For centuries, they have watched over us... Leering from the arches and peaks of ancient cathedrals. Spreading their wings across hallowed doorways. Even decorating our homes in stony, silent elegance. Are they angels or demons? Sacred or profane?

Featuring fifteen original stories and two classic tales of the legendary gargoyle. The contributors range from bestselling masters to the hottest newcomers -- award-winners, artists, musicians, and, yes, gargoyle collectors. Each of them experts at drawing blood from a stone.

Contents:

• The Soft Sound of Wings by Charles L. Grant
• How Do You Think It Feels? by Neil Gaiman
• The Gargoyle’s Shadow by Katherine Kurtz
• Scylla and Charybdis by Don D’Ammassa
• Studies in Stone by Jane Yolen & Robert J. Harris
• Hagoday by Melanie Tem
• May This Be Your Last Sorrow by Charles de Lint
• Little Dedo by Nancy Holder
• The Gargoyle’s Song by Alan Rodgers
• The Luststone by Brian Lumley
• Found Angels by Christa Faust & Caitlín R. Kiernan
• The Hour of the Sisters by Jo Clayton
• Smiling Beasties by Wendy Webb
• Now Entering Monkeyface by Marc Levinthal & John Mason Skipp
• Tempters by Lucy Taylor
• Cenotaph by Brian Hodge
• Bleeding Stones by Harlan Ellison