Fantasy: The Best of the Year, 2007 Edition

The best stories of the year: here is a collection of the best fantasy prose written in 2006, by some of the genre's greatest authors, and selected by Rich Horton, a contributing reviewer to many of the field's most respected magazines.Contents:Journey into the kingdom / M. Rickert --The water poet and the four seasons / David J. Schwartz --Pol Pot's beautiful daughter (fantasy) / Geoff Ryman --The osteomancer's son / Greg van Eekhout --Salt wine / Peter S. Beagle --The original word for rain / Peter Higgins --The lineaments of gratified desire / Ysabeau Wilce --Journey to Gantica / Matthew Corradi --Irregular verbs / Matthew Johnson --A fish story / Sarah Totton --The night whiskey / Jeffrey Ford --A fine magic / Margo Lanagan --Naturally / Daniel Handler --Moon viewing at Shijo Bridge / Richard Parks --Citrine / Elise Moser --A siege of cranes / Benjamin Rosenbaum.