Best American Fantasy 2 - Softcover

Peter S. Beagle; Kage Baker; Kelly Link; Jeffery Ford

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809573253 ISBN 13: 9780809573257

Publisher: Prime Books, 2009

Synopsis

A prestigious anthology series, Best American Fantasy is guest edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, with Matthew Cheney serving as the series editor, showcasing the best North American fantasy short fiction from the preceding year.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

The eclectic second installment of Prime's annual anthology draws equally from venerable genre magazines like Weird Tales and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction and more literary publications like McSweeney's and The Cincinnati Review. Standout stories include M. Rickert's Memoir of a Deer Woman, a heartrending tale about a loving husband who must somehow come to grips with his wife's metamorphosis into a deer, and The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford, an allegorical look at the looming economic crisis through the eyes of a disenchanted HMO employee. Fantasy fans will also enjoy Deborah Coates's paranormal-nuanced Chainsaw on Hand and the dark lyricism of Erik Amundsen's Bufo Rex. Though it contains few blockbuster stories, this solidly entertaining anthology exemplifies the continuing evolution and expansion of the genre. (Dec.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: Prime Books
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0809573253
• ISBN 13: 9780809573257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336
• Editor: Jeff VanderMeer, Ann VanderMeer