- Publisher: Flame Tree
- Year: 2016
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 480pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 239x158mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 0.7kg
- ISBN: 9781783619979
- Product code: 546186
Swords and Steam Short Stories
Anthology of Classic Tales
Fore. ST Joshi New Hardback Illustrated
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Spanning two hundred years of fantasy, horror and science fiction and with influences ranging from folklore to steampunk, this anthology presents classic works by writers including Jules Verne, Walter Scott and Mary Shelley; examples by pulp-era authors such as A Merritt and Robert E Howard, ‘the virtual inventor of sword-and-sorcery’; and contributions to the genre by modern writers.
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Following the great success of the early Gothic Fantasy, deluxe edition short story compilations, Ghosts, Horror and Science Fiction, this exciting title in the series is packed with swashbuckling and steam-punking up to your eyeballs. Adventures and alt-historical tales from classic authors are cast with previously unpublished stories by exciting budding contemporary writers.
New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Andrew Bourelle, Beth Cato, Amanda C. Davis, Daniel J. Davis, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, Spencer Ellsworth, David Jon Fuller, Kelly A. Harmon, Liam Hogan, B.C. Matthews, Angus McIntyre, Dan Micklethwaite, Victoria Sandbrook, Zach Shephard, Amy Sisson, and Brian Trent. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as John Buchan, L. Maria Child, George Griffith, Robert E. Howard, Edward Page Mitchell and Jules Verne.
New, contemporary and notable writers featured are: Andrew Bourelle, Beth Cato, Amanda C. Davis, Daniel J. Davis, Jennifer Dornan-Fish, Spencer Ellsworth, David Jon Fuller, Kelly A. Harmon, Liam Hogan, B.C. Matthews, Angus McIntyre, Dan Micklethwaite, Victoria Sandbrook, Zach Shephard, Amy Sisson, and Brian Trent. These appear alongside classic stories by authors such as John Buchan, L. Maria Child, George Griffith, Robert E. Howard, Edward Page Mitchell and Jules Verne.
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Spanning two hundred years of fantasy, horror and science fiction and with influences ranging from folklore to steampunk, this anthology presents classic works by writers including Jules Verne, Walter Scott and Mary Shelley; examples by pulp-era authors such as A Merritt and Robert E Howard, ‘the virtual inventor of sword-and-sorcery’; and contributions to the genre by modern writers.
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