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• vii • Introduction: Larger Than Life • (1984) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 3 • The Gate of the Flying Knives • [Thieves' World] • (1979) • novella by Poul Anderson
• 37 • Unicorn Tapestry • (1980) • novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
• 93 • Sleep Well of Nights • [Jack Limekiller] • (1978) • novelette by Avram Davidson (variant of A Good Night's Sleep)
• 139 • Black Heart and White Heart • (1896) • novella by H. Rider Haggard
• 189 • Red Nails • [Conan] • (1936) • novella by Robert E. Howard
• 263 • Storm in a Bottle • [Brak the Barbarian] • (1977) • novella by John Jakes
• 303 • Ill Met in Lankhmar • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1970) • novella by Fritz Leiber
• 347 • The Lands Beyond the World • [The Elric Saga] • (1977) • novella by Michael Moorcock
• 395 • A Man and His God • [Sacred Band Tales] • (1981) • novella by Janet Morris
• 431 • Spider Silk • [Witch World Universe] • (1976) • novelette by Andre Norton
• 469 • Where Is the Bird of Fire? • [The Latium Trilogy] • (1962) • novella by Thomas Burnett Swann
• 517 • Guyal of Sfere • [Dying Earth] • (1950) • novella by Jack Vance
• 563 • Tower of Ice • [Dilvish] • (1981) • novella by Roger Zelazny