Category: Fantasy

The Starlit Wood — Anthology

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The Starlit Wood -- Anthology

Standalones

In the Desert Like a Bone (Little Red Riding Hood) — Seanan McGuire – 2016
Underground (East of the Sun, West of the Moon) — Karin Tidbeck – 2016
Even the Crumbs Were Delicious (Hansel and Gretel) — Daryl Gregory – 2016
The Super Ultra Duchess of Fedora Forest (The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage) — Charlie Jane Anders – 2016
Familiaris (The Wolves) — Genevieve Valentine – 2016
Seasons of Glass and Iron (The Glass Mountain/The Black Bull of Norroway) — Amal El-Mohtar – 2016
Badgirl, The Deadman and The Wheel of Fortune (The Girl with No Hands) — Catherynne M. Valente – 2016
Penny for a Match, Mister? (The Little Match Girl) — Garth Nix – 2016
Some Wait (The Pied Piper of Hamelin) — Stephen Graham Jones – 2016
The Thousand Eyes (The Voice of Death) — Jeffrey Ford – 2016
Giants in the Sky (Jack and the Beanstalk) — Max Gladstone – 2016
The Briar and the Rose (Sleeping Beauty) — Marjorie Liu – 2016
The Other Thea (The Shadow) — Theodora Goss – 2016
When i Lay Frozen (Thumbelina) — Margo Lanagan – 2016
Pearl (Dã Tràng and the Pearl) — Aliette de Bodard – 2016
The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle (The Tale of Mahliya and Mauhub and the White-Footed Gazelle) — Sofia Samatar – 2016
Reflected (The Snow Queen) — Kat Howard – 2016
Spinning Silver (Rumpelstiltskin) — Naomi Novik – 2016

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Legends — Anthology

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Legends -- Anthology

Introduction — Stan Nicholls
Or So Legend has It — James Barclay
A Blade to the Heart — Gaie Sebold
Return to Arden Falls — Ian Whates
The Drake Lords of Kyla — Storm Constantine
A Tower of Arkrondurl — Tanith Lee
Who Walks With Death — Jonathan Green
Skipping Town — Joe Abercrombie
The Land of the Eagle — Juliet E McKenna
All Hail to the Oak — Anne Nicholls
Swords and Circle — Adrian Tchaikovsky
Fairyland — Jan Siegel
Mountain Tea — Sandra Unerman
The League of Resolve — Stan Nicholls

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A Hazardous Engagement — Gaie Sebold

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A Hazardous Engagement -- Gaie SeboldI read Gaie’s first two books, Babylon Steel and Dangerous Gifts, quite a while ago now and thoroughly enjoyed them, so it was good to come back and enjoy some more of Gaie’s writing.

Other than the lack of brothels and sex (can’t have everything we like), this book is certainly just as enjoyable, well written, with great characters, and certainly a must read for anyone who has enjoyed Gaie’s earlier books.

Gaie’s Page

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A Master of Djinn — P. Djèlí Clark

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A Master of Djinn -- P. Djèlí ClarkThe fourth book in the Dead Djinn Universe and carrying straight on from where The Haunting of Tram Car 015 left off, with all our favourite characters involved, this really is some great writing.

This trilogy has been my first taste of Djèlí’s writing and i’m very impressed.   His imagination is excellent and his ability to put that imagination into words for all us avid readers is simply marvellous.   I’m certainly going to be reading more of his work in the future: i’m hooked.

All in all, a wonderful blend of steampunk, fantasy and folklore all thrown into an alternative history in Cairo with lots of shenanigans mixed will in.   And it’s great to have main protagonists who are strong women, from different religions, who also happen to be in a same sex relationship.

P. Djèlí Clark’s Page

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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 — P. Djèlí Clark

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The Haunting of Tram Car 015 -- P. Djèlí ClarkThe third book in the Dead Djinn Universe, and is very similar to A Dead Djinn in Cairo, although with mostly different characters and a lot more pages to enjoy.

Once again, wonderfully written, keeps on a moving, interesting characters, great descriptions.

The only thing left to do is to read A Master of Djinn, which is a rather good length novel that i’m so looking forward to devouring.

P. Djèlí Clark’s Page

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The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Vol 1 — Anthology

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The Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly: Vol 1 -- Anthology

Over the Hills and Far Away. . .and Hiding Right Next to You — John O’Neill
Man of Moldania — Richard Marsden
Leo Passimus Remembers His First Voyage — Danny Adams
The Black Flowers of Sevan — James Lecky
Monster in the Mountains — William Gerke
The Lay of Cuthred King — Joshua Hampton
Shadows From Firelight — R. Michael Burns
The Footman — W. E. Couvillier
Hero of Old — John Keller
A Bit of Backstory — the editors
No Two Stones — Christopher Wood
What Sieglinde Serpentslayer Said to the King — Megan Arkenberg
The Sea Wasp — Robert Rhodes
Lord of the Brass Host — Dariel R.A. Quiogue
The Last Free Bear — J.S. Bangs
Lament for the Fathers — Joshua Hampton
Shattering the Spear — P. Djeli Clark
The Baroness Drefelin — David Pilling
Gilgamesh (What the Sumerians Seem to Have Missed) — David Sklar

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Griots: Sword and Soul — Anthology

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Griots: Sword and Soul -- Anthology

The Soul In the Sword — Charles R. Saunders
A Gathering At The Meeting Tree — Milton J. Davis
Mrembo Aliyenaswa — Milton J. Davis
Awakening — Valjeanne Jeffers
Lost Son — Maurice Broaddus
In the Wake of Mist — Kirk A. Johnson
Skin Magic — P. Djèlí Clark
The Demon in the Wall — Stafford L. Battle
The Belly of the Crocodile — Minister Faust
Changeling — Carole McDonnell
The General’s Daughter — Anthony Nana Kwamu
Sekadi’s Koan — Geoffrey Thorne
The Queen, the Demon, and the Mercenary — Ronald T. Jones
Icewitch — Rebecca McFarland Kyle
The Leopard Walks Alone — Melvin Carter
The Three-Faced One — Charles R. Saunders
Griots Bios

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The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington — P. Djèlí Clark

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The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington -- P. Djèlí ClarkIn the anthology, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Vol 13.

Nine short chapters, each one a comment on each one of Washington’s false teeth that were taken from the mouths of dead slaves, with a nice touch of Djèlí style fantasy added to each.

I wonder how many people actually know that Washington was an avid enslaver of other human beings and owned over 577 slaves during his lifetime?   These things should be told as they should never, ever, be forgotten and Washington’s name should always be associated with the evil he truly embodied in his actions and attitudes towards other human beings throughout his life.

P. Djèlí Clark’s Page

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