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• 5 • Mightier Than the Sword • (2004) • short story by Jack Campbell [as by John G. Hemry]
• 19 • A Late Symmer Night's Battle • (2004) • short story by Laura Frankos
• 31 • Psyched Up • (2004) • short story by Michael D. Turner
• 43 • Branded • [Terion & Feric • 4] • (2004) • short story by Janet Stirling [as by Jan Stirling]
• 59 • The Girl's Guide to Defeating the Dark Lord • (2004) • short story by Cassandra Clare [as by Cassandra Claire]
• 77 • She Stuffs to Conquer • (2004) • short story by Yvonne Coats
• 83 • The Gypsy Queen • (2004) • short story by Catherine H. Shaffer
• 99 • Over the Hill • short story by Jim C. Hines
• 113 • A Sword Called Rhonda • (2004) • short story by D. S. Moen
• 123 • Giants in the Earth • (2004) • short story by Esther M. Friesner [as by Esther Friesner]
• 139 • Rituals for a New God • (2004) • short story by Wen Spencer
• 149 • I Look Good • (2004) • short story by Selina Rosen
• 157 • Combat Shopping • (2004) • short story by Lee Martindale
• 167 • Battle Ready • (2004) • short story by J. Ardian Lee
• 171 • A Woman's Armor • (2004) • short story by Lesley McBain
• 187 • Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Hall of the Puppet King • [Hallah Iron-Thighs] • (2004) • novelette by K. D. Wentworth
• 203 • Princess Injera Versus the Spanakopita of Doom • (2004) • novelette by Robin Wayne Bailey
• 221 • Brunhilde's Bra • (2004) • short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 233 • Smoke and Mirrors • (2004) • short story by Steven Piziks
• 247 • The Truth About the Gotterdammerung • (2004) • short story by Eric Flint
• 261 • Defender of the Small • short story by Jody Lynn Nye
• 275 • Of Mice and Chicks • (2004) • short story by Harry Turtledove