Enchanted Forests

The enchanted forest is a place both terrifying and inviting, a region where monsters lurk and treasure may be found, a world peopled by evil witches and wise hermits, woodcutters and hunters, enchanted creatures and those of elfinkind. Here are 25 tales created especially for this volume by some of today's most imaginative crafters of the fantastic. WOODWORK – Humor and ingenuity are part of the job requirements The Forest's Not for Burning by Katherine Lawrence "I'll Give You Three Wishes...." by Kevin Andrew Murphy The Triple Death by Ken St. Andre Out of the Woods by Lawrence Watt-Evans SPEAKING WORDS – The view from the branches Viridescence by Connie Hirsch Fiat Silva by Jack Oakley Weeds by Brook West and Julia H. West Benbow by Nancy Etchemendy INHERITANCES – Different dances to a single tune The Prism of Memory by Jo Clayton The Force That Through the Green Fuse by Mark Kreighbaum My Soul Into the Boughs by Teresa Edgerton THE SCARS OF WAR – Echoes in flesh and wood These Shoes Strangers Have Died Of by Bruce Holland Rogers The Clearing by Lois Tilton VICTORIAN VARIATIONS – New shoots from an old trunk How the Ant Made a Bargain by Karawynn Long In Fear of Little Nell by Gregory Feeley THE NEW WORLD THAT NEVER WAS – Branchings from history Wood Song by Kate Daniel Virginia Woods by Janni Lee Simner IMPOSSIBLE LOVES – Joy comes in many shapes Ties of Love short fiction by Lawrence Schimel The Heart of the Forest by Dave Smeds Holy Ground by Thomas S. Roche Ghostwood novelette by Michelle West SANCTUARY – There is danger in the Forest but also peace The Monsters of Mill Creek Park novelette by Susan Shwartz The Memory of Peace novelette by Kate Elliott Everything Has a Place by Barbara A. Denz Trees Perpetual of Sleep by Nina Kiriki Hoffman