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! The latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-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 Ice and Fire saga. 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. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie — Daniel Abraham — David W. Ball — Paul Cornell — Bradley Denton — Phyllis Eisenstein — Gillian Flynn — Neil Gaiman — Matthew Hughes — Joe R. Lansdale — Scott Lynch — Garth Nix — Cherie Priest — Patrick Rothfuss — Steven Saylor — Michael Swanwick — Lisa Tuttle — Carrie Vaughn — Walter Jon Williams — Connie Willis And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin!