THE WEIRD TALES OF TANITH LEE - Tanith Lee"A story by Tanith Lee unveils a voice alone, a true Scheherazade, someone with a distinctive vision of the world and who explored that world, or those worlds to be accurate, with a highly perceptive and mindful set of eyes."From the introduction, 'An Awareness of Worlds', by Mike AshleyThis anthology of twenty-eight tales comprises all the short stories by Tanith Lee that were published in the semi...

A woman discovers her father's familial history—and unsettling legacy—in this Gothic reinvention of the vampire myth from a multi-award-winning author.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning authorAfter the death of her temperamental mother, Rachaela Day pursued a quiet life. She was content selling books to make ends meet, immersing herself in stories and music, and avoiding unnecessary human interaction. Her singl...

A shapeshifter prowls England's countryside, driven by its primal killing instincts and desire for a woman, in this dark fantasy horror.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning authorAfter committing a crime of passion, Daniel Vehmund fled his English family farm to disappear into the Far East, wracked with guilt for abandoning his mother in the wake of his violence. Then, one day in a marketplace, Daniel is mesmeriz...

"A fast start to what promises to be an exciting, innovative fantasy series" from the World Fantasy Award–winning author of Night's Master ( Publishers Weekly ).In the hedonistic atmosphere of an eighteenth-century Venice Carnival, gaiety turns deadly when Furian Furiano happens upon a mask of Apollo floating in the murky waters of the canals. The mask hides a sinister art, and Furian finds himse...

In a world dedicated to pleasure, one young rebel sets out on a forbidden quest. Published for the first time in a single volume, Tanith Lee's duet of novels set in a hedonistic Utopia are as riveting and revolutionary as they were when they first appeared two decades ago.It's a perfect existence, a world in which no pleasure is off-limits, no risk is too dangerous, and no responsibilities can cramp your style. Not if you're Jang: a caste of libertine teenagers in ...

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 rea...

This "wondrous" collection of fantasy tales from Neil Gaiman, Patricia A. McKillip, and others "is a treasure chest. Open it and revel in its riches" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).For this enchanting anthology—a World Fantasy Award finalist—editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling "asked their contributors to reimagine Fäerie" in the present day, or "search its more dimly lit pathways," and the authors have responded with bountiful imagination. The titl...

A DARK FANTASY CLASSIC: 18 seductive stories inspired by fairy tales, mythology, and the Arabian Nights, starring Azhrarn, Prince of Demons—perfect for readers looking for an alternative to Neil Gaiman’s Sandman.“Storytelling at its best and fantasy in its purest and strongest essence.” —SFSiteRediscover master fantasist and World Fantasy Award winner Tanith Lee’s classic dark fantasy series, Tales from the Flat Earth, where demons...

Reborn from her previous tragic life, an extraordinary girl is the key to the future of her family's vampiric bloodline in this Gothic dark fantasy.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning author"The Scarabae . . . We are history. We are the truth."Ancient and near-immortal, the Scarabae have lived among humanity for centuries if not millennia. Hunted like animals, driven from their homeland, the fam...

Shapeshifting stories by Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Midori Snyder, Jane Yolen, and others: "Rich reading that meets the editors' high standards." — Kirkus ReviewsIn world mythology, transformation legends are attached to almost every type of animal: a variety of birds, fish, reptiles, and even insects. In this book, you'll find stories inspired by such myths from around the world, retold and reimagined by some of the very best writers in the realm of fant...

A haunted house and a ghostly woman are the instruments that release an ancient curse upon the forgotten city of Paradys. As a savage, unholy beast prowls the city’s streets, a young student seeks to uncover the secrets that will lead to his salvation. Lee infuses this dark tale, the second volume in the series, with a dreamlike quality that hovers, like the world in The Book of the Damned, on the border of reality.

In Victorian England, a servant is exposed to the sins of colonialism that haunt a wealthy family in this dark Gothic fantasyfrom an award-winning author.World Fantasy and Bram Stoker Lifetime Achievement Award–winning authorIn a curio shop located in one of the darkest corners of Victorian London, young Annie Ember is gifted an ivory charm in the shape of an elephant. Its presence becomes the catalyst for the tragic events that alter her l...