num_pages: 448
description: Six stories from some of the most famous names in fantasy-all with one common thread-"the fair folk." From blithe fairies to sinister fey, some are fair, some are foul, all are fantastic.  In "The Kelpie," by Patricia A. McKillip, a carefree circle of bohemian artists is confronted by a being more powerful than any muse.  Jane Yolen and Midori Snyder weave a tale of two sisters long-exiled from their magical realm who must survive in ours, in "Except the Queen."  In Tanith Lee's "UOUS," a young woman with a rotten family is granted three wishes by a handsome elf-and learns that nothing good comes free of charge.  A hapless slob finds his world turned upside-down when an eager brownie moves in and proceeds to clean house, in Megan Lindholm's "Grace Notes."  Kim Newman introduces an intrepid government investigator whose latest case pits him against a sinister brood of fairy folk known as "The Gypsies in the Wood."  And the serenity of the Elves is tested in a wry fable of a long-suffering magical apprentice who can't catch a break, in Craig Shaw Gardner's "The Embarrassment of Elves.
language: English
title: The Fair Folk
titlecomplete: The Fair Folk
characters: Sherlock Holmes, Ida Tarbell, Dr. John Watson, James McNeil Whistler, P.G. Wodehouse, Irene Adler, Vetch
genres: Fiction, Magic, Short Stories, Anthologies, Fae, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, Fairies, Fairy Tales, Urban Fantasy
ratings_count: 557
series: The Diogenes Club
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Anthology
publisher: Ace Trade