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Isaac Asimov's Fantasy!

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This anthology contains: And Who Would Pity a Swan by Connie Willis; The Storming of Annie Kinsale by Lucius Shepard; Greek by Leigh Kennedy; A Surfeit of Melancholic Humours by Sharon N. Farber; Close of Night by Daphne Castell; What Seen but the Wolf by Gregg Keizer; Galatea by Kristi Olesen; How F. Scott Fitzgerald Became Beloved in Springfield by George Alec Effinger; Chand Veda by Tanith Lee; The Fire at Sarrah Siddons by Robert Thurston; The Rim of the Wheel by Lillian Stewart Carl; The Laughter of Elves by Juleen Brantingham; Closing Time by George R. R. Martin; Son of the Morning by Ian McDowell; and The Big Dream by John Kessel.

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Contents

10 * The Storming of Annie Kinsale * (1984) * interior artwork by Nicholas Jainschigg

10 * The Storming of Annie Kinsale * (1984) * shortstory by Lucius Shepard

29 * Greek * (1983) * shortstory by Leigh Kennedy

29 * Greek * (1983) * interior artwork by James T. Ceribello

42 * A Surfeit of Melancholic Humours * (1984) * novelette by Sharon N. Farber

42 * A Surfeit of Melancholic Humours * (1984) * interior artwork by Ron Lindahn

62 * Still Life with Scorpion * (1984) * shortstory by Scott Baker

62 * Still Life with Scorpion * (1984) * interior artwork by Nicholas Jainschigg [as by Nick Jainschigg ]

77 * Close of Night * (1984) * shortstory by Daphne Castell

77 * Close of Night * (1984) * interior artwork by Laura Lakey and Artifact

92 * Street Magic * (1984) * interior artwork by Bob Walters [as by Robert Walters ]

93 * Street Magic * (1984) * shortstory by Ron Goulart

106 * What Seen but the Wolf * (1984) * interior artwork by Gary Freeman

107 * What Seen but the Wolf * (1984) * novelette by Gregg Keizer

137 * Galatea * (1984) * interior artwork by Arthur George

137 * Galatea * (1984) * shortstory by Kristi Olesen

148 * How F. Scott Fitzgerald Became Beloved in Springfield * (1984) * novelette by George Alec Effinger

148 * How F. Scott Fitzgerald Became Beloved in Springfield * (1984) * interior artwork by Arthur George

168 * The Leopard's Daughter * (1984) * novelette by Lee Killough

168 * The Leopard's Daughter * (1984) * interior artwork by Gary Freeman

187 * Chand Veda * (1983) * shortstory by Tanith Lee

187 * Chand Veda * (1983) * interior artwork by Odbert

199 * The Fire at Sarah Siddons * (1984) * shortstory by Robert Thurston

199 * The Fire at Sarah Siddons * (1984) * interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lindahn ]

214 * The Rim of the Wheel * (1984) * novelette by Lillian Stewart Carl

214 * The Rim of the Wheel * (1984) * interior artwork by Judy Mitchell

234 * The Laughter of Elves * (1984) * shortstory by Juleen Brantingham

234 * The Laughter of Elves * (1984) * interior artwork by Laura Lakey and Artifact

246 * The Power of the Press * (1983) * interior artwork by Richard Crist

247 * The Power of the Press * (1983) * novelette by Richard Kearns

268 * Closing Time * interior artwork by OBI and Odbert

269 * Closing Time * (1982) * shortstory by George R. R. Martin

279 * And Who Would Pity a Swan? * (1985) * shortstory by Connie Willis

279 * And Who Would Pity a Swan? * (1985) * interior artwork by George Thompson

292 * Son of the Morning * (1983) * interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lindahn ]

293 * Son of the Morning * (1983) * novelette by Ian McDowell

314 * The Big Dream * (1984) * interior artwork by Hank Jankus

315 * The Big Dream * (1984) * novelette by John Kessel

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