Modern Classics of Fantasy


Modern Classics of Fantasy is an anthology of fantasy short works edited by American writer Gardner Dozois. It was first published in hardcover by St. [Martin's Griffin] in January 1997, which also issued a trade paperback edition in November of the same year and an ebook edition in October 2014. A Science Fiction Book Club edition appeared in March 1997.

Summary

The book collects thirty-two novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy authors originally published from the mid 1930s through the mid 1990s, together with a preface and bibliography of recommended reading by the editor.

Contents

  • "Preface"
  • "Trouble with Water"
  • "The Gnarly Man"
  • "The Golem"
  • "Walk Like a Mountain"
  • "Extempore"
  • "Space-Time for Springers"
  • "Scylla's Daughter"
  • "The Overworld"
  • "The Signaller"
  • "The Manor of Roses"
  • "Death and the Executioner"
  • "Configuration of the North Shore"
  • "Two Sadnesses"
  • "The Tale of Hauk"
  • "Manatee Gal, Won't You Come Out Tonight"
  • "The Troll"
  • "The Sleep of Trees"
  • "God's Hooks!"
  • "The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule"
  • "A Cabin on the Coast"
  • "Paper Dragons"
  • "Into Gold"
  • "Flowers of Edo"
  • "Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight"
  • "A Gift of the People"
  • "Missolonghi 1824"
  • "Bears Discover Fire"
  • "Blunderbore"
  • "Death and the Lady"
  • "The Changeling's Tale"
  • "Professor Gottesman and the Indian Rhinoceros"
  • "Beauty and the Opéra or The Phanton Beast"
  • "Recommended Reading"