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• 3 • Introduction (Young Warriors: Stories of Strength) • (2005) • essay by Tamora Pierce
• 9 • The Gift of Rain Mountain • (2005) • short story by Bruce Holland Rogers
• 23 • The Magestone • (2005) • short story by Janet Stirling and S. M. Stirling [as by Jan Stirling and S. M. Stirling]
• 43 • Eli and the Dybbuk • (2005) • novelette by Janis Ian
• 65 • Heartless • (2005) • short story by Holly Black
• 79 • Lioness • (2005) • short story by Pamela F. Service
• 99 • Thunderbolt • (2005) • short story by Esther M. Friesner [as by Esther Friesner]
• 119 • Devil Wind • (2005) • novelette by India Edghill
• 149 • The Boy Who Cried "Dragon!" • (2005) • short story by Mike Resnick
• 159 • Student of Ostriches • [Song of the Lioness] • (2005) • novelette by Tamora Pierce
• 185 • Serpent's Rock • (2005) • novelette by Laura Anne Gilman
• 207 • Hidden Warriors • (2005) • short story by Margaret Mahy
• 227 • Emerging Legacy • [Wolverine's Daughter • 1.5] • (2005) • novelette by Doranna Durgin
• 249 • An Axe for Men • (2005) • short story by Rosemary Edghill
• 269 • Acts of Faith • (2005) • novelette by Lesley McBain
• 293 • Swords That Talk • (2005) • short story by Brent Hartinger
• 309 • Afterword (Young Warriors: Stories of Strength) • (2005) • essay by Josepha Sherman