The witch's headstone / by Neil Gaiman -- Holly and iron / by Garth Nix -- Color vision / by Mary Rosenblum -- The ruby incomparable / by Kage Baker -- A fowl tale / by Eoin Colfer -- Slipping sideways through eternity / by Jane Yolen -- The stranger's hands / by Tad Williams -- Naming day / by Patricia A. McKillip -- Winter's wife / by Elizabeth Hand -- A diorama of the infernal regions, or, The devil's ninth question / by Andy Duncan -- Barrens dance / by Peter S. Beagle -- Stone man / by Nancy Kress -- The manticore spell / by Jeffrey Ford -- Zinder / by Tanith Lee -- Billy and the wizard / by Terry Bisson -- The magikkers / by Terry Dowling -- The magic animal / by Gene Wolfe -- Stonefather / by Orson Scott Card.