Mythic Journeys: Retold Myths and Legends

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Award-winning editor Paula Guran presents a diverse reprint anthology collecting classic myths and legends, retold by todays top fantasy writers, including Neil Gaiman and Emma and Peter Straub.

The Native American trickster Coyote . . . the snake-haired Greek Gorgon Medusa, whose gaze turned men to stone . . . Kaggen, creator of the San peoples of Africa . . . the Holy Grail of Arthurian legend . . . Freyja, the Norse goddess of love and beauty . . . Ys, the mythical sunken city once built on the coast of France . . . Ragnarok, the myth of a world destroyed and reborn . . . Jason and the Argonauts, sailing in search of the Golden Fleece . . .

Myths and legends are the oldest of stories, part of our collective consciousness, and the source from which all fiction flows. Full of magic, supernatural powers, monsters, heroes, epic journeys, strange worlds, and vast imagination, they are fantasies so compelling we want to believe them true.

This new anthology compiles some of the best modern short mythic retellings and reinvention of legend from award-winning and bestselling authors, acclaimed storytellers, and exciting new talent, offering readers new ways to interpret and understand the world. Adventure with us on these Mythic Journeys . Stories and authors include are:

Lost Lake Emma Straub and Peter Straub
White Lines on a Green Field Catherynne M. Valente
Trickster Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due
Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies Brooke Bolander
A Memory of Wind Rachel Swirsky
Leda M. Rickert
Chivalry Neil Gaiman
The God of Au Ann Leckie
Faint Voices, Increasingly Desperate Anya Johanna DeNiro
Ogres of East Africa Sofia Samatar
Ys Aliette de Bodard
The Gorgon Tanith Lee
Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood Charles de Lint
Calypso in Berlin Elizabeth Hand
Seeds Lisa L. Hannett and Angela Slatter
Wonder-Worker-of-the-World Nisi Shawl
Thesea and Astaurius Priya Sharma
Foxfire, Foxfire Yoon Ha Lee
Owl vs. the Neighborhood Watch Darcie Little Badger
How to Survive an Epic Journey Tansy Rayner Roberts
Simargl and the Rowan Tree Ekaterina Sedia
The Ten Suns Ken Liu
Armless Maidens of the American West Genevieve Valentine
Give Her Honey When You Hear Her Scream Maria Dahvana Headley
Zhyuin John Shirley
Immortal Snake Rachel Pollack
A Wolf in Iceland Is the Child of a Lie Sonya Taaffe

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Praise for Mythic Journeys:

The stories are all excellent, and the variety of storytelling makes this a solid choice for fantasy and general readers alike.Booklist, starred review

Fans of fables will find this a delightful exploration of the ways ancient stories can still captivate.Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Paula Guran is a two-time Bram Stoker Award winner. In addition to scores of novels and several single-author collections, she has edited more than forty published anthologies, including Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories By Women and Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold, both with Night Shade Books. She lives in Akron, Ohio.