http://bactra.org/notebooks Cosma's Notebooks en http://bactra.org/notebooks/2010/01/18#fantasy <P>Horror is recognized as a separate genre, but I don't read enough of it to make a separate notebook for it worthwhile. Things are different with <a href="science-fiction.html">science fiction</a>. <P>I've spun off the <a href="fantasy-recs.html">list of recommendations into a separate page.</a> <ul>To read: <li>Lynn Abbey, <cite>Rifkind's Challenge</cite> <li>Joan Aiken, <cite>The Cockatrice Boys</cite> <li>Tim Akers, <cite>Heart of Veridon</cite> <li>Kim Antieau, <cite>The Jigsaw Woman</cite> <li>Jennifer Armintrout, <cite>Blood Ties</cite> <li>Ken Asamatsu, <cite>Queen of K'N-Yan</cite> <li>Stephen T. Asma, <cite>On Monsters: An Unnatural History of Our Worst Fears</cite> [<a href="http://www.bookslut.com/nonfiction/2009_10_015209.php">Review in <cite>Bookslut</cite></a>] <li>Paolo Bacigalupi, <cite>Pump Six and Other Stories</cite> <li>Camille Bacon-Smith, <cite>The Face of Time</cite> <li>Kage Baker <ul> <li><cite>Dark Mondays</cite> <li><cite>Or Else My Lady Keeps the Key</cite> </ul> <li>Jeffrey E. Barlough <ul> <li><cite>Dark Sleeper</cite> <li><citE>The House in the High Wood: A Story of Old Talbotshire</cite> <li><cite>Strange Cargo</cite> </ul> <li>Wayne Barlowe, <cite>God's Demon</cite> <li>Jonathan Barnes, <cite>The Somnambulist</cite> <li>Laird Barron, <cite>The Imago Sequence and Other Stories</cite> <li>Peter Beagle <ul> <li><cite>A Fine and Private Place</cite> <li><cite>Folk of the Air</cite> <li><cite>Garden of Earthly Delights</cite> <li><cite>Giant Bones</cite> <li><citE>I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons</cite> <li><cite>Innkeeper's Song</cite> <li><cite>The Line Between</cite> <li><cite>Tamsin</cite> <li><citE>We Never Talk about My Brother</cite> </ul> <li>Beal, <cite>Religion and Its Monsters</cite> <li>Elizabeth Bear <ul> <li><cite>The Chains That You Refuse</cite> <li><cite>Blood and Iron</cite> <li><cite>Hell and Earth</cite> <li><cite>Ink and Steel</cite> <li><cite>Seven for a Secret</cite> <li><cite>Whiskey and Water</cite> </ul> <li>Greg Bear <ul> <li><cite>Sleepside</cite> <li><cite>Songs of Earth and Power</cite> </ul> <li>Alex Bell, <cite>The Ninth Circle</cite> <li>Robert Jackson Bennett, <cite>Mr. Shivers</cite> [Historical horror novel set during the Dust Bowl. <a href="http://www.powells.com/blog/?p=12519">Author's comments</a>.] <li>Holly Black, <cite>Tithe: A Modern Faerie Tale</cite> <li>Algernon Blackwood, <cite>In the Realm of Terror</cite> [anthology] <li>Katherine Blake (pseud. of Dorothy J. Heydt), <cite>The Interior Life</cite> <li>Blaylock <ul> <li><cite>All the Bells on Earth</cite> <li><cite>The Digging Leviathan</cite> <li><cite>Homunculus</cite> <li><cite>Land of Dreams</cite> <li><cite>Lord Kelvin's Machine</cite> <li><cite>Night Relics</cite> <li><cite>The Paper Grail</cite> </ul> <li>Jorge Luis Borges