Fairy Tales of Frank Stockton - Frank R. Stockton

Best known for his famous story 'The Lady or the Tiger? ' Frank Stockton has only now been rediscovered as the writer of dozens of irresistible fantasy tales. Magical visions, sorcerers both good and evil, dragons and fairies, and enchantment that touches its glittering brush to prince and commoner alike-this is the fabulous world of Frank Stockton, America's first writer of 'fairy tales? ' This superb collection brings back into print 24 of Stockton's best stories, such as 'The Bee-Man of Orn, ' in which an impoverished old man discovers that he has been transformed, but only a quest will reveal from what, or 'The Castle of Bim, ' where a young girl's strange adventures begin with a mysterious knock at the door. Filled with unexpected twists, humor, and realistically drawn worlds where the impossible happens, Stockton's stories are not juvenile fairy tales. but the kind of rich, entertaining fictions that all lovers of quality imaginative writing will relish. Edited and with an Afterword by Jack Zipes.