Simple and complex, humorous and thrilling, fantastically logical and completely surprising, these 40 works of fiction are the best fantasy stories from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. Drawing on the Magazine's bank of almost 5,000 stories built up over decades as the leading publisher of short fantasy fiction, this unique collection combines established masterpieces with little known gems and rarely anthologized long stories with imaginative sketches. Authors featured in this prestigious collection include Nebula and Hugo Award winners.