New York fantastic : fantasy stories from the city that never sleeps

Book 2017

Fantasy spreads across the five boroughs in the first volume of a new anthology series collecting fantastic and extraordinary stories set in specific urban locales. An intriguing but insular man with telekinetic powers becomes New York City's greatest superhero ... A love affair blossoms between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building ... There are tunnels under New York that do not appear on any map ... Being a Manhattan real estate...

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American fiction 20th century

American fiction 21st century

Fantasy fiction, American

New York (N.Y.) Fiction

Short stories, American

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Short stories

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ISBN:

9781597809313
1597809314

Description:

409 pages ; 23 cm

Contents:

Introduction: a place apart / Paula Guran
How the pooka came to New York City / Delia Sherman
And the angel with television eyes / John Shirley
Priced to sell / Naomi Novik
The horrid glory of its wings / Elizabeth Bear
The tallest doll in New York City / Maria Dahvana Headley
Blood yesterday, blood tomorrow / Richard Bowes
Pork pie hat / Peter Straub
Grand Central Park / Delia Sherman
The land of heart's desire / Holly Black
The city born great / N.K. Jemisin
La peau verte / Caitlin R. Kiernan
Cryptic coloration / Elizabeth Bear
Caisson / Karl Bunker
Red as snow / Seanan McGuire
A huntsman passing by / Richard Bowes
Painted birds and shivered bones / Kat Howard
Salsa nocturna / Daniel Jose Older
Weston walks / Kit Reed
The rock in the park / Peter S. Beagle
Shell games / George R.R. Martinches

LCCN:

2017023269

Control Number:

2409283

Other Authors:

Guran, Paula, editor

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