The Giant Book of Fantasy Tales
Edited by Stephen Jones and David Sutton.
Contents:
- Preface: The Cauldron by Stephen Jones and David Sutton
- Introduction: Speaking from the Dark by Clive Barker
- Now and Again in Summer by Charles L. Grant
- The Thievery of Yish by Lin Carter
- Vampire Village by Guy N. Smith
- The Farmer and the Travelling Salesman's Daughter by C. Bruce Hunter
- Writer's Cramp by David A. Riley (as by David Riley)
- Memories (poem) by Robert E. Howard
- Ice and Fire by Kenneth Bulmer (as by Ken Bulmer)
- The Cure by William F. Nolan
- The Dispossessed by Joel Lane
- The Man Who Felt Pain by Brian Lumley
- Vampire Sestina (poem) by Neil Gaiman
- The Sustenance of Hoak by Ramsey Campbell
- The One Left Behind by Stephen Gresham
- The Drain by Stephen Gallagher
- Alice Smiling by Charles L. Grant
- Into the Dark Land by Darrell Schweitzer
- The Man Who Collected Barker by Kim Newman
- Sea-Reverie (poem) by Steve Eng
- In the Trees by Steve Rasnic Tem
- The Invisible Boy by Roberta Lannes
- The Changer of Names by Ramsey Campbell
- Night Bloomer by David J. Schow
- On the Wing by Jean-Daniel Breque
- Black the Water (poem) by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
- The Bridge People by J. N. Williamson
- Networks by Garry Kilworth
- Foreign Parts by Neil Gaiman
- The Monster by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
- How Jaquerel Made War in Bel Azhurra by Janet Fox
- Mother Hen by Kim Newman
- The Spectacles in the Drawer by Thomas Ligotti
- The Sorcerer to His Long-Lost Love (poem) by Darrell Schweitzer
- The Pit of Wings by Ramsey Campbell
- Rehearsals by Thomas F. Monteleone
- The Medusa by Thomas Ligotti
- Only Human by Adrian Cole
- Island with the Stink of Ghosts by Garry Kilworth
- Afterword: The Supernatural – Fiction & Fact by Peter James
Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (born 1953) is an acclaimed editor of numerous award-winning horror anthologies, and the author of several book-length studies of horror and fantasy films as well as an account of Lovecraft's early British publications. Jones has edited anthologies such as the Best New Horror series, Dark Terrors, The Mammoth Book of Vampires, The Mammoth Book of Zombies, The Mammoth Book of Dracula, The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women, The Vampire Stories of R. Chetwynd-Hayes and The Conan Chronicles, 1 and The Conan Chronicles, 2 by Robert E. Howard. Jones has also been co-editor of several books with Kim Newman, such as Horror: 100 Best Books and Horror: Another 100 Best Books with 200 essays on seminal horror books by acclaimed writers of this genre. Jones also edited Dancing with the Dark, a collection of stories of allegedly real life encounters with the paranormal by established horror writers. Jones has been the recipient of a Hugo award and many Bram Stoker Awards.
Fantasy Tales
Fantasy Tales consists of 2 total books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.