Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy

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Jack Dann, Gardner Dozois
Penguin, May 1, 2007 - Fiction - 416 pages
Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer, and many more join this magical brew [that] will enchant young adult readers and their elders as well. (Publishers Weekly)

In Wizards, today's master fantasists turn their hands to tales of these magical beings, living in both ancient and modern times, as well as in fantasy realms that never were.

Featuring stories by New York Times bestselling authors Neil Gaiman, Eoin Colfer and Garth Nix as well as tales from Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Bisson, Orson Scott Card, Terry Dowling, Andy Duncan, Jeffrey Ford, Elizabeth Hand, Nancy Kress, Tanith Lee, Patricia A. McKillip, Mary Rosenblum, Tad Williams, Gene Wolfe, and Jane Yolen.

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Contents

Holly and Iron
25
Color Vision
58
The Ruby Incomparable
83
A Fowl Tale
99
The Strangers Hands
119
Naming Day
139
Winters Wife
153
A Diorama of the Infernal Regions
187
Barrens Dance
219
Stone Man
234
The Manticore Spell
254
Billy and the Wizard
277
The Magic Animal
299
Stonefather
326
BY ELIZABETH HAND
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Gardner Dozois was the long-time editor of Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine. He won the Hugo Award for Best Editor over a dozen times during his tenure, and currently holds the position of Editor Emeritus with the magazine.

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