic, often dark and disturbing mystical journeys through a phantasmagoric landscape of distinctly adult sensibilities…
where there is no such thing as ‘happily ever after.’

Black Thorn, White Rose

Once Upon A Time…
A seduced prince willingly fell prey to a sensuous usurper’s erotic treacheries…
a flesh eating ogre gamboled in the footlights…
a gingerbread man fled in terror from the baking pan to the fire…
The award winning editors of Snow White, Blood Red return us to distinctly adult realms of myth and the fantastic with eighteen wondorous works that cloak the magical fictions we heard at Grandma’s knee in mantles of darkness and dread. From Roger Zelansky’s delightful tale of Death’s disobedient godson to Peter Straub’s blood chilling examination of a gargantuan Cinderella and her terrible twisted ‘art,’ here are stories strange and miraculous remarkable modern storytelling that remold our most cherished childhood fables into things sexier, more sinister…
and more appealing to grown up tastes and sensiblilities.

Ruby Slippers, Golden Tears

‘Once upon a time…
‘ So begin the classic fairy tales that enthralled and terrified us as children. Now, in their third critically acclaimed collection of original fairy tales for adults, World Fantasy Award winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling bring us twenty one new stories by some of the top names in literature today. Joyce Carol Oates, Gahan Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman these are but a few of the accomplished literary sorcerers who have gathered here to remold our timeless myths into more sensuous and disturbing forms. Like the fabled ruby slippers, there is powerful magic here. Rich witches in trendy resorts cast evil spells…
beautiful princesses age and wither in sleeping worlds…
terrible beasts reside beneath flawless skin. Dark, disturbing, delightful, each story was written expressly for this superb collection of distinctly grown up fantasy a brilliant companion volume to Datlow and Windling’s acclaimed anthologies, Snow White, Blood Red and Black Thorn, White Rose.

Black Swan, White Raven

A stellar assymbly of many of today’s most creative and accomplished storytellers has gathered around the tribal fire to embroider well worn yarns with new golden thread. Black Swan, White Raven revisits the tales that charmed, enthralled, and terrified us in our early youth carrying us aloft into the healthy, beating heart of cherished myth to tell once again the stories of Rumpelstiltskins and sleeping beauties, only this time from an edgy, provocative and distinctly adult perspective. The themes and archetypes of our beloved childhood fiction are reexamined in a darker light by 21 superb teller of tales who deftly uncover the ironic, the outrageous, the enigmatic and the erotic at the core of the world’s best known fables, while revealing the sobering truths and lies behind ‘happily ever after.’

Silver Birch, Blood Moon

The four previous volumes in Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling’s anthology series of fairly tales retold with a distinctively modern edge have been hailded by reviewers as ‘brilliant,’ ‘provocative,’ and ‘disturbing.’ In this triumphant new collection of original fiction, twenty one of today’s leading writers spin the cherished fables of childhood into glittering gold offering magical tales for adults, as seductive as they are sophisticated.A jealous prince plots the destruction of his hated brother’s wedding by inventing a ‘magic’ suit of clothing visible only to the pure at heart…
A young girl’s strange fairy tale obsession results in a brutal murder…
An embittered mother cares for her dying son who is trapped in a thicket that guards a sleeping beauty…
In a bleak and desolate industrial wasteland, a group of violent outcasts lays the tattered myths of one Millenium to rest, and gives terrifying birth to those of the next. Erotic, compelling, witty, and altogether extraordinary, these stories lay bare our innermost demons and desires imaginatively transforming our youthful fantasies into things darker, slyer, and more delightfully subversive.

