Books - Essential Dreams Press

Storyteller: A Tanith Lee Tribute Anthology

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Release date: June 2025

Sixteen new stories from some of today’s most renowned authors. Storyteller is a celebration of Tanith Lee’s legacy—and an object lesson in the breadth of authors she influenced.

Drowning cities and unicorns. Burning deserts and forgotten gods. Golems, elf warriors, and inner-Earthers. Alien lifeforms and museum workers. Ancient plagues and the future of humanity. Much like Tanith Lee’s catalog, each story in this anthology is both unique and compelling: from fairy-tale retellings to romance-tinged high fantasy, from nihilistic horror to gripping science fiction. Immersive, wide-ranging, and sublime, Storyteller features worlds and characters that are sure to travel with you long after the last page has been read.

Authors include Mike Allen, C.S.E. Cooney, Maya Deane, Andy Duncan, Rocío Rincón Fernández, Theodora Goss, C.L. Hellisen, Getty Hesse, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Starlene Justice, Amelia Mangan, Michael Yuya Montroy, Marisca Pichette, Nisi Shawl, KT Wagner, & Martha Wells

Afterword by Ann VanderMeer. Foreword by Tanith’s widower, John Kaiine.
Edited by Julie C. Day with Carina Bissett and Craig Laurance Gidney.

Dreams for a Broken World (Dreams 2)

Release Date: November 1, 2022.

“[These stories are] beautiful, they’re fresh, and they are painful. This is not an anthology that begs to be read in one sitting; not that it doesn’t merit such a binge, but because each story requires a breath between them, and, frankly, deserves to be savored… it never ceases to be a pleasure to read.” —Locus Magazine

“This anthology offers seriously admirable work. Highly recommended.” —Arley Sorg, Lightspeed Magazine

“24 impressive stories of healing and rebuilding… These hopeful stories offer something for any speculative fiction reader.” —Publishers Weekly

Series Editor: Julie C. Day (blog | Twitter)
Guest Editor: Ellen Meeropol (blog | Twitter)

All proceeds go directly to the Rosenberg Fund for Children.

Weird Dream Society (Dreams 1)

Release Date: May, 2020.

Series Editor & Editor in Chief: Julie C. Day (blog | Twitter)

All proceeds go directly to RAICES.