A CLASSIC COLLECTION OF CUTTING-EDGE DRAGON STORIES BY SOME OF THE WORLD'S LEADING AUTHORS!

In this mythic and wondrous collection, some of the world's best-known authors of the fantastic explore the legends and lore of the fire-breathing creatures that have captured the imagination of adventure lovers everywhere - dragons.

From S.P. Somtov's dramatic tale of an ancient dragon owned by a family in modern Thailand to Ursula K. Le Guin's classic story of the power of a dragon's naming, from Tanith Lee's portrait of a dying dragon on to Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg's look at a dragon whose love for a human woman could spell doom for the whole Earth - here are spectacular dragon stories transcending time and place.

Contents:

• Introduction by Tanith Lee
• Age by Tanith Lee
• Tin Lizzies by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• Ulf the Wyrm by Lois Tilton
• Short Straws by Kevin J. Anderson
• Pleasantly Pink by Mike Resnick and Nicholas A. DiChario
• The Rule of Names by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Sirinta's Dragon by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• Dream Reader by Jane Yolen
• The Dragon on the Bookshelf by Harlan Ellison and Robert Silverberg
• The Shedding and the Song by Ian Hunter
• The Old, Old Story by Andrew Lane
• The Mandlebrot Dragon by Mary A. Turzillo
• Dragon Lord's Justice by Joanne Bertin
• Grandfather's Briefcase by Gerald Perkins
• Mordred and the Dragon by Phyllis Ann Karr
• Falcon and Dragon by Josepha Sherman
• When the Summons came from Camelot by Cynthia Ward
• Serpent Feather by Gordon R. Menzies
• Dragon's Fin Soup by S.P. Somtow
• Biographies

Edited by
Byron Preiss
John Betancourt
& Keith R.A. DeCandido