The Year's Best Fantasy: Volume One — Paula Guran

<p>Escape on a journey from the ordinary to the extraordinary with award-winning fantasy editor Paula Guran.</p><p>This superbly curated collection explores myth and fable, dark and light -- a heroic creature facing a dangerous demon; an earthly love facing the mossy decay of death. With tales of living ball gowns and timid monsters, of modern witches and multidimensional magic, these twenty-four stories will transport you from fantastical realms that push the limits of imagination to alternative realities mirroring much of our own.</p><p>Discover bewitchment and wonder, the surreal and the chimerical, in a fantasy anthology representing a diverse array of accomplished talent from around the world . . . and perhaps beyond.</p>