by J. M. Martin
Lone Wolves
Steven Nicoll, Andrew Clough, Leanne Ellis, Angela Spugnardi, Robin Allen, Randi Spears, Walter Bryan, Kent Holloway, David Jenks, Drae Corben, Patrick J McKernan, James Squeak Cawtheray, Joel Pearson, Owen Johnson, Ben Birkett, Eric DeFilippo, Joseph Fleischman, Jessica Furrow Allred, Jessica Meade, Kreniz, Ed Cooke Jr, Steven Diamond, Dylan LuciustheEternal Murphy, Daniel Hughes, Paul Walsh, Simon Bremner, Paquet Fabien, Ryan Lawler, Fiachra Horan, Jeremy Robinson, Bill Lovell, Aaron Markworth, Tad Ottman, Derek Christman, Nati, Moses Siregar III, Victor Morgan, Matthew Rogers, Todd Lockwood, Alex Ristea, Adam Parkinson, Kile, Kathryn Mergener, Josh Alderson, Melissa J. Katano, Ming Ming, Aaron Lindamood, Aditya Gajjar, Keith West, Ashley R. Morton, temp2264, Eric Wegner, David Tiggemann, Michael Ramm, Jeremy Freeman, Y. Lee, Christopher Buser, Kayla Wagner, Jamie Henderson, Martin Helsdon, Scott Maynard, Daniel Belanger, Andrea Pitman, Kyle Swank, Matthew Ashley, nama0011, Lira, Celyn the Raven, Jere Manninen, Melanie R. Meadors, Paul Tran, Jeremy Bokus, Wade Danielson, Rob Rhoden, John Leake Parsons, Alexandra Cenni, doublechocochip, Louie Clement, Thom Raymond, Michael, Bruce Bevens, Saturnine, Robert Coleman, Ashli Tingle, Tori Augustine, Frida Caspian Franzén, Brandon Willey, Darren Tongate, Brian Eckfeld, Jeff Coleman, Jarod Devera, Ken Washington, Angel Fiszlewicz, Dan Tree, Heather K. Wertz Leasor, Jeff Cunningham, Jeffery Mace, Spencer Estabrooks, Ross Clifton, John Nock, Daniel Mayer, Liz Steinworth, Andy Holcombe, Matt Stevenson, Scott Nairn, Stephanie Lovell, Jeff Kapustka, Adam Holliday, Serge Lecler, Michael VanRandwyk, Ammon, Larry Heydorn, John Squire, Donald Cobb, Blake Tullo, Scott Whipkey, Steven Mentzel, Henry W, Jonathan Orton Gan, Travis McHenry, Chris Garrett, Ian Greenfield, Robert Napton, Sarah S., Derek Feddon, Eileen Birdsong, Ryan Leduc, Brian Sieglaff, Tim Albrecht, Cullen Gilchrist, Gregory S. Close, Vincent Menzi, Wayne McCalla, Roger McCray, Brian Koehler, Gerry Dupuis, Shaun Jurjens, Katie Filippello, Abdullah Shamsi, Elise, K Wirick, Paul Quick, Nilas Simonsen, Aaron Bevard, Vic Ayers, Kyle, Chris Huddleston, Ian O'Reilly, Neo Han Jie, Dave Robison, John Evans, Eric Gallant, Hade, Rodney, Ben Moser, Matt LeClair, Anthony Pennito, Dana Thoms, Erik Agerbjörk, Yago Gonzalez Rozas, Robert Soto, Justin White, Christopher Blaschke, Patrick Nelson, Amanda, Andrew Petty, Courtney Getty, Deborah A Wolf, Matthew Geoffroy, Chris Marr, David Jackson, Matthew Brown, Silentshot, Valkem, Luke Killam, Richard Cornish, Doug Eckhoff, Naomi, Eric Dooley, Brandon Gregory, Gabe Eggers, Sam Baskin, Steven Mitchell, AKASlaphappy, David Archibald, Burnnerman, Michael Tynan, Kirk Dougal, Balgin Stondraeg, Duncan MacKenzie, Stephen Brent McDowell, Kevin Kastelic, Ken Mann, Chris, Betsy Dornbusch, Nathaniel Vestri, Trevor Leong, Tracy W
Footpads
