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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Christopher Golden, R. A. Montgomery, Edward Packard, Ellen Kushner, Ben M. Baglio, Fred Graver, Shannon Gilligan, Richard Brightfield, Louise Munro Foley, Jim Wallace, Douglas Terman, Dougal Dixon, Deborah Lerme Goodman, Lynn Sonberg, Tony Koltz. Excerpt:Ben M. Baglio (b. 1960 in New York ), using the pseudonym Lucy Daniels, is the author of two series of children's books - Dolphin Diaries and Animal Ark . Dolphin Diaries features a girl and her family from Florida , who travel around the world as marine biologists and study dolphins . Animal Ark features two children who work together to help animals and solve animal-related mysteries. Using his real name he also wrote the book series The Pet Finders Club , featuring a group of three kids who search for peoples lost pets. Ben used the name Lucy Daniels so that when people looked for Road Dahl in the library they would see his books. Dolphin Diaries In Dolphin Diaries , a girl named Jody McGrath discovers and befriends a friendly Bottlenose Dolphin whom she names Apollo. He is a lone dolphin and Jody united him to his "new" pod, and follows her for a while through the series. As the story proceeds, she meets others along the way. She befriends many new people and dolphins. Other characters in Dolphin Diaries are Brittany Pierce, Captain Pierce, Cameron Tucker, the tutor Maddie, her twin brothers Sean and Jimmy, her mother Gina who is Italian , and her dad Craig who is Irish . The Pet Finders Club In The Pet Finders Club , a girl named Andi Talbot has moved to Aldcliffe, Lancaster, from Texas. She has a Jack Russel Terrier named Buddy, who escapes from the house during a thunderstorm and gets lost. While trying to find him, Andi befriends Tristan Saunders, a red-haired boy who has a long-lost cat named Lucy, and he helps her l... ... Read more

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Chapters: Josepha Sherman, Ellen Kushner, Dan Willis, Nnedi Okorafor, John Myers Myers, Sharon Shinn, Paul S. Kemp, Rhondi A. Vilott Salsitz, Seanan Mcguire, Esther Friesner, Jim C. Hines, Larry Dixon, Leonard Carpenter, Michael Shea, Michael R. Mennenga, Jane Lindskold, Eric Van Lustbader, Marie Brennan, Bruce Holland Rogers, Delia Sherman, Peter V. Brett, Pamela Dean, Jack Cady, Sean A. Moore, Caroline Stevermer, John Moore, Stephanie Shaver, Melanie Rawn, Rick Cook, Elisabeth Waters, Daniel Hood, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Bryan Davis, Carol Berg, Don Callander, Roger S. Baum, Albert E. Cowdrey, Anne Bishop, Michelle Izmaylov, Neal Barrett, Jr., Jessica Amanda Salmonson, J. S. Lewis, Craig Shaw Gardner, Kate Novak, Clifford Ball, Karen Kruse Anderson, C. E. Murphy, Gordon Dahlquist, Troy Denning, Jane Fancher, Mark Anthony, Kimberly Raye, Paul B. Thompson, Mindy L. Klasky, Lynn Abbey, Stephen Leigh, Megan Whalen Turner, Elizabeth E. Wein, Jeff Scott Savage, Elaine Corvidae, Victoria Strauss, Michael Williams, Guy Smith, Paula Volsky, Joanne Bertin, Linda Addison, Jaida Jones, de Lysle Ferree Cass, Brad Strickland, Mary Kirchoff, Kristin Cashore, Frieda A. Murray, Robert Newcomb, Lyda Morehouse, Theodora Goss, John Marco, David B. Coe, Eric M. Witchey, James Stoddard, Heather Gladney, Patrick O'leary, Stepan Chapman, Dan Mcgirt, Edith Pattou, Clare B. Dunkle, Virginia G. Mcmorrow, Rob Heinsoo, Katya Reimann, Patricia Geary, Barb Hendee, John C. Hocking, J. C. Hendee. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 259. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Josepha Sherman is an American author. In 1990 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel The Shining Falcon. 9. The Invisibility Factor (1986) 1. A Cast of Corbies (1994) 1. The Shattered Oath (1995) 2. Forging the Runes (1996) The Adventures of ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=4357421 ... Read more

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A Real Adventure
You never know what will happen with fairies! Take a journey with the Queen of Fairies or the King of Fairies. Either way promises to bringdanger, excitement, adventure, and a chance to meet friends. ... Read more

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In the 1980s, author Terri Windling wanted to bring more writers into fantasy, so she invented a world, and invited young authors to build and contribute to it. That world was Bordertown, a city on the edge of contemporary human civilization and the Elven world—a place where magic and science both only work half the time as they influence each other—and a place that dreaming teenagers run to.  One of the forerunners to today's urban fantasy, a total of three anthologies and three novels were published by several publishers (one of the anthologies and all the novels are still in print). Flash forward to 2010. Acclaimed authors Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Cory Doctrow, Neil Gaiman, Janni Simner, Sara Ryan, and more are now adding to the Bordertown world—to honor its inspiration to them in their own writing. They are joined by many of the original writers: Charles de Lint, Ellen Kushner, Jane Yolen, Patricia McKillip, Will Shetterly, and Emma Bull. ... Read more

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One of the best ever.
This was my first book of this series and still the best and my favorite, through my copy tis worn, missing cover, has my name written when I was 8 years old on the front page in big black ink, but tis wonderful and to anyone who feels the price tis high, tis may be, but it is like good vodka, quality costs. =) Enjoy.