and Margarita Guerrero, <cite>The Book of Imaginary Beings</cite> <li>Richard Bowes, <cite>Minions of the Moon</citE> <li>Sarah Rees Brennan, <cite>The Demon's Lexicon</cite> <li>Patricia Briggs, <cite>Hob's Bargain</cite> <li>John Brown, <cite>Servant of a Dark God</citE> [<a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2009/10/20/the-big-idea-john-brown/">self-presentation</a>] <li>S. G. Browne, <cite>Breathers; A Zombie's Lament</cite> <li>John Brunner, <citE>The Compleat Traveller in Black</cite> <li>Steven Brust <ul> <li><cite>Agyar</cite> <li><cite>The Viscount of Adrilankha</cite> <ol> <li><cite>The Paths of the Dead</cite> <li><cite>The Lord of Castle Black</cite> </ol> <li>the Vlad Taltos books, in order <ul> <li><cite>Taltos</cite> <li><cite>Phoenix</cite> <li><cite>Athyra</cite> <li><cite>Ocra</cite> <li><cite>Dragon</cite> </ul> <li><cite>Brokendown Palace</cite> </ul> <li>Steven Brust and Emma Bull, <cite>Freedom and Necessity</cite> [Which I've seen stocked as non-fiction] <li><a href="http://coffeeem.livejournal.com/">Emma Bull</a> <ul> <li><cite>Finder</cite> <li><cite>Territory</cite> </ul> <li>Kathleen Bryan, <cite>The Serpent and the Rose</cite> <li>Barbara Nye Byfield <ul> <li><cite>The Glass Harmonica</cite> [=<cite>The Book of Wierd</cite> {sic?}] <li><cite>The Man Who Made Gold</cite> [=<cite>Andrew and the Alchemist</cite>] </ul> <li>Alan Campbell, <cite>Scar Night</cite> <li>Ramsey Campbell <ul> <li><citE>Ghosts and Grisly Things</cite> <li><cite>The Hungry Moon</cite> </ul> <li>Jonathan Carroll, <cite>White Apples</cite> <li>C. J. Cherryh <ul> <li><cite>Faery in Shadow</cite> <li><cite>The Goblin Mirror</cite> <li>The Morgaine stories: <cite>Gate of Ivrel,</cite> <cite>Well of Shiuan,</cite> <cite>Fires of Azeroth,</cite> <cite>Exile's Gate</cite> </ul> <li>M. Lucie Chin, <cite>Fairy of Ku-She</cite> <li>Deborah Christian, <cite>Kar Kalim</cite> <li>Michael Cisco, <cite>The San Veneficio Canon</cite> <li><a href="http://www.sff.net/people/Brenda/">B. W. [=Brenda] Clough</a> <ul> <li><cite>The Crystal Crown</cite> <li><cite>The Name of the Sun</cite> <li><cite>The Realm Beneath</cite> </ul> <li>Harry Connolly, <cite>Child of Fire</cite> <li>Storm Constantine, <cite>Sea Dragon Heir</cite> <li>Dana Copithorne, <cite>The Steam Magnate</cite> <li>Basil Copper, <cite>The Great White Space</cite> <li>John Crowley <ul> <li><cite>Aegypt</cite> <li><cite>Beasts</cite> <li><cite>Engine Summer</cite> <li><cite>Little, Big</cite> </ul> <li>Leah R. Cutter, <cite>Paper Mage</cite> <li>Roald Dahl, <cite>Kiss Kiss</cite> <li>Kara Dalkey <ul> <li><cite>Euryale</cite> <li><cite>The Nightingale</cite> <li><cite>Steel Rose</cite> </ul> <li>Mark Z. Danielewski, <cite>House of Leaves</cite> <li>Richard Dansky, <cite>Firefly Rain</cite> <li>Avram Davidson <ul> <li><cite>Jackleg</cite> <li><cite>The Other Nineteenth Century</cite> <li><cite>Ursus of Ultima