The Year's Best Fantasy Stories

The Year's Best Fantasy Stories is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in 1975. Despite the anthology's title, it actually gathers together pieces originally published during a two-year period, 1973 and 1974.[1]

The Year's Best Fantasy Stories
First edition cover
AuthorLin Carter (editor)
Cover artistGeorge Barr
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Year's Best Fantasy Stories
GenreFantasy
PublisherDAW Books
Publication date
1975
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages175 pp
Followed byThe Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 2 

Summary

The book collects eleven novelettes and short stories by various fantasy authors deemed by the editor the best to be published during the period represented, together with an introductory survey of the year in fantasy, an essay on the year's best fantasy books, and introductory notes to the individual stories by the editor. The pieces include posthumously published works (the stories by Howard and Bok), and a "posthumous collaboration" (the story by Smith and Carter).

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