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fifteen beastly tales
edited by Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant
467 pages
Winner of the World Fantasy award for best anthology.

Contents: Moriabe's children / Paulo Bacigalupi -- Old souls / Cassandra Clare -- Ten rules for being an intergalactic smuggler (the successful kind) / Holly Black -- Quick hill / M.T. Anderson -- The diabolist / Nathan Ballingrud -- This whole demonic thing / Patrick Ness -- Wings in the morning / Sarah Res Brennan -- Left foot, right / Nalo Hopkinson -- The mercurials / G. Carl Purcell -- Kitty Capulet and the invention of underwater photography / Dylan Horrocks -- Son of Abyss / Nik Houser -- A small wild magic / Kathleen Jennings -- The new boyfriend / Kelly Link -- The woods hide in plain sight / Joshua Lewis -- Mothers, lock up your daughter because they are terrifying / Alice Sola Kim
Summary: Welcome to a world where humans live side by side with monsters... Where band members and betrayed friends happen to be demonic, an eight-legged alien makes tea, and harpies are as likely to attract as repel. Fifteen top voices in fantasy fiction explore the intersection of fear and love, of monsters and men, and our fatal attraction to what hides in the shadows. (Back cover)