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• 1 • Introduction (Firebirds Rising) • (2006) • essay by Sharyn November
• 5 • Huntress • (2006) • novelette by Tamora Pierce
• 33 • Unwrapping • (2006) • short story by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• 44 • The Real Thing • (2006) • novelette by Alison Goodman
• 86 • Little (Grrl) Lost • [Newford] • (2006) • novelette by Charles de Lint
• 119 • I'll Give You My Word • (2006) • novelette by Diana Wynne Jones
• 153 • In the House of the Seven Librarians • (2006) • novelette by Ellen Klages
• 190 • Wintermoon Wish • [Safe-Keepers world] • (2006) • novelette by Sharon Shinn
• 219 • The Wizards of Perfil • (2006) • novella by Kelly Link
• 273 • Jack O'Lantern • (2006) • novelette by Patricia A. McKillip
• 294 • Quill • (2006) • novelette by Carol Emshwiller
• 328 • Blood Roses • (2006) • short story by Francesca Lia Block
• 337 • Hives • (2006) • novella by Kara Dalkey
• 386 • Perception • [Humanx Commonwealth • 6] • (2006) • short story by Alan Dean Foster
• 406 • The House on the Planet • (2006) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 444 • Cousins • (2006) • novelette by Pamela Dean
• 490 • What Used to Be Good Still Is • (2006) • novelette by Emma Bull
• 525 • Acknowledgments (Firebirds Rising) • (2006) • essay by uncredited
• 529 • About the Editor (Firebirds Rising) • (2006) • essay by uncredited