Funny Fantasy Author:Alex Shvartsman (Editor) From evil overlords to bumbling henchmen, talking cats to lovelorn fishermen, mad queens to wise opossums, the collected fourteen stories subvert popular fantasy tropes in surprising and delightful ways. This book collects some of the best funny fantasy fiction published in the past decade. Included are works by Hugo and Nebula Award winners, Ne... more »w York Times and USA Today bestselling authors, as well as up-and-coming talented writers. Includes the following stories:
Dave the Mighty Steel-Thewed Avenger by Laura Resnick
Crumbs by Esther Friesner
Fellow Traveler by Donald J. Bingle
A Fish Story by Sarah Totton
Another End of the Empire by Tim Pratt
Giantkiller by G. Scott Huggins
A Mild Case of Death by David Gerrold
Fairy Debt by Gail Carriger
A Very Special Girl by Mike Resnick
The Blue Corpse Corps by Jim C. Hines
Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel by Shaenon K. Garrity
The Queens Reason by Richard Parks
The Best Little Cleaning Robot in All of Faerie by Susan Jane Bigelow