The Mammoth Book of Angels and Demons
Author: | Paula Guran |
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Robinson, 2013 |
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Genre: | Fantasy |
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Synopsis
Despite our tendency to think of the demonic as evil and the angelic as good, our own legends don't always bear this out. Angels can be the incarnation of light and salvation, but they can also fall - Satan himself is a fallen angel. Demons can be truly demonic, but these unearthly creatures can also, on occasion, lend humankind a hand. Temptation can lead to revelation, supernatural messengers who bring true justice may not be welcomed, and beings seeking redemption can be blind to mortal needs.
Stories from world-renowned authors of science fiction and fantasy - including Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin and Joyce Carol Oates - and rising stars portray angels in all their glory, demons at their most dreadful, and a surprising variety of modern interpretations of ancient myth.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: Things Are Complicated - (2013) - essay by Paula Guran
- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep - (1991) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
- Stackalee - (1990) - short story by Norman Partridge
- Bed and Breakfast - (1996) - short fiction by Gene Wolfe
- Frumpy Little Beat Girl - (2010) - short story by Peter Atkins
- The Night of White Bhairab - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
- ...And the Angel with Television Eyes - (1983) - short story by John Shirley
- Lost Souls - (1986) - short story by Clive Barker
- Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel - (2008) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
- Demon - (1996) - short story by Joyce Carol Oates
- Alabaster - (2006) - novelette by Caitlín R. Kiernan
- Sanji's Demon - (2010) - novelette by Richard Parks
- Oh, Glorious Sight - (2001) - novelette by Tanya Huff
- Angel - (1987) - short story by Pat Cadigan
- The Man Who Stole the Moon - (2001) - novelette by Tanith Lee
- The Big Sky - (1995) - novelette by Charles de Lint
- Elegy for a Demon Lover - (2005) - short story by Sarah Monette
- And the Angels Sing - (1990) - short story by Kate Wilhelm
- The Goat Cutter - (2003) - short story by Jay Lake
- Spirit Guides - (1995) - short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Demons, Your Body, and You - (2011) - short story by Genevieve Valentine
- The Monsters of Heaven - (2007) - short story by Nathan Ballingrud
- Come to Me - (2012) - short story by Sam Cameron
- One Saturday Night, with Angel - (2010) - short story by Peter M. Ball
- Lammas Night - (1976) - novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
- Pinion - (2011) - short story by Stellan Thorne
- Only Kids Are Afraid of the Dark - (1967) - short story by George R. R. Martin
- Murder Mysteries - (1992) - novelette by Neil Gaiman
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