A Quartet of Fantasy Classics! The Women of the Wood & Other Stories contains the complete text of four of A. (for Abraham) Merritt's greatest tales. Included are a short novel so long it has only been reprinted uncut twice since it first appeared in 1918, two novelettes, a long short story and an insightful introductory essay on the fascinating life and works of A. Merritt. Find out why the Saturday Review of Literature lauded him as, "The greatest of American horror writers;" Isaac Asimov as, "The most famous of all fantasy writers;" and The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy as, "The supreme fantasy genius ... his works are classics."