“Paranormal Romance” © 2013 Christopher Barzak. First publication: Lightspeed Magazine, June 2013.
“The Slaughtered Lamb” © 2012 Elizabeth Bear. First publication: The Modern Fae’s Guide to Surviving Humanity, eds. Joshua Palmatier & Patricia Bray (DAW).
“The Land of Heart’s Desire” © 2010 Holly Black. First publication: The Poison Eaters (Big Mouth House).
“Seeing Eye” © 2009 Patricia Briggs. First publication: Strange Brew, ed. P. N. Elrod (St. Martin’s Griffin).
“De la Tierra” © 2004 Emma Bull. First publication: Faery Reel: Tales From the Twilight Realm, eds. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Viking Juvenile).
“Curses” © 2011 Jim Butcher. First publication: Naked City: Tales of Urban Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow (St. Martin’s Griffin).
“Snake Charmer” © 2006 Amanda Downum. First publication: Realms of Fantasy, October 2003.
“Street Wizard” © 2010 Simon R. Green. First publication: The Way of the Wizard, ed. John Joseph Adams (Prime Books).
“Dog Boys” © 2012 Charles de Lint. First publication: Dog Boys (Triskell Press).
“-30-” © 2010 Caitlín R. Kiernan. First publication: Sirenia Digest #61, December 2010.
“Stone Man” © 2007 Nancy Kress. First publication: Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy, eds. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois (Berkeley).
“Pearlywhite” © 2003 Marc Laidlaw & John Shirley. First publication: Carved in Rock: Short Stories by Musicians, ed. Greg Kihn (Thunder’s Mouth Press).
“Spellcaster 2.0” © 2012 Jonathan Maberry. First publication: An Apple for the Creature, eds. Charlaine Harris & Toni L. P. Kelner (Ace).
“In the Stacks” © 2010 Scott Lynch. First publication: Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, eds. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders (HarperCollins).
“Kabu Kabu” © 2013 Nnedi Okorafor & Alan Dean Foster. First publication: Kabu Kabu (Prime Books).
“Stray Magic” © 2012 Diana Peterfreund. First publication: Magic Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron, ed. Jonathan Strahan. (Random House Books for Young Readers).
“The Woman Who Walked with Dogs” © 2006 Mary Rosenblum. First publication: Modern Magic: Tales of Fantasy and Horror, ed. W. H. Horner (Fantasist Enterprises).
“Wallamelon” © 2005 Nisi Shawl. First publication: Aeon 3, May 2005.
“Grand Central Park” © 2002 Delia Sherman. First publication: The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, eds. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Viking Juvenile).
“Words” © 2005 Angela Slatter. First publication: The Lifted Brow #5, June 2005.
“Alchemy” © 2011 Lucy Sussex. First publication: Thief of Lives. (Twelfth Planet Press).
“A Voice Like a Hole” © 2011 Catherynne M. Valente. First publication: Welcome to Bordertown, eds. Holly Black & Ellen Kushner (Random House Books for Young Readers).
“The Arcane Art of Misdirection” © 2012 Carrie Vaughn, LLC. First publication: Hex Appeal, ed. P. N. Elrod (St. Martin’s Griffin).
“The Thief of Precious Things” © 2011 A. C. Wise. First publication: Bewere the Night, ed. Ekaterina Sedia (Prime Books).