Thule</cite> <li><cite>What Strange Stars and Skies</cite> </ul> <li>Avram Davidson and Grantia Davis, <cite>Marco Polo and the Sleeping Beauty</cite> <li>Ariane and Christian Delacampagne, <cite>Here Be Dragons: A Fantastic Beastiary</cite> <li>Mark Del Franco, <cite>Unshapely Things</cite> <li><a href="http://www.sfsite.com/charlesdelint/">Charles de Lint</a> <ul> <li><cite>Dreams Underfoot</cite> <li><cite>Forests of the Heart</citE> <li><cite>The Ivory and the Horn</cite> <li><cite>Moonlight and Vines</cite> <li><cite>Someplace to Be Flying</cite> </ul> <li>A. M. Dellamonica, <cite>Indio Springs</cite> <li>Alan DeNiro, <cite>Total Oblivion, More or Less</cite> [<a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/01/14/the-big-idea-alan-deniro/">Author's self-presentation</a>] <li>Candas Jane Dorsey, <cite>Black Wine</cite> <li>E. R. Eddison <ul> <li><cite>Mistress of Mistresses</cite> <li><cite>The Worm Ouroboros</cite> </ul> <li>Steven Erikson, <cite>Deadhouse Gates</cite> <li>S. L. Farrell, <cite>A Magic of Twilight</cite> <li>Charles G. Finney <ul> <li><cite>The Ghosts of Manacle</cite> <li><cite>The Magician Out of Manchuria</cite> <li><cite>The Old China Hands</cite> [Nonfiction] <li><cite>The Unholy City</cite> </ul> <li>John M. Ford <ul> <li><cite>From the End of the Twentieth Century</cite> <li><cite>Heat of Fusion</cite> </ul> <li>Lorna Freeman, <cite>Covenants</cite> <li>Esther Friesner <ul> <li><cite>Child of the Eagle: A Myth of Rome</cite> <li><cite>Mustapha and his Wise Dog</cite> <li><cite>Spells of Mortal Weaving</cite> <li><cite>Wishing Season</cite> <li><cite>The Witchwood Cradle</cite> </ul> <li>Neil Gaiman <ul> <li><cite>Anasi Boys</cite> <li><cite>Coraline</cite> <li><cite>The Graveyard Book</cite> <li><cite>Neverwhere</cite> <li><cite>Smoke and Mirrors</cite> <li><cite>Stardust</cite> </ul> <li>R. Garcia y Robertson, <cite>Firebird</cite> <li>Richard Garfinkle, <cite>Celestial Matters</cite> <li>Richard Gavin, <cite>Omens</cite> <li>Patricia Geary <ul> <li><cite>Living in Ether</cite> <li><cite>Strange Toys</cite> </ul> <li>Mary Gentle <ul> <li><cite>1610: A Sundial in a Grave</cite> <li><cite>The Architecture of Desire</cite> <li><cite>A Hawk in Silver</cite> <li><cite>Ilario</cite> <li><cite>Left to His Own Devices</cite> <li><cite>Scholars and Soldiers</cite> <li><cite>The Wild Machines: The Book of Ash #3</cite> <li><citE>Lost Burgundy: The Book of Ash #4</cite> </ul> <li>Felix Gilman, <cite>Gears of the City</cite> <li>Greer Ilene Gilman <ul> <li><cite>Moonwise</cite> <li><cite>Cloud and Ashes: Three Winter's Tales</cite> </ul> <li>Laura Anne Gilman, <cite>Flesh and Fire</cite> <li><a href="http://www.brazenhussies.net/goldstein/">Lisa Goldstein</a> <ul> <li><cite>Dark Cities Underground</cite> <li><cite>The Dream Years</cite> <li><cite>Travellers in Magic</cite> <li><cite>Walking the Labyrinth</cite> </ul> <li>Kathryn Grant <ul> <li><cite>The