Neil Gaiman

George R. R. Martin

Gardner Dozois

A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributorsincluding a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If you're a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heartand yet leave you all the richer for it. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie, Daniel Abraham, David W. Ball, Paul Cornell, Bradley Denton, Phyllis Eisenstein, Gillian Flynn, Neil Gaiman, Matthew Hughes, Joe R. Lansdale, Scott Lynch, Garth Nix, Cherie Priest, Patrick Rothfuss, Steven Saylor, Michael Swanwick, Lisa Tuttle, Carrie Vaughn, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis

Rogues

Gardner R. Dozois

A collection of 21 original stories by an all-star list of contributors—including a new Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin—looks at the more shady denizens of the fantasy world, in an array of tales with contributions from Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman and many more.

Haley Murray

- Tough Times All Over by Joe Abercrombie (a Red Country story) *3/5
- What Do You Do? (aka The Grownup) by Gillian Flynn *4/5
- The Inn of the Seven Blessings by Matthew Hughes *2/5
- Bent Twig by Joe R. Lansdale (a Hap and Leonard story) *3/5
- Tawny Petticoats by Michael Swanwick *3/5
- Provenance by David Ball *2/5
- The Roaring Twenties by Carrie Vaughn *3/5
- A Year and a Day in Old Theradane by Scott Lynch *3.5/5
- Bad Brass by Bradley Denton *2/5
- Heavy Metal by Cherie Priest *4/5
- The Meaning of Love by Daniel Abraham *4/5
- A Better Way to Die by Paul Cornell (a Jonathan Hamilton story) *2/5
- Ill Seen in Tyre by Steven Saylor *2/5
- A Cargo of Ivories by Garth Nix (a Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz story) *2/5
- Diamonds From Tequila by Walter Jon Williams (a Dagmar story) *4/5
- The Caravan to Nowhere by Phyllis Eisenstein (a Tales of Alaric the Minstrel story) *4/5
- The Curious Affair of the Dead Wives by Lisa Tuttle *4/5
- How the Marquis Got His Coat Back by Neil Gaiman (a Neverwhere story) *3.5/5
- Now Showing by Connie Willis *3/5
- The Lightning Tree by Patrick Rothfuss (a Kingkiller Chronicle story) *4/5
- The Rogue Prince, or, A King’s Brother by George R.R. Martin (a Song of Ice and Fire story) *5/5

Sabetha Danes

I adore these random side stories to this world. They are so calming.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors—including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! If you’re a fan of fiction that is more than just black and white, this latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will delight and astonish you in equal measure with their cunning twists and dazzling reversals. And George R. R. Martin himself offers a brand-new A Game of Thrones tale chronicling one of the biggest rogues in the entire history of Ice and Fire. Follow along with the likes of Gillian Flynn, Joe Abercrombie, Neil Gaiman, Patrick Rothfuss, Scott Lynch, Cherie Priest, Garth Nix, and Connie Willis, as well as other masters of literary sleight-of-hand, in this rogues gallery of stories that will plunder your heart—and yet leave you all the richer for it. Featuring all-new stories by Joe Abercrombie • Daniel Abraham • David W. Ball • Paul Cornell • Bradley Denton • Phyllis Eisenstein • Gillian Flynn • Neil Gaiman • Matthew Hughes • Joe R. Lansdale • Scott Lynch • Garth Nix • Cherie Priest • Patrick Rothfuss • Steven Saylor • Michael Swanwick • Lisa Tuttle • Carrie Vaughn • Walter Jon Williams • Connie Willis And an Introduction by George R. R. Martin! Praise for Rogues “Not a single bad story in the bunch . . . The table of contents alone will make fans from all genre aisles salivate.”—Library Journal

Flavia Louise

This collection had some of my absolute favorite short stories among a lot of ones I absolutely didn't like. In the beginning I tried to rate every single story but it just got too depressing constantly giving 1 and 2 stars, so I'm going to give the whole collection 2.25 stars.
If you are not deeply into loads of old(-ish) fantasy fandoms I don't recommend reading through the entirety of this book. However there are great stories in here. I mean "The Grownup" is in here (which I did read before), I also liked Neil Gaiman's story (but that was also partially due to the fact that I have read Neverwhere) same goes for Patrick Rothfuss's story. Two stories that really surprised me in how good they were, were the stories by Connie Willis and Walter John Williams.

Nat Welch

Really large variety of stories. Some were amazing, some were meh. Overall great.

Rogues

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