A Wizard's Dozen: Stories of the Fantastic (1993)

by Michael Stearns (Editor)

Other authors: Dan Bennett (Contributor), Bruce Coville (Contributor), Charles De Lint (Contributor), Debra Doyle (Contributor), Tappan King (Contributor) — 9 more, Betty Levin (Contributor), James D. MacDonald (Contributor), Joy Oestreicher (Contributor), Will Shetterly (Contributor), Alan P. Smale (Contributor), Sherwood Smith (Contributor), Vivian Vande Velde (Contributor), Patricia C. Wrede (Contributor), Jane Yolen (Contributor)

Series: Ottawa and the Valley (Fairy Dust, 13)

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A collection of fantasy short stories. Patricia Wrede's "The 62 Curses of Caliph Arenschadd" has fun world-building. Charles de Lint's "Fairy Dust" is, like all his other work, filled with fascile moral conclusions and immature writing. I loved the main character in Will Shetterly's "The Princess Who Kicked Butt." Tappan King's "Come Hither" also has a very enjoyable main character (another self-sufficient girlchild).
I have always thought Bruce Coville is awesome, and he proves it yet again with the imaginative, very anti-war story "With His Head Tucked Under His Arm." Alan Smale's "The Breath of Princes" is a fantastic story in the same vein as [book: Dealing With Dragons] or [book: Dragon's Bait]. Speaking of Vande Velde's work, her short story "Lost Soul" is a creepy tale of a peasant seduced by the fey. (

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