Rogues is a cross-genre anthology featuring 21 original short stories from various authors, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, and released on June 17, 2014.
Of the book Martin said, "WeâÂÂve got something for everyone in Rogues ⦠SF, mystery, historical fiction, epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, comedy, tragedy, crime stories, mainstream. And rogues, cads, scalawags, con men, thieves, and scoundrels of all descriptions. If you love Harry Flashman and Cugel the Clever, as I do, this is the book for you."
Contents
âÂÂEverybody Loves a Rogueâ (Introduction) by George R. R. Martin
- âÂÂTough Times All Overâ by Joe Abercrombie <br /> In the city of Sipani, a package goes through multiple owners, each with a different viewpoint, starting with a courier who gets robbed.
- âÂÂWhat Do You Do?â by Gillian Flynn <br /> An unnamed sex worker and fortune teller is hired to spiritually cleanse a wealthy woman's house but soon comes to believe she is in way over her head.
- âÂÂThe Inn of the Seven Blessingsâ by Matt Hughes <br /> A thief is interrupted in a haul when he touches an idol and soon finds himself rescuing its owner.
- âÂÂBent Twigâ by Joe R. Lansdale <br /> Hap takes the law into his own hands to rescue a young woman from criminals in Tyler, Texas.
- âÂÂTawny Petticoatsâ by Michael Swanwick <br /> In a surreal Post-Utopian New Orleans full of zombies, two tricksters, named Darger and Surplus, attempt a huge con.
- âÂÂProvenanceâ by David W. Ball <br /> The journey of a newly resurfaced Caravaggio through war and bloodshed to arrive in the present day.
- âÂÂThe Roaring Twentiesâ by Carrie Vaughn <br /> A tense confrontation in a speakeasy frequented by the magical crowd.
- âÂÂA Year and a Day in Old Theradaneâ by Scott Lynch <br /> A retired thief is blackmailed into stealing an entire street within a year and a day.
- âÂÂBad Brassâ by Bradley Denton<br /> When a group of high school students tries to sell stolen tubas, their substitute teacher plans on stealing their profits to teach them a lesson.
- âÂÂHeavy Metalâ by Cherie Priest<br /> A monster hunter is called in to a small town which is still recovering from a 150 year old ecological disaster
- âÂÂThe Meaning of Loveâ by Daniel Abraham <br /> In the slums a prince is in hiding - but now he has fallen in love with a young woman about to be sold as a slave.
- âÂÂA Better Way to Dieâ by Paul Cornell
- âÂÂIll Seen in Tyreâ by Steven Saylor<br /> A Greek poet and his apprentice stop in Tyre to purchase a magical tome
- âÂÂA Cargo of Ivoriesâ by Garth Nix
- âÂÂDiamonds From Tequilaâ by Walter Jon Williams
- âÂÂThe Caravan to Nowhereâ by Phyllis Eisenstein
- âÂÂThe Curious Affair of the Dead Wivesâ by Lisa Tuttle
- âÂÂHow the Marquis Got His Coat Backâ by Neil Gaiman <br /> Following Neverwhere, the Marquis de Carabas seeks to recover his lost signature coat somewhere in London Below.
- âÂÂNow Showingâ by Connie Willis
- âÂÂThe Lightning Treeâ by Patrick Rothfuss Follows an average day in the life of Bast, the mysterious innkeeper's even more mysterious assistant.
- "The Rogue Prince, or, a KingâÂÂs Brother" by George R. R. Martin, set in the Westeros of Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, hundreds of years before the events of A Game of Thrones<br />This is a prequel to The Princess and the Queen (2013) and focuses on the actions of King Viserys I Targaryen's brother, Prince Daemon Targaryen.
Reception
The anthology as a whole was nominated for the 2015 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology and won the 2015 Locus Award for best anthology. Gillian Flynn's contribution to this anthology -- "What Do You Do?"âÂÂwon the Edgar Award for short story, 2015. It was later republished in hardcover, under the title "The Grownup".
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