The Dragon Book(2009)

Naomi NovikKage Baker

Never before published stories by New York Times bestselling authors Jonathan Stroud, Gregory Maguire, Garth Nix, Diana Gabaldon, and others.
Whether portrayed as fire-breathing reptilian beasts at war with humanity or as noble creatures capable of speech and mystically bonded to the warriors who ride them, dragons have been found in nearly every culture's mythology. In modern times, they can be found far from their medieval settings in locales as mundane as suburbia or as barren as post-apocalyptic landscapes—and in The Dragon Book, today's greatest fantasists reignite the fire with legendary tales that will consume readers' imaginations.

Includes the following stories:

Dragon’s Deep - Cecelia Holland
Vici - Naomi Novik
Bob Choi’s Last Job - Johnathan Stroud
Are You Afflicted with Dragons? - Kage Baker
The Tsar’s Dragons - Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple
The Dragon of Direfell - Liz Williams
Oakland Dragon Blues - Peter S. Beagle
Humane Killer - Diana Gabaldon and Samuel Sykes
Stop! - Garth Nix
Ungentle Fire - Sean Williams
A Stark and Wormy Knight - Tad Williams
None So Blind - Harry Turtledove
JoBoy - Diana Wynne Jones
Puz_le - Gregory Maguire
After the Third Kiss - Bruce Coville
The War That Winter Is - Tanith Lee
The Dragon’s Tale - Tamore Pierce
Dragon’s Storm - Mary Rosenblum
The Dragaman’s Bride - Andy Duncan