This contains: The Rat's Alley Shuffle by Charles de Lint; Before the Paint is Dry by Kara Dalkey; Two Houses in Saltigos by Pamela Dean; Rikiki and the Wizard by Patricia C. Wrede; The Ballad of the Quick Levars by Jane Yolen; Pot Luck by Megan Lindholm; Dry Well by Nathan A. Bucklin; Choice of the Black Goddess by Gene Wolfe; Show of Faith by Gregory Frost; An Act of Trust by Steven Brust; Ishu's Gift by Charles R. Saunders; A Cup of Worrynot Tear by John M. Ford; and The Well Made Plan by Emma Bull.