Black Heart, Ivory Bones

Hair bright as gold…
Lips red as blood…
Heart black as sin…
Truth sharp as bone…
As in their previous critically acclaimed volumes of reconsidered fairy tales, award winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have gathered together remarkable stories that illuminate the more sinister, sensual, and sophisticated aspects of the tales we cherished in childhood; the fables of witches and princes and lost children that we once imagined we knew.’ Black Heart, Ivory Bones‘ showcases twenty beguiling tales for the child that was and the adult that is, penned by twenty of the most creative artists in contemporary American literature. Here dissected are the darker anatomies of the timeless, seemingly simple stories we have long loved. Here wonder and truth have serious bite.’ A lovelorn prince seeking his father’s blessing concocts a fantastic tale of a witch, a tower, and lustrous long hair…
A pair of accursed red boots punishes a beautiful dancer for her pride…
A troll killing, princess rescuing warrior is compelled to consider events from his adversaries’ point of view…
In a blistering tell all memoir, Goldilocks reveals the sordid truth about her brutal foster parent, Papa Bear…
‘Rich, surprising, funny, erotic, and unsettling, these twenty new yarns and poems offer exceptional anew treasures as they brilliantly reveal lusts and jealousies, foibles, hatreds and dangerous obsessions, the things that slyly lurk in the midnight interior of oft told tales. As in their previous critically acclaimed volumes of reconsidered fairy tales, award winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have gathered together remarkable stories that illuminate the more sinister, sensual,and sophisticated aspects of the tales we cherished in childhood; the fables of witches and princes and lost children that we once imagined we knew. Black Heart, Ivory Bones showcases twenty beguiling tales for the child that was and the adult that is, penned by twenty of the most creative artists in contemporary American literature. Here dissected are the darker anatomies of the timeless, seemingly simple stories we have long loved. Here wonder and truth have serious bite.’A lovelorn prince seeking his father’s blessing concocts a fantastic tale of a witch, a tower, and lustrous long hair…
A pair of accursed red boots punishes a beautiful dancer for her pride…
A troll killing, princess rescuing warrior is compelled to consider events from his adversaries’ point of view…
In a blistering tell all memoir, Goldilocks reveals the sordid truth about her brutal foster parent, Papa Bear…
Rich, surprising, funny, erotic, and unsettling, these twenty new yarns and poems offer exceptional new treasures as they brilliantly reveal lusts and jealousies, foibles, hatreds, and dangerous obsessions, the things that slyly lurk in the midnight interior of oft told tales. As in their previous critically acclaimed volumes of reconsidered fairy tales, award winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have gathered together remarkable stories that illuminate the more sinister, sensual, and sophisticated aspects of the tales we cherished in childhood; the fables of witches and princes and lost children that we once imagined we knew. Black Heart, Ivory Bones showcases twenty beguiling tales for the child that was and the adult that is, penned by twenty of the most creative artists incontemporary American literature. Here dissected are the darker anatomies of the timeless, seemingly simple stories we have long loved. Here wonder and truth have serious bite.’A lovelorn prince seeking his father’s blessing concocts a fantastic tale of a witch, a tower, and lustrous long hair…
A pair of accursed red boots punishes a beautiful dancer for her pride…
A troll killing, princess rescuing warrior is compelled to consider events from his adversaries’ point of view…
In a blistering tell all memoir, Goldilocks reveals the sordid truth about her brutal foster parent, Papa Bear…
Rich, surprising, funny, erotic, and unsettling, these twenty new yarns and poems offer exceptional new treasures as they brilliantly reveal lusts and jealousies, foibles, hatreds, and dangerous obsessions, the things that slyly lurk in the midnight interior of oft told tales.

The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest

One of our most enduring, universal myths is that of the Green Man the spirit who stands for Nature in its most wild and untamed form, a man with leaves for hair who dwells deep within the mythic forest. Through the ages and around the world, the Green Man and other nature spirits have appeared in stories, songs, and artwork, as well as many beloved fantasy novels, including Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings. Now Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, the acclaimed editors of over twenty anthologies, have gathered some of today’s finest writers of magical fiction to interpret the spirits of nature in short stories and poetry. Charles Vess Stardust brings his stellar eye and brush to the decorations, and Windling provides an introduction exploring Green Man symbolism and forest myth. The Green Man will become required reading for teenagers and adults alike not only for fans of fantasy fiction, but for anyone interested in mythology and the mysteries of the wilderness.

The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm

Faeries, or creatures like them, can be found in almost every culture the world over benevolent and terrifying, charming and exasperating, shifting shape from country to country, story to story, and moment to moment. In The Faery Reel, acclaimed anthologists Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling have asked some of today’s finest writers of fantastic fiction for short stories and poems that draw on the great wealth of world faery lore and classic faery literature. This companion to the World Fantasy Award winner and Locus bestseller The Green Man is edgy, provocative, and thoroughly magical. Like the faeries themselves.

