Fearsome Journeys (The New Solaris Book of Fantasy)

First published 2013 by Solaris

an imprint of Rebellion Publishing Ltd,

Riverside House, Osney Mead,

Oxford, OX2 0ES, UK

www.solarisbooks.com

ISBN (epub): 978-1-84997-566-7

ISBN (mobi): 978-1-84997-567-4

Cover by Tomasz Jedruszek

Introduction and story notes and arrangement copyright © 2012 Jonathan Strahan.

“The High King Dreaming” copyright © 2013 Daniel Abraham.

“Amethyst, Shadow, and Light” copyright © 2013 Saladin Ahmed.

“The Ghost Makers” copyright © 2013 Elizabeth Bear.

“One Last, Great Adventure” copyright © 2013 Ellen Kushner & Ysabeau S. Wilce.

“Camp Follower” copyright © 2013 Trudi Canavan.

“Shaggy Dog Bridge: A Black Company Story” copyright © 2013 Glen Cook.

“Spirits of Salt: A Tale of the Coral Heart” copyright © 2013 Jeffrey Ford.

“The Dragonslayer of Merebarton” copyright © 2013 K J Parker.

“Leaf and Branch and Grass and Vine” copyright © 2013 Kate Elliott.

“The Effigy Engine: A Tale of the Red Hats” copyright © 2013 Scott Lynch.

“Forever People” copyright © 2013 Robert V S Redick.

“Sponda the Suet Girl and the Secret of the French Pearl” copyright © 2013 Ellen Klages.

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.