Another Mammoth anthology edited by the great Mike Ashley. This one errs more towards fantasy than my usual horror preference, but there are nevertheless some cracking stories here. There are examples from the genre greats like Clark Ashton Smith and Michael Moorcock - a particularly fine one by Ursula K Le Guin - and really interesting contributions from contemporary writers I'm unfamiliar with but who I am now interested in reading more from. In this category I'm especially enthused by Peter Crowther, James Bibby and Esther M Friesner. There are one two duds, but that's a matter of taste and inevitable in any big collection. That said, there is no bad writing.
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