The Beastly Bride: Tales of the Animal People

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, Lucius Shepard, and Tanith Lee, as well as many new, diverse voices. Terri Windling provides a scholarly, yet accessible introduction, and Charles Vess’s decorations open each story. From Finland to India, the Pacific Northwest to the Hamptons, shapechangers are part of our magical landscape and The Beastly Bride is sure to be one of the most acclaimed anthologies of the year.

The Dying Earth / Mazirian the Magician

The stories included in The Dying Earth introduce dozens of seekers of wisdom and beauty, lovely lost women, wizards of every shade of eccentricity with their runic amulets and spells. We meet the melancholy deodands, who feed on human flesh and the twk men, who ride dragonflies and trade information for salt. There are monsters and demons. Each being is morally ambiguous: The evil are charming, the good are dangerous. All are at home in Vance’s lyrically described fantastic landscapes like Embelyon where, The sky was a mesh of vast ripples and cross ripples and these refracted a thousand shafts of colored light, rays which in mid air wove wondrous laces, rainbow nets, in all the jewel hues…
. The dying Earth itself is otherworldly: A dark blue sky, an ancient sun…
. Nothing of Earth was raw or harsh the ground, the trees, the rock ledge protruding from the meadow; all these had been worked upon, smoothed, aged, mellowed. The light from the sun, though dim, was rich and invested every object of the land…
with a sense of lore and ancient recollection. Welcome. The Dying Earth and its sequels comprise one of the most powerful fantasy/science fiction concepts in the history of the genre. They are packed with adventure but also with ideas, and the vision of uncounted human civilizations stacked one atop another like layers in a phyllo pastry thrills even as it induces a sense of awe at…
the fragility and transience of all things, the nobility of humanity s struggle against the certainty of an entropic resolution. Dean Koontz, author of the Odd Thomas novels. He gives you glimpses of entire worlds with just perfectly turned language. If he d been born south of the border, he d be up for a Nobel Prize. Dan Simmons author of The Hyperion Cantos.

Cugel’s Saga / Cugel: The Skybreak Spatterlight

‘Vance sees himself in the tradition of popular fantasy writers, but his classic writing style is also comparagle to Homer’s Odyssey, and Cervante’s Don Quixote. Though the Cugel tales may lack the scope and pathos of the greatest adventure yarns, in the twenty-first century, they may be as close as one gets to the celebration of epic human perseverance.’–editor, Brilliance Audio Cugel’s Saga, published 17 years after Eyes of the Overworld, is the second novel that features the scoundrel and trickster, Cugel. Again, Cugel tests wits with Iucounu and acquires rudimentary powers himself. ‘Cugel the Clever [is a rogue so venal and unscrupulous that that he makes Harry Flashman look like Dudley Do-Right. How could you not love a guy like that?…
. Judging from the number of times that Cugel has come back…
you can’t keep a bad man down.’ -George R.R. Martin, author of A Song of Ice and Fire. ‘Cugel the Clever [is a liar and thief in a doomed world of liars and thieves…
. Probably the least attractive hero it would be possible to find, struggling through a universe like a Hieronymus Bosch painting, a hero only in that nearly everybody else he encounters in that universe is on the make too, and yet the Cugel stories are howlingly funny.’ -Kage Baker, author of Empress of Mars.

The Eyes of the Overworld / Cugel the Clever

The Eyes of the Overworld is the first of Vance’s picaresque novels about the scoundrel Cugel. Here he is sent by a magician he has wronged to a distant unknown country to retrieve magical lenses that reveal the Overworld. Conniving to steal the lenses, he escapes and, goaded by a homesick monster magically attached to his liver, starts to find his way home to Almery. The journey takes him across trackless mountains, wastelands, and seas. Vance s career began when he was in the merchant marine and continued through extended stays in exotic cities. Through cunning and dumb luck, the relentless Cugel survives one catastrophe after another, fighting off bandits, ghosts, and ghouls stealing, lying, and cheating without insight or remorse leaving only wreckage behind. Betrayed and betraying, he joins a cult group on a pilgrimage, crosses the Silver Desert as his comrades die one by one and, escaping the Rat People, obtains a spell that returns him home. There, thanks to incompetence and arrogance he misspeaks the words of a purloined spell and transports himself back to the same dismal place he began his journey.

