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The Book of Magic: A collection of stories by various authors


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      HarperVoyager

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2018

      Copyright © 2018 by Gardner Dozois

      Introduction © 2018 by Gardner Dozois

      Individual story copyrights appear here

      Cover design by Mike Topping © HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 2018

      The author of each individual story asserts their moral rights, including the right to be identified as the author of their work.

      A catalogue copy of this book is available from the British Library.

      These stories are entirely works of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in them are the work of the authors’ imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins.

      Source ISBN: 9780008295806

      Ebook Edition © October 2018 ISBN: 9780008295813

      Version: 2018-09-21

       Copyrights Acknowledgements

      “The Return of the Pig” by K. J. Parker. Copyright © 2018 by K. J. Parker.

      “Community Service” by Megan Lindholm. Copyright © 2018 by Megan Lindholm.

      “Flint and Mirror” by John Crowley. Copyright © 2018 by John Crowley.

      “The Friends of Masquelayne the Incomparable” by Matthew Hughes. Copyright © 2018 by Matthew Hughes.

      “Biography of a Bouncing Boy Terror, Chapter II: Jumping Jack in Love” by Ysabeau S. Wilce. Copyright © 2018 by Ysabeau S. Wilce.

      “Song of Fire” by Rachel Pollack. Copyright © 2018 by Rachel Pollack.

      “Loft the Sorcerer” by Eleanor Arnason. Copyright © 2018 by Eleanor Arnason.

      “The Governor” by Tim Powers. Copyright © 2018 by Tim Powers.

      “Sungrazer” by Liz Williams. Copyright © 2018 by Liz Williams.

      “The Staff in the Stone” by Garth Nix. Copyright © 2018 by Garth Nix.

      “No Work of Mine” by Elizbeth Bear. Copyright © 2018 by Elizabeth Bear.

      “Widow Maker” by Lavie Tidhar. Copyright © 2018 by Lavie Tidhar.

      “The Wolf and the Manticore” by Greg van Eekhout. © 2018 by Greg van Eekhout.

      “A Night at the Tarn House” by George R.R. Martin. Copyright © 2009 by George R.R. Martin. First published in Songs of the Dying Earth, edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

      “The Devil’s Whatever” by Andy Duncan. Copyright © 2018 by Andy Duncan.

      “Bloom” by Kate Elliott. Copyright © 2018 by Kate Elliott.

      “The Fall and Rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril” by Scott Lynch. Copyright © 2018 by Scott Lynch.

       Dedication

       For

       All those who work magic with words,

       the most potent magic there is

       Gardner Dozois 1947–2018

      As an editor, Gardner had no peers. He discovered and nurtured more new talents than I could possibly remember or recount, myself included. It’s no exaggeration to say that I would not be where I am today if Gardner had not fished me out of the slush pile in 1970. He found me in his first editorial job, reading submissions at Galaxy, where he came upon my short story ‘The Hero’ and passed it along to the editor with a recommendation to buy. That was my first professional sale.

      He was also the warmest, kindest, gentlest soul you’ll ever meet, larger than life, bawdy, funny … so funny. It was an honour to know him, and to work with him. I miss him so much.

      George R.R. Martin, 2018

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

      Copyright Acknowledgements

      Dedication

      Gardner Dozois 1947–2018

      Introduction by Gardner Dozois

       The Return of the Pig by K. J. Parker

       Community Service by Megan Lindholm

       Flint and Mirror by John Crowley

       The Friends of Masquelayne the Incomparable by Matthew Hughes

       Biography of a Bouncing Boy Terror, Chapter II: Jumping Jack in Love by Ysabeau S. Wilce

       Song of Fire by Rachel Pollack

       Loft the Sorcerer by Eleanor Arnason

       The Governor by Tim Powers

       Sungrazer by Liz Williams

       The Staff in the Stone by Garth Nix

       No Work of Mine by Elizabeth Bear

       Widow Maker by Lavie Tidhar

       The Wolf and the Manticore by Greg Van Eekhout

       A Night at the Tarn House by George R.R. Martin

       The Devil’s Whatever by Andy Duncan

       Bloom by Kate Elliott

       The Fall and Rise of the House of the Wizard Malkuril by Scott Lynch

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