This fantasy anthology follows the transformation of ordinary people into extraordinary heroes, including a shape-shifter who is forced unexpectedly into her first solo mission.
Roomies / Esther M. Friesner Three names of the hidden god / Vera Nazarian The princess, the page, and the master cook's son / Sherwood Smith The children's crusade / Robin Wayne Bailey The apprentice / Catherine H. Shaffer Beneath the skin / James Lowder Giantkiller / G. Scott Huggins Drinker / Michael Jasper King Harrowhelm / Ed Greenwood Honor is a game mortals play / Engie Foster The wizard's legacy / Michael A. Burstein A touch of blue: a web shifter's story / Julie E. Czerneda Sir Apropos of Nothing and the adventure of the receding hair / Peter David