The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11

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The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11
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Cover art from the first edition
Author Arthur W. Saha (editor)
Cover artist Vicente Segrelles
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series The Year's Best Fantasy Stories
Genre Fantasy
Publisher DAW Books
Publication date
1985
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages238 pp
ISBN 0-88677-097-1
OCLC 82982205
Preceded by The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 10  
Followed by The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 12  

The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 11 is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Arthur W. Saha. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in November, 1985. [1]

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Summary

The book collects thirteen novelettes and short stories by various fantasy authors, originally published in 1984 and deemed by the editor the best from the period represented, together with an introduction by the editor. It includes one posthumously published work (the story by Smith).

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