From Robert Browning's Pied Piper of Hamelin and William Makepeace Thackeray's Rose and the Ring to Kenneth Grahme's Reluctant Dragon and J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, here are seventeen classic stories and poems from the golden age of the English fairy tale. Some of them amuse, some enchant, some satirize and criticize, but each one --in the words of Laurence Houseman, author of the classic Rocking Horse Land--"is an expression of the joy of living."

Accompanied by the illustrations from the original editions of these works--by such...

Part of the Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library

Winner of Foreward Magazine's Silver Book of the Year Award in the Science Fiction category

Finalist for the 2006 Prix Aurora Best Work in English Award

Fantastic Companions is an anthology of nineteen original short stories, chosen to illustrate the use of anthropomorphism in fantasy. Individual stories range from more traditional techniques, such as talking animals, to more unusual, such as the personification of constellations, ancient gods, and story itself. Aimed at both trade and educational markets, this diverse anthology is an amazing look at how...

A surprise inheritance brings Lizzy Bradford and her father to Blackwater Bayou, Louisiana. But the house is the smallest of the surprises in store for young Lizzy.
Growls and snarls, teasing and pranked, Lizzy's life seems to be going.... Wait... Growls and snarls? That can't be normal
Lizzy starts to learn more about her past, and the secrets that her mother had hidden from her father as the past comes back to haunt the future. With the help of her new friend, Marie, Lizzy must look deep within herself to find the strength to not only believe in, but also battle The...

A surprise inheritance brings Lizzy Bradford and her father to Blackwater Bayou, Louisiana. But the house is the smallest of the surprises in store for young Lizzy.

Growls and snarls, teasing and pranked, Lizzy's life seems to be going.... Wait... Growls and snarls? That can't be normal

Lizzy starts to learn more about her past, and the secrets that her mother had hidden from her father as the past comes back to haunt the future. With the help of her new friend, Marie, Lizzy must look deep within herself to find the strength to not only believe in, but also battle The...

Mystery... Intrigue... Voodoo... Witches... Ghosts... Vampires...

Detective John Newman had done his research on the City of New Orleans, Louisiana, yet nothing would prepare him for what he discovered after moving here. After learning that there was a Paranormal Unit in the police force, he thought he had heard it all. That was, until he found himself partnered up with someone not entirely human.

Haunted by her past, Josie seeks out the monster who condemned her soul to hell over a century ago. With the help of her boyfriend, Tyler, who is a Rougarou and on a...

When magic and war collide, a world hangs in the balance.

Beyond the edge of human sight, protected by dark forces that drive away the uninvited, lies a magical realm on the brink of war. As the fae of the once-powerful Clan Moraine fight to maintain a fragile peace, a traitor conspires to destroy them from within. Desperate times call for unlikely alliances.

• A high prince carrying the weight of a kingdom and a young writer with special abilities.
• A proud princess with dangerous secrets and a loyal soldier bent on revenge.
• A fierce warrior...

When magic and war collide, a world hangs in the balance.

Beyond the edge of human sight, protected by dark forces that drive away the uninvited, lies a magical realm on the brink of war. As the fae of the once-powerful Clan Moraine fight to maintain a fragile peace, a traitor conspires to destroy them from within. Desperate times call for unlikely alliances.

• A high prince carrying the weight of a kingdom and a young writer with special abilities.
• A proud princess with dangerous secrets and a loyal soldier bent on revenge.
• A fierce warrior...