Phoenix Bells</cite> <li><cite>The Black Jade Road</cite> <li><cite>The Willow Garden</cite> </ul> <li>Kate Griffin, <cite>A Madness of Angels: Or, the Resurrection of Matthew Swift</cite> <li>Jim Grimsley, <citE>The Ordinary</cite> <li>Elizabeth Hand <ul> <li><cite>Last Summer at Mars Hill</cite> <li><cite>Mortal Love</cite> <li><cite>Waking the Moon</cite> </ul> <li>M. L. N. Hanover, <cite>Black Sun's Daughter</cite> <li>Donald Harstad, <cite>Code Sixty-One</cite> <li>Kenneth J. Harvey, <cite>The Town That Forgot How to Breathe</cite> <li>Robin Hobb, <cite>Ship of Magic</cite> <li>Nina Kiriki Hoffman <ul> <li><citE>A Fistful of Sky</cite> <li><cite>A Red Heart of Memories</cite> <li><cite>The Silent Strength of Stones</cite> <li><cite>The Thread that Binds the Bones</cite> </ul> <li>Robert Holdstock <ul> <li><citE>Ancient Echoes</cite> <li><cite>Earthwind</cite> <li><cite>The Hollowing</cite> </ul> <li>Madeline Howard, <cite>The Hidden Stars</cite> <li>Stephen Hunt <ul> <li><cite>The Court of the Air</cite> <li><cite>The Kingdom Beyond the Waves</cite> </ul> <li>Alexander C. Irvine, <cite>The Narrows</cite> <li>M. R. James, <cite>Casting the Runes, and Other Ghost Stories</cite> <li>Kiji Johnson, <cite>The Fox Woman</cite> <li>Diana Wynne Jones <ul> <li><cite>Archer's Goon</cite> <li><cite>Chrestomanci Quartet</cite> <li><cite>The Dalemark Quartet</cite> <li><cite>Dogsbody</cite> <li><cite>Fire and Hemlock</cite> <li><cite>The Homeward Bounders</cite> <li><cite>The Ogre Downstairs</cite> </ul> <li>Richard Kadrey, <cite>Angel Scene/Teeth and Tongue Landscape</cite> <li>Kirsten Imani Kasai, <cite>Ice Song</cite> <li>Guy Gavriel Kay <ul> <li><cite>A Song for Arbonne</cite> <li><cite>The Last Light of the Sun</cite> <li><cite>The Sarantine Mosaic</cite>: <cite>Sailing to Sarantium</citE> and <cite>Lord of Emperors</cite> <li><cite>Tigana</cite> </ul> <li>Julie Kenner, <cite>Tainted</cite> <li>Jack Ketchum, <cite>Red</cite> <li>Greg Keyes <ol start=2> <li><cite>The Charnel Prince</cite> <li><cite>The Blood Knight</cite> <li><cite>The Born Queen</cite> </ol> <li>Caitl&iacute;n R. Kiernan <ul> <li><cite>Alabaster</cite> <li><cite>Silk</cite> <li><cite>Murder of Angels</cite> [Sequel to <cite>Silk</cite>] <li><cite>Low Red Moon</cite> [Sequel to the excellent <cite>Threshold</cite>] <li><cite>Tales of Pain and Wonder</cite> <li><cite>To Charles Fort, with Love</cite> </ul> <li>Stephen King <ul> <li><cite>Bag of Bones</cite> <li><citE>Duma Key</cite> <li><cite>Insominia</cite> <li><citE>Lisey's Story</cite> <li><citE>Nightmares and Dreamscapes</cite> <li><cite>Rose Madder</cite> </ul> <li>Kathe Koja <ul> <li><cite>Bad Brains</cite> <li><cite>Extremities</cite> <li><cite>Skin</cite> </ul> <li>Nancy Kress, <cite>Briar Rose</cite> <li>Ellen Kushner <ul> <li><cite>Privilege of the Sword</cite> <li><cite>Thomas the Rhymer</cite> </ul> <li>R. A. Lafferty, <cite>The Devil Is