Here is a collection of the best fantasy prose written in 2006, by some of the genre's greatest writers, and selected by respected reviewer and editor Rich Horton. In this volume you'll find:

• Journey into the Kingdom by M. Rickert
• The Water Poet and the Four Seasons by David J. Schwartz
• Pol Pot's Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) by Geoff Ryman
• The Osteomancer's Son by Greg van Eekhout
• Salt Wine by Peter S. Beagle
• The Original Word for Rain by Peter Higgins
• The Lineaments of Gratified Desire by Ysabeau Wilce
• Journey to Gantica by Matthew Corradi
• Irregular Verbs by Matthew Johnson
• A Fish Story by Sarah Totton
• The Night Whiskey by Jeffrey Ford
• A Fine Magic by Margo Lanagan
• Naturally by Daniel Handler
• Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge by Richard Parks
• Citrine: A Fable by Elise Moser
• A Siege of Cranes by Benjamin Rosenbaum