Murder by Magic : Twenty Tales of Crime and the Supernatural

Tales of mystery and the supernatural have long stirred the human imagination. Here are twenty original stories of diabolical crimes and magical solutions featuring some of today's top science fiction, fantasy, and mystery writers. From the Elizabethan era to the far-flung future, from the interstellar realm of the Eraasian Hegemony to the Las Vegas Strip, these ingenious whodunits (or whatdunits) are sure to baffle and delight every lover of mystery and the fantastic. Contents Introduction, by Rosemary Edghill; Piece of Mind, by Jennifer Roberson; Special Surprise Guest Appearance by . . . , by Carole Nelson Douglas; Doppelgangster, by Laura Resnick; Mixed Marriages Can Be Murder, by Will Graham; The Case of the Headless Corpse, by Josepha Sherman; A Death in the Working, by Debra Doyle; Cold Case, by Diane Duane; Snake in the Grass, by Susan R. Matthews; Double Jeopardy, by Peggy Hamilton-Swire; Witch Sight, by Roberta Gellis; Overrush, by Laura Anne Gilman; Captured in Silver, by Teresa Edgerton; A Night at the Opera, by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller; A Tremble in the Air, by James D. Macdonald; Murder Entailed, by Susan Krinard; Dropping Hints, by Lawrence Watt-Evans; Au Purr, by Esther Friesner; Getting the Chair, by Keith R. A. DeCandido; The Necromancers Apprentice, by Lillian Stewart Carl; Grey Eminence, by Mercedes Lackey. Version : 5.0 More Tags : TBR An anthology of twenty original short crime works features murder mysteries committed or solved by fantastical means and includes contributions by such writers as Diane Duane, Lawrence Watt-Evans, and Mercedes Lackey. Original. This anthology features 20 original stories of murder by acclaimed and award-winning science fiction and fantasy writers.