THE HARVEST CHILD AND OTHER FANTASIES collects the wide range of Steve Rasnic Tem’s fantasy tales for the first time. These 39 stories include sword & sorcery sagas, chronicles of fairies, elves, witches, wizards, magical creatures, Robin Hood, funny fantasy, and a smattering of science fantasy, as well as some uncollected dark fantasy tales which emphasize the fantasy over the horror. These fictions originally appeared in both major markets and hard-to-find small magazines including, but not limited to: After Hours, Paradox, Asimov’s, Dragon Magazine, Elsewhere, Infinite Loop, New Frontiers, Jabberwocky, Chrysalis, Grue, Mythellany, Fantasy Book, Extro, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
Stories included in this collection:
The Harvest Child
The Artist and His Mother
Ancient Grass
The Brollachan
The Carl Paradox
Eddie the Great
Robin in the Mists
Cornwoman
Dune Shack
The Dying
Embrace of Clay, Embrace of Straw
Garbage
Hideout
Daytimer
The Orchard
The Doors of Hypertext
In All Things Moderation
Janael
Filmmaker
Lost Cherokee
Markers
Tall Skies
The Sound of Hawkwings Dissolving
Riverbanks
Teddy Bear Winter
Time and the Exile
Umbrellas
Morning Talk
Re: Vision
Wanderlust
War on the Downside
Welcome to Rodeomart
The World through the Tree
Ten Things I Know About the Wizard
Punishment
Writing in the Dark
The Night Market (with Melanie Tem)
The Final Apprentice
Dying on the Elephant Road
