{"title":"Fantasy Anthologies","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"balefires","title":"Balefires","description":"\u003cp\u003eBalefires is the long-awaited collection of David Drake's weird and fantastic fiction. Before Drake was a best-selling author of military science fiction, he was a prolific writer of horror and fantasy short fiction. Balefires collects some of his earliest professional sales (including his first sale to Arkham House.) In addition, Balefires brings together many stories set in the worlds of his fantasy novels (Ranks of Bronze, Lord of the Isles, etc.) and contains original fiction. More than just a collection of stories, Balefires features extensive story notes that chronicle the development of the writing career of one of the science fiction's most popular writers, and provides detailed snapshots of the larger than life editors, publishers and writers that Drake has worked with throughout his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSkyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors., ISBN13: 9781597800716 ISBN10: 1597800716 Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46111715885219,"sku":"A.30.7 F_04-30-25_ART_H00007O5","price":38.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}]},{"product_id":"six-months-three-days-five-others","title":"Six Months, Three Days, Five Others","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A master absurdist...Highly recommended.\" ―The New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBefore the success of her debut SF-and-fantasy novel All the Birds in the Sky, Charlie Jane Anders was a rising star in SF and fantasy short fiction. Collected in a mini-book format, here―for the first time in print―are six of her quirky, wry, engaging best:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \"The Fermi Paradox Is Our Business Model,\" aliens reveal the terrible truth about how humans were created―and why we'll never discover aliens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"As Good as New\" is a brilliant twist on the tale of three wishes, set after the end of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Intestate\" is about a family reunion in which some attendees aren't quite human anymore―but they're still family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The Cartography of Sudden Death\" demonstrates that when you try to solve a problem with time travel, you now have two problems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Six Months, Three Days\" is the story of the love affair between a man who can see the one true foreordained future, and a woman who can see all the possible futures. They're both right, and the story won the 2012 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd \"Clover,\" exclusively written for this collection, is a coda to All the Birds in the Sky, answering the burning question of what happened to Patricia's cat., ISBN13: 9780765394897 ISBN10: 0765394898 Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124394905763,"sku":"CH_12-26-24_PHA_H00000DQ","price":23.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/91TK95JulcL.jpg?v=1754807453"},{"product_id":"the-dragon-quintet","title":"The Dragon Quintet","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn abiding presence in myth and literature from around the world, the dragon has been reborn in modern fantasy fiction. The classic winged fire-breathing reptile often associated with evil (they do despoil villages and demand virgin sacrifices, after all) tends nowadays to be more kindly disposed to humankind, sometimes aloofly offering magical wisdom, sometimes actively involved in human lives, whether as a servant or friend. In this volume, originally compiled exclusively for the members of the Science Fiction Book Club and not available in stores, editor Marvin Kaye has skillfully gathered brand-new contributions to the hoard of dragon lore by five top fantasy authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOrson Scott Card---an expert at writing from a child's point of view, as evidenced in his bestselling Ender's Game and Ender's Shadow---offers a gothic yarn set in contemporary suburbia. \"In the Dragon's House\" tells about the mysterious dragon that lives in the wiring of an old house, palpable only to a young boy who in dreams shares its body and feels its true size and power. But what does it really want?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMercedes Lackey, prolific author of the Valdemar saga, writes of a slave boy who is chosen to care for a warrior's dragon. Vetch (and the reader) will learn much about dragon behavior . . . and this special dragon's secrets may be the key to his freedom. (Lackey was so taken by young Vetch that she expanded his adventures into a novel with the same name as this story---\"Joust.\")\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTanith Lee is no stranger to dragons, which appear quite often in her award-winning fantasies. The fable \"Love in a Time of Dragons\" is imbued with her signature atmosphere---Old World, moody, erotic---as a kitchen maid goes a-questing with a handsome champion to slay the local drakkor. But the tale takes a surprising twist. . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Moon, author of the popular Esmay Suiza and Heris Serrano series, takes a break from military science fiction to give us the tale of a young man forced by lies to flee his village . . . into an adventure of dwarfs and dragonspawn, of trust and wisdom, and, ultimately, \"Judgment.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRounding off the collection is Michael Swanwick's \"King Dragon,\" a strange amalgam of twentieth-century technology and faery magic, in which the award-winning author invokes a truly sinister and repellent creature---a being with the soul of a beast and the body of a machine-part metal, part devil . . . all-merciless., ISBN13: 9780765310354 ISBN10: 076531035X Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124401688739,"sku":"A.5.6 CH_03-27-25_ART_H00002T4","price":15.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/71P1EFTpHqL.jpg?v=1754807591"},{"product_id":"a-str_ubd_h0000mpl","title":"Reave the Just and Other Tales","description":"\u003cp\u003eStephen R. Donaldson is known for weaving brilliant tales of worlds so real, they come vividly to life. His unique talents have placed his work among J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth stories, Frank Herbert's Dune trilogy, and C.S. Lewis's classic Chronicles of Narnia--and established him as a writer with the rare ability to expand readers' imaginations as he deepens their understanding of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis magnificent new collection of eight stories and novellas--three of which have never before been published--commences with the exceptional title story, \"Reave the Just.\" This fablelike masterpiece entertains as it deftly highlights one of the major themes in all of Donaldson's work: the innate and extraordinary power of the individual to overcome adversity. \"The Killing Stroke\" concerns perhaps the ultimate quest for meaning and honor, as three warriors desperately attempt to escape a doorless room, a war between mages, and even death.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe morbid, soul-taking hero of \"Penance\" and the mysterious beggar woman in the dark fairy tale \"The Woman Who Loved Pigs\" are both plagued by the double-edged sword of love. And a pampered antihero is forced to make a choice between virtue and vice in \"The Djinn Who Watches Over the Accursed.\" Boasting exotic settings and suspense fueled by sudden plot twists, the stories in this must-have anthology feature tormented practitioners of mystical martial arts, the perils of wizardry, and the exploits of imperfect heroes embarking on marvelous quests.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost of all, Reave the Just and Other Tales is a testament to the astonishing scope of Stephen R. Donaldson's mastery of magic and myth, as well as his talent to spin unforgettably spellbinding stories. A lavish reading experience for his many fans and a superb introduction for readers just discovering him, this collection beautifully does something that only the very best fiction can: inspires readers to dream the most fabulous dreams., ISBN13: 9780553110340 ISBN10: 0553110349 Material Type: hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CheapBookDepot","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46124814860451,"sku":"A-STR_UBD_H0000MPL","price":10.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/9227\/5107\/files\/71Us6BJ6THL.jpg?v=1754825893"}],"url":"https:\/\/usedbookdepot.com\/collections\/fantasy-anthologies.oembed","provider":"Used Book Depot","version":"1.0","type":"link"}