Cover of One Hundred Great Fantasy Short-short Stories
Book 291 Anthology 1984
‘X’ Stands for Unknown Raintree Reading Series 3
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Asimov fan
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Target reader

ENTER THE LIMITLESS REALMS OF PURE IMAGINATION.

STEP INTO THE SPECIAL, MAGICAL WORLD OF FANTASY IN 100 OF THE FINEST SHORT SHORT TALES EVERY WRITTEN

Here you’ll discover the dangers of walking the boulevards dreamed up by Harlan Ellison…the dark side of wishes granted by Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Djinn Number Seven…the wry twists of Rick Norwood’s wordplay…the sinister shadows lurking behind H.P. Lovecraft’s wonders…and the blood-curdling terror of feeding time at James Gunn’s zoo.

This supurb collection of the best short short works by outstanding contemporary writers packs an infinite amount of entertainment into these 100 small masterpieces of fantasy fiction…and takes you behind the limits of time and space to savor the suspense, the shivers, the supernatural fun of every eerie, unforgettable one.

H.P. LOVECRAFT • HARLAN ELLISON • BARRY N. MALZBERG • ROGER ZELAZNY • MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY • F.M. BUSBY • AVRAM DAVIDSON • FREDRIC BROWN • GENE WOLFE • JACK DANN • ANDRÉ MAUROIS • JOANNA RUSS • EDGAR PANGBORN • DAMON KNIGHT • BILL PRONZINI • AND MANY MORE

This is a very nice anthology in the tradition of One Hundred Great Science Fiction Short-short Stories, with lots of very good fantasy short-shorts in it—and exactly one flaw. None of them are by Asimov. Not that it really matters in this case—this book is just about good enough without ’em. But not quite.

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