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«Quest» © 1999 by Susan Anderson. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.
«The Top 50 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became an Evil Overlord» © 1996–7 by Peter Anspach. First published on the Internet at www.eviloverlord.com. Edited for publication. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«Diamonds — Black and White» © 1932 by Anthony Armstrong. Reprinted from The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other Tales (London: Ernest Benn, 1932). Unable to trace the representative of the author's estate.
«The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel» by John Kendrick Bangs. Reprinted from Over the Plum-Pudding (New York: Harper's, 1901). Copyright expired in 1973.
«The Failure of Hope & Wandel» by Ambrose Bierce, first published in Fun, 5 September 1874. Copyright expired in 1964.
«Rules of Engagement»
«How To Be Fantastic» © 1995 by Elizabeth Counihan. First published in Scheherazade #12, August 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«The Ultimate» © 1986, 1999 by Seamus Cullen. Extensively revised from an episode originally published in The Sultan's Turret (London: Orbit Books, 1986). This version, original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.
«The Hills behind Hollywood High» © 1983 by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1983. Reprinted by permission of Grania Davis.
«The Eye of Tandyla» © 1951 by L. Sprague de Camp. First published in Fantastic Adventures, May 1951. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, Spectrum Literary Agency.
«The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything» © 1984 by George Alec Effinger. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1984. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists» © 1981 by The Kilimanjaro Corporation. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Januaiy 1982. Reprinted by arrangement with, and permission of, the author and the author's agent, Richard Curtis Associates, Inc., New York. All rights reserved.
«Malocchio» © 1999 by Eliot Fintushel. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author's agent, Linn Prentis.
«The Metrognome» © 1990 by Thranx, Inc. First published in The Metrognome and Other Stories (New York: Del Rey Books, 1990). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, the Virginia Kidd Agency.
«Uncle Henry Passes» © 1999 by Esther Friesner. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.
«The Case of the Four and Twenty Blackbirds» © 1984 by Neil Gaiman. First published in Knave. Reprinted in Angels and Visitations (Minneapolis: DreamHaven Books, 1993). Reprinted by permission of the author.
«A Dealing with Demons» © 1981 by Craig Shaw Gardner. First published in Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers (New York: Dell Books, 1981). Reprinted by permission of the author.
«The Triumph of Vice» by W. S. Gilbert, first published in The Savage Club Papers (London: 1867). Copyright expired in 1962.
«Hershey's Kisses» © 1991 by Ron Goulart. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1992. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«The Man Who Hated Cadillacs»
© 1999 by E. K. Grant. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.«History Book» © 1994, 1999 by John Grant. First published in a limited-edition chapbook as History Book — A Thog the Mighty Text (1994) and then, revised, in sections in The Rotting Land (1994) as by Joe Dever and John Grant. Further extensive revisions by the author for this publication.
«Captain Flonario Harpplayer, R.N.» © 1963 by Harry Harrison. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1963. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«Neander-Tale» © 1980 by James P. Hogan. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1980. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, Spectrum Literary Agency.
«Escape from the Planet of the Bears» © 1999 by Tom Holt. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.
«The Star of the Farmyard» © 1992 by Terry Jones. First published in Fantastic Stories (London: Pavilion Books, 1992). Reprinted by permission of the author.
«The Case of Jack the Clipper» © 1997 by David Langford. First published in Interzone, December 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«A Slow Day in Hell» © 1997 by Julia S. Mandala. First published in Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Summer 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«Elijah P. Jopp and the Dragon» by Archibald Marshall, first published in The Royal Magazine, November 1898. Copyright expired in 1985.
«A Hedge against Alchemy» © 1981 by John Morressy. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1981. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author's agent, The William Morris Agency.
«The Dragon Doctor's Apprentice» © 1999 by Charles Partington. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author and the author's agent, Dorian Literary Agency.
«The Shoemaket and the Elvis» © 1997 by Lawrence Schimel. First published in Elf Magic, edited by Martin H. Greenberg (New York: DAW Books, 1997). Reprinted by permission of the author.
«Dances with Elves» © 1995 by Cynthia Ward. First published in Galaxy, March/April 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«The Birthday Gift» © 1992 by Elisabeth Waters. First published in Sword & Sorceress IX, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley (New York: DAW Books, 1992). Reprinted by permission of the author.
«How I Got Three Zip Codes» © 1999 by Gene Wolfe. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author's agent, Virginia Kidd Literaiy Agency.
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