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The Year's Best Fantasy by Paula Guran

The Year's Best Fantasy

Volume One

Paula Guran

Pyr · Print & ebook · August 16, 2022

Escape on a journey from the ordinary to the extraordinary with award-winning fantasy editor Paula Guran.

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Who it’s for
Twenty-four fantasy stories range from myth and fable to alternative realities that mirror our own.
Themes
Myth and fable, Witchcraft and magic, Love and mortality
Genres
Fantasy Anthologies, Short Story Anthologies, Fantasy

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About this book

Escape on a journey from the ordinary to the extraordinary with award-winning fantasy editor Paula Guran. This superbly curated collection explores myth and fable, dark and light—a heroic creature facing a dangerous demon; an earthly love facing the mossy decay of death.

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With tales of living ball gowns and timid monsters, of modern witches and multidimensional magic, these twenty-four stories will transport you from fantastical realms that push the limits of imagination to alternative realities mirroring much of our own. Discover bewitchment and wonder, the surreal and the chimerical, in a fantasy anthology representing a diverse array of accomplished talent from around the world . . . and perhaps beyond.

Fantasy Between Realities

Twenty-four fantasy stories range from myth and fable to alternative realities that mirror our own.

Come here for

  • Myth and fable alongside modern witches and multidimensional magic
  • Living ball gowns, timid monsters, and alternative realities

Expect

  • Tales of bewitchment, wonder, the surreal, and the chimerical
  • A heroic creature facing a dangerous demon; an earthly love facing death

Where it sits

Fantasy Anthologies99%
Short Story Anthologies58%
Fantasy26%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Short Story Anthologies
  • Fantasy Anthologies
  • Sci-Fi Short Stories
Authors
Paula Guran
Publisher
Pyr
Published
August 16, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Myth and fable · Witchcraft and magic · Love and mortality
Reading lane
Short Story Anthologies