[h=2]Contents[/h]Introduction by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardner_Dozois"]Gardner Dozois[/url]
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[*]“Some Desperado” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Abercrombie"]Joe Abercrombie[/url] ([i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Law"]The First Law[/url][/i])
In the wild west, a desperate woman is chased by bounty hunters into a derelict town and still manages to come out on top of the situation. Nominated for a 2014 [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus_Award"]Locus Award[/url].[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-Locus_2014-7"][7][/url][/sUP]
[*]“My Heart is Either Broken” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Abbott"]Megan Abbott[/url]
A husband suspects his eccentric wife of their daughter's murder, but the truth turns out to be worse.
[*]“Nora’s Song” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecelia_Holland"]Cecelia Holland[/url]
A story about princess [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_England,_Queen_of_Castile"]Eleanor[/url] and her observations of the royal household of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II_of_England"]Henry II of England[/url] and (future) [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I"]Richard I[/url].
[*]“The Hands That Are Not There” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda_Snodgrass"]Melinda Snodgrass[/url] ([i]Imperials[/i])
A lieutenant in a dystopian future hears about a conspiracy theory about an alien race capable of genetically altering humans.
[*]“Bombshells” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Butcher"]Jim Butcher[/url] ([i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dresden_Files"]The Dresden Files[/url][/i])
A young wizard's apprentice finds herself caught between warring factions and must race against time to save a vampire.
[*]“Raisa Stepanova” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Vaughn"]Carrie Vaughn[/url]
World war II Russian fighter pilot with an ambition to become an ace. The tale of the Russian resistance and her plight are interwoven with her own struggle for recognition.
[*]“Wrestling Jesus” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_R._Lansdale"]Joe R. Lansdale[/url]
Two wrestlers become spellbound by a woman and continue to wrestle each other even after retirement on the unspoken condition that the winner gets to keep the woman.
[*]“Neighbors” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Lindholm"]Megan Lindholm[/url]
In a scenic suburb of Seattle, [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s_disease"]alzheimer's disease[/url] changes the way of life for elderly women. A bit of magic and time travel are thrown in for good measure.
[*]“I Know How to Pick ’Em” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Block"]Lawrence Block[/url], a contemporary crime [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(genre)"]thriller[/url][sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-PW_2013-3"][3][/url][/sUP]
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_fatale"]Femme fatale[/url] crime story with a twist.
[*][i]Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell[/i] by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson"]Brandon Sanderson[/url] ([url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cosmere"]The Cosmere[/url])[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-GRRM_blog_130123-6"][6][/url][/sUP]
In a forest inhabited by supernatural evil beings called shades, an elderly inn-keeper turns bounty hunter at night.
[*]“A Queen in Exile” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharon_Kay_Penman"]Sharon Kay Penman[/url], chronicling a little-known episode of late 12th-century Sicilian history[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-PW_2013-3"][3][/url][/sUP]
[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_Sicily"]Constance of Sicily[/url], goes to great lengths to secure the support of the people for her son, (future) [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_II,_Holy_Roman_Emperor"]Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor[/url].
[*]“The Girl in the Mirror” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev_Grossman"]Lev Grossman[/url] ([i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magicians_(Grossman_novel)"]Magicians[/url][/i])
[*]“Second Arabesque, Very Slowly” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Kress"]Nancy Kress[/url]
[*]“City Lazarus” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Rowland"]Diana Rowland[/url]
[*][i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgins_(Gabaldon_novella)"]Virgins[/url][/i] by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Gabaldon"]Diana Gabaldon[/url] ([i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlander_series"]Outlander[/url][/i]),[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-GRRM_blog_130123-6"][6][/url][/sUP] an 18th-century Scots mercenary adventure[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-PW_2013-3"][3][/url][/sUP]
[*]“Hell Hath No Fury” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherrilyn_Kenyon"]Sherrilyn Kenyon[/url], a present-day Native American [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_story"]ghost story[/url][sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-PW_2013-3"][3][/url][/sUP]
[*]“Pronouncing Doom” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._M._Stirling"]S. M. Stirling[/url] ([i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emberverse_series"]Emberverse[/url][/i]), a "[url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging_judge"]hanging judge[/url]" tale set "in a postapocalyptic America devastated by plague and machine failure"[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-PW_2013-3"][3][/url][/sUP]
[*]“Name the Beast” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sykes"]Sam Sykes[/url]
[*]“Caretakers” by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Cadigan"]Pat Cadigan[/url]
[*][i]Lies My Mother Told Me[/i] by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Spector"]Caroline Spector[/url] ([i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Cards"]Wild Cards[/url][/i])[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-GRRM_blog_130123-6"][6][/url][/sUP]
[*][i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Princess_and_the_Queen"]The Princess and the Queen[/url], or, the Blacks and the Greens[/i] by [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_R.R._Martin"]George R.R. Martin[/url],[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-GRRM_blog_130123-6"][6][/url][/sUP] a tale of "continent-burning warfare" that explodes between [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Targaryen"]Targaryen[/url] Princess Rhaenyra and her stepmother Queen Alicent, set in the [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westeros"]Westeros[/url] of Martin's [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire"]A Song of Ice and Fire[/url][/i] series, 200 years before the events of [i][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones"]A Game of Thrones[/url][/i] (1996)[sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-CSM-2"][2][/url][/sUP][sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-PW_2013-3"][3][/url][/sUP][sUP][url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_Women_%28anthology%29#cite_note-EW_review-8"][8][/url][/sUP] Nominated for a 2014 Locus Award
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