They are beings of legend from a realm just beyond our own, a kingdom where time holds little power, where beauty casts its own aura over the natural world, and where magic can transform anything -- or anyone.

From high elves holding court in the heart of Faerie... to mischievous wood sprites ready to have their fun with mere mortals... to dark lords working magic against all mankind... to those struggling to survive as the World of Iron spreads its rule -- the whole of the elvish lands are explored in stories that may lead the unsuspecting into the fairy hills only to emerge into a world far different from the one they left behind. Contains the following stories:

• Bard's Crown by Andre Norton
• The Law of Man by Michelle West
• I Sing the Dark Riders by Dennis L. McKiernan
• A Midsummer Night's Dream Team by Tanya Huff
• Home Key by Barbara Delaplace
• Elfarama by Craig Shaw Gardner
• Jerlayne by Lynn Abbey
• Spinning Webs and Telling Lies by David Niall Wilson
• The Dancing Ring by Jody Lynn Nye
• Sun and Hawk by Jane M. Lindskold
• Eine Kleine Elfmusik by Karen Haber
• By The Oaks by Janni Lee Simner
• All That Glitters by C.J. Henderson
• Jingles the Elf by Richard Gilliam
• Images of Smoke by John Goodnow
• Mercenary of Dreams by Lawrence C. Connolly
• The Legend of Slewfoot by Mark A. Garland and Lawrence Schimel
• The Girl Who Was Taken Into the Hill by Diana L. Paxson
• Changeling by Mickey Zucker Reichert