Contents (view Concise Listing)

• ix • Introduction (Fantasy: The Best of 2004) • essay by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan
• 1 • Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire • (2004) • short story by Neil Gaiman
• 20 • The Word That Sings the Scythe • (2004) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 64 • The Little Stranger • (2004) • novelette by Gene Wolfe
• 90 • The Faery Handbag • (2004) • novelette by Kelly Link
• 119 • Quarry • [World of The Innkeeper's Song] • (2004) • novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• 170 • The Enchanted Trousseau • (2004) • short story by Deborah Roggie
• 195 • The Sorcerer's Apprentice • [Majipoor] • (2004) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
• 226 • The Annals of the Eelin-Ok • (2004) • short story by Jeffrey Ford (variant of The Annals of Eelin-Ok)
• 251 • Pat Moore • (2004) • novelette by Tim Powers
• 296 • The Angel's Daughter • (2004) • short story by Jay Lake
• 302 • The Silver Dragon • (2004) • novelette by Elizabeth A. Lynn