All new and original to this volume, the 21 stories in Dangerous Women include work by twelve New York Times bestsellers, and seven stories set in the authors' bestselling continuities-including a new "Outlander" story by Diana Gabaldon, a tale of Harry Dresden's world by Jim Butcher, a story from Lev Grossman set in the world of The Magicians, and a 35,000-word novella by George R. R. Martin about the Dance of the Dragons, the vast civil war that tore Westeros apart nearly two centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones. Also included are original stories of dangerous women--heroines and villains alike--by Brandon Sanderson, Joe Abercrombie, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Lawrence Block, Carrie Vaughn, S. M. Stirling, Sharon Kay Penman, and many others. Writes Gardner Dozois in his Introduction, "Here you'll find no hapless victims who stand by whimpering in dread while the male hero fights the monster or clashes swords with the villain, and if you want to tie these women to the railroad tracks, you'll find you have a real fight on your hands. Instead, you will find sword-wielding women warriors, intrepid women fighter pilots and far-ranging spacewomen, deadly female serial killers, formidable female superheroes, sly and seductive femmes fatale, female wizards, hard-living Bad Girls, female bandits and rebels, embattled survivors in Post-Apocalyptic futures, female Private Investigators, stern female hanging judges, haughty queens who rule nations and whose jealousies and ambitions send thousands to grisly deaths, daring dragonriders, and many more."
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DANGEROUS WOMEN
EDITED BY
GEORGE R. R. MARTIN
AND
GARDNER DOZOIS
Copyright
Introduction by Gardner Dozois
Joe Abercrombie
SOME DESPERADO
Megan Abbott
MY HEART IS EITHER BROKEN
Cecelia Holland
NORA’S SONG
Melinda Snodgrass
THE HANDS THAT ARE NOT THERE
Jim Butcher
BOMBSHELLS
Carrie Vaughn
RAISA STEPANOVA
Joe R. Lansdale
WRESTLING JESUS
Megan Lindholm
NEIGHBORS
Lawrence Block
I KNOW HOW TO PICK ’EM
Brandon Sanderson
SHADOWS FOR SILENCE IN THE FORESTS OF HELL
Sharon Kay Penman
A QUEEN IN EXILE
Author’s Note:
Lev Grossman
THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR
Nancy Kress
SECOND ARABESQUE, VERY SLOWLY
Diana Rowland
CITY LAZARUS
Diana Gabaldon
VIRGINS
Bordeaux
Sherrilyn Kenyon
HELL HATH NO FURY
Based on a true legend
Epilogue
S. M. Stirling
PRONOUNCING DOOM
Samuel Sykes
NAME THE BEAST
Pat Cadigan
CARETAKERS
Caroline Spector
LIES MY MOTHER TOLD ME
George R. R. Martin
THE PRINCESS AND THE QUEEN, OR, THE BLACKS AND THE GREENS
Footnote
The Princess and the Queen, or, the Blacks and the Greens