Rhialto the Marvellous

Rhialto the Marvellous takes up the personal and political conflicts among a conclave of two dozen magicians of Ascolais and Almery in the 21st Aeon. The shocking appearance of the Llorio the Murtha, a powerful female force from an earlier aeon threatens to unbalance nature by ensqualming or feminizing the magicians. This triggers a tremendous struggle for power and the other mages turn against Rhialto. Hoping to reestablish his rightful place, Rhialto travels to other aeons to restore the missing Perciplex which projects the Mostrament, the constitution of the association. In his final adventure, Rhialto must, ultimately, travel to the very ends of time and space to confront an old adversary whom he had wronged and must commit further misdeeds to restore order. Out of this welter of exotic politics, values systems, personal eccentricity, and magic, the figure of Rhialto slowly comes into focus and takes on dimension. He is a vain, apparently superficial man, not ashamed to demonstrate his melancholy to enhance his reputation. But he is courteous, patient, and subtle, even kind. He is self aware and introspective as Cugel never could be the wisest and most sympathetic of all of Vance’s wizards.

Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honour of Jack Vance

Thank You, Mr. Vance, by Dean Koontz. 2009 by Dean Koontz. Preface, by Jack Vance. 2009 by Jack Vance. The True Vintage of Erzuine Thale, by Robert Silverberg. 2009 by Agberg, Ltd. Grolion of Almery, by Matthew Hughes. 2009 by Matt Hughes Company Ltd. The Copsy Door, by Terry Dowling. 2009 by Terry Dowling. Caulk the Witch Chaser, by Liz Williams. 2009 by Liz Williams. Inescapable, by Mike Resnick. 2009 by Mike Resnick. Abrizonde, by Walter Jon Williams. 2009 by Walter Jon Williams. The Traditions of Karzh, by Paula Volsky. 2009 by Paula Volsky. The Final Quest of the Wizard Sarnod, by Jeff VanderMeer. 2009 by Jeff VanderMeer. The Green Bird, by Kage Baker. 2009 by Kage Baker. The Last Golden Thread, by Phyllis Eisenstein. 2009 by Phyllis Eisenstein. An Incident in Uskvesh, by Elizabeth Moon. 2009 by Elizabeth Moon. Sylgarmo’s Proclamation, by Lucius Shepard. 2009 by Lucius Shepard. The Lamentably Comical Tragedy or the Laughably Tragic Comedy of Lival Laqavee, by Tad Williams. 2009 by Tad Williams. Guyal the Curator, by John C. Wright. 2009 by John C. Wright. The Good Magician, by Glen Cook. 2009 by Glen Cook. The Return of the Fire Witch, by Elizabeth Hand. 2009 by Elizabeth Hand. The Collegeum of Mauge, by Byron Tetrick. 2009 by Byron Tetrick. Evillo the Uncunning, by Tanith Lee. 2009 by Tanith Lee. The Guiding Nose of Ulf nt Bander z, by Dan Simmons. 2009 by Dan Simmons. Frogskin Cap, by Howard Waldrop. 2009 by Howard Waldrop. A Night at the Tarn House, by George R. R. Martin. 2009 by George R. R. Martin. An Invocation of Incuriosity, by Neil Gaiman. 2009 by Neil Gaiman.

The Skin Trade

Douglas E. Winter presents a collection of all new, tantalizingly terrifying stories by masters of horror. Features the work of Stephen King, Dan Simmons and George R.R. Martin. ‘Strong stuff, with good shudder potential…
A success…
You’ll want to read this one!’ Locus. Published in hardcover as Night Visions 5. Occult/Horror Ctn Qty/50.

