Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-crossed Love

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are products of the authors’ imaginations or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2010 by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois

“Love Hurts” copyright © 2010 by Jim Butcher

“The Marrying Maid” copyright © 2010 by Jo Beverley

“Rooftops” copyright © 2010 by Carrie Vaughn LLC

“Hurt Me” copyright © 2010 by M. L. N. Hanover

“Demon Lover” copyright © 2010 by Cecelia Holland

“The Wayfarer’s Advice” copyright © 2010 by Melinda Snodgrass

“Blue Boots” copyright © 2010 by Robin Hobb

“The Thing About Cassandra” copyright © 2010 by Neil Gaiman

“After the Blood” copyright © 2010 by Marjorie M. Liu

“You, and You Alone” copyright © 2010 by Jacqueline Carey

“His Wolf” copyright © 2010 by Lisa Tuttle

“Courting Trouble” copyright © 2010 by Linnea Sinclair

“The Demon Dancer” copyright © 2010 by Mary Jo Putney

“Under/Above the Water” copyright © 2010 by Tanith Lee

“Kaskia” copyright © 2010 by Peter S. Beagle

“Man in the Mirror” copyright © 2010 by Yasmine Galenorn

“A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows” copyright © 2010 by Diana Gabaldon

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First Gallery Books hardcover edition November 2010

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Songs of love and death : tales of star-crossed love / edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois. — 1st Gallery Books hardcover ed.

p. cm.

1. Love stories, American. 2. Love stories, English. 3. Fantasy fiction, American. 4. Fantasy fiction, English. I. Martin, George R. R. II. Dozois, Gardner R.

PS648.L6S55 2010 823'.08508—dc22 2010021181

ISBN 978-1-4391-5014-6

ISBN 978-1-4391-7083-0 (ebook)