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• 1 • Foreword (Epic: Legends of Fantasy) • (2012) • essay by Brent Weeks
• 5 • Introduction (Epic: Legends of Fantasy) • (2012) • essay by John Joseph Adams
• 9 • Homecoming • [Realms of the Elderlings] • (2003) • novella by Robin Hobb
• 85 • The Word of Unbinding • [Earthsea Cycle] • (1964) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 93 • The Burning Man • [Memory, Sorrow & Thorn] • (1998) • novelette by Tad Williams
• 147 • As the Wheel Turns • (2010) • short story by Aliette de Bodard
• 169 • The Alchemist • [The Tangled Lands Universe] • (2010) • novella by Paolo Bacigalupi
• 231 • Sandmagic • [Mither Mages] • (1979) • novelette by Orson Scott Card
• 249 • The Road to Levinshir • [The Kingkiller Chronicle] • (2002) • novelette by Patrick Rothfuss
• 293 • Rysn • [The Stormlight Archive] • (2012) • short story by Brandon Sanderson
• 301 • While the Gods Laugh • [The Elric Saga] • (1961) • novelette by Michael Moorcock
• 335 • Mother of All Russiya • (2012) • short story by Melanie Rawn
• 355 • Riding the Shore of the River of Death • [Crown of Stars] • (2009) • short fiction by Kate Elliott
• 385 • Bound Man • (2006) • novelette by Mary Robinette Kowal
• 411 • The Narcomancer • [The Dreamblood] • (2007) • novelette by N. K. Jemisin
• 443 • Strife Lingers in Memory • (2002) • short story by Carrie Vaughn
• 459 • The Mad Apprentice • [Black Magician World] • (2010) • novelette by Trudi Canavan
• 495 • Otherling • (2000) • novelette by Juliet Marillier
• 513 • The Mystery Knight • [Dunk and Egg • 3] • (2012) • novella by George R. R. Martin (variant of The Mystery Knight: A Tale of the Seven Kingdoms 2010)