Night Visions 10

Nearly twenty years ago, the legendary Night Visions series was conceived by Dark Harvest Press as a showcase for the outstanding short fiction being produced today by the best of the established authors and the most talented of the new writers in the fields of horror and dark fantasy. Now, from the grave, Night Visions returns with original novellas by Jack Ketchum and John Shirley, and five new stories by David B. Silva…
A nightmare creature, buried by children, returns to claim them as adults. A woman’s flat tire turns into a memorable stretch of bad luck as she becomes a passenger in a car bound for Hell. A man spends his life trying to forget the misdeeds of his past. A small group of teenagers must overcome an ancient evil. Experience the return of terror in Night Visions 10, edited by World Fantasy award winner Richard Chizmar.

Isaac Asimov’s Detectives (By:Isaac Asimov)

Uncover a unique collection of mysterious science fiction that goes beyond the mean streets and hard boiled hideouts of traditional tales of dead eye dicks that are out of this world! From the files of Isaac Asimov’s Science FIction Magazine stories from Gregg Egan, Lisa Goldstein, Isaac Asimov, John Varley, Kate Wilhelm, and Nancy Kress.

Isaac Asimov’s Utopias (By:Isaac Asimov)

Acclaimed science fiction writers present their own provocative visions of what an ideal world is really like…

Isaac Asimov’s Father Day (By:Isaac Asimov)

From the award winning pages of Asimov’s Science Fiction today’s most creative minds explore the fierce, fragile bond between fathers and their children.

Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture

Zipes brings together the best literary fairy tales ever written, giving readers a sense of the history of the genre and its evolution. Includes more than 60 tales by writers such as Hans Christian Andersen, Wilhelm Grimm, Voltaire, Goethe, Hawthorne, Yeats, Hesse, Thurber, Jane Yolen, Angela Carter, and more. Illustrated.

Modern Classics of Fantasy

This wonderful collection celebrates fantasy’s heydey with 33 masterpieces of short fiction, ranging from 1940s stories by L. Sprague de Camp, H. L. Gold, Fritz Leiber, and Manly Wade Wellman to more recent tales by such towering modern talents as Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, James P. Blaylock, Suzy McKee Charnas, John Crowley, Tanith Lee, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, Michael Swanwick, JaneYolen, and Roger Zelazny. Just as Gardner Dozois’s anthology Modern Classics of Science Fiction SMP, 1992 has helped new generations of readers and old fans discover the genre’s finest short stories, so too shall this volume allow readers to find in one volume more than two dozen masterworks of fantasy.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction : Sixteenth Annual Collection

Long regarded as the premier annual collection of science fiction stories, Gardner Dozois’s latest volume of The Year’s Best Science Fiction continues this tradition of excellence with twenty five representing the finest offerings in the field. Among the gems included here are: ‘Story of Your Life’ by Ted Chiang, in which the story of alien contact and a very human drama merge beautifully ‘The Island of the Immortals’ by Ursula K. Le Guin, in which a brave traveler investigates the reasons why people shun the exotic island ‘Approaching Perimelasma’ by Geoffrey A. Landis, which boldly takes us into a black hole and through the stunning changes that ensue ‘Taklamakan’ by Bruce Sterling, a wildly inventive tale of future spies in a Lost World ‘The Summer Isles’ by Ian R. MacLeod, a moving novella reflecting an alternate history in which the Great War turned out a bit differently In addition, there are twenty more stories here by the field’s masters and by up and coming new writers, including: William Barton Stephen Baxter Rob Chilson Tony Daniel Cory Doctorow Greg Egan Jim Grimsley Gwyneth Jones Chris Lawson Tanith Lee Paul J. McAuley Ian McDonald Robert Reed William Browning Spencer Allen Steele Michael Swanwick Howard Waldrop Cherry Wilder Liz Williams Robert Charles Wilson Completing the collection are Dozois’s insightful survey of the year in science fiction and a long list of Honorable Mentions. With its explorations of outer space and inner space, with its examinations of what it means to be human today and tomorrow, and with its love of a good yarn, this volume remains the single best source for science fiction stories.

