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A city in a bottle. Kings. Genies. Jane Austen and Frankenstein. Grandmothers at sea... The acclaimed Best American Fantasy series continues with 20 stories chosen by best-selling writer Kevin Brockmeier. With stories by established writers, such as Peter S. Beagle, Laura Kasischke, Jeffrey Ford, and Lisa Goldstein, alongside tales by brilliant newcomers like Kellie Wells, Thomas Glave, Ryan Boudinot, and Rebecca Makkai, Real Unreal delivers a richly diverse experience of contemporary fiction. Guest editor Brockmeier knows fantasy inside and out: he is the recipient of three O. Henry Awards, the Chicago Tribune's Nelson Algren Award, and an Italo Calvino Short Fiction Award. His stories have been published widely, including The New Yorker, The Georgia Review, McSweeney's, and The Oxford American, and have been reprinted in Best American Short Stories, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, and the first volume of The Best American Fantasy.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Matthew Cheney
• Introduction - essay by Kevin Brockmeier
• Safe Passage - (2008) - shortstory by Ramona Ausubel
• Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel - (2008) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• Cardiology - (2009) - shortstory by Ryan Boudinot
• The Pentecostal Home for Flying Children - (2008) - shortstory by Will Clarke
• For a Ruthless Criticism of Everything Existing - (2008) - shortstory by Martin Cozza
• Daltharee - (2008) - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Is - (2008) - shortstory by Chris Gavaler
• The Torturer's Wife - (2008) - novelette by Thomas Glave
• Reader's Guide - (2008) - shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• Search Continues for Elderly Man - (2008) - shortstory by Laura Kasischke
• Pride and Prometheus - (2008) - novelette by John Kessel
• The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates - (2008) - shortstory by Stephen King
• Couple of Lovers on a Red Background - (2008) - shortstory by Rebecca Makkai
• Flying and Falling - (2008) - shortstory by Kuzhali Manickavel
• The King of the Djinn - (2008) - shortstory by David Ackert and Benjamin Rosenbaum
• The City and the Moon - (2008) - shortstory by Deborah Schwartz
• The Two-Headed Girl - (2008) - shortstory by Paul G. Tremblay
• The First Several Hundred Years Following My Death - (2007) - shortstory by Shawn Vestal
• Rabbit Catcher of Kingdom Come - (2008) - novelette by Kellie Wells
• Serials - (2008) - shortstory by Katie Williams
• Contributors - (2008) - essay by uncredited
• Recommended Reading - essay by Kevin Brockmeier and Matthew Cheney
• Publications Received - essay by uncredited