Mythical Beasties

Mythical Beasties is an anthology of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of legendary creatures edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh as the sixth volume in their Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in May 1986. The first British edition was issued under the alternate title Mythic Beasts in trade paperback by Robinson in 1988.^[1]

Mythical Beasties

Cover of first edition
Editors	Isaac Asimov Martin H. Greenberg Charles G. Waugh
Cover artist	Kinuko Y. Craft
Language	English
Series	Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy
Genre	Fantasy and science fiction
Publisher	Signet/New American Library
Publication date	1986
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (paperback)
Pages	343
ISBN	0-451-14267-5
Preceded by	Giants
Followed by	Magical Wishes

The book collects thirteen novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors.

Contents

• "Centaur Fielder for the Yankees" (Edward D. Hoch)
• "The Ice Dragon" (George R. R. Martin)
• "Prince Prigio" (Andrew Lang)
• "The Gorgon" (Tanith Lee)
• "The Griffin and the Minor Canon" (Frank R. Stockton)
• "The Kragen" (Jack Vance)
• "The Little Mermaid" (Hans Christian Andersen)
• "Letters from Laura" (Mildred Clingerman)
• "The Triumph of Pegasus" (Frank A. Javor)
• "Caution! Inflammable!" (Thomas N. Scortia)
• "The Pyramid Project" (Robert F. Young)
• "The Silken-Swift" (Theodore Sturgeon)
• "Mood Wendigo" (Thomas A. Easton)