Mike Ashley (ed) – The Mammoth Book of Seriously Comic Fantasy

A new collection of magic and mayhem from fantasy’s funniest, wackiest writers, including Harlan Ellison, Esther Friesner, Neil Gailman, Craig Shaw Gardner, Harry Harrison, Tom Hold and Julia Mandala.

NEANDER-TALE James P. Hogan

UNCLE HENRY PASSES Esther Friesner

A DEALING WITH DEMONS Craig Shaw Gardner

THE CASE OF JACK THE CLIPPER David Langford

A SHIVER OF ELVES

THE SHOEMAKER AND THE ELVIS Lawrence Schimel

DANCES WITH ELVES Cynthia Ward

A HEDGE AGAINST ALCHEMY John Morressy

A SLOW DAY IN HELL Julia S. Mandala

TWO TALL TALES

HOW I GOT THREE ZIP CODES Gene Wolfe

THE FAILURE OF HOPE & WANDEL Ambrose Bierce

THE BIRTHDAY GIFT Elisabeth Waters

AN INTRUSION OF ALIENS

CAPTAIN HONARIO HARPPLAYER, R.N. Harry Harrison

THE ALIENS WHO KNEW, I MEAN, EVERYTHING George Alec Effinger

HISTORY BOOK John Grant

A DOUBLING OF DRAGONS

ELIJAH P. JOPP AND THE DRAGON Archibald Marshall

THE DRAGON DOCTOR’S APPRENTICE Charles Partington

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT Molly Brown

THE TRIUMPH OF VICE W. S. Gilbert

SOME WISE ADVICE

THE TOP 50 THINGS I’D DO IF I EVER BECAME AN EVIL OVERLORD Peter Anspach

HOW TO BE FANTASTIC Elizabeth Counihan

HERSHEY’S KISSES Ron Goulart

ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE BEARS Tom Holt

QUEST Sue Anderson

THE HILLS BEHIND HOLLYWOOD HIGH Avram Davidson and Grania Davis

THE AFFLICTION OF BARON HUMPFELHIMMEL John Kendrick Bangs

A GAGGLE OF GANGSTERS

THE CASE OF THE FOUR AND TWENTY BLACKBIRDS Neil Gaiman

THE MAN WHO HATED CADILLACS E. K. Grant

THE ULTIMATE Seamus Cullen

A FANCY OF FAIRY TALES

THE STAR OF THE FARMYARD Terry Jones

DIAMONDS – BLACK AND WHITE Anthony Armstrong

AN INKLING OF IMPS

MALOCCHIO Eliot Fintushel

THE METROGNOME Alan Dean Foster

THE EYE OF TANDYLA L. Sprague de Camp

THE OUTPOST UNDISCOVERED BY TOURISTS Harlan Ellison

(first published December 1st 1999)

Genres

Fiction

Fantasy

Humor

Anthologies

Short Stories