Midnight Mass and Other Great Vampire Stories

From the horrifying to the humorous, some of today’s finest authors share stories about one of mankind’s oldest imagined evils, the vampire. The contents of this original audio production include ‘Bite Me Not, or Fleur de Fur’ by Tanith Lee, ‘Food Chain’ by Nina Kiriki Hoffman, ‘Moonlight in Vermont’ by Esther Freisner, ‘Madeleine’ by Barbara Hambly, ‘Victims’ by Kristine Kathryn Rusch, ‘Seat Partner’ by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and ‘Midnight Mass’ by F. Paul Wilson.

The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The 50th Anniversary Anthology

Since its founding, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction has been acclaimed as one of the pinnacles of the field, the source of fantastic fiction of the highest literary quality. Now the magazine known to its readers as ‘F&SF’ celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with a spectacular anthology of the best recent work from the magazine. Included are stories from major writers like Bruce Sterling, John Crowley, and Harlan Ellison. Also here are award winners like Ursula K. Le Guin’s Nebula winning ‘Solitude,’ Maureen F. McHugh’s Hugo winning ‘The Lincoln Train,’ and Elizabeth Hand’s Nebula and World Fantasy Award winning ‘Last Summer at Mars Hill.’The fiftieth anniversary collection for the most distinguished magazine of the science fiction and fantasy world. Contributors include:Dale BaileyTerry BissonMichael BlumleinRay BradburyJohn CrowleyBradley DentonPaul Di FilippoS.N. DyerHarlan EllisonEsther M. FriesnerElizabeth HandTanith LeeUrsula K. Le GuinMaureen F. McHughRachel PollackRobert ReedBruce Holland RogersBruce SterlingRay VukcevichKate WilhelmGene Wolfe

Graven Images

In this thrilling new anthology from the editors of In the Shadow of the Gargoyle cited by Locus as one of the year’s best anthologies, today’s top fantasy and horror talents take a close look at our distant idols. Ancient gods who faded into history, all that remains are the mortal made likenesses of their images sacred relics, holy statues, and hallowed trinkets bearing the images of those fabled gods who ruled over of all creation…
Now, at last, the old gods have returned in these all new tales of the sacred and profane, the beautiful and grotesque, the loving and vengeful. Includes stories by: Nebula and Hugo Award winner Robert Silverberg Nebula winner Esther M. Freisner World Fantasy Award winner Brian McNaughton, Tanith Lee, and Gene Wolfe Hugo Award winner Lawrence Watt Evans and Other acclaimed authors, including Jack Ketchum, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Storm Constantine, Chelsea Quinn Yarboro, Kathe Koja, and Yvonne Navarro

Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian

Janis Ian has inspired fans for years with her lyrical and evocative music. Now, this popular music legend has invited her favorite science fiction and fantasy writers to interpret her songs using their own unique voices. The result is the most unusual and exciting collaboration in the worlds of both science fiction fantasy and music.

Winter Moon

New York Times bestselling author Mercedes LackeyIn an isolated land where the lure of the ‘Moontide’ leads to shipwrecks, a woman is torn between obeying her father or her king. When she chooses to follow a Fool, she discovers magic she’d never expected at a price that might be too high . World Fantasy award winner Tanith LeeStruggling under the curse of a dead comrade, Clirando, a warrior priestess unready to face the powers trapped within her, must face ‘The Heart of the Moon’ to reveal what has been hidden .C.E. MurphyIn ‘Banshee Cries,’ ritual murders under a full moon lead Jo Walker to confront a Harbinger of Death. Maybe this ‘gift’ she has is one she shouldn’t ignore because the next life she has to save might be her own!

Sages & Swords

Featuring thirteen fantasy stories by popular and critically acclaimed writers, this anthology offers a fascinating and unique roster of authors whose gripping tales run the gamut of fantasy themes and settings. Each original tale showcases heroic action and rich mythology penned by a varied collection of contributors, including master Tanith Lee, cult favorites Howard Andrew Jones and Joseph A. McCullough, and rising stars Sean T. M. Stiennon and Robert J. Santa writers who bring together magic, swordplay, and eclectic characters in stories that transport readers to alternate worlds, distant pasts, and fantastic settings. Two essays on the craft and business of fiction writing round out the collection, making this anthology both a model of the genre and a source of inspiration for aspiring fantasy writers.

