The legendary editing team of David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer return with the much-anticipated eighth installment of their popular anthology series showcasing the best-selling authors and rising stars of fantasy fiction. This engaging volume collects the essential fantasy stories of 2007. Representing the breadth of talent in the fantasy genre and collecting each year’s most outstanding stories, the Year’s Best Fantasy series continues to be the definitive treasury of fantasy fiction.
"[The] Year's Best Fantasy series is rapidly becoming a welcome shelfmate to the current grandfather of 'year's best' series, the Windling/Datlow Year's Best Fantasy and Horror."
&mdashGreen Man Review"
...terrific material from the likes of Fred Chappell, Holly Black, Don Webb, Garth Nix, and a host of other notables.”
Fantasy & Science Fiction
A truly diverse and exciting anthology. Hartwell’s selection emphasizes, more than any recent anthology that I’ve come across, the rich imaginative potential of fantasy fiction.”
January Magazine
Overall there is no weak story in this collection and many outstanding ones....”
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