Thirty-eight fantasy stories by women, written from 1941 to the present. They range from Muriel Sparks' Miss Pinkerton's Apocalypse, which is on flying saucers, to Lisa Tuttle's Wives, which is on the ideal of femininity as envisaged by the inhabitants of a distant planet.

"Features six new poems by Irish poets alongside 11 new short stories from many of Ireland's leading children's writers, including Roddy Doyle, Derek Landy, and former Laureate na nÓg Siobhàn Parkinson, as well as the first-ever story for children by Academy Award nominee Jim Sheridan, director of My Left Foot and In America" --

"This film is an accurate, if brutal, look at the lives of a group of middle class thugs trying to fill a void in their otherwise dull and meaningless lives. Tommy is a thoughtful, introspective type, approaching 30. Although not averse to kicking a few heads in, he's haunted by an ominous dream of karma catching up with him. The excitement and adrenalin of a Saturday afternoon punch up, however is hard to ignore, much less give up. When swaggering...

Without benefit of clergy: John Holden, an English man works for the government in India. While in India, Holden falls in love with a young Indian girl named Ameera, and he purchases her from her mother. The man who would be king: Two British adventurers, Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, arrive at Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan, and set themselves up as kings.