Shane Dunne, Rob Hayes, Nathan, Tyler Cummins, Bobby Seiter, Chandler, Nick Sharps, Sara Weiss, Gallant Knight Games, Torii Gardiner, Deborah, Robert Elrod, Nathan Gundlach, Ralph M Seibert, Jeremy Rowland, Melanie C. Duncan, MMOGC, Michael Olsen, Jeffrey D. Pegues, Kyle Mahoney, Greg Hersom, Jake Grey, John Michael Davis, Paul Wittine, Jason M. Waltz, querysphinx, Allison Bistline East, Terrin, William Miskovetz, Maurice Forrester, Anne Burner, Steve Dean, Lori Joyce Parker, Jeff Jensen, Robert Johnson, Jeremy Hochhalter, Giulio Marchetti, Andreas Gustafsson, Rini Kirkpatrick, Michael D. Woods, Joshua Palmatier, Elizabeth Kite, Trevor Long, Stanley Wexler, Jim Foster, Sarah Webb, Doug Kirkland, Dong Ming, Tony A. Thompson, James Christman, Adam Cesare, Allison McDonlad, Eric Roberts, Dawson Cowals, Jenna Woginrich, Alysia Murphy, Ariane, Andrea Chilkiewicz, Carrie Pennow, Christine Cooney, Margaret St. John, Matthew Farnsworth, Jim Burzelic, Ashley Oswald, Robin Bayless, Jemma Kloss, ozog, Keith Strohm, Jeremy Cook, Loree Hansen, Kevin S. Haggerty, Arakas, Jim Reader, Ian Doyle, Robin Walls, Matt Stoecker, Adora Hoose, Ronnie J Darling, K Severson, Epper Marshall, Ryan Shumate, Chad B Thompson, Matthew Walker, Darren Lee, Drew Wolff, Kathryn Zinman, John Robertson, Stephen J. Shockey, Melicent Stossel, Lisa Herrick, Victoria Shade, KLH, Gopakumar Sethuraman, Mary Jo Schimelpfenig, Jessica Ernst, David Wu, Robert Cox, Lucinda Caughey, Jacob Magnusson, Debra Delorme, Mike Drobnack, Shean Mohammed, Annie Bellet, Tasha (Turner) Lennhoff, Katherine Pawlik, Malvinder Singh, Tom Narow, Erik Scott de Bie, Nick Sands, Jeff Pollock, Stephanie Piegzik, Julie Masters, Jeff Hotchkiss, Sharon Muffett, Patti Short, Mark Walker, Tracey Rose, Epheros Aldor, David Bowler, Barbara Soto, Bobby Hitt, Adam Pergande, Alex Shulman, Edward Bromley, Wendy, Diane Cutter, Johan, Carrie Mansfield, Steven T., Christian Lindke, Tyler M. Rhea, Tyson J Mauermann, Mark Wolfson, Jessica Wolf, James Enge, Andrew Berg, Pam Buchholz, Garett Lepper, Amanda Schiffer, Joel Sanet, Geoff Brown, Carol Berg, John Glen, James
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Right Rascals
Susan Ferrara, John Wynn, Joshua Lowe, Jerome Lim, Chris Slottee, Jude Hunter, Andrew Tudor, Sue Armitage, Louise Löwenspets, Kerstin Fricke, Martha S., Kristi Callaghan, Sinead McArdle, Carolyn Reid, Simon Dick, Joseph Dean, Trowby Brockman, Melissa Shumake, Melanie Eggleston, Kyle, Heather Blandford, Sean Huempfner, Adam Brockie, Jack, Andrew Fish, Elizabeth Crissey, Darren Murray, Stéphanie Verret-Roy, Dan Paddock, Jaclyn Tan, John Heine, Brian Kedersha, Rolf Laun, Kel George, Brandon Frere, Clay Dowling, Tomas, Joseph Hoopman, Derek Freeman, Greg Bennett, Stephen Giordano, Kevin Kelly, FredH, Robert M. Everson, Sean L., D D, Rob Crosby, DG, Jordi Gil, Andrea Milar, Chris Richards, Amanda Shore, Stuart Wilson, Kemtis, Daniel Gentle, Keith Hall, Rob Hobart, Daniel Andrisek, Christian Karl, Magdalena Fabrykowska-Młotek, Maximilian Klenk, Anu Pramila, Cato, Evan Hoadley, Markus H., Richard Eyres, Strella, John Lambert, Paul Bulmer, Angie Booth, Stephen Trainor, Joy S., Courtney, Jamieson Hoffman, Vibeke Koch, Bill Kte'pi, Leah Webber, Earendil02, Philip Overby, Richard Martin, Kaitlin Thorsen, Géraldine Zenhäusern, Cody Reichenau, Michele Kallish Price, Patrick Lahar, Brett Wehs, Miranda Li, David Salchow, Evan Williams, Carrie Williams, Eric Bishop, Mario