For Want of a Horse
Twenty-Three Tales of Supernatural Stallions, Magical Mares, and Paranormal Ponies
ed. by Evey Brett
Come for a ride and discover equines that are bold and beautiful, helper and hinderer, dangerous and desired. There are horses being constructed on Mars, conjured in a magician’s laboratory or summoned by a spell. Some will aid their rider in getting the girl, and others are planning revenge. Editor Evey Brett has handpicked fantastical tales of horse and rider--stories both old and new that take the reader to distant lands, other worlds, and nightmare realms. Visit the past, the present and the future along with a number of memorable steeds, but be careful which mount you choose, for that pony may either help you find your true love or lure you to your doom…
"Gentle Horses" by Cynthia Seelhammer
"Griffen, The High Flyer" by James Baldwin
"The Black Horse" a Celtic Folk Tale
"The Rocking-Horse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence
"The Horse of Brass" by James Baldwin
"The Goose Girl" by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
"The Winged Horse of the Muses" by James Baldwin
"Horseman" by Renee Carter Hall
"Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse" by L. Frank Baum
"The Eight-Footed Slipper" by James Baldwin
"Dapplegrim" a Norwegian Fairy Tale
"The Horseman in the Sky" by Ambrose Bierce
"Rafael" by Evey Brett
"The Fox and the Horse" by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
"Al Borak" by James Baldwin
"A Horse Story" by Kate Chopin
"Ivan and the Chestnut Horse" a Russian Fairy Tale
"The Goblin Pony" a French Folk Tale
"Red Dust and Dancing Horses" by Beth Cato
"The Dun Horse" a Pawnee Folk Tale
"The Magician’s Horse" a Greek Fairy Tale
"The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving
"The Hero of Abarxia" by Deborah J. Ross
Paperback, 252 pages