Sideways Byways : Fantasy classics for casual readers

A drug that accelerates human experience? A toy town that exists in a toy town? A showdown between a high-tech airship and the Flying Dutchman? An underground elf kingdom that fuels nature itself?

Nobody likes to take the wrong road - unpredictable, and sometimes poorly paved (if at all). But once along the path, one of two things happen - an increasing uncomfortable feeling that one must go back, and an equally uncomfortable feeling that one must go forward. The experience that 'goes sideways' is among the most relatable in fantasy literature.

These are not just public domain reprints. Sideways Byways is a collection of brand-new adaptations, specially tailored to casual contemporary readers and English students, ranging from children's tales by Edith Nesbit, L. Frank Baum, and Hans Christian Andersen to mature classics from H.P. Lovecraft, H.G. Wells and more.

This collection includes:

The Queen of Quok and The King of the Polar Bears by L. Frank Baum (1901)
The Little Match Seller by Hans Christian Andersen (1845)
The Cats of Ulthar by H.P. Lovecraft (1920)
The Town in the Library in the Town in the Library and The Sums that Came Right by Edith Nesbit (1901)
The New Accelerator by H.G. Wells (1901)
The Far Islands by John Buchan (1899)
Dutchman Down Under by Tim Labor (2022)
The Elves by Ludwig Tieck (1812)