The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories - Softcover

Gaiman, Neil; El-Mohtar, Amal; King, Catherine; North, Claire; Swift, E. J.; Smythe, James; Shamsie, Kamila; Logan, Kirsty; Parker, K. J.; Manickavel, Kuzhali; Yang, Neon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1781084173 ISBN 13: 9781781084175

Publisher: Solaris, 2017

Synopsis

A fascinating collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers.

Imagine a world filled with fierce, fiery beings, hiding in our shadows, in our dreams, under our skins. Eavesdropping and exploring; savaging our bodies, saving our souls. They are monsters, saviours, victims, childhood friends. Some have called them genies: these are the Djinn.

And they are everywhere. On street corners, behind the wheel of a taxi, in the chorus, between the pages of books. Every language has a word for them. Every culture knows their traditions. Every religion, every history has them hiding in their dark places.

There is no part of the world that does not know them.

They are the Djinn. They are among us.

With stories from: Nnedi Okorafor, Neil Gaiman, Helene Wecker, Amal El-Mohtar, Catherine King, Claire North, E.J. Swift, Hermes (trans. Robin Moger), Jamal Mahjoub, James Smythe, J.Y. Yang, Kamila Shamsie, Kirsty Logan, K.J. Parker, Kuzhali Manickavel, Maria Dahvana Headley, Monica Byrne, Saad Hossain, Sami Shah, Sophia Al-Maria and Usman Malik.

About this title

From the Author:

Our authors come from all around the world, and have brought to these pages a vast and wonderful variety of djinn. We have wish-granters and shape-changers, immortals and spirits, hoarders and hermits. They come in all shapes and sizes (even bottles), and are truly marvellous creatures.

(From the introduction by Mahvesh Murad and Jared Shurin)

About the Author:

Jared Shurin has edited over a dozen anthologies on topics ranging from mummies to Dickens. He's been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson and Hugo Awards, and twice won the British Fantasy Award for Non-Fiction. He's also the editor of Pornokitsch, the award-winning pop culture site which is (sadly) not nearly as naughty as it sounds.

Mahvesh Murad is a critic, editor and rogue voice for hire from Karachi, Pakistan. She is the editor of the Apex Book of World SF 4, the co-editor of Speculative Fiction 2016 and host & producer of the weekly Tor.com interview podcast Midnight in Karachi. She regularly writes for Tor.com, Pornokitsch.com and Dawn, the literary supplement for Pakistan's largest English daily.

About this edition

• Publisher: Solaris
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1781084173
• ISBN 13: 9781781084175
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Murad Mahvesh, Shurin Jared