Rogues Author:George R. R. Martin (Editor), Gardner Dozois (Editor) A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors--including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and a... more »ward-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire.
Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart—and yet leave you all the richer for it.
Contents:
Everybody Loves a Rogue • essay by George R.R. Martin
Tough Times All Over / shortfiction by Joe Abercrombie
What Do You Do? / shortfiction by Gillian Flynn
The Inn of the Seven Blessings [Raffalon] / shortfiction by Matthew Hughes
Bent Twig [Hap Collins and Leonard Pine] / shortfiction by Joe R. Lansdale
Tawny Petticoats / shortfiction by Michael Swanwick
Provenance / shortfiction by David Ball
The Roaring Twenties / shortfiction by Carrie Vaughn
A Year and a Day in Old Theradane / shortfiction by Scott Lynch
Bad Brass / shortfiction by Bradley Denton
Heavy Metal / shortfiction by Cherie Priest
The Meaning of Love / shortfiction by Daniel Abraham
A Better Way to Die / shortfiction by Paul Cornell
Ill Seen in Tyre / shortfiction by Steven Saylor
A Cargo of Ivories / shortfiction by Garth Nix
Diamonds From Tequila / shortfiction by Walter Jon Williams
The Caravan to Nowhere / novelette by Phyllis Eisenstein
The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives / shortfiction by Lisa Tuttle
How the Marquis Got His Coat Back / shortfiction by Neil Gaiman
Now Showing / shortfiction by Connie Willis
The Lightning Tree [The Kingkiller Chronicle] / shortfiction by Patrick Rothfuss
The Rogue Prince, or, the King's Brother [A Song of Ice and Fire] / shortfiction by George R. R. Martin.