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Also by Patricia A. McKillip:

The Essential Patricia A. McKillip, November 2025
Hardcover / e-Book
The Book of Atrix Wolfe, March 2025
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld, March 2024
Hardcover (reprint)
The Forgotten Beasts Of Eld, September 2017
Paperback / e-Book (reprint)
Dreams of Distant Shores, May 2016
Paperback / e-Book
Kingfisher, February 2016
Hardcover / e-Book
The Bards Of Bone Plain, December 2010
Hardcover
The Bell At Sealey Head, September 2009
Trade Size
The Bell at Sealey Head, September 2008
Hardcover
Od Magic, June 2006
Trade Size (reprint)
Solstice Wood, February 2006
Hardcover
Firebirds Rising, January 2006
Hardcover

THE ESSENTIAL PATRICIA A. MCKILLIP
By: Patricia A. McKillip

Tachyon Publications
November 2025
On Sale: October 28, 2025
320 pages
ISBN: 1616964480
EAN: 9781616964481
Kindle: B0FP5N27MD
Hardcover / e-Book
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Fantasy | Action | Paranormal Romance

World Fantasy Award winner Patricia A. McKillip (The Forgotten Beasts of Eld) has inspired generations of readers with her enchanting, and subversive fiction. This lovely hardcover career-retrospective edition offers McKillip’s finest short stories. Featuring an orignial introduction by Ellen Kushner (Swordspoint) and cover art from frequent McKillip illustrator Thomas Canty, The Essential Patricia A. McKillip is a must-have for fans of classic fantasy.

Patricia A. McKillip has been widely hailed as one of fantasy’s most significant authors. She was lauded as “rich and regal” (the New York Times), “enchanting” (the Washington Post), and “luminous” (Library Journal).

Within McKillip’s magical landscapes, a mermaid statue comes to life; princesses dance with dead suitors; a painting and a muse possess a youthful artist; seductive sea travelers enrapture distant lovers, a time-traveling angel endures religious madness; and an overachieving teenage mage discovers her own true name.