The Secret History of Fantasy

Extraordinary writers including Gregory Maguire, Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Lethem, Steven
Millhauser, Aimee Bender, Stephen King, Octavia E. Butler, and Ursula K. Le Guin redefine
fantasy forever.
Step right up and buy your ticket to the impossible marvels of the Barnum Museum. If you dare,
hunt feral archetypes deep within a haunted English forest. Or conquer the new world with a
band of geographically-challenged Norsemen. Go from the depths of a dangerous English forest
to the top of the Tower of Babel, or on a caffeinated journey to the Empire of Ice Cream. In this
special new edition of a sold-out classic, Peter S. Beagle, author of the The Last Unicorn, has
collected nineteen unexpected and delightful stories that expand imaginative frontiers.
Introduction by Peter S. Beagle and stories from Maureen F. McHugh, Gregory Maguire,
Patricia A. McKillip, T. C. Boyle, Steven Millhauser, Stephen King, Terry Bisson, Francesca Lia
Block, Neil Gaiman, Aimee Bender, Jeffrey Ford, Michael Swanwick, Jonathan Lethem,
Susanna Clarke, Octavia E. Butler, Yann Martel, Peter S. Beagle, Robert Holdstock, Kij
Johnson, Ursula K. Le Guin, and David G. Hartwell.