Dead</cite> <li>Sarah Langan, <cite>The Missing</cite> <li>Marc Laidlaw, <cite>The 37th Mandala</cite> <li>L. Lamplight, <cite>Prospero's Daughter</cite> <li>Jay Lake <ul> <li><citE>Green</cite> <li><cite>Trial of Flowers</cite> </ul> <li>Jeanne Larsen, <cite>Silk Road</cite> <li>Tanith Lee [I'm not sure why I keep bothering...] <ul> <li><cite>Heart Beast</cite> <li><cite>Kill the Dead</cite> <li><cite>Sabella, or, the Blood Stone</cite> </ul> <li>Ursula Le Guin <ul> <li><cite>Malafrena</cite> <li><cite>The Other Wind</cite> <li><cite>Orisian Tales</cite> <li><cite>Searoad</cite> <li><cite>Tales of Earthsea</cite> <li><cite>The Wind's Twelve Quarters</cite> </ul> <li>Jane Lindskold <ul> <li><cite>Child of a Rainless Year</cite> <li><cite>Legends Walking</cite> <li><citE>Thirteen Orphans</cite> </ul> <li>Kelly Link <ul> <li><cite>Stranger Things Happen</cite> <li><citE>Magic for Beginners</cite> </ul> <li>Holly Lisle, <cite>Hawkspar</cite> <li>Scott Lynch, <cite>The Republic of Thieves</cite> <li>Elizabeth A. Lynn <ul> <li><cite>Dragon's Treasure</cite> <li><cite>Watchtower</cite> <li><cite>Dancers of Arun</cite> <li><cite>The Northern Girl</cite> </ul> <li>R. A. MacAvoy <ul> <li><cite>The Belly of the Wolf</cite> <li><cite>Damiano's Lute</cite> <li><cite>The Grey Horse</cite> <li><cite>The Third Eagle</cite> </ul> <li>Arthur Machen <li>Ian R. MacLeod, <cite>The Light Ages</cite> <li>Michael Marano, <cite>Dawn Song</cite> <li>George R. R. Martin <ul> <li>vol. 5 of <cite>A Song of Ice and Fire</cite> the moment it's available, dammit! <li><cite>Fevre Dream</cite> </ul> <li>A. Lee Martinez, <cite>Monster</cite> <li>Graham Masterton, <citE>A Terrible Beauty</cite> <li>Anne McCaffery (ed.), <cite>Alchemy and Academe</cite> <li>Robert McCammon, <cite>Swan Song</cite> <li>Chandler McGrew, <cite>The Darkening</cite> <li>Patricia McKillip <ul> <li><citE>The Bell at Seely Head</cite> <li><cite>Harrowing the Dragon</cite> <li><cite>Something Rich and Strange</cite> <li><cite>The Throme of the Erril of Sherril</cite> [No, I don't know what that means, but it's McKillip!] </ul> <li>Robin McKinley <ul> <li><cite>Chalice</cite> <li><cite>Dragonhaven</cite> <li><cite>A Knot in the Grain</cite> </ul> <li>Sean McMullen, <cite>Voyage of the Shadowmoon</cite> <li>George Meredith, <cite>The Shaving of Shagpat</cite> <li>Meyrink, <cite>The Golem</cite> <li>China Mieville <ul> <li><cite>The City and the City</cite> <li><cite>Iron Council</citE> <li><citE>King Rat</cite> <li><cite>Perdido Street Station</cite> <li><cite>The Scar</cite> <li><cite>Un Lun Dun</cite> </ul> <li>A. A. Milne, <cite>Once On a Time</cite> <li>Christopher Moore <ul> <li><cie>A Dirty Job</cite> <li><cite>Fool</cite> <li><cite>Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal</cite> <li><cite>You Suck</cite> </ul> <li>Alanna Morland <li>Jan Morris, <cite>Last Letters from Hav</cite> <li>William Morris <li>James Morrow, <cite>Bible