'The finest short science fiction and fantasy, from the master anthologist
'Science fiction is a portal that opens doors onto futures too rich and strange to imagine; fantasy takes us through doorways of magic and wonder.
'For more than a decade, award-winning editor Jonathan Strahan has pored through tens of thousands of stories to select the best, the most interesting, the most engaging science fiction and fantasy to thrill and delight readers.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
'The villagers find a wizard’s staff sticking out of an ancient stone obelisk, but only Colrean knows just how dangerous it is and what sort of dangers it may attract.'
Source: Rocket Stack Rank (http://www.rocketstackrank.com/2018/12/The-Staff-in-the-Stone-Garth-Nix.html). (Sighted: 22/02/2019)
