"A Tom Doherty Associates book." An introduction by Gardner Dozois (pages 13-15).
Contents:
The princess and the queen / George R. R. Martin. My heart is either broken / Megan Abbott -- Nora's song / Cecelia Holland -- The hands that are not there / Melinda Snograss -- Bombshells / Jim Butcher -- Raisa Stepanova / Carrie Vaughn -- Wrestling Jesus / Joe R. Lansdale -- Neighbors / Megan Lindholm -- I know how to pick 'em / Lawrence Block -- Shadows for silence in the forests of hell / Brandon Sanderson -- A queen in exile / Sharon Kay Penman -- The girl in the mirror / Lev Grossman -- Second arabesque, very slowly / Nancy Kress -- City Lazarus / Diana Rowland -- Virgins / Diana Gabaldon -- Hell hath no fury / Sherrilyn Kenyon -- Pronouncing doom / S. M. Stirling -- Name the beast / Sam Sykes -- Caretakers / Pat Cadigan -- Lies my mother told me / Caroline Spector -- The princess and the queen / George R. R. Martin.
Summary:
"All new and original to this anthology, the twenty-one stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers, and seven stories set in the authors' bestselling continuities-including a new "Outlander" story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden's world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones" --Amazon.
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