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Life, death, love, and truth: major themes that frequently appear in Grandmaster Tanith Lee's fiction, are all represented in Dancing Through the Fire, one of the last collections she put together before her untimely death. The stories in this book have never before been collected, and four of them have never before been published. These tales will transport you from mystical lands to mystical worlds, corporeal manifestations of myth, and mythical interpretations of life, into realms you've never visited (and in some cases, could never have imagined...

Beyond the familiar tropes of kings and castles, elves and dragons, there is a whole world of possibilities for fantasy literature. This anthology collects fantasy stories whose inspiration lies beyond the traditional medieval European basis. It brings exciting new stories and overlooked voices into the fantasy genre.

This volume contains stories set in imaginative other-worlds where society can take many different patterns. Stories by: Tanith Lee, Neil Williamson, Adrian Tchaikovsky, Phenderson Djeli Clark, Megan Hutchins, Tom Fletcher, Melissa Mead, and more.

- A girl...

A vampiric Snow White whose pious stepmother is her only salvation....
A supernatural Cinderella who strikes at midnight, leaving behind a prince mad with desire....
A sleeping beauty never meant to be woken...
In her World Fantasy Award-nominated short story collection, Red as Blood, Tanith Lee deconstructed familiar fairy tales, recapturing their original darkness and horror in haunting new interpretations. Behind gilded words and poised princesses, she exposed a sinister world of violence, madness, and dangerous enchantments.
With Redder than Blood, Lee...

Christian Dorse - ein junger Pianist aus Paris mit einer Vorliebe für Rachmaninow - kehrt zurück in das Schloss seiner Familie.

MEDEA: zehn meisterhafte Erzählungen aus der Feder der legendären britischen SF-/Fantasy-Autorin TANITH LEE (1947 - 2015) - zwischen surrealem Märchen und beklemmender Dystopie.

Tanith Lee ist eine Meisterin phantastischer Stimmungsbilder und romantischer Atmosphären; neben C. J.

23 Erzählungen internationaler Spitzen-Autoren und -Autorinnen, vereint in einer Fantasy-Anthologie der Extra-Klasse (zusammengestellt und herausgegeben von Christian Dörge).

Eines Tages taucht bei Oaive, der Hüterin des heiligen Schreins, ein Fremder auf, der von ihr die Reliquie des Schreins fordert.

"Hässlich!", riefen die Kinder hinter Magdala Cled her, wenn sie sie traten und an ihren Haaren zogen. Denn hässlich zu sein war ein Verbrechen in der ansonsten idealen Gesellschaft von Indigo.