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Cautionary Tales
A Fantasy Short Story Collection by Piers Anthony
Subgenres & Tropes:
- Short Story Collection,
- Dark Fantasy,
- Taboo,
- Satirical
This book is for you if you're into...
- Stories that push boundaries on taboo and controversial topics
- Provocative takes on love, religion, and sexuality in fantasy settings
- Fearless writing that questions social and moral norms
Readers, beware: The stories, essays, reflections, opinions, and wildly imaginative flights of fancy contained herein may shock, rattle, delight, and surprise you.
Piers Anthony—multiple New York Times–bestselling author, much-beloved creator of the popular Xanth universe, and one of the most unabashedly original writers currently operating in the science fiction and fantasy arena—now offers up a one-of-a-kind collection of his most fearless writings, for the pleasure of those unafraid to enter where angels fear to tread.
Tackling unusual subjects and challenging social and religious mores, Anthony refuses to be restrained as he explores the strange and the taboo.
From the May–December romance of a damaged Romeo and his shockingly young Juliet (though she is no younger than Shakespeare’s) to a woman’s valiant struggle against a grossly aberrant sexual demon, these cautionary tales are not for the faint of heart.
They can be troubling, startling, and disturbing, but they are never dull.
And readers, be further warned: In the uniquely inventive mind of Piers Anthony, absolutely nothing is sacred—not childhood, marriage, love, religion, sex . . . not even Xanth.
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