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•  Evil Is a Matter of Perspective: An Anthology of Antagonists • interior artwork by Jason Deem
• On the Goodness of Evil: A Foreword • essay by R. Scott Bakker
• A Lifetime of Inspiration: An Introduction • essay by Adrian Collins
• The Broken Dead • [Manifest Delusions] • short story by Michael R. Fletcher
• Every Hair Casts a Shadow • [Los Nefilim] • short story by T. Frohock [as by Teresa Frohock]
• The Divine Death of Jirella Martigore • [Crimson Empire / Cobalt Zosia] • novella by Jesse Bullington [as by Alex Marshall]
• A Royal Gift • [Banners of Blood] • short story by M. D. Lachlan [as by Mark Alder]
• Old Blood • [Tales of the Apt] • short story by Adrian Tchaikovsky
• Black Bargain • [The Wars of Light and Shadow] • short story by Janny Wurts
• The Syldoon Sun • [Bloodsounder's Arc] • short story by Jeff Salyards
• The Darkness Within the Light • [The Annwn Cycle] • short story by Shawn Speakman
• The Greater of Two Evils • [The Chronicles of Exile] • short story by Marc Turner
• Exceeding Bitter • [The Grey Ladies] • short story by Kaaron Warren
• A Game of Mages • [The Shattered Sigil] • novelette by Courtney Schafer
• The Tattered Prince and the Demon Veiled • [The Song of Shattered Sands] • novella by Bradley P. Beaulieu
• A Storm Unbound • [The Glyph War World] • short story by E. V. Morrigan
• Blood Penny • [The Dragon's Legacy] • short story by Deborah A. Wolf
• Better Than Breath • [Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne Universe] • short story by Brian Staveley
• Foundation of Bones • [Tower and Knife] • short story by Mazarkis Williams
• The Aging of a Kill • [The Vault of Heaven] • novella by Peter Orullian
• The Carathayan • [The Second Apocalypse] • short story by R. Scott Bakker