Stories for Adults</cite> <li>Justine Musk <ul> <li><cite>Lord of Bones</cite> <li><cite>Uninvited</cite> </ul> <li>Vera Nazarian <ul> <li><cite>Lords of Rainbow</cite> <li><cite>The Duke in his Castle</cite> </ul> <li>Kim Newman <ul> <li><cite>Bad Dreams</cite> <li><cite>The Quorum</cite> </ul> <li>Garth Nix <ul> <li><citE>Lirael</cite> <li><cite>Abhorsen</cite> </ul> <li>Naomi Novik, <cite>Victory of Eagles</cite> <li>Stewart O'Nan, <cite>The Night Country</cite> <li>Rebecca Ore, <cite>Slow Funeral</cite> <li>Dru Pagliasotti, <cite>Clockwork Heart</cite> <li>Michael Paine, <cite>The Night School</cite> <li>Susan Palwick, <cite>The Necessary Beggar</cite> <li>Alexei and Cory Panshin, <cite>Earth Magic</cite> <li>Paul Park <ul> <li><cite>The Tourmaline</cite> <li><cite>The White Tyger</cite> <li><cite>The Hidden World</cite> </ul> <li>Holly Phillips <ul> <li><cite>The Engine's Child</cite> <li><cite>In the Palace of Repose</cite> </ul> <li>Tom Piccirilli, <citE>The Night Class</cite> <li>Meredith Anne Pierce <ul> <li><cite>The Darkangel</cite>, <cite>Gathering of Gargoyles</cite>, <cite>The Pearl of the Soul of the World</cite> <li><cite>The Firebringer</cite>, <cite>Dark Moon</cite>, <cite>The Son of Summer Stars</cite> <li><cite>The Woman Who Loved Reindeer</cite> </ul> <li>Jan Potocki, <cite>The Manuscript Found in Saragossa</cite> <li>Tim Powers <ul> <li><cite>The Anubis Gates</cite> <li><cite>Earthquake Weather</cite> <li><cite>Expiration Date</cite> <li><cite>Last Call</cite> <li><cite>On Stranger Tides</cite> <li><cite>The Stress of Her Regard</cite> <li><cite>Three Days to Never</cite> </ul> <li>Terry Pratchett <ul> <li><cite>Eric</cite> <li><cite>The Last Continent</cite> <li><cite>Moving Pictures</cite> <li><cite>Wintersmith</cite> </ul> <li>Tim Pratt <ul> <li><cite>Little Gods</cite> <li><cite>Spell Games</cite> <li><cite>The Strange Adventures of Rangergirl</cite> [Recommended by <a href="http://www.chrononaut.org/log/archives/000529.html">David Moles</a>] </ul> <li>E. Hoffman Price <ul> <li><cite>The Devil Wives of Li-Fong</cite> <li><cite>The Jade Enchantress</cite> </ul> <li>Cherie Priest <ul> <li><cite>Fathom</cite> <li><cite>Four and Twenty Blackbirds</cite> <li><citE>Those Who Went Remain There Still</cite> </ul> <li>Philip Pullman, <cite>The Amber Spyglass</cite> <li>Rabkin, <cite>The Fantastic in Literature</cite> <li>Cat Rambo, <cite>Eyes Like Sky and Coal and Moonlight</cite> <li>Laura Resnick, <cite>Disappearing Nightly</cite> <li>Sile Rice, <cite>The Saxon Tapestry</cite> <li>Phil Rickman <ul> <li><cite>Chalice</cite> <li><cite>Candlelight</cite> <li><citE>To Dream of the Dead</cite> </ul> <li>Madeline E. Robins, <cite>The Stone War</cite> <li>Patrick Rothfuss, <cite>The Name of the Wind</cite> <li>Carrie Ryan, <cite>The Forest of Hands and Teeth</cite> <li>Charles Saunders,<cite>Imaro</cite> <li>Elizabeth Ann Scarborough <ul> <li><cite>The