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New York fantastic : fantasy stories from the city that never sleeps / edited by Paula Guran.

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Night Shade Books , c2017.

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

9781597809313 (trade pbk.)

409 p. ; 23 cm.

Introduction: a place apart / Paula Guran -- How the pooka came to New York City / Delia Sherman -- And the angel with television eyes / John Shirley -- Priced to sell / Naomi Novik -- The horrid glory of its wings / Elizabeth Bear -- The tallest doll in New York City / Maria Dahvana Headley -- Blood yesterday, blood tomorrow / Richard Bowes -- Pork pie hat / Peter Straub -- Grand Central Park / Delia Sherman -- The land of heart's desire / Holly Black -- The city born great / N.K. Jemisin -- La peau verte / Caitlin R. Kiernan -- Cryptic coloration / Elizabeth Bear -- Caisson / Karl Bunker -- Red as snow / Seanan McGuire -- A huntsman passing by / Richard Bowes -- Painted birds and shivered bones / Kat Howard -- Salsa nocturna / Daniel Jose Older -- Weston walks / Kit Reed -- The rock in the park / Peter S. Beagle -- Shell games / George R. R. Martin.

Fantasy spreads across the five boroughs in the first volume of a new anthology series collecting fantastic and extraordinary stories set in specific urban locales. An intriguing but insular man with telekinetic powers becomes New York City's greatest superhero . . . A love affair blossoms between the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building . . . There are tunnels under New York that do not appear on any map . . . Being a Manhattan real estate broker for supernaturals is a real challenge . . . Editor and anthologist Paula Guran collects a diverse array of unusual and memorable tales set in the Big Apple, from a who's-who of New York Times bestsellers and Hugo and Nebula Award-winning writers including George R. R. Martin, Peter Straub, Naomi Novik, Maria Dahvana Headley, Holly Black, and many more. Anyone who's visited New York, New York knows what a "magical" place it is; these stories reveal just how marvelous, extraordinary, mysterious, and even occasionally eerie a truly fantastic city can be.

Fantasy fiction.

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