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• vii • Introduction: In the Name of a King • essay by Richard Gilliam
• 1 • The Kings of Tarshish Shall Bring Gifts • (1995) • novelette by Stephen R. Donaldson
• 33 • Journey into the Dark • (1995) • short story by Jane Yolen
• 37 • Keeper of Souls • novelette by Owl Goingback
• 58 • Seeds of Death • short story by Larry Segriff
• 77 • Le Roi S'amuse • novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• 99 • The Tale of Lady Ashburn • short story by John Gregory Betancourt
• 112 • Changeling • short story by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• 127 • A Parker House Roll • [Buckey the Space Pirate] • short story by Dean Wesley Smith
• 137 • The King Who Would Fly • short story by Karen Haber
• 155 • The Kiss • (1995) • short story by Alan Dean Foster
• 159 • Divine Right • short story by Nancy Holder
• 171 • In the Name of the King • short story by Judith Tarr
• 188 • The Feather of Fatherhood • short story by Lawrence Schimel
• 193 • Blind Sceptre • (1995) • short story by Brad Linaweaver
• 206 • The King of Galilee • short story by Billie Sue Mosiman
• 214 • Virolec and the Beast • novelette by Rick Wilber
• 240 • Please to See the King • short story by Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald
• 245 • The Name of a King • novelette by Diana L. Paxson
• 284 • The Final Challenge • short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• 293 • Coda: Working Stiff • (1995) • short story by Nicholas A. DiChario and Mike Resnick
• 304 • About the Authors (The Book of Kings) • essay by uncredited