Drastic Dragon of Draco, Texas</cite> <li><cite>The Harem of Aman Akbar</cite> <li><cite>The Healer's War</cite> <li><cite>Last Refuge</cite> <li><cite>Nothing Sacred</cite> </ul> <li>Ken Scholes, <cite>Lamentation</cite> <li>Darrell Schweitzer, <cite>The Shattered Goddess</cite> <li>Ekaterina Sedia <ul> <li><citE>The Alchemy of Stone</cite> <li><cite>The Secret History of Moscow</cite> </ul> <li>Michael Shea <ul> <li><cite>Nifft the Lean</cite> and <cite>The Mines of Behomoth</cite> <li><cite>Polyphemus</cite> <li><cite>Tomorrow's Men</cite> </ul> <li>Delia Sherman, <cite>The Porcelain Dove</cite> <li>Joseph Sherman <ul> <li><cite>The Shining Falcon</cite> <li><cite>The Horse of Flame</cite> </ul> <li>Frances Sherwood, <cite>Book of Splendor</cite> <li><a href="http://shetterly.wordpress.com/">Will Shetterly</a> <ul> <li><cite>Dogland</cite> <li><cite>Gospel of the Knife</citE> <li><cite>Nevernever</cite> <li><cite>The Tangled Lands</cite> </ul> <li>Will Shetterly and Emma Bull <ul> <li><cite>Double Feature</cite> <li>(eds.) <cite>Liavek</cite> <em>et seq.</em> </ul> <li>Susan Shwartz <ul> <li>(ed.) <cite>Arabesques</cite> <li>(ed.) <cite>Arabesques 2</cite> <li><cite>Cross and Crescent</cite> <li><cite>The Grail of Hearts</cite> <li><citE>Silk Roads and Shadows</cite> </ul> <li>Dan Simmons <ul> <li><cite>Lovedeath</cite> <li><cite>Summer of Night</cite> <li><citE>A Winter Haunting</cite> </ul> <li>Clark Ashton Smith <ul> <li><cite>A Rendezvous in Averoigne</cite> <li><cite>Poseidonis</cite> <li><cite>Xiccaraph</cite> </ul> <li>Midori Snyder <ul> <li><cite>Beldan's Fire</cite> <li><cite>Innamorati</cite> <li><citE>New Moon</citE> <li><cite>Sadar's Keep</cite> </ul> <li>Alexandra Sokoloff <ul> <li><cite>The Price</cite> <li><cite>The Unseen</cite> </ul> <li>William Browning Spencer <ul> <li><cite>Irrational Fears</cite> <li><cite>The Ocean and All Its Devices</cite> <li><cite>Resume with Monsters</cite> </ul> <li>Nancy Springer <ul> <li><cite>Chance, and Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate</cite> <li><cite>Fair Peril</cite> <li><cite>Metal Angel</cite> <ol> <li><cite>The White Hart</cite> <li><cite>The Silver Sun</cite> <li><cite>The Sable Moon</cite> <li><cite>The Black Beast</cite> </ul> <li>Brian Stableford, <cite>Curse of the Coral Bride</cite> <li>Caroline Stevermer <ul> <li><citE>A Scholar of Magics</cite> <li><cite>The Serpent's Egg</cite> <li>and Patricia Wrede, <cite>Sorcery and Cecilia</cite> <li>and Patricia Wrede, <cite>The Grand Tour</cite> </ul> <li>Sean Stewart <ul> <li><cite>Galveston</cite> <li><cite>Resurrection Man</cite> </ul> <li>Peter Straub <ul> <li><cite>Houses Without Doors</cite> <li><cite>If You Could See Me Now</citE> <li><cite>Julia</cite> <li><cite>Magic Terror</cite> </ul> <li>Matthew Sturges, <cite>Midwinter</cite> <li>Steph Swainston, <cite>The Year of Our War</cite> <li>Michael Swanwick <ul> <li><citE>The Dragons of