The Way of the Wizard

Power. We all want it. They've got it—witches, warlocks, sorcerers, necromancers: those who peer beneath the veil of mundane reality and put their hands on the levers that move the universe. They see the future in a sheet of glass, summon fantastic beasts, and transform lead into gold... or you into a frog. From Gandalf to Harry Potter to the Last Airbender, wizardry has never been more exciting and popular. Enter a world where anything is possible, where imagination becomes reality. Experience the thrill of power: the way of the wizard. Acclaimed editor John Joseph Adams (The Living Dead) brings you thirty-two of the most spellbinding tales ever written, by some of today's most magical talents, including Neil Gaiman, Simon R. Green, and George R.R. Martin. CONTENTS 01 - George R.R. Martin, In The Lost Lands02 - David Barr Kirtley, Family Tree03 - Susanna Clarke, John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner04 - Delia Sherman, Wizard's Apprentice05 - Jeffrey Ford, The Sorcerer Minus06 - C.C. Finlay, Life So Dear or Peace So Sweet07 - Rajan Khanna, Card Sharp08 - Genevieve Valentine, So Deep that the Bottom Could Not Be Seen09 - Nnedi Okorafor, The Go-Slow10 - Krista Hoeppner Leahy, Too Fatal a Poison11 - Orson Scott Card, Jamaica12 - Robert Silverberg, The Sorcerer's Apprentice (content warning: sexual assault)13 - Wendy N. Wagner, The Secret of Calling Rabbits14 - Kelly Link, The Wizards of Perfil15 - Neil Gaiman, How to Sell the Ponti Bridge16 - Christie Yant, The Magician and the Maid and Other Stories17 - Mike Resnick, Winter Solstice (content warning: dementia)18 - Cinda Williams Chima, The Trader and the Slave19 - Adam-Troy Castro, Cerile and the Journeyer20 - Yoon Ha Lee, Counting the Shapes21 - Lev Grossman, Endgame22 - Simon R. Green, Street Wizard23 - T.A. Pratt, Mommy Issues of the Dead24 - Jeremiah Tolbert, One-Click Banishment25 - Jonathan L. Howard, The Ereshkigal Working26 - David Farland, Feeding the Feral Children27 - Vylar Kaftan, The Orange-Tree Sacrifice28 - Desirina Boskovich, Love is the Spell That Casts Out Fear (content warning: sexual assault)29 - Peter S. Beagle, El Regalo30 - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Word of Unbinding31 - John R. Fultz, The Thirteen Texts of Arthyria32 - Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Secret of the Blue Star