Announcing The Big Book of Classic Fantasy

(Image from here.)As Ann and I announced on social media last week, we're thrilled to have sold another behemoth of an anthology, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy, to editor Tim O'Connell at Vintage Books!! Tentatively scheduled for publication in 2018 and covering roughly the period 1850 up to World War II. Thanks to our agent, Sally Harding, and the Cooke Agency. This will be our fourth huge anthology project, following this year's The Big Book of Science Fiction, The Time Traveler's Almanac, and the World Fantasy Award-winning The Weird.Will this anthology include not just your favorite classics from the English language, but also translations from all over the world? Yes. Will it include never-before-translated new stories? Yes. Will it include the best of the Decadents and the Surrealists in a fantastical vein? Oh yes, most certainly. We hope to widen our net on the translation side, focusing on areas of the world that have been underrepresented in prior anthologies.As ever, you have to look at the evidence before you commit, but we're confident there will be a few surprises.We're also very happy to have Dominik Parisien on board as an editorial consultant for this project. Dominik is the co-editor of stellar anthologies such as the current Starlit Wood.