 Cover of The Goblin Master's Grimoire | |
| Author | Jim C. Hines |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Emily Fiegenschuh |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | ISFiC Press |
Publication date | 2013 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages | 288 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-9857989-9-4 |
| OCLC | 881037586 |
The Goblin Master's Grimoire is a collection of fantasy short stories by Jim C. Hines, first published in hardcover by ISFiC Press in November 2013. An e-book edition followed from the same publisher in October 2014. [1]
The book contains twenty-two short stories and novelettes by the author, together with an introduction by John Scalzi, a bibliography of the author's works by Hines and Steven H Silver, and an afterword by Seanan McGuire. [1] Most of the pieces were originally published between 1999 and 2012 in the anthologies Fantastic Companions , Fantasy Gone Wrong , Gamer Fantastic , A Girl's Guide to Guns and Monsters , If I Were an Evil Overlord , L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XV , Magic in the Mirrorstone , Misspelled , The Modern Fae's Guide to Surviving Humanity , Strip Mauled , Sword and Sorceress XXI , Turn the Other Chick , and Zombiesque , and the magazines Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine , Clarkesworld Magazine , Fantasy Magazine , and Realms of Fantasy . [1]
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