Year's Best Fantasy 9

Twenty-eight doses of wonder. From the distant past to the present day, from Antarctica and Mars to worlds that never were, the tales in this book bring news from nowhere-and everywhere.

Fantasy is a mode of storytelling, a method of entertainment, a mode of argument, and a way of seeing.

Here, presented by two of the most distinguished anthologists of the day, are twenty-eight stories that see, tell, argue, and entertain.Introduction * David G.

Hartwell and Kathryn CramerShoggoths in Bloom * Elizabeth BearThe Rabbi's Hobby * Peter S.

BeagleRunning the Snake * Kage BakerThe Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm * Daryl GregoryReader's Guide * Lisa GoldsteinThe Salting and Canning of Benevolence D. * Al MichaudAraminta, or, The Wreck of the Amphidrake * Naomi NovikA Buyer's Guide to Maps of Antarctica * Catherynne M.

ValenteFrom the Clay of His Heart * John BrownIf Angels Fight * Richard Bowes26 Monkeys and the Abyss * Kij JohnsonPhilologos; or, A Murder in Bistrita * Debra Doyle and James MacdonaldThe Film-makers of Mars * Geoff RymanChildrun * Marc LaidlawQueen of the Sunlit Shore * Liz WilliamsLady Witherspoon's Solution * James MorrowDearest Cecily * Kris Dikeman [as Kristine Dikeman ]Ringing the Changes in Okotoks, Alberta * Randy McCharlesCaverns of Mystery * Kage BakerSkin Deep * Richard ParksKing Pelles the Sure * Peter S.

BeagleA Guided Tour in the Kingdom of the Dead * Richard HarlandAvast, Abaft! * Howard WaldropGift from a Spring * Delia ShermanThe First Editions * James StoddardThe Olverung * Stephen WoodworthDaltharee * Jeffrey FordThe Forest * Kim WilkinsAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.