Lord Dunsany was an Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name Lord Dunsany. Dunsany's most notable fantasy short stories were published in collections from 1905 to 1919, though fantasy as a genre did not yet exist, so they were just a curious form of literature.

This selection chosen by the critic August Nemo contains the following stories:

Chu-Bu and Sheemish

The Hoard of the Gibbelins

The Quest of the Queen's Tears

How One Came, As Was Foretold, To The City Of Never

The Wonderful Window

The Bride Of The Man Horse

The House Of The Sphinx