One of the greatest children's books of all time
I read this book about eighteen thousand times when a was a kid.I rate it with the best of Daniel Pinkwater's books and the Chronicles of Narnia.Unfortunate it's now out of print.Your strange aunt has left you three magic boxes labeled PAST, FUTURE, and NEVER.Open one--but only one--and see what--or who--lies inside.Change history, meet interesting people, and ride on a griffin's back--all inside this Choose Your Own Adventure ... Read more

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An excellent gift! Now for your pleasure we present Swords of Riverside, an exclusive 2 in 1 hardcover omnibus. Remarkable stories that manage to create a swashbuckling fantasy world with nary a wizard nor dragon in sight. ... Read more

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For every young generation, there's always a place to run to . . .
Some years ago, Windling thought up a highly original setting for "urban fantasy" stories -- a city after the return of Faerie to our world, a border region where magic sometimes works, technology is undependable, and runaway kids, both human and elf, are seeking their dreams. It's a little Haight-Ashbury, a little Oz, and a lot of fun for the reader. In this volume (one of several that have been published, plus a couple of novels), seven authors set their stories in Bordertown with varying degrees of success. "Nevernever," by Will Shetterly, an old Borderlands hand, is about Wolfboy, how he came to be what he is, and what he does when the opportunity arises to get even. A very good story. Kara Dalkey's "Night Wail," about banshees and dealing with death, is a bit of a downer but well written. "Alison Gross," by Midori Snyder, is about true love and dark magic. Charles de Lint's "Berlin," one of the two really good ones here, is about dragons and drugs and getting even. "Reynardine," by Michael Korolenko, about shape-changers and other horror tropes, just didn't do much for me. Craig Shaw Gardner's "Light and Shadow," a take-off (sort of) on THE MALTESE FALCON, is just dumb. Bellamy Bach's "Rain and Thunder," also a love story, is kind of the other side of "Berlin," and it's very, very well done. There's also a frame story by Ellen Kushner consisting of unmailed letters home written by a young human runaway, describing her arrival, her time in Oberon's House (not a nice place, and for not very obvious reasons), and how she survives. All in all, it's an above-average volume.

ItAin'tYourFather'sFantasyRags
I have just finished this book for the third time and I still find it to be as fascinating and engaging as I did when I first read it in Junior High School, and again in High School.I am now 26 and though it may be a bit simple to read at this age, it still makes me feel the same as before.Fantasy readers are romantics at heart and so is this book.Underneath its somewhat common subject matter like magical elves and hollywood runaways are universal themes of angst, lonliness, rebelion, and needless to say, love.Does this sound familiar to those of us who were once teenagers?"Alison Gross" still gets me everytime. Honestly, my tag for the longest time has been "Skydeki", which is a half-bite off of one of the Rainbow Godesses in the short story of Alison Gross.Whenever people ask what it means I start on a diatribe about my love for this book, and all of its other great shorts.Please read this book if you're a teenager who enjoys fantasy writings.Even if you're 50, so long as you can remember a time when shirking your responsibilities and running away seemed like a great idea.

A highly enjoyable fantasy trip.
Described as "where Elfland meets rock and roll", this is part of a collection of stories based on the idea of what if the world of magic, fantasy and elves returned to our world. The border is a place where the Elflands and the world meet; where neither magic nor technology reigns supreme.These 9 short stories introduce new characters and expand on some of the old favorites from the bordertown series. They are all very light reads, the kind of book you tote around for reading while you wait. You must have this book if you are a fan of Terri Windling's creation, the Borderlands. ... Read more

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They are extraordinary characters living outside the bounds of reality. But you will recognize them... It's about being gay, being straight, falling in love, sorrowful partings, death, and fantastic circumstances. Bending the Landscape stretches the standard fantasy genre. In the groundbreaking anthology, queer writers write fantasy for the first time, and genre writers explore queer characters. But don't expect the usual fantasy backdrops-these stories will give you a frisson, a thrill, as they fizz off the page.Amazon.com Review
Bending the Landscape will be a series of anthologiesfocused on homosexual issues in genre fiction, but this one isn't soneatly pigeonholed as all that. Gayness, or someone's discovery of hisor her gayness, is indeed a common motif to all the stories, but insome it is central; in others, it's just a quality a characterhas--they happen to be having or have had a relationship with someoneof the same sex. It's generous in size, 22 stories, and generous inits embrace, ranging in tone from sitcom-like light entertainment("In Mysterious Ways," by Tanya Huff, and "MagickedTricks" by K. L Berac), to realism ("Gestures Too Late on aGravel Road" by Mark W. Tiedemann, and "Full Moon and EmptyArms" by M. W. Keiper), to realistic horror ("The House ofthe Man in the Moon" by Richard Bowes). Mythic fantasy, fairytales, and ghost stories are all here too, so this is more likereading a survey than a tightly thematic anthology. The variety isappropriate. Neither fantasy nor sex comes in just one flavor. Ifyou're at all interested in anything besides vanilla, sample this. ... Read more

