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Seekers of Dreams: Masterpieces of Fantasy
Author: | Douglas A. Anderson |
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Cold Spring Press, 2005 |
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Synopsis
Fantasy is one the best-selling and widely read of today's literary genres, thanks to the enduring popularity of authors such as J.R.R. Tolkien and the blockbuster film versions of "The Lord of the Rings" and other fantasy books. "Seekers of Dreams" is a unique collection of some of the fantasy genre's best short stories. Featured authors include the legendary Bram Stoker, the master of modern fantasy horror Thomas Ligotti, the king of the weird and wonderful H.P. Lovecraft, and many, many more.This is a must-have volume for anyone with an interest in the increasingly popular world of fantasy fiction.
Contents:
- Introduction (Seekers of Dreams: Masterpieces of Fantasy) - essay by Douglas A. Anderson
- Friend's Best Man - (1987) - shortstory by Jonathan Carroll
- Mountains of the Moon - (1899) - shortstory by Laurence Housman
- The Gods of the Mountain - (1912) - shortfiction by Lord Dunsany
- The Challenge from Beyond (Part 1 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by C. L. Moore ]
- The Challenge from Beyond (Part 2 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by A. Merritt ]
- The Challenge from Beyond (Part 3 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by H. P. Lovecraft ]
- The Challenge from Beyond (Part 4 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by Robert E. Howard ]
- The Challenge from Beyond (Part 5 of 5) - [Cthulhu Mythos Tales] - (1935) - shortfiction by H. P. Lovecraft and C. L. Moore and A. Merritt and Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long (variant of The Challenge from Beyond) [as by Frank Belknap Long, Jr. ]
- The Bright Valley - (2002) - shortstory by R. H. Barlow
- The Shadow at the Bottom of the World - (1990) - shortstory by Thomas Ligotti
- The Saint and the Forest-Gods - (1917) - shortstory by Kenneth Morris
- The Unicorn Tapestries - (1981) - poem by Peter S. Beagle
- A King's Lesson - (1886) - shortstory by William Morris
- Senator Bilbo - (2001) - shortstory by Andy Duncan
- The Moon-Dial - (1932) - novelette by Henry S. Whitehead
- The Face by the River - (2004) - shortstory by Clark Ashton Smith
- The Fifty-First Dragon - (1919) - shortstory by Heywood Broun
- Quercus Hobbs - shortstory by Leonard Cline
- The Judge's House - (1891) - shortstory by Bram Stoker
- The Grimoire - (1936) - shortstory by Montague Summers
- The Were-Wolf - (1890) - novelette by Clemence Housman
- Inexplicable - (1917) - shortstory by L. G. Moberly
- The Golden Rat - (1913) - novelette by Alexander Harvey
- The Haunted Jarvee - [Carnacki (William Hope Hodgson)] - (1929) - shortstory by William Hope Hodgson
- The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (excerpt) - [Oz] - (1900) - shortfiction by L. Frank Baum
- Green Hill Country - shortstory by Verlyn Flieger
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