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The Faery Reel
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Mythic Anthologies: Book 2

The Faery Reel (2004) (edit title/settings)

Tales from the Twilight Realm

by Ellen Datlow (Editor), Terri Windling (Editor) (edit contributors)

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Faeries, or creatures like them, can be found in almost every culture the world over—benevolent and terrifying, charming and exasperating, shifting shape from country to country, story to story, and moment to moment. In The Faery Reel, acclaimed anthologists Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling... read more

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  • “The lion raised its chin from my leg. "I think," it said, "that I'll turn you into a Librarian. Come in and talk to me about it when you've had some rest. But now, I'll take that corned beef sandwich. I've always been curious about human food." ~ CATNYP”
  • “Grieve not, young man. Nothing has been done to you that cannot be undone. This time tomorrow, you wouldn't have been able to say that.”
    The priest ~ Tengu Mountain
  • “Remember, when you don't know what to do, it never hurts to play Scrabble.”
    Zofia ~ The Faery Handbag
  • “None of the answers to those dramatic questions were in the cards that day.”
    Cherry ~ Screaming for Faeries
  • “My greatest dream was to talk with horses.”
    Owl
  • “"I'm on my own--present company excluded--and must fend for myself." It had been some time since she'd been able to say that, and the prospect gave her some pleasure.”
    Mémé Gauthier ~ The Oakthing
  • “Mémé Gauthier put her head in her hands and wished to die. But she was of strong country stock and, it seemed, life had not finished with her yet. So in time she straightened her shoulders and went to tend the fire, pour the milk, hector her granddaughter, confound the enemy, mop out the rain that seeped in under the door, and mourn, in a dry-eyed way, the living and the dead.”
    Narrator ~ The Oakthing
  • “When I first stepped into myself as Eelin-Ok, I worried if I had chosen well my home, but I don't think there can be any question that While Away was everything I could have asked for. So, too, many times I questioned my life, but now, in this final moment, memories of Phargo's whisper bark, the thrill of battle against the rats, fishing on the lake, the face of the moon, the taste of blackberries, the wind, Greenly's earnest nature, the boy holding my hand, flying on the night bird, lying with Meiwa in the mussel shell bed, come flooding in like the rising tide. "What does it all mean?" I have always asked. "It means you've lived a life, Eelin-Ok." I hear now the walls begin to give way. I have to hurry. I don't want to miss this.”
    Eelin-Ok ~ The Annals of Eelin-Ok

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Preface by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
Introduction: The Faeries by Terri Windling
The Boys of Goose Hill by Charles de Lint
CATNYP by Delia Sherman
Elvenbrood by Tanith Lee
Your Garnet Eyes by Katherine Vaz
Tengu Mountain by Gregory Frost
The Faery Handbag by Kelly Link
The Price of Glamour by Steve Berman
The Night Market by Holly Black
Never Never by Bruce Glassco
Screaming for Faeries by Ellen Steiber
Immersed in Matter by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
Undine by Patricia A. Mckillip
The Oakthing by Gregory Maguire
Foxwife by Hiromi Goto
The Dream Eaters by A. M. Dellamonica
The Faery Reel by Neil Gaiman
The Shooter at the Heartrock Waterhole by Bill Congreve
The Annals of Eelin-Ok by Jeffrey Ford
De la Tierra by Emma Bull
How to Find Faery by Nan Fry

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  • Sylphs: Faeries of the air
  • Gnomes: Faeries of the earth
  • Undines: Faeries of the water
  • Salamanders: Faeries of fire
  • Seelie Court: or the Blessed Court are good faeries in Scottish lore who are friendly to humankind.
  • Unseelie Court: are bad faeries, unfriendly to humankind.
  • Nicnivin: the dark queen and ruler of the Unseelie Court.
  • Liosálfar: the term for Light Elves in Norse mythology. They are regal and kind. Their abode is in Alfheim.
  • Alfheim: A kingdom in the sky.
  • Döckálfar: the term for Dark Elves in Norse mythology. Their kingdom is underground.
  • Yamabushi priest: An outlaw monk, over time yamabushi evolved into ninja in Japanese lore.
  • Tengue: Demons of the mountain
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Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 2 of 4 in Mythic Anthologies. (standard series)

Preceded by The Green Man, and followed by The Coyote Road.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Ellen Datlow (Editor)
  2. Terri Windling (Editor)

Other Contributors:

  1. Charles Vess (Illustrator)
  2. Charles de Lint (Contributor)
  3. Delia Sherman (Contributor)
  4. Tanith Lee (Contributor)
  5. Katherine Vaz (Contributor)
  6. Gregory Frost (Contributor)
  7. Kelly Link (Contributor)
  8. Steve Berman (Contributor)
  9. Holly Black (Contributor)
  10. Bruce Glassco (Contributor)
  11. Ellen Steiber (Contributor)
  12. Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Contributor)
  13. Patricia A. McKillip (Contributor)
  14. Gregory Maguire (Contributor)
  15. Hiromi Goto (Contributor)
  16. A. M. Dellamonica (Contributor)
  17. Neil Gaiman (Contributor)
  18. Bill Congreve (Contributor)
  19. Jeffrey Ford (Contributor)
  20. Emma Bull (Contributor)
  21. Nan Fry (Contributor)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2004
ISBN: 0670059145
Page Count: 544

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