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Welcome to the first volume in what we hope will be a series of "Best of" collections. The stories in this anthology all appeared in the first year of publication of www.AstoundingTales.Com and are some of the best stories to grace our e-zine. Gathered here are 16 tales of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. We have everything from poetic visions of dreams and longing to the more practical motivations of ghosts and monsters. You'll read of honor and friendship and of the humorous adventures of barbarians and dwarves. After you've read this collection I think you'll agree that these stories were written by some of the brightest new names in speculative fiction. These are writers to watch and we were very lucky to have found them first. Keith Graham & Arthur Sánchez Editors, AstoundingTales.com.