From evil overlords to bumbling henchmen, talking cats to lovelorn fishermen, mad queens to wise opossums, the collected fourteen stories subvert popular fantasy tropes in surprising and delightful ways. This book collects some of the best funny fantasy fiction published in the past decade. Included are works by Hugo and Nebula Award winners, New York Times and USA Today bestselling authors, as well as up-and-coming talented writers. Includes the following stories: Dave the Mighty Steel-Thewed Avenger by Laura Resnick Crumbs by Esther Friesner Fellow Traveler by Donald J. Bingle A Fish Story by Sarah Totton Another End of the Empire by Tim Pratt Giantkiller by G. Scott Huggins A Mild Case of Death by David Gerrold Fairy Debt by Gail Carriger A Very Special Girl by Mike Resnick The Blue Corpse Corps by Jim C. Hines Librarians in the Branch Library of Babel by Shaenon K. Garrity The Queens Reason by Richard Parks The Best Little Cleaning Robot in All of Faerie by Susan Jane Bigelow Suede This Time by Jean Rabe