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• 7 • Introduction (Sword and Sorceress VIII) • essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 10 • Masks • short story by Deborah Burros
• 15 • Wings of Fire • [Vows and Honor] • short story by Mercedes Lackey
• 34 • Geese • short story by Laurell K. Hamilton
• 47 • Marayd's Escape • short story by Rima Saret
• 64 • She Who Shields • short story by Gary W. Herring
• 84 • Fair Play • short story by Jennifer Roberson
• 91 • Kayli Kidnapped • short story by Paula Helm Murray
• 111 • Ytarra's Mirror • [Shanna of Sharteyn] • short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 128 • Heart's Desires • short story by Walter L. Kleine
• 141 • A Throw of the Dice • short story by Nancy L. Pine
• 152 • Song of the Dragon • short story by Andrea Pelleschi
• 166 • Beauty and His Beast • short story by Vera Nazarian
• 180 • Shards of Crystal • short story by Stephanie Shaver
• 186 • Spellbinder • short story by Rosemary Edghill [as by Eluki bes Shahar]
• 199 • The Price of the Wind • short story by Josepha Sherman
• 207 • Stained Glass • short story by Linda Gordon
• 216 • East of the Dawn • short story by Jere Dunham
• 226 • Trading Swords • short story by Dave Smeds
• 241 • Out of the Frying Pan • short story by Elisabeth Waters
• 251 • Edyth Among the Trolls • short story by Lois Tilton
• 265 • The Opal Skull • short story by Cynthia Ward
• 281 • Retirement Plan • short story by Margaret Howes