My Favorite Fantasy Story
 Cover illustration of My Favorite Fantasy Story | |
| Author | edited by Martin H. Greenberg |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Les Edwards |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy short stories |
| Publisher | DAW Books |
Publication date | 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 423 pp |
| ISBN | 0-88677-905-7 |
My Favorite Fantasy Story is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by Martin H. Greenberg. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in August 2000, and reprinted by ibooks in July 2004.[1]
The book collects eighteen "[a]ward-winning, career-changing, classic stories" by "masters" of the genre, "[p]ersonally selected by such modern-day greats as: Morgan Llywelyn, Terry Pratchett, Tanya Huff, Charles de Lint, George R. R. Martin, Katherine Kurtz, Marion Zimmer Bradley [and] Margaret Weis,"[2] some of whom also authored some of the stories. Pieces included range in length from short stories to novelettes to one novel (Mopsa the Fairy), with the time span of their original publications ranging from 1837-1992.[1]
Contents
- "Ghosts of Wind and Shadow" (Charles de Lint)
- "Mazirian the Magician" (Jack Vance)
- "Troll Bridge" (Terry Pratchett)
- "The Tale of Hauk" (Poul Anderson)
- "In Our Block" (R. A. Lafferty)
- "The Gnarly Man" (L. Sprague de Camp)
- "Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad" (M. R. James)
- "Homeland" (Barbara Kingsolver)
- "Stealing God" (Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald)
- "Shadowlands" (Elisabeth Waters)
- Mopsa the Fairy (Jean Ingelow)
- "Liane the Wayfarer" (Jack Vance)
- "The Spring" (Manly Wade Wellman)
- "That Hell-Bound Train" (Robert Bloch)
- "The Dancer from the Dance" (M. John Harrison)
- "More Spinned Against" (John Wyndham)
- "The Bagman's Story" (Charles Dickens)
- "Unicorn Variations" (Roger Zelazny)
Notes
- 1 2 My Favorite Fantasy Story title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ↑ Cover, first edition.
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