Over the Hills and Far Away is a collection of fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 short stories by Lord Dunsany

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany

Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany was an Irish writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, published under the name Lord Dunsany...

, edited by Lin Carter

Lin Carter

Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin.-Life:Carter was born in St. Petersburg, Florida...

. It was first published in paperback by Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books

Ballantine Books is a major book publisher located in the United States, founded in 1952 by Ian Ballantine with his wife, Betty Ballantine. It was acquired by Random House in 1973, which in turn was acquired by Bertelsmann AG in 1998 and remains part of that company today. Ballantine's logo is a...

 as the sixty-fifth volume of its celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series

Ballantine Adult Fantasy series

The Ballantine Adult Fantasy series was an imprint of Ballantine Books. Launched in 1969 , the series reissued a number of works of fantasy literature, which were out of print or dispersed in back issues of pulp magazines , in cheap paperback form—including works...

 in April, 1974. It was the series' sixth Dunsany volume, and the third collection of his shorter fantasies assembled by Carter.

The book collects a poem, two plays and thirty-four short pieces by the author, including several of his Jorkens stories, with an introduction by Carter. A poem, by H. P. Lovecraft

H. P. Lovecraft

Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....

, in tribute to Dunsany is also included.

Contents

• "Happy Far-Off Things", An Introduction by Lin Carter
  Lin Carter
  Linwood Vrooman Carter was an American author of science fiction and fantasy, as well as an editor and critic. He usually wrote as Lin Carter; known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft and Grail Undwin.-Life:Carter was born in St. Petersburg, Florida...
  
  
• "On Reading Lord Dunsany", A Tribute by H. P. Lovecraft
  H. P. Lovecraft
  Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction....
  
  (poem)
• I. Tales of the World's Edge
• "Editor's Note"
• "The Journey of the King"
• "The Fall of Babbulkund"
• "The Bird of the Difficult Eye"
• "The Secret of the Sea"
• "The Compromise of the King of the Golden Isles" (play)
• II. Tales of the Far Away
• "Editor's Note"
• "The House of the Sphinx"
• "Blagdaross"
• "The Lonely Idol"
• "The Archive of the Older Mysteries"
• "The Loot of Loma"
• "The Last Dream of Bwona Khubla"
• "The Queen's Enemies" (play)
• "How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None's Desire"
• "The Prayer of Boob Aheera"
• "East and West"
• "How the Gods Avenged Meoul Ki Ning"
• "The Man with the Golden Ear-Rings"
• "Poor Old Bill"
• III. Tales of Near At Hand
• "Editor's Note"
• "The Bad Old Woman in Black"
• "The Field"
• "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow"
• "The Little City"
• "The Highwayman"
• "In the Twilight"
• "The Ghosts"
• "The Doom of La Traviata"
• "A Narrow Escape"
• "The Lord of Cities"
• "The Unhappy Body"
• "The Gifts of the Gods"
• "On the Dry Land"
• "The Unpasturable Fields"
• IV. Tales Jorkens Told
• "Editor's Note"
• "The Curse of the Witch"
• "Hunting the Unicorn"
• "The Pale-Green Image"
• "The Sacred City of Krakovlitz"
• "At Sunset" (poem)