Fantastikon, The - Softcover

Bailey, Robin Wayne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 193710530X ISBN 13: 9781937105303

Publisher: Yard Dog Press, 2015

This new collection is a logical companion volume to my previous Yard Dog Books collection, TURN LEFT TO TOMORROW. That volume focused exclusively on my science fiction tales. This new book focuses exclusively on my fantasies. This one contains some of my earliest stories, works such as “Child of Orcus” and “The Woodland of Zarad-Thra,” and my latest stories, such as “Trampire” and “Killing Stars.” They span a range of themes and styles, from sword-and-sorcery tales to urban horror, from the grim and gritty, to satire, to humor. My moods change like the images on those stereopticon slides.” —Robin Wayne Bailey “For the past three decades, I have admired and marveled at the storytelling skills of Robin W. Bailey. He has written passionately and prolifically of heroes and heroines, of monsters and mortals, and of magic and mayhem — all kinds of wondrous stories, about all kinds of wondrous people. "In fact, I used to ask myself how just one author could write so many different sorts of speculative fiction, with so many diverse characters . . . and still make every story seem so intensely vital and personal. “But then I came to realize it’s because every story Robin writes is intensely vital and personal. “Few writers have studied tales of wonder so thoroughly, and no one loves them more fiercely. So whenever you read a Robin Bailey story, you’re reading a story by an author who honors all of the great fantasists who came before — yet who also leads you ever further into the uncharted territory they pioneered. “The literature of the fantastic has no greater champion. “And you, the reader, could find no better guide to the wild magic that lies ahead.” –Brad Denton “Robin Bailey’s unique voice can be heard on every page of every story. Strong, confident, distinctive, he writes with authority that carries the reader through even the most far-out of places and times. Different though they may be from each other, you can be sure that each story here will deliver full reader satisfaction.” –Rob Chilson.

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About the Author:

RobIn Wayne Bailey is the best-selling author of the Dragonkin trilogy, the Frost saga, and the Brothers of the Dragon martial arts fantasy series, as well as the critically acclaimed novel, Shadowdance. His Fritz Leiber inspired Swords Against the Shadowland was named one the best fantasy novels of 1998. His short fiction has appeared in many anthologies and magazines, and his novelette, The Children s Crusade, was a 2009 Nebula Awards nominee. Additionally, he s edited two notable collections, including Architects of Dreams: The SFWA Author Emeritus and Through My Glasses Darkly: Stories by Frank M. Robinson. He is a former president of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., and was also the originator and co-founder of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, begun in 1997 and later merged into the Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, which is now located in Seattle, Washington. Yard Dog Books previously published a collection of Bailey s science fiction stories as Turn Left to Tomorrow, as well as Zombies in Oz and Other Undead Musings, a collection of satirical zombie poetry. The Fantasticon: Tales of Wonder is his third work from Yard Dog Books.

Review:

For the past three decades, I have admired and marveled at the storytelling skills of Robin W. Bailey. He has written passionately and prolifically of heroes and heroines, of monsters and mortals, and of magic and mayhem all kinds of wondrous stories, about all kinds of wondrous people. In fact, I used to ask myself how just one author could write so many different sorts of speculative fiction, with so many diverse characters . . . and still make every story seem so intensely vital and personal. But then I came to realize it s because every story Robin writes is intensely vital and personal. Few writers have studied tales of wonder so thoroughly, and no one loves them more fiercely. So whenever you read a Robin Bailey story, you re reading a story by an author who honors all of the great fantasists who came before yet who also leads you ever further into the uncharted territory they pioneered. The literature of the fantastic has no greater champion. And you, the reader, could find no better guide to the wild magic that lies ahead. --Brad Denton

Robin Bailey s unique voice can be heard on every page of every story. Strong, confident, distinctive, he writes with authority that carries the reader through even the most far-out of places and times. Different though they may be from each other, you can be sure that each story here will deliver full reader satisfaction. --Rob Chilson.

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