My Thumbnail History of Fantasy on Fantasy Cafe--Also, a Book Giveaway!

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I am pleased to announce that I have a guest essay on Fantasy Cafe. Furthermore, they're offering a book giveaway of my new collection, The Universe Box. 

 The essay is titled "A Thumbnail History of Twentieth-Century Fantasy and at 1,200 words it's not only the briefest but also the most accurate summary of the topic you'll ever encounter.

 Here's how it begins:    

Every history of fantasy I’ve read—and there are far from enough of them—starts at some carefully-chosen literary work in the distant past and proceeds to trace a line of influence and inevitability from that point to the present moment.

But I was there. I saw it happen. And I’m here to tell you that they all got it wrong.

Fantasy was born... 

You can read what I had to say here and enter the competition to win a copy of my book as well. Or just go to https://www.fantasybookcafe.com/ and poke around. There's a lot of material there that's worth your attention.

 

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