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• ix • Preface (Dark Alchemy) • (2007) • essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois (variant of Preface (Wizards: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy))
• 1 • The Witch's Headstone • juvenile • [Bod Owens] • (2007) • novelette by Neil Gaiman
• 25 • Holly and Iron • (2007) • novelette by Garth Nix
• 58 • Color Vision • juvenile • (2007) • short story by Mary Rosenblum
• 83 • The Ruby Incomparable • [Anvil of the World Universe] • (2007) • short story by Kage Baker
• 99 • A Fowl Tale • juvenile • [Artemis Fowl] • (2007) • short story by Eoin Colfer
• 105 • Slipping Sideways Through Eternity • (2007) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 119 • The Stranger's Hands • (2007) • short story by Tad Williams
• 139 • Naming Day • (2007) • short story by Patricia A. McKillip
• 153 • Winter's Wife • (2007) • novelette by Elizabeth Hand
• 187 • A Diorama of the Infernal Regions, or The Devil's Ninth Question • [Pearleen Sunday] • (2007) • novelette by Andy Duncan
• 219 • Barrens Dance • [World of The Innkeeper's Song] • (2007) • short story by Peter S. Beagle
• 234 • Stone Man • (2007) • short story by Nancy Kress
• 254 • The Manticore Spell • (2007) • short story by Jeffrey Ford
• 263 • Zinder • (2007) • short story by Tanith Lee
• 277 • Billy and the Wizard • [Billy] • (2007) • short story by Terry Bisson
• 284 • The Magikkers • (2007) • short story by Terry Dowling
• 299 • The Magic Animal • (2007) • novelette by Gene Wolfe
• 326 • Stonefather • [Mither Mages] • (2007) • novella by Orson Scott Card