Elric of Melniboné, Michael Moorcock's doomed antihero, has become a pivotal figure in fantasy literature since his first appearance more than thirty years ago. He is one of just a handful of characters in sword-and-sorcery fiction who have ahd a seminal impact on the entire genre, and his compelling tale and tortured conscience have inspired countless renderings by artists both famed and unknown. Elric has even inspired songs from groups as diverse as Hawkwind and Blue Öyster Cult to Cirith Ungol and the Tygers of Pan Tang.

Elric's tales in print, though, have remained exclusively Moorcock's for three decades, but now Michael has opened the gates for other writers to craft new tales of Elric and his times. The result is this collection of original fiction from some of fantasy's best writers and hottest new talents. Taking Elric from his very beginnings to his fated end, these stories span his own realm of the Young Kingdoms and beyond: to Arthurian England, 15th-century Milan, Nazi Germany, and even our contemporary present! This historic anthology marks Elric's return to bookshelves everywhere - read on and celebrate with us.

Contents:

• Go Ask Elric by Tad Williams
• The White Child by Jody Lynn Nye
• Celebration of Celene by Gary Gygax
• The Dragon's Heart by Nancy A. Collins
• The Gothic Touch by Karl Edward Wagner
• Beyond the Balance by Nancy Holder
• One Life Furnished with Early Moorcock by Neil Gaiman
• Now Cracks a Noble Heart by David M. Honigsberg
• A Devil Unknown by Roland J. Green & Frieda A. Murray
• The Other Sword by Robert Weinberg
• Arioch's Gift by Charles Partingon
• The Trembler on the Axis by Peter Crowther & James Lovegrove
• The White Wolf's Song by Michael Moorcock
• Kingsfire by Richard Lee Byers
• The Gate of Dreaming by Brad Strickland
• The Littlest Stormbringer by Brad Linaweaver & William Alan Ritch
• Providence by Kevin T. Stein
• The Guardian at the Gate by Scott Ciencin
• The Song of Shaarilla by James S. Dorr
• Too Few Years of Solitude by Stewart von Allman
• White Wolf's Awakening by Paul W. Cashman
• A Woman's Power by Doug Murray
• The Soul of an Old Machine by Thomas E. Fuller
• Temptations of Iron by Colin Greenland