The Weird Tales of Tanith Lee

<p>“A story by Tanith Lee unveils a voice alone, a true Scheherazade, someone with a distinctive vision of the world and who explored that world, or those worlds to be accurate, with a highly perceptive and mindful set of eyes.”</p><p>From the introduction, ‘An Awareness of Worlds’, by Mike Ashley</p><p>This anthology of twenty-eight tales comprises all the short stories by Tanith Lee that were published in the seminal magazine <em>Weird Tales</em> during her lifetime. Some of them are previously uncollected, and appeared in print only in the magazine, so will be new to many of Tanith’s fans.</p><p>Tanith Lee’s highly-respected and influential work spanned every genre, and this sumptuous collection demonstrates the range of her versatility. From the dark high fantasy of ‘The Sombrus Tower’, through the Arthurian-influenced ‘The Kingdoms of the Air’, the achingly beautiful ‘Stars Above, Stars Below’ of a science-fantasy Mars, the sinister retelling of a fairy tale in ‘When the Clock Strikes’, the real-world mysteries of ‘The Unrequited Glove’ and ‘Arthur’s Lion’, and the almost whimsical steampunk of ‘The Persecution Machine’, <em>The Weird Tales of Tanith Lee</em> showcases the myriad styles of the writer rightly known as the High Priestess of Fantasy.</p><p> </p>