Graven Images: Fifteen Tales of Magic and Myth

Edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche.

In this thrilling new anthology from the editors of In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (cited by Locus as one of the year's best anthologies), today's top fantasy and horror talents take a close look at our distant idols. Ancient gods who faded into history, all that remains are the mortal-made likenesses of their images-sacred relics, holy statues, and hallowed trinkets bearing the images of those fabled gods who ruled over of all creation... Now, at last, the old gods have returned-in these all-new tales of the sacred and profane, the beautiful and grotesque, the loving and vengeful.

Includes stories by:

• Nebula and Hugo Award-winner Robert Silverberg
• Nebula winner Esther M. Freisner
• World Fantasy Award-winner Brian McNaughton, Tanith Lee, and Gene Wolfe
• Hugo Award-winner Lawrence Watt Evans
• and Other acclaimed authors, including Jack Ketchum, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Storm Constantine, Chelsea Quinn Yarboro, Kathe Koja, and Yvonne Navarro

Contents:

• Introduction by Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche
• Diana of the Hundred Breasts by Robert Silverberg
• The Face of Sekt by Storm Constantine
• The Goddess Danced by Lois Tilton
• The Grotto by Kathryn Ptacek
• The Eleventh City by Gene Wolfe
• Heart of Stone by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• Cora by Esther Friesner
• Ascension by Yvonne Navarro
• Mud by Brian McNaughton
• Shaped Stones by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Wanderlust by M. Christian
• Giotto's Window by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• Masks by Jack Ketchum and Edward Lee
• At Eventide by Kathe Koja
• That Glisters Is by Tanith Lee
• Graven Images: Contributors' Notesby Nancy Kilpatrick and Thomas S. Roche