THE HARVEST CHILD AND OTHER FANTASIES collects the wide range of Steve Rasnic Tem’s fantasy tales for the first time. These 39 stories include sword & sorcery sagas, chronicles of fairies, elves, witches, wizards, magical creatures, Robin Hood, funny fantasy, and a smattering of science fantasy, as well as some uncollected dark fantasy tales which emphasize the fantasy over the horror. These fictions originally appeared in both major markets and hard-to-find small magazines including, but not limited to: After Hours, Paradox, Asimov’s, Dragon Magazine, Elsewhere, Infinite Loop, New Frontiers, Jabberwocky, Chrysalis, Grue, Mythellany, Fantasy Book, Extro, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

Stories included in this collection:

The Harvest Child

The Artist and His Mother

Ancient Grass

The Brollachan

The Carl Paradox

Eddie the Great

Robin in the Mists

Cornwoman

Dune Shack

The Dying

Embrace of Clay, Embrace of Straw

Garbage

Hideout

Daytimer

The Orchard

The Doors of Hypertext

In All Things Moderation

Janael

Filmmaker

Lost Cherokee

Markers

Tall Skies

The Sound of Hawkwings Dissolving

Riverbanks

Teddy Bear Winter

Time and the Exile

Umbrellas

Morning Talk

Re: Vision

Wanderlust

War on the Downside

Welcome to Rodeomart

The World through the Tree

Ten Things I Know About the Wizard

Punishment

Writing in the Dark

The Night Market (with Melanie Tem)

The Final Apprentice

Dying on the Elephant Road