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Description

Magic lives in remarkable realms -- and in the short fiction of today's top fantasists. In this fifth breathtaking volume of the year's best flights of the fantastic, award-winning editors David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer present a dazzling new array of wonders -- stories that break through the time-honored conventions of the genre to carry the reader to astonishing places that only the most ingenious minds could conceive.

In the able hands of Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Tim Powers, and others, miracles become tangible and true, impossible creatures roam unfettered, and fairy tales are reshaped, sharpened, and freed from the restrictive bonds of childhood.

Lose yourself in these pages and in these worlds -- and discover the power, the beauty, the unparalleled enchantment of fantasy at its finest.

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Contents

viii • Introduction (Year's Best Fantasy 5) • (2005) • essay by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
1 • The Dragons of Summer Gulch • (2004) • novelette by Robert Reed
33 • Miss Emily Gray • (2004) • shortstory by Theodora Goss
47 • The Baum Plan for Financial Independence • (2004) • shortstory by John Kessel
64 • Lizzy Lou • (2004) • shortstory by Barbara Robson
69 • The End of the World as We Know It • (2004) • shortstory by Dale Bailey
89 • Leaving His Cares Behind Him • [Anvil of the World Universe] • (2004) • novelette by Kage Baker
122 • The Problem of Susan • (2004) • shortstory by Neil Gaiman
132 • Stella's Transformation • (2004) • shortstory by Kim Westwood
144 • Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely • (2004) • shortstory by David D. Levine
154 • Pat Moore • (2004) • novelette by Tim Powers
190 • Perpetua • (2004) • shortstory by Kit Reed
203 • Quarry • [World of The Innkeeper's Song] • (2004) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
243 • Diva's Bones • (2004) • shortstory by John Meaney
264 • The Seventh Daughter • (2004) • shortfiction by Bruce McAllister
269 • Life in Stone • (2004) • shortstory by Tim Pratt
284 • Many Voices • (2004) • shortstory by M. Rickert
300 • A Hint of Jasmine • [Eli Mothersbaugh] • (2004) • novelette by Richard Parks
330 • Elvenbrood • (2004) • novelette by Tanith Lee
353 • Beyond the River • (2004) • shortstory by Joel Lane
368 • Out of the Woods • (2004) • shortstory by Patricia A. McKillip
383 • The Man from Shemhaza • (2004) • novelette by Steven Brust (aka The Ballad of Shemhaza)
405 • Death's Door • (2004) • shortstory by Terry Bisson
432 • The Smile on the Face • (2004) • shortstory by Nalo Hopkinson
449 • Golden City Far • (2004) • novelette by Gene Wolfe