Once Upon a Time A Treasury of Modern Fairy Tales

Ten of the top writers of fantasy present their views of the ways and byways of fairyland: ISAAC ASIMOV -- A most unusual knight meets an even more unusual dragon. TERRY BROOKS -- A boy and an elf discover courage conquers more than monsters. C.J. CHERRYH -- Three wishes -- and the strangest love story ever told. LESTER DEL REY -- The little princess didn't really believe in a fairy godmother. SUSAN DEXTER -- The hermit boy didn't know that his pet fawn was a unicorn. WAYLAND DREW -- Each traveler claimed precedence -- until a stranger joined them. BARBARA HAMBLY -- Three strange children from a dragon's lair were loved, until . . . KATHERINE KURTZ -- A fairy learns of faith and love from a holy man. ANNE McCAFFREY -- Humans and the descendants of Pegasus seek to escape their prison. LAWRENCE WATT-EVANS -- Killing a dragon is easy -- once one knows how.