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A Warning
The stories are a mixed bag but well worth a look. All I really want to add to other readers' comments, though, is that the book was poorly proofread -- it is riddled with typos. If as a collector that kind of thing bothers you, you should be aware of this.

Mind-bending fantasy
Because of its diverse bouquet of erotic undercurrents, BTL: Fantasy is especially adept with wry, bittersweet fantasies - not the swords-and-sorcery type, but touching tales with a modern-supernatural slant. There are all sorts of uplifting motifs here - getting over midlife crises (Antieau's "Desire"), revisiting childhood places ( Thrower's "The Home Town Boy"), dealing with the deaths of friends (Shepherd's "Gary, in the Shadows") and loved ones (Silverthrorne's "The Sound of Angels"), release and spiritual freedom (What's "Beside the Well"), turning back the clock on painful memories (Verona's "Mahu"), and so on.

As far as the subgenres represented in this volume, you'll find very few traditional hack-and-slash stories ("The Stars Are Tears," "Magicked Tricks," and "In Mysterious Ways" being the only three, and they're all comedic). Especially numerous are gritty-dark-urban-modern fantasies along the lines of Don Bassingthwaite's "In Memory of," a tale of two vengeful dragon-brothers vying for fragile human lovers in a city setting. Also numerous are fringe stories that don't quite belong to any single genre because they have so few fictional elements - Matter's "Water Snakes" is an example.

Unfortunately, the settings aren't a very original lot: many stories are set in generic urban environments; there are a couple bare-bones Oriental stories; even the purely imaginary settings (such as the one in Sherman and Kushner's "The Fall of Kings") didn't strike me as especially original.

The writing, however, is uniformly good, if totally unexceptional, fitting well with the characters that behave interestingly but almost never transcend their two-dimensionality. The sexual elements hardly ever seem over the top (though Sheppard's "There Are Things Hidden from the Eyes of the Everyday" is just too much), even if most stories do seem identical from this perspective.

Together with its science fiction counterpart, I consider BTL: Fantasy a quintessential resource for alternative genre fiction.

Coming Into Our Own
As a writer and a long-time fan of fantasy literature, I was thrilled to see this collection. Overall, the quality is good. This is a solid,entertaining read. But more, it is a ray of hope for an under- and oftenmis-represented group of people in genre literature. Hopefully, with thepublication of this collection, and it's companion science fictionanthology, we will be seeing more gay and lesbian representation in the"mainstream" markets.

Coming Into Our Own
As a writer and a long-time fan of fantasy literature, I was thrilled to see this collection. Overall, the quality is good. This is a solid,entertaining read. But more, it is a ray of hope for an under- and oftenmis-represented group of people in genre literature. Hopefully, with thepublication of this collection, and it's companion science fictionanthology, we will be seeing more gay and lesbian representation in the"mainstream" markets.

Outstanding Writing
This book features some of the finest short fiction I've seen in fantasy literature. While sexuality is an important underlying theme, it does not overpower the force of most of these excellent stories. The characters arepeople, not political statements or stereotypes. I hope this book finds itsway into the hands of many mainstream readers. ... Read more

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A collection of fifteen stories by highly acclaimed authors--including Michael Kandel, Terri Windling, and Susan Palwick--focuses on the power of music, from the moonlit dances of fairies to a future museum of long-lost sounds. ... Read more

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Horns of Elfland's Review
This is a great collection of stories about Musicians and Music that should be able to cater to a wide variety of tastes from traditional Celtic, to Gospel to Jazz, Classical and more.

I'm surprised that Audience should have been chosen for the 1998 volume of The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror as that's the one story in this collection about a Museum of Sound that I hated and found the most boring.

My favorite stories in here were those towards the end of Brandy for the Damned, The Drummer and the Skins and Merlusine.

It's well worth the read for lovers of Anthologies, Fantasy and Music.

One of the best anthologies of the year:
There are some terrific stories in this collection, not least of which are those contributed by the editors themselves. "Audience" by Jack Womack has been chosen for the 1998 volume of "The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" -- and the volume as a whole will be listed as one of the best of the year. I also heartily recommend Susan Palwick's heart-breaking tale. ... Read more

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Immerse yourself in an elegant story of magic and intrigue. In an ancient city full of dreams, no king rules anymore. And some think that is for the best... ... Read more