Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Introduction (Tales from the Vatican Vaults) • essay by Francis Atterbury, OBE, FRS
• 2 • The Tale of Pope Joan • short story by David V. Barrett
• 15 • No Peace for the Wicked • short story by Tom Holt [as by K. J. Parker]
• 42 • Chasing Charlemagne • short story by John Grant
• 70 • Encounter on the Rhine • short story by Marion Pitman
• 80 • Songs of Love • short story by J.-M. Brugée
• 98 • The Dragon Chain • short story by Cherith Baldry
• 121 • Bells of the Harelle • short story by Rosanne Rabinowitz
• 150 • The Sky Weeps, the Earth Quakes • short story by Jaine Fenn
• 174 • The Gifts • short story by Kleo Kay
• 186 • Windows Into Men's Hearts • short story by E. Saxey
• 206 • Documents in the Case of Brother G. • short story by Paul Kincaid
• 224 • The Hammer of Witches • short story by Mary Gentle
• 250 • The Silver Monkey • short story by Dave Hutchinson
• 266 • The Watchers • short story by Garry Kilworth
• 274 • The Missing Journal of Captain James Cook • short story by Geraldine Warner
• 294 • Cooking Up a Storm • short story by Jean Marie Ward
• 342 • Pio Nono and the Papal Allocution • short story by Damian P. O'Connor
• 360 • The Confession • short story by Alex Bell
• 380 • Saunière's Secret • short story by Patricia Fanthorpe and R. L. Fanthorpe [as by Lionel Fanthorpe and Patricia Fanthorpe]
• 390 • The Will • short story by KristaLyn Amber
• 408 • Gardening • short story by Stephanie Potter
• 420 • The She • short story by Terry Grimwood
• 440 • Gargoyles • short story by Douglas Thompson
• 448 • The Saint's Well • short story by Storm Constantine
• 468 • The Mountain Wind • short story by Patrice Chaplin
• 476 • Miserere • short story by Sarah Ash
• 500 • The Island of Lost Priests • short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• 530 • Apocryphon • short story by Stephen Marley