Dangerous Women. Джордж Р. Р. Мартин

      DANGEROUS WOMEN

      EDITED BY

      GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

      AND

      GARDNER DOZOIS

       Copyright

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperVoyager 2013

      Copyright © George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois 2013

      Dangerous Women / Edited by George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois.

      “Some Desperado” Copyright © 2013 by Joe Abercrombie

       “My Heart Is Either Broken” Copyright © 2013 by Megan Abbott

       “Nora’s Song” Copyright © 2013 by Cecelia Holland

       “The Hands That Are Not There” Copyright © 2013 by Melinda Snodgrass

       “Bombshells” Copyright © 2013 by Jim Butcher

       “Raisa Stepanova” Copyright © 2013 by Carrie Vaughn

       “Wrestling Jesus” Copyright © 2013 by Joe R. Lansdale

       “Neighbors” Copyright © 2013 by Megan Lindholm

       “I Know How to Pick ’Em” Copyright © 2013 by Lawrence Block

       “Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell” Copyright © 2013 by Brandon Sanderson

       “A Queen in Exile” Copyright © 2013 by Sharon Kay Penman

       “The Girl in the Mirror” Copyright © 2013 by Lev Grossman

       “Second Arabesque, Very Slowly” copyright © 2013 by Nancy Kress

       “City Lazarus” Copyright © 2013 by Diana Rowland

       “Virgins” Copyright © 2013 by Diana Gabaldon

       “Hell Hath No Fury” Copyright © 2013 by Sherrilyn Kenyon

       “Pronouncing Doom” Copyright © 2013 by S. M. Stirling

       “Name the Beast” Copyright © 2013 by Sam Sykes

       “Caretakers” Copyright © 2013 by Pat Cadigan

       “Lies My Mother Told Me” Copyright © 2013 by Caroline Spector

       “The Princess and the Queen” Copyright © 2013 by George R. R. Martin

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      Source ISBN: 9780007549405

      Ebook Edition © NOVEMBER 2013 ISBN: 9780007549412

      Version: 2018-06-20

       To Jo Playford, my dangerous minion.

      [—George R. R. Martin]

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

Copyright

       Dedication

Introduction

Some Desperado by Joe Abercrombie

My Heart Is Either Broken by Megan Abbott

Nora’s Song by Cecelia Holland

The Hands That Are Not There by Melinda Snodgrass

Bombshells by Jim Butcher

Raisa Stepanova by Carrie Vaughn

Wrestling Jesus by Joe R. Lansdale

       Neighbors by Megan Lindholm

       I Know How to Pick ’Em by Lawrence Block

       Shadows For Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon Sanderson

       A Queen in Exile by Sharon Kay Penman

       The Girl in the Mirror by Lev Grossman

       Second Arabesque, Very Slowly by Nancy Kress

       City Lazarus by Diana Rowland

       Virgins by Diana Gabaldon

       Hell Hath No Fury by Sherrilyn Kenyon

       Pronouncing Doom by S. M. Stirling

       Name the Beast by Sam Sykes

       Caretakers by Pat Cadigan

       Lies My Mother Told Me by Caroline Spector

       The Princess and