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• 11 • Introduction (The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 13) • essay by Arthur W. Saha
• 15 • Beauty Is the Beast • (1986) • short story by Tanith Lee
• 31 • Something in the Blood • (1986) • short story by Richard Purtill [as by Richard L. Purtill]
• 47 • Pièce de Résistance • (1986) • novelette by Judith Tarr
• 70 • Long, Long Ago • (1986) • novelette by R. Chetwynd-Hayes
• 96 • The Old Man and the Cherry Tree • (1986) • short story by Kevin J. Anderson
• 104 • Phone Repairs • (1986) • short story by Nancy Kress
• 119 • The Tale and Its Master • (1986) • novella by Michael Rutherford
• 167 • Sanctuary • (1986) • short story by Kim Antieau
• 180 • The Uncorking of Uncle Finn • (1986) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 189 • A Place to Stay for a Little While • (1986) • novelette by Jim Aikin
• 223 • The Boy Who Plaited Manes • (1986) • short story by Nancy Springer