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"