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Short stories by Fantasy Authors

Started by Maximum Fu, March 03, 2006, 02:42:31 PM

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Maximum Fu

March 03, 2006, 02:42:31 PM
I am particularly fond of short stories, but (with the exception of gaming fiction), this is not often something you see in fantasy.

Am I wrong?  Can anyone recommend a good set of short stories by fantasy authors?
Their prison is only in their own minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.

-The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

Nicephorus

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March 03, 2006, 02:46:41 PM
During the pulp era, short stories were the norm.  Robert Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, and the like have most of their works as short stories.
 
Now days, not so much.  Compared to 70 years ago, there is a much bigger paperback market and a much diminished magazine market.

cranberry

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March 03, 2006, 02:47:33 PM
Gene Wolfe writes a lot of good short fiction. Some of it is more SF, some more fantasy.

Also there's a yearly "Year's Best Fantasy and Horror" which doesn't help you if you don't like horror.

Harlan Ellison writes a lot of good short fiction, too, but it tends more towards the SF/speculative side, although some of it is really fantasy.

There is (or used to be) a yearly collection of short stories called "Sword and Sorceress" that was edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley until her death. All of the protagonists were women, and the quality of the stories varied enormously but I remember some gems in there.
"Perhaps it was something I said."
"Perhaps it is everything you say."[/size]

Dr_Avalanche

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March 03, 2006, 03:49:14 PM
Hm, I gave an anthology of short stories to Mad Hatter when I moved back to Sweden, but I can't remember what it was called... It had a pretty good short story by George Martin called The Hedge Knight, among others.

*googling*

It might have been from a series of books called "Legends", with short stories by authors like Terry Pratchett; Tad Williams; Ursula K. Le Guin; Robert Jordan; Stephen King; Orson Scott Card; Raymond E. Feist; Terry Goodkind; George R. R. Martin and Anne McCaffrey. Yes, I copied and pasted the names, from here. :p

Maximum Fu

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March 03, 2006, 03:58:43 PM
Thanks for all the suggestions folks.  Please keep them coming!
Their prison is only in their own minds, yet they are in that prison; and so afraid of being taken in that they cannot be taken out.

-The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

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March 04, 2006, 07:54:16 PM
You looking for shorts from big-name authors? Or just fantasy short stories? There are many good free e-zines out there, but it's not top quality stuff. Still plenty of good stories out there, though.
 

Teflon Billy

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March 06, 2006, 06:02:35 AM
the Hedge Knight by George R. R. Martin is pretty grand:)
 
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