Faeries (anthology)

Faeries

Cover of first edition
Author	edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
Cover artist	J. K. Potter
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
Genre	Fantasy and science fiction short stories
Publisher	Roc/New American Library
Publication date	1991
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	374 pp.
ISBN	0-451-45061-2
Preceded by	Curses
Followed by	none

Faeries is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of fairies edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the twelfth and last volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Roc/New American Library in 1991. It was reprinted in trade paperback by Barnes & Nobel Books in 2000. The book has also been translated into Italian.^[1]

The book collects eighteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

Contents

• "Fairyland" (Isaac Asimov)
• "How the Fairies Came to Ireland" (Herminie Templeton)
• "The Manor of Roses" (Thomas Burnett Swann)
• "The Fairy Prince" (H. C. Bailey)
• "The Ugly Unicorn" (Jessica Amanda Salmonson)
• "The Brownie of the Black Hags" (James Hogg)
• "The Dream of Akinosuké" (Lafcadio Hearn)
• "Elfinland" (Johann Ludwig Tieck)
• "Darby O'Gill and the Good People" (Herminie Templeton)
• "No-Man's-Land" (John Buchan)
• "The Prism" (Mary E. Wilkins)
• "The Kith of the Elf-Folk" (Lord Dunsany)
• "The Secret Place" (Richard M. McKenna)
• "The King of the Elves" (Philip K. Dick)
• "Flying Pan" (Robert F. Young)
• "My Father, the Cat" (Henry Slesar)
• "Kid Stuff" (Isaac Asimov)
• "The Long Night of Waiting" (Andre Norton)
• "The Queen of Air and Darkness" (Poul Anderson)

Notes

1. Faeries title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database