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The Horns of Elfland
The Horns of Elfland is a 1997 fantasy anthology edited by Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman and Donald G. Keller.
Background.
"The Horns of Elfland" was first published in April 1997 by Roc Books in paperback format. It was a nominee in the 1998 Locus Awards for best anthology, finishing eighth out of 17. "The Horns of Elfland" features 15 stories from 15 authors. One of the stories, "Merlusine" by Lucy Sussex, won the 1997 Aurealis Award for best
otherworldly capacity to move and even haunt or alarm the hearer. In his essay "On Fairy-Stories" Tolkien generalized these preternatural instruments as the "horns of Elfland".
Actual Elvish horns in Tolkien's fiction include: the horns sounded by Fingolfin's people at the very first rising of the Sun, shortly after they had arrived in Middle-earth (they had carried these horns in their epic crossing of the Helcaraxë); the eerie horns of the huntsmen of Mirkwood; and the horn used by Aragorn to