Clockwork Phoenix: Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

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 with the manner in which they cross genre boundaries, that aren’t afraid to experiment with storytelling techniques, and yet seamlessly blend form with meaningful function. The delectable offerings found within these pages come from some of today’s most distinguished contemporary fantasists and brilliant rising newcomers. Whether it’s a touch of literary erudition, playful whimsy, extravagant style, or mind blowing philosophical speculation and insight, the reader will be led into unfamiliar territory, there to find shock and delight. Introducing CLOCKWORK PHOENIX. ‘Author and editor Allen Mythic has compiled a neatly packaged set of short stories that flow cleverly and seamlessly from one inspiration to another…
. Lush descriptions and exotic imagery startle, engross, chill and electrify the reader, and all 19 stories have a strong and delicious taste of weird.’ Publishers WeeklyIncludes stories by Catherynne M. Valente, David Sandner, John Grant, Cat Rambo, Leah Bobet, Michael J. DeLuca, Laird Barron, Ekaterina Sedia, Cat Sparks, Tanith Lee, Marie Brennan, Jennifer Crow, Vandana Singh, John C. Wright, C.S. MacCath, Joanna Galbraith, Deborah Biancotti and Erin Hoffman.

Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

Clockwork Phoenix 2: More Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

Story marries style. The result is a cornucopia of modern cutting edge fantasy.

The second volume of this extraordinary new annual anthology series of fantastic literature dares to surpass the first, with works that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle with the manner in which they cross genre boundaries, that aren’t afraid to experiment with storytelling techniques, and yet seamlessly blend form with meaningful function. The effervescent offerings found within these pages come from some of today’s most distinguished contemporary fantasists and brilliant rising newcomers.

Whether it’s a touch of literary erudition, playful whimsy, extravagant style, or mind blowing philosophical speculation and insight, the reader will be led into unfamiliar territory, there to find shock and delight.

Presenting Clockwork Phoenix 2.

‘Allen finds his groove for this second annual anthology of weird stories, selecting 16 wonderfully evocative, well written tales…
Each story fits neatly alongside the next, and the diversity of topics, perspectives and authors makes this cosmopolitan anthology a winner.’
Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Contributors in this volume include:

Claude Lalumiere, Leah Bobet, Marie Brennan, Ian McHugh, Ann Leckie, Mary Robinette Kowal, Saladin Ahmed, Tanith Lee, Joanna Galbraith, Catherynne M. Valente, Forrest Aguirre, Gemma Files and Stephen J. Barringer, Kelly Barnhill, Barbara Krasnoff, and Steve Rasnic Tem

Last Drink Bird Head

Last Drink Bird Head is a variation on a surrealist writing game: we gave the phrase to over 70 writers and asked them Who or what is Last Drink Bird Head? The results run the gamut from the hilarious to the terrifying, with each writer bringing their signature style and voice to the enterprise. All proceeds on Last Drink go to ProLiteracy. org. WHAT IS PROLITERACY? Help promote worldwide literacy through the ProLiteracy organization. ProLiteracy champions the power of literacy to improve the lives of adults and their families, communities, and societies. We envision a world in which everyone can read, write, compute, and use technology to lead healthy, productive, and fulfilling lives. For more information, visit ProLiteracy. org. Contributors: Daniel Abraham, Michael Arnzen, Steve Aylett, KJ Bishop, Michael Bishop, Desirina Boskovich, Keith Brooke, Jesse Bullington, Richard Butner, Catherine Cheek, Matthew Cheney, Michael Cisco, Gio Clairval, Alan M. Clark, Brendan Connell, Paul Di Filippo, Stephen R. Donaldson, Rikki Ducornet, Clare Dudman, Hal Duncan, Scott Eagle, Brian Evenson, Eliot Fintushel, Jeffrey Ford, Richard Gehr, Felix Gilman, Jon Courtney Grimwood, Rhys Hughes, Paul Jessup, Antony Johnston, John Kaiine, Henry Kaiser, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Tessa Kum, Ellen Kushner, Jay Lake, Tanith Lee, Stina Leicht, Therese Littleton, Beth Adele Long, Dustin Long, Nick Mamatas, JM McDermott, Sarah Monette, Kari OConnor, Ben Peek, Holly Phillips, Louis Phillips, Tim Pratt, Cat Rambo, Mark Rich, Bruce Holland Rogers, Nicholas Royle, G Eric Schaller, Ekaterina Sedia, Ramsey Shehadeh, Peter Straub, Victoria Strauss, Michael Swanwick, Mark Swartz, Alan Swirsky, Rachel Swirsky, Sonya Taaffe, Justin Taylor, Steve Rasnic Tem, Jeffrey Thomas, Scott Thomas, John Urbancik, Genevieve Valentine, Kim Westwood, Leslie What, Andrew Steiger White, Conrad Williams, Liz Williams, Neil Williamson, Caleb Wilson, Gene Wolfe, Jonathan Wood, Marly Youmans, and Catherine Zeidler

