“This is the anthology to pick up every year if you want to read the best short fiction from the previous year and get overviews of the best fiction, non-fiction, films and video, anime, and music.”—Green Man Review

"From Daniel Abraham's cautionary tale of an honest money changer's encounters with the evil Lord Iron ('The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics') to Kij Johnson's powerful animal rights allegory ('The Evolution of Trickster Stories Among the Dogs of North Park After the Change'), this collection of 40 stories and poems published in 2007 embodies the variety and dynamism of short fantasy and horror. Essays summarizing the progress of the genres, a glance at the year's fantastic media, the contributions of comics and graphic novels as well as music, along with an obituary section, provide a comprehensive introduction to the stories, while a lengthy list of 'Honorable Mentions' follows the selected stories. This classic volume should find a place in most libraries where horror and fantasy are popular."—Jackie Cassada, Library Journal

"Eickhoff's translation is so fresh, so accessible. He brings this classic masterpiece to vibrant life in the new millennium without sacrificing any of its Homeric grandeur. His clever mixture of verse and prose lets us hear the language of antiquity, while watching the actions of the protagonists in images as clear as those on a modern movie screen. We recognize these characters. We understand their loves and hates, we sympathize with their dilemmas. Eickhoff's gift is to invest both man and gods with humanity. There are fresh treasures in these pages for everyone."—Morgan Llywelyn, author of 1916