Contents (view Concise Listing)

• Foreword: "Poorly Calculated Randomistics" • essay by Glen Cook
• Introduction (Blackguards: Tales of Assassins, Mercenaries, and Rogues) • essay by J. M. Martin
• Mainon • short fiction by Jean Rabe
• Irindai • short fiction by Bradley P. Beaulieu
• The Subtler Art • [Serendib] • short story by Cat Rambo
• Seeds • short fiction by Carol Berg
• Jancy's Justice • short fiction by Kenny Soward
• Professional Integrity • [The Riyria Universe] • novelette by Michael J. Sullivan
• Troll Trouble • short fiction by Richard Lee Byers
• A Better Man • short fiction by Paul S. Kemp
• First Kill • short fiction by Django Wexler
• Manhunt • short fiction by Mark Smylie
• Better to Live Than to Die • short fiction by John Gwynne
• The Secret • [The Broken Empire Universe] • short story by Mark Lawrence
• Friendship • short fiction by Laura Resnick
• The Long Kiss • short fiction by Clay Sanger
• The White Rose Thief • short fiction by Shawn Speakman
• A Length of Cherrywood • [The Vault of Heaven] • short story by Peter Orullian
• A Taste of Agony • short fiction by Tim Marquitz
• What Gods Demand • short fiction by James A. Moore
• Take You Home • short fiction by David Dalglish
• Seeking the Shadow • [The Book of Deacon Sidequests] • short story by Joseph R. Lallo
• Sun and Steel • short fiction by Jon Sprunk
• The Betyár and the Magus • short fiction by S. R. Cambridge
• A Kingdom and a Horse • short fiction by Snorri Kristjansson
• Thieves at the Gate • short story by James Enge
• His Kikuta Hands • short fiction by Gillian Rubinstein [as by Lian Hearn]
• The Lord Collector • [Raven's Shadow] • novella by Anthony Ryan
• Scream • short fiction by Anton Strout