The magical world of King Arthur, Uther Pendragon, Morgan the Fay, Mordred and Guinevere comes alive in this wondrous collection of original tales by some of the finest talents in fantasy today. Features stories by Parke Godwin, Tanith Lee, Elizabeth Scarborough and others.
My Thoughts:
This is a really thoughtful collection of short stories and poems dealing with King Arthur. Considering I'm not a huge short story fan, I enjoyed every story I read. Of course, some more than others but, if anything, it gives the reader a variety of themes and perspectives. Some are directly from Arthurian legend, others have a liberal distance. I definitely found new authors to follow and enjoyed Parke Godwin's brief description of his relationship with each author and why he chose the pieces in this collection. The closing poem, "Winter Solstice, Camelot Station," by John M. Ford is especially clever. A nice foray into Arthurian fiction.
*Author Tidbit: His short fiction has appeared in several anthologies. His short story "Influencing the Hell out of Time and Teresa Golowitz," was the basis of an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.
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