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All the Fabulous Beasts

Author : Priya Sharma

Publisher :

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 37,89 MB

Release : 2018-05

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 9781988964010

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The debut short story collection from acclaimed U.K. writer Priya Sharma, "All the Fabulous Beasts," collects 16 stunning and monstrous tales of love, rebirth, nature, and sexuality. A heady mix of myth and ontology, horror and the modern macabre. 'Priya Sharma explores liminality and otherness with skill and verve in her engaging and haunting stories.' -Alison Moore, Author of the Man Booker shortlisted 'The Lighthouse' "Priya Sharma has been writing and publishing short stories for over a decade, and I'm delighted that she's finally receiving the recognition her work deserves. She's extremely skillful in creating characters with whom we can empathize-no matter their deeds-leading her readers down roads of beauty and horror. I especially love her award-winning novelette 'Fabulous Beasts, ' a perfect piece of storytelling." -Ellen Datlow, Best Horror of the Year series Priya Sharma is a doctor from the UK who also writes short fiction. Her work has appeared in Interzone, Black Static, Albedo one and Tor.com, among others. She's been anthologised in various annual Best of anthologies by editors like Ellen Datlow, Paula Guran, Jonathan Strahan and Johnny Mains. Her story "Fabulous Beasts" was on the Shirley Jackson Award shortlist and won a British Fantasy Award.



Fabulous Beasts

Author : Priya Sharma

Publisher : Macmillan

Page : 43 pages

File Size : 31,60 MB

Release : 2015-06-17

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1466888970

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British Fantasy Award-winner: Best Short Fiction Fabulous Beasts by Priya Sharma is a horror novelette about a strange woman living in luxury with her lover, but irrevocably tied to her childhood of deprivation and dark secrets in northwest England. The woman recalls the unravelling of the family upon her uncle's release from prison. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



Fabulous Beasts

Author : Alison Lurie

Publisher : Farrar Straus & Giroux

Page : 32 pages

File Size : 32,10 MB

Release : 1999

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 9780374422547

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Describes the habits and characteristics of strange beasts and birds, including the unicorn, griffin, phoenix, and basilisk, once thought to live in wild and distant parts of the world.



A Dictionary of Fabulous Beasts

Author : Richard W. Barber

Publisher :

Page : 167 pages

File Size : 35,70 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 9780851156859

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Mythical creatures drawn largely from medieval travellers' tales, but encompassing civilisations from the Sumerians to the Wild West.



Fabulous Beasts

Author : Malcolm Ashman

Publisher :

Page : 118 pages

File Size : 12,45 MB

Release : 1997-07

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Among the most compelling creatures of imagination are the beasts that inhabit the realms of ancient myth and folklore. In this esoteric bestiary, award-winning fantasy illustrator Malcolm Ashman renders in full color and with exquisite detail a wealth of these beautiful and frightening creatures, culled from the myths and legends of the Egyptians, Greeks, Babylonians, and others.



Mythical and Fabulous Creatures

Author : Malcolm South

Publisher : Greenwood

Page : 456 pages

File Size : 26,53 MB

Release : 1987-03-12

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN :

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This serious, scholarly treatment of 20 imaginary beings, from dragon and phoenix to giants and fairies, discusses the origin of each as an idea, its symbolism and lore, and its appearances in art, literature, or film. . . . Extensive bibliographies follow the generally ambitious and erudite essays while a final catch-all article and selective bibliography cover still more ground, at a gallop. . . . [There] are a number of thoughtful and well-written interpretive investigations into the nature and history of some persistent types. Entries on the Basilisk, Harpies, Medusa, and the Sphinx are particularly fine: here one feels that the mystery and power of these imaginative creatures is not vitiated by scholarly taxidermy. Library Journal [This] book provides thorough documentation of the best-known creatures of fantasy with a breadth of coverage that is both impressive and delightful. Recommended for all libraries supporting research in mythology, fantasy, folklore, or popular culture. Choice



The Fabulous Beasts

Author : Joyce Carol Oates

Publisher : Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press

Page : 86 pages

File Size : 34,58 MB

Release : 1975

Category : Poetry

ISBN : 9780807101537

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This collection of fifty-two poems from the author of Angel Fire and Anonymous Sins explores the annihilation of the time-bound ego, a liberating, sometimes terrifying experience for all who live within the "fabulous beast" of history and nature. The poems explore the shifting, elusive point at which the inwardness of individual experience touches upon the larger consciousness of a species or an era, forming a connection with a "self" that goes beyond subjectivity. The poems are grouped into four parts: "Broken Connections," "Forbidden Testimonies," "The Child-Martyr" and "A Posthumous Sketch," are prose poems which, though technically different from the others, are concerned with the same theme-the relationship between the individual and a larger, all-inclusive whole. Neither fatalistic nor rebellious, the poems convey the idea that as long as we live in time we must struggle, and that is this struggle that determines our humanity.



Fabulous Beasts and Demons

Author : Heinz Adolf Mode

Publisher : Phaidon Press

Page : 282 pages

File Size : 49,12 MB

Release : 1975

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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Ormeshadow

Author : Priya Sharma

Publisher : Macmillan + ORM

Page : 108 pages

File Size : 20,5 MB

Release : 2019-10-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 125024143X

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Winner of the 2019 Shirley Jackson Novella Award Winner of the 2020 BFS Award Acclaimed author Priya Sharma transports readers back in time with Ormeshadow, a coming-of-age story as dark and rich as good soil. Burning with resentment and intrigue, this fantastical family drama invites readers to dig up the secrets of the Belman family, and wonder whether myths and legends are real enough to answer for a history of sin. Uprooted from Bath by his father's failures, Gideon Belman finds himself stranded on Ormeshadow farm, an ancient place of chalk and ash and shadow. The land crests the Orme, a buried, sleeping dragon that dreams resentment, jealousy, estrangement, death. Or so the folklore says. Growing up in a house that hates him, Gideon finds his only comforts in the land. Gideon will live or die by the Orme, as all his family has. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.



Fabulous and Monstrous Beasts

Author : Belinda Weber

Publisher : Kingfisher

Page : 64 pages

File Size : 13,61 MB

Release : 2008

Category : Animals, Mythical

ISBN : 9780753417003

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Combining fantastic illustrations, photographs, hard facts, plus amazing monster myths and stories, this title is both an exciting read and an extensive reference source. Global in its scope, this book investigates creatures of the land, sea and air - from classical mythology, legend and folklore, as well as amazing monster sightings from modern times.