by Sean Wallace
A SIEGE OF CRANES © 2006 by Benjamin Rosenbaum. Originally appeared in Twenty Epics, edited by David Moles and Susan Marie Groppi. Reprinted by permission of the author.
FOX BONES. MANY USES. © 2012 by Alex Dally MacFarlane. Originally appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Reprinted by permission of the author.
WHERE VIRTUE LIVES © 2009 by Saladin Ahmed. Originally appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE EFFIGY ENGINE: A TALE OF THE RED HATS © 2013 by Scott Lynch. Originally appeared in Fearsome Journeys, edited by Jonathan Strahan. Reprinted by permission of the author.
STRIFE LINGERS IN MEMORY © 2002 by Carrie Vaughn. Originally appeared in Realms of Fantasy. Reprinted by permission of the author.
A SWEET CALLING © 2010 by Tony Pi. Originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE NARCOMANCER © 2007 by N. K. Jemisin. Originally appeared in Helix SF. Reprinted by permission of the author.
GOLDEN DAUGHTER, STONE WIFE © 2014 by Benjanun Sriduangkaew. Originally appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Reprinted by permission of the author.
EFFIGY NIGHTS © 2013 by Yoon Ha Lee. Originally appeared in Clarkesworld Magazine. Reprinted by permission of the author.
WEARAWAY AND FLAMBEAU © 2012 by Matthew Hughes. Originally appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction. Reprinted by permission of the author.
AT THE EDGE OF DYING © 2009 by Mary Robinette Kowal. Originally appeared in Clockwork Phoenix, edited by Mike Allen. Reprinted by permission of the author.
VICI © 2009 by Naomi Novik. Originally appeared in The Dragon Book, edited by Jack Dann and Gardener Dozois. Reprinted by permission of the author.
ABJURE THE REALM © 2007 by Elizabeth Bear. Originally appeared in Coyote Wild. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE WORD OF AZRAEL © 2010 by Matthew David Surridge. Originally appeared in Black Gate. Reprinted by permission of the author.
LADY OF THE GHOST WILLOW © 2010 by Richard Parks. Originally appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE SINGING SPEAR © 2010 by James Enge. Originally appeared in Swords & Dark Magic, edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders. Reprinted by permission of the author.
SO DEEP THAT THE BOTTOM COULD NOT BE SEEN © 2010 by Genevieve Valentine. Originally appeared in The Way of the Wizard, edited by John Joseph Adams. Reprinted by permission of the author.
WARRIOR DREAMS © 2013 by Cinda Williams Chima. Originally appeared in Once Upon a Time: New Fairy Tales, edited by Paula Guran. Reprinted by permission of the author.
THE MAGICIAN AND THE MAID © 2010 by Christie Yant. Originally appeared in The Way of the Wizard, edited by John Joseph Adams. Reprinted by permission of the author.