Ellen Datlow,Terri Windling,Jeffrey Ford,Genevieve Valentine,Maureen F. McHugh,Delia Sherman,Kathe Koja,Elizabeth Wein,Elizabeth Bear,James P. Blaylock,Kaaron Warren,Leanna Renee Hieber,Dale Bailey,Veronica Schanoes,Catherynne M. Valente,Ellen Kushner,Caroline Stevermer,Jane Yolen,Gregory Maguire,Tanith Lee,Theodora Goss
â€œGaslamp Fantasy,â€ or historical fantasy set in a magical version of the nineteenth century, has long been popular with readers and writers alike. A number of wonderful fantasy novels, including Stardust by Neil Gaiman, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke, and The Prestige by Christopher Priest, owe their inspiration to works by nineteenth-century writers ranging from Jane Austen, the BrontÃ«s, and George Meredith to Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, and William Morris. And, of course, the entire steampunk genre and subculture owes more than a little to literature inspired by this period.,Queen Victoriaâ€™s Book of Spells is an anthology for everyone who loves these works of neo-Victorian fiction, and wishes to explore the wide variety of ways that modern fantasists are using nineteenth-century settings, characters, and themes. These approaches stretch from steampunk fiction to the Austen-and-Trollope inspired works that some critics call Fantasy of Manners, all of which fit under the larger umbrella of Gaslamp Fantasy. The result is eighteen stories by experts from the fantasy, horror, mainstream, and young adult fields, including both bestselling writers and exciting new talents such as Elizabeth Bear, James Blaylock, Jeffrey Ford, Ellen Kushner, Tanith Lee, Gregory Maguire, Delia Sherman, and Catherynne M. Valente, who present a bewitching vision of a nineteenth century invested (or cursed!) with magic.,The Line-up,:,â€œQueen Victoriaâ€™s Book of Spellsâ€, by Delia Sherman,â€œThe Fairy Enterpriseâ€, by Jeffrey Ford,â€œFrom the Catalogue of the Pavilion of the Uncanny and Marvelous, Scheduled for Premiere at the Great Exhibition (Before the Fire),â€ by Genevieve Valentine,â€œThe Memory Bookâ€, by Maureen McHugh,â€œLa Reine Dâ€™Enferâ€, by Kathe Koja,â€œBriar Roseâ€, by Elizabeth Wein,â€œThe Governessâ€, by Elizabeth Bear,â€œSmithfieldâ€, by James P. Blaylock,â€œThe Unwanted Women of Surreyâ€, by Kaaron Warren,â€œChargedâ€, by Leanna Renee Hieber,â€œMr. Splitfootâ€, by Dale Bailey,â€œPhosphorusâ€, by Veronica Schanoes,â€œWe Without Us Were Shadowsâ€, by Catherynne M. Valente,â€œThe Vital Importance of the Superficialâ€, by Ellen Kushner and Caroline Stevermer,â€œThe Jewel in the Toad Queenâ€™s Crownâ€, by Jane Yolen,â€œA Few Twigs He Left Behindâ€, by Gregory Maguire,â€œTheir Monstrous Mindsâ€, by Tanith Lee,â€œEstella Saves the Villageâ€, by Theodora Goss
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Queen Victoriaâ€™s Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy