''Spells'' is an

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of themed fantasy and science fiction short stories on the subject of spells edited by

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, Martin H. Greenberg and

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as the fourth volume in their

Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy ''Isaac Asimov's Magical Worlds of Fantasy'' is a series of twelve themed paperback fantasy and science fiction anthologies edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh, a companion set to the ten volume ''Isaac Asimov's Wonde ...

series. It was first published in paperback by Signet/New American Library in May 1985. The first British edition was issued in trade paperback by Robinson in 1988. The book collects twelve novellas, novelettes and short stories by various fantasy and science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

*"Curses!" (introduction) (

) *"The Candidate" ( Henry Slesar) *"The Christmas Shadrach" (

Frank R. Stockton Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. Life Born i ...

) *"

The Snow Women "The Snow Women" is a sword and sorcery novella by American writer Fritz Leiber, recounting the early history of Fafhrd, a future member of the adventurous duo Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. It was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards in 1971 (al ...

" ( Fritz Leiber) *"Invisible Boy" ( Ray Bradbury) *"The Hero Who Returned" ( Gerald W. Page) *"Toads of Grimmerdale" ( Andre Norton) *"A Literary Death" ( Martin H. Greenberg) *"Satan and Sam Shay" ( Robert Arthur) *"

Lot No. 249 "Lot No. 249" is a Gothic horror short story by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in ''Harper's Magazine'' in 1892. The story tells of a University of Oxford athlete named Abercrombie Smith who notices a strange series of event ...

" (

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) *"The Witch Is Dead" ( Edward D. Hoch) *" I Know What You Need" (

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...

) *"The Miracle Workers" ( Jack Vance)

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