Bestiary

Stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic!”

An anthology of extraordinary stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic features works by Tanith Lee, T.H. White, Jane Yolen, and Gene Wolfe

“The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule” by Lucius Shepard
“Draco, Draco” by Tanith Lee
“The Rule of Names” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Black Horn” by Jack Dann
“Walk Like a mountain” by Manly Wade Wellman
“Treaty in Tartessos” by Karen Anderson
“The Woman Who Loved the Centaur Pholus” by Gene Wolfe
“The Sleep of Trees” by Jane Yolen
“The Hardwood Pile” by L. Sprague de Camp
“The Blind Minotaur” by Michael Swanwick
“Landscape with Sphinxes” by Karen Anderson
“Simpson’s Lesser Sphynx” by Esther M. Friesner
“God’s Hooks!” by Howard Waldrop
“A Leg Full of Rubies” by Joan Aiken
“The Valor of Cappen Varra” by Poul Anderson
“The Troll” by T. H. White
“Return of the Griffins” by A. E. Sandeling
“The Last of His Breed” by Rob Chilson

Cover Art by Ron Miller

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.

First printing, 1985

Printed in the United States of America

eISBN: 978-1-62579-138-2

Electronic version by Baen Books
https://www.baen.com