Coto, Timothy Moore, Robert Zak, C. Brown, Fitzgerald Reist, Frank Michaels Errington, Cenica, Tammie Rice, gundato, Cindy Radvany, Jordan Charlton, Jay Kemberling, Delaura Serenity, Jeremy Hansen, David Annandale, Sverrir, David Scott DeSchuiteneer, Rob Karp, Andrew Jones, Jeremy Szal, Sonja Pieper, MavRk, Corbin Rapp, Matt Alexander, James Arnold, Susan, Wayne LePage, Rachel Ransom, Frank Skornia, James Reinhorn, John Ferrick, Michael Spredemann, eirik, Rob Holland, Michael Kaufman, Arun Srinivasan, Brad Justice, Bedrytski, David Sutherland, Amy C Smith, Jay King, justwes, Jesse Houwing, Jennifer Pol, Carl Clare, Dale Hanrahan, William Lee Peace Jr, Elizabeth Daly, Tomás, Misha Husnain Ali, Marj Crockett, Kenan, Lis Beasley, Katie Nelson, Adam Hoffman, Chris, Andrew, Jenny Colby, Daniel Williams, Dave LeGendre, Jeffrey Davis, Kathy Messerli, Matthew Siew, wraith808, Jeremy Crigger, Timothy O'Flynn, John A, Carlos, Debra, S
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Bung Nippers
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Pair O’Eyes
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Table of Contents
Dedication
Foreword – Glen Cook
Introduction – J.M. Martin
Mainon – Jean Rabe
Irindai – Bradley P. Beaulieu
The Subtler Art – Cat Rambo
Seeds – Carol Berg
Jancy’s Justice – Kenny Soward
Professional Integrity – Michael J. Sullivan
Troll Trouble – Richard Lee Byers
A Better Man – Paul S. Kemp
First Kill – Django Wexler
Manhunt – Mark Smylie
Better to Live than to Die – John Gwynne
The Secret – Mark Lawrence
Friendship – Laura Resnick
The Long Kiss – Clay Sanger
The White Rose Thief – Shawn Speakman
A Length of Cherrywood – Peter Orullian
A Taste of Agony – Tim Marquitz
What Gods Demand – James A. Moore
Take You Home – David Dalglish
Seeking the Shadow – Joseph R. Lallo
Sun and Steel – Jon Sprunk
The Betyár and the Magus – S.R. Cambridge
A Kingdom and a Horse – Snorri Kristjansson
Thieves at the Gate – James Enge
His Kikuta Hands – Lian Hearn
The Lord Collector – Anthony Ryan
Scream – Anton Strout
Roll Credits
Acknowledgments
Blackguards Blacklist
To the End – Rob J. Hayes
To Steal the Moon – Rebecca Lovatt
The Muttwhelp – Edward M. Erdelac
The Lonesome Dark – Anthony Lowe
Comeuppance – Linda Robertson
The Assassination of Poppy Smithswife – Sam Knight
Telhinsol’s Shadow – S.M. White
The Laughing Wind – Noah Heinrich
Bloody Gratitude - Mike Theodorsson
Gret – Brenda Carre
Angel of Tears – Erik Scott de Bie
DEDICATION
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
Mainon
Irindai
The Subtler Art
Seeds
Jancy’s Justice
Professional Integrity
Troll Trouble
A Better Man
The First Kill
Manhunt
Better To Live Than To Die
The Secret
The Long Kiss
The White Rose Thief
A Length of Cherrywood
A Taste of Agony
What Gods Demand
Take You Home
Seeking the Shadow
Sun and Steel
The Betyár and the Magus
A Kingdom and a Horse
Thieves at the Gate
His Kikuta Hands
The Lord Collector
Scream
Roll Credits
Blackguards Blacklist
To Steal the Moon
The Muttwhelp
The Lonesome Dark
Comeuppance
The Assassination of Poppy Smithswife
Telhinsol’s Shadow
The Laughing Wind
Bloody Gratitude
Gret
Angel of Tears
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS