The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy

Ellen Datlow is the queen of anthology editors in America.-Peter Straub With original stories by Jeffrey Ford, Pat Cadigan, Elizabeth Bear, Margo Lanagan, and others From Del Rey Books and award-winning editor Ellen Datlow, two of the most respected names in science fiction and fantasy, comes a collection of fifteen all-new short stories, plus a science fiction novella, that could count as a virtual best of the year anthology. Here you will find slyly twisted alternate histories, fractured fairy tales, topical science fiction, and edgy urban fantasy. In Daltharee, World Fantasy Award-winning author Jeffrey Ford spins a chilling tale of a city in a bottle-and the demented genius who put it there. In Sonny Liston Takes the Fall, John W. Campbell Award-winning author Elizabeth Bear pens a poignant and eerie requiem for the heavyweight forever associated with his controversial loss to Cassius Clay. From hot new writer Margo Lanagan comes The Goosle, a dark, astonishing take on Hansel and Gretel. In the novella Prisoners of the Action, Paul McAuley and Kim Newman take a trip down a rabbit hole that leads to a Guantanamo-like prison whose inmates are not just illegal but extraterrestrial. Many of the writers you'll recognize. Others you may not. But one thing is certain: These stars of today and tomorrow demonstrate that the field of speculative fiction is not only alive and well-it's better than ever.PLUS TWELVE MORE STORIESThe Elephant Ironclads by Jason Stoddard Ardent Clouds by Lucy Sussex Gather by Christopher Rowe North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Ballingrud All Washed Up While Looking for a Better World by Carol Emshwiller Special Economics by Maureen F. McHugh Aka St. Mark's Place by Richard Bowes Shira by Lavie Tidhar The Passion of Azazel by Barry N. Malzberg The Lagerstätte by Laird Barron Gladiolus Exposed by Anna Tambour Jimmy by Pat Cadigan