For thousands of years, the fortune teller has been at the center of mystical prediction, a figurehead of divination unraveling the mysteries of the future. Now some of today's most imaginative authors gaze into their own crystal balls to foretell fates in these fantastic tales. With stories ranging from the humorous to the spine-tingling, this clairvoyant collection is sure to be a reading you'll never forget.

Contents:

• The Vision of Men by Michelle Sagara West
• May Eve by Rosemary Edghill
• The Oracle Lips by Storm Constantine
• Hexefus by Nancy Springer
• The Cards Also Say by Tanya Huff
• Reading the Entrails: A Rondel by Neil Gaiman
• Bright Seeds in a Whirlwind by Bruce Holland Rogers
• First Thing in the Morning by Billie Sue Mosiman
• Playing with Fire by Mark A. Garland
• Tomorrow Eyes by Peter Crowther
• To Fit the Crime by Ed Gorman
• When the Child Screams and Looks Back at You by Gary A. Braunbeck
• The Soothsayer by Lawrence C. Connolly
• True Collectors by Brian Stableford
• Not Ours to See by David Langford
• Those Who Know by Leslie What
• Beyond the Flames by Janni Lee Simner