Magic Tails

by Jody Lynn Nye, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Jean Rabe, et al.

Fourteen original tales from fantastic authors that perfectly blend cats and fantasy in popular fables with a magically feline twist. From a cat genie who has a problem fulfilling human wishes, to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0756402883
• ISBN13: 9780756402884
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: Daw Books
• Length: 306 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 6.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

nice collection of short stories

This book contains a nice collection of short stories, selected around the theme of re-writing an old fable (which may or may not be recognizable). All stories contain a cat, and are set in a fantasy universe.

cat tales with a twist

I love cat stories and especially short stories. All of the stories were well written and well selected. I reread Pharoh's Cat and several of the others. I recomend this book to anyone who enjoys cats and their fantasy all in one book.

fine feline fantasy collection

Cats always seem at home in the fantasy (and horror) genre at least in this reviewer's mind since the 1950s Bell, Book, and Candle; so a genre match-up seems natural. This fourteen-book collection stars felines as key players in new renditions of children's fairy tales that target young and aging alike. The contributors are a virtual who's who of fantasy as popular children's tales are turned by their tail. Just a few titles to further explain the lead cat: "Ali Babette", "All the Pigs Houses", "Sleeping Beauties", "The Cobwebbed Princess", and "Cat-Friend", etc. The tales of the tails is a lot of fun for fantasy fans, and of course feline lovers, and cats (trust me they must be able to read if they reside in my house - if they could only review).