Enchanted Forests

The enchanted forest is a place both terrifying and inviting, a region where monsters lurk and treasure may be found, a world peopled by evil witches and wise hermits, woodcutters and hunters, enchanted creatures and those of elfinkind. Here are 25 tales created especially for this volume by some of today's most imaginative crafters of the fantastic.

WOODWORK – Humor and ingenuity are part of the job requirementsThe Forest's Not for Burning by Katherine Lawrence"I'll Give You Three Wishes...." by Kevin Andrew MurphyThe Triple Death by Ken St. AndreOut of the Woods by Lawrence Watt-Evans

SPEAKING WORDS – The view from the branchesViridescence by Connie HirschFiat Silva by Jack OakleyWeeds by Brook West and Julia H. WestBenbow by Nancy Etchemendy

INHERITANCES – Different dances to a single tuneThe Prism of Memory by Jo ClaytonThe Force That Through the Green Fuse by Mark KreighbaumMy Soul Into the Boughs by Teresa Edgerton

THE SCARS OF WAR – Echoes in flesh and woodThese Shoes Strangers Have Died Of by Bruce Holland RogersThe Clearing by Lois Tilton

VICTORIAN VARIATIONS – New shoots from an old trunkHow the Ant Made a Bargain by Karawynn LongIn Fear of Little Nell by Gregory Feeley

THE NEW WORLD THAT NEVER WAS – Branchings from historyWood Song by Kate DanielVirginia Woods by Janni Lee Simner

IMPOSSIBLE LOVES – Joy comes in many shapesTies of Love short fiction by Lawrence SchimelThe Heart of the Forest by Dave SmedsHoly Ground by Thomas S. RocheGhostwood novelette by Michelle West

SANCTUARY – There is danger in the Forest but also peaceThe Monsters of Mill Creek Park novelette by Susan ShwartzThe Memory of Peace novelette by Kate ElliottEverything Has a Place by Barbara A. DenzTrees Perpetual of Sleep by Nina Kiriki Hoffman