Babel</cite> <li><cite>Jack Faust</cite> </ul> <li>Sonya Taafe, <cite>Postcards from the Province of Hyphens</cite> <li>Judith Tarr <ul> <li><cite>A Wind in Cairo</cite> <li><cite>Alamut</cite> <li><cite>The Dagger and the Cross</cite> <li><cite>Pillar of Fire</cite> <li><cite>Arrows of the Sun</cite> <li><cite>Spear of Heaven</cite> </ul> <li>Catherynne Valente <ul> <li><cite>The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice</cite> <li><cite>The Grass-Cutting Sword</citE> <li><cite>A Guide to Folktales in Fragile Dialects</cite> <li><cite>The Labyrinth</cite> <li><cite>Oracles</cite> <li><cite>Palimpsest</cite> <li><cite>Yume No Hon</cite> </ul> <li>Anne and Jeff VanderMeer (eds.), <cite>The New Weird</cite> <li>Jeff VanderMeer <ul> <li><cite>City of Saints and Madmen</cite> <li><cite>Finch</cite> <li><cite>Veniss Underground</cite> </ul> <li>Sydney Van Scyoc, <cite>Drowntide</cite> <li>Evangeline Walton, <cite>Prince of Annwn</cite> <li>Jo Walton <ul> <li><cite>Tooth and Claw</cite> <ol>Walton's version of the Matter of Britain: <li><cite>The King's Peace</cite> <li><citE>The King's Name</cite> <li><cite>The Prize in the Game</cite> </ol> </ul> <li>Freda Warrington, <cite>Elfland</cite> <li>Michelle Sagara West, <citE>Into the Dark Lands</cite> <li>T. H. White, <cite>The Once and the Future King</cite> <li>Conrad Williams <ul> <li><cite>Decay Inevitable</cite> <li><cite>Use Once, Then Destroy</cite> <li><cite>The Unblemished</cite> </ul> <li>Liz Williams ["Detective Inspector Chen" series, detective novels set in a mildly futuristic, franchised Singapore, where the traditional Chinese afterlife is is entirely real, and thoroughly integrated into the mundane bureaucracy.] <ul> <li><cite>The Demon and the City</cite> <li><cite>Precious Dragon</cite> </ul> <li>Tad Williams <ul> <li><cite>War of the Flowers</cite> <li><cite>Shadowplay</cite> </ul> <li>Walter Jon Williams, sequel to <cite>City on Fire</cite>, if and when it appears [I really don't like being left hanging like that] <li><a href="http://www.endicott-studio.com/">Terri Windling</a>, <cite>The Woodwife</cite> <li>Gene Wolfe <ul> <li><cite>The Knight</cite> <li><citE>The Wizard</cite> <li><citE>An Evil Guest</cite> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.chelseaquinnyarbro.com/">Chelsea Quinn Yarbo</a> <ul> <li><cite>Ariosto</cite> <li><cite>Blood Games</cite> <li><cite>Sins of Omission</cite> </ul> <li><a href="http://www.janeyolen.com/">Jane Yolen</a> <ul> <li><cite>Briar Rose</cite> <li><cite>Dragon's Blood</cite>; <cite>Heart's Blood</cite>; <cite>A Sending of Dragons</cite> <li><cite>Dragonfield</cite> <li><cite>Sister Light, Sister Dark</cite> <li><cite>White Jenna</cite> </ul> <li>Roger Zelanzy <ul> <li><cite>A Dark Traveling</cite> <li><cite>Unicorn Variations</cite> </ul> <li>Roger Zelazny and Jane Lindskold, <cite>Donnerjack</cite> <li>Stephan Zielinski, <cite>Bad Magic</cite> </ul>