Clockwork Phoenix 3: New Tales of Beauty and Strangeness

‘Allen’s third volume of extraordinary short stories reaches new heights of rarity and wonder…
Without a wrong note, all the stories in this anthology admirably fulfill Allen’s promise of ‘beauty and strangeness.” Publishers Weekly, Starred Review Story cavorts with style. The result is a cornucopia of modern cutting edge fantasy. The third volume of this extraordinary annual anthology series of fantastic literature dares to surpass the first two, with works that sidestep expectations in beautiful and unsettling ways, that surprise with their settings and startle with the manner in which they cross genre boundaries, that aren’t afraid to experiment with storytelling techniques, and yet seamlessly blend form with meaningful function. The effervescent offerings found within these pages come from some of today’s most distinguished contemporary fantasists and brilliant rising newcomers. Whether it’s a touch of literary erudition, playful whimsy, extravagant style, or mind blowing philosophical speculation and insight, the reader will be led into unfamiliar territory, there to find shock and delight. Presenting Clockwork Phoenix 3. Includes stories by Marie Brennan, Tori Truslow, Georgina Bruce, Michael M. Jones, Gemma Files, Shweta Narayan, Cat Rambo, Nicole Kornher Stace, C.S.E. Cooney, S.J. Hirons, Gregory Frost, Kenneth Schneyer, John C. Wright, John Grant, and Tanith Lee.

Songs of Love and Death

IN this star studded cross genre anthology, seventeen of the greatest modern authors of fantasy, science fiction, and romance explore the borderlands of their genres with brand new tales of ill fated love. From zombie infested woods in a postapocalyptic America to faery haunted rural fields in eighteenth century England, from the kingdoms of high fantasy to the alien world of a galaxy spanning empire, these are stories of lovers who must struggle against the forces of magic and fate. Award winning, bestselling author Neil Gaiman demonstrates why he’s one of the hottest stars in literature today with The Thing About Cassandra, a subtle but chilling story of a man who meets an old girlfriend he had never expected to see. International blockbuster bestselling author Diana Gabaldon sends a World War II RAF pilot through a stone circle to the time of her Outlander series in A Leaf on the Winds of All Hallows. Torn from all he knows, Jerry MacKenzie determinedly survives hardship and danger, intent on his goal of returning home to his wife and baby no matter the cost. New York Times bestselling author Jim Butcher presents Love Hurts, in which Harry Dresden takes on one of his deadliest adversaries and in the process is forced to confront the secret desires of his own heart. Just the smallest sampling promises unearthly delights, but look also for stories by New York Times bestselling romance authors Jo Beverley and Mary Jo Putney, and by such legends of the fantasy genre as Peter S. Beagle and Tanith Lee, as well as many other popular and beloved writers, including Marjorie M. Liu, Jacqueline Carey, Carrie Vaughn, and Robin Hobb. This exquisite anthology, crafted by the peerless editing team of George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, is sure to leave you under its spell. Discover the many realms of the heart with this extraordinary cast of acclaimed authors: PETER S. BEAGLE JO BEVERLEY JIM BUTCHER JACQUELINE CAREY DIANA GABALDON NEIL GAIMAN YASMINE GALENORN M.L.N. HANOVER ROBIN HOBB CECELIA HOLLAND TANITH LEE MARJORIE M. LIU MARY JO PUTNEY LINNEA SINCLAIR MELINDA SNODGRASS LISA TUTTLE CARRIE VAUGHN

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