A collection of the best fantasy prose written in 2004, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by two of SF's most respected editors.

Edited by Karen Haber and Jonathan Strahan.

Contents:

• Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Nameless House of the Night of Dread Desire, by Neil Gaiman
• The Word That Sings the Scythe, by Michael Swanwick
• The Little Stranger, by Gene Wolfe
• The Faery Handbag, by Kelly Link
• Quarry, by Peter S. Beagle
• The Enchanted Trousseau, by Deborah Roggie
• The Sorcerer's Apprentice, by Robert Silverberg
• The Annals of Eelin-Ok, by Jeffrey Ford
• Pat Moore, by Tim Powers
• The Angel's Daughter, by Jay Lake
• The Silver Dragon, by Elizabeth A. Lynn