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• 7 • Introduction (Sword and Sorceress IV) • essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 13 • A Tale of Heroes • [Vows and Honor] • novelette by Mercedes Lackey
• 35 • The Woodland of Zarad-Thra • novelette by Robin Wayne Bailey [as by Robin W. Bailey]
• 59 • The Weeping Oak • [Angharad] • short story by Charles de Lint
• 73 • Gullrider • short story by Dave Smeds
• 92 • Blood Dancer • [Shanna of Sharteyn] • short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 108 • Kayli's Fire • short story by Paula Helm Murray
• 123 • The Ring of Lifari • short story by Josepha Sherman
• 137 • Rite of Passage • [Tiger and Del] • novelette by Jennifer Roberson
• 160 • The Eyes of the Gods • short story by Richard Corwin
• 169 • Fate and the Dreamer • short story by Millea Kenin
• 180 • The Noonday Witch • [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] • novelette by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 201 • Redeemer's Riddle • novelette by Stephen L. Burns
• 222 • The Tree-Wife of Arketh • short story by Syn Ferguson
• 234 • Spell of Binding • short story by Richard Cornell
• 250 • Storm God • short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 259 • Die Like a Man • short story by L. D. Woeltjen
• 274 • Death and the Ugly Woman • short story by Bruce D. Arthurs
• 283 • Bloodstones • short story by Deborah M. Vogel