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The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories

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Penned By Mike Ashley
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This exciting collection takes readers on a journey through the labyrinthine corridors of the imagination. Filled with magical spells, fire-breathing dragons, and intrepid heroes, these classics of children's literature include stories by such authors as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, George MacDonald, Jane Yolen, E. Nesbit, and more.vi • Foreword: A World of Wonders • (1996) • essay by Mike Ashleyix • Introduction: Into Your Dreams • (1996) • essay by Garry Kilworth1 • The Green Stone • juvenile • (1988) • short story by Diana Wynne Jones9 • The Hoard of the Gibbelins • (1911) • short story by Lord Dunsany15 • A Harp of Fishbones • (1960) • short story by Joan Aiken33 • The Selkie's Cap • (1996) • short story by Samantha Lee43 • The Back of the North Wind • (1996) • short fiction by George MacDonald61 • The Pit of Wings • [Ryre] • (1978) • short story by Ramsey Campbell81 • A Spell for Annalise • (1993) • short story by Parke Godwin91 • The Secret of Faerie • (1996) • novelette by Paul Lewis111 • The Invisible Kingdom • (1896) • short story by Richard Leander (trans. of Vom unsichtbaren Königreich 1871)125 • The Bone Beast • (1996) • short story by Simon Clark141 • Ice Princess • (1994) • short story by Elisabeth Waters167 • The Wild Hunt • (1996) • short story by Ian Watson171 • The Door to Dark Albion • (1996) • novelette by Cherith Baldry193 • The Fairy Trap • (1996) • short story by Peter Crowther207 • The Dark Island • [Narnia] • (1952) • short fiction by C. S. Lewis219 • A Pattern of Pyramids • (1996) • short story by Patricia Fanthorpe and R. L. Fanthorpe [as by Lionel Fanthorpe and Patricia Fanthorpe]235 • The Closed Window • (1903) • short story by A. C. Benson249 • The Goatboy and the Giant • (1996) • short story by Garry Kilworth259 • Mirror, Mirror... • (1996) • short story by Frances Mary Hendry [as by Frances M. Hendry]271 • The Trolls • (1937) • short fiction by J. R. R. Tolkien291 • Sun City • (1974) • novelette by Tanith Lee321 • Brother Kenan's Bell • (1983) • short story by Jane Yolen327 • The Last Card • (1996) • short story by Steve Lockley341 • Atlantis • juvenile • (1996) • novelette by E. Nesbit [as by Edith Nesbit]361 • The White Doe • (1996) • short story by Keith Taylor371 • Creature of Darkness • (1963) • novelette by Nicholas Stuart Gray389 • Troll-Bridge • (1993) • short story by Neil Gaiman

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