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The Beastly Bride The Beastly Bride edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
reviewed by Rich Horton
Like the editors's previous YA oriented original anthologies such as The Green Man and The Faery Reel which have preceded this year's entry, these are very enjoyable collections, each on a loose fantasy theme. In this case, the theme is "animal people" aka shapechangers. As with the other books, this is a top-to-bottom very readable, engaging, book.

Troll's-Eye View Troll's-Eye View edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
reviewed by Michael M Jones
In this new collection of short stories, fifteen of the field's best fantasy authors tackle the subject of fairy tales, retold from the viewpoint of the villain, and aimed at a younger audience. In these stories, they explore things from a new perspective. Are fairy tale antagonists really evil, or just misunderstood? Are they sympathetic, or do they deserve their dire fates? And who really does live happily ever after?

Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold Swan Sister: Fairy Tales Retold edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
reviewed by Alma A. Hromic
The classics will always be with us, but the classics, to the editors, are not so much a final destination as the starting point of a journey which can take the reader to places quite unexpected. This is an anthology of 13 stories from such luminaries as Jane Yolen, Tanith Lee, Midori Snyder and Neil Gaiman. And the old-fashioned feel of Christopher Rowe's "The Children of Tilford Fortune", and Gregory Frost's "The Harp That Sang" is a delight.

The Green Man The Green Man edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
reviewed by Steven H Silver
The editors tackle the topic of the titular figure which appears throughout pre-Christian (and post-Christian) folklore in Europe, as well as in the lore of other cultures around the world. Although the stories are ostensibly aimed at a young adult audience, many of the stories are equally enjoyable by adults who are not so young any more. There are several strong stories, including Jeffrey Ford's "The Green Word," M. Shayne Bell's "The Pagodas of Ciboure," Emma Bull's "Joshua Tree," and Charles de Lint's "Somewhere in My Mind There is a Painting Box."

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Fourteenth Annual Collection The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Fourteenth Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
reviewed by Steven H Silver
While the title may conjure up images of unicorns and wizards, ghouls and bloodsuckers, this selection of stories and poems demonstrates that fantasy and horror accommodate a much broader range than stereotypes would indicate. Here are stories containing fantastic and horrific elements without resorting to the stereotypes of epic fantasies and breathing new life into the old myths some of them use as inspiration.

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 13th Annual Collection The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, 13th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling
reviewed by Nick Gevers
Like its predecessors, this volume casts the widest possible net for the best short fiction of the year, ransacking for their treasure prosperous genre magazines and obscure literary quarterlies, well-publicized anthologies and the smallest of small press chapbooks; and like its predecessors, this is consequently superb. After over 100 closely-printed pages of intensive summary and discussion of the state of the Horror and Fantasy fields in 1999, the editors present a very well-considered 500 pages of short fiction, poems and an essay.

Black Heart, Ivory Bones Black Heart, Ivory Bones edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
reviewed by Margo MacDonald and Katharine Mills
The latest, and last, of these reinvented fairy tale anthologies seems to have saved all the best stories for this volume! Margo's favourite is Ellen Steiber's "The Cats of San Martino," while Katharine named Greg Costikyan's "And Still She Sleeps" as one of her favourites.

Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 12th Annual Collection Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 12th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
reviewed by Charlene Brusso
In fantasy literature, like most other genres, novels usually get the bulk of the attention. Thankfully we have brave and tireless editors like Datlow and Windling who can do the sorting for us and come up with a final tally of the past year's notable fantasy and horror short stories.

Silver Birch, Blood Moon Silver Birch, Blood Moon edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
reviewed by Margo MacDonald and Katharine Mills
This is the 5th in a series of fairy tales which have been retold for adults. SF Site reviewers Margo MacDonald and Katharine Mills have come together to discuss the content of this book to see how it holds up against the rest of the series. Highlights for them include Nancy Kress' "Clad in Gossamer", "The Dybbuk in the Bottle" by Russell William Asplund, Anne Bishop's "The Wild Heart" and "The Willful Child, the Black Dog, and the Beanstalk" by Melanie Tem.

Black Swan, White Raven Black Swan, White Raven edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
reviewed by Georges T. Dodds
Georges approached this book with some preconceptions of what a fairy tale should be -- what sort of a fairy tale anthology doesn't have a single tale beginning with "once upon a time?" He was expecting exactly what the editors of this anthology were trying to avoid and recast in a modern context.

The Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 11th Annual Collection Year's Best Fantasy & Horror, 11th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
reviewed by Steven H Silver
The editors have done an exceptional job combing through the traditional sources along with looking for fantasy and horror in the non-traditional sources such as The Paris Review. Their desire and ability to look so far afield continues to make this series one of the most beneficial and fresh anthologies in the speculative fiction field.

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror:  Tenth Annual Collection The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: 10th Annual Collection edited by Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling
reviewed by Lucy Snyder
Lucy finds these forty-odd stories spread out like a vast buffet of refined gourmet dishes and exotic sweetmeats (and not a single bit of cheese or corn to be found anywhere).

Black Swan, White Raven Fairy Tale Anthologies edited by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling
reviewed by Margo MacDonald
These four anthologies, retelling a variety of fairy tales, have definitely made Margo's recommended reading list.

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