Best New Romantic Fantasy 2

Edited by Paula Guran

The annual anthology of outstanding stories of love and wonder returns (under a new name). Fourteen tales are compiled and honored as the best of the year. Enchanting and enchanted lovers, magical romance, dark desires, otherworldly sensations, ethereal encounters, paranormal thrills, sensual spells, supernatural suspense, sizzling speculations... Highly imaginative short fiction and novellas from the best fantasy romance writers.

[Where possible, the author's name is linked to more information.]

Evergreen - Angela Boord
The Desires of Houses - Haddayr Copley-Woods
Smoke & Mirrors - Amanda Downum
Wizard of the Eternal Watch - Eugie Foster
An Autumn Butterfly - Esther Friesner
Moment of Joy Before - Claudia O'Keefe
The Mountains of Key West - Sandra McDonald
A Light in Troy - Sarah Monette
The Story of Love - Vera Nazarian
Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge - Richard Parks
Jane: A Story of Manners, Magic, and Romance - Sarah Prineas
Journey into the Kingdom - M. Rickert
The Red Envelope - David Sakmyster
La Fée Verte - Delia Sherman
The Depth Oracle - Sonya Taaffe

Paula Guran (www.darkecho.com) is the editor of fantasy imprint Juno Books (www.juno-books.com) and its Best New Romantic Fantasy anthology series. She reviews regularly for Publishers Weekly and is review editor for Fantasy magazine. In an earlier life she produced weekly email newsletter DarkEcho (winning two Stokers, an IHG award, and a World Fantasy nomination), edited Horror Garage (earning another IHG and second a World Fantasy nomination), and has been a contributed to numerous professional sf/f/h publications. She's a publisher [Infrapress (www.infrapress.com)], teaches, and is author John Shirley's ( www.john-shirley.com) literary agent. You will find much more information here.