Bestiary!


Bestiary! is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois. It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in October 1985, and reprinted in 1986.
The book collects eighteen novelettes and short stories by various authors featuring imaginary creatures out of myth and legend including the dragon, unicorn, giant, centaur, dryad, minotaur, sphinx, sea serpent, phoenix, troll, griffin, and pegasus, together with a preface and brief essays on the creatures by the editors.

Contents

  • "Preface"
  • "The Dragon"
  • *"The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule"
  • *"Draco, Draco"
  • *"The Rule of Names"
  • "The Unicorn"
  • *"The Black Horn"
  • "The Giant"
  • *"Walk Like a Mountain"
  • "The Centaur"
  • *"Treaty in Tartessos"
  • *"The Woman Who Loved the Centaur Pholus"
  • "The Dryad"
  • *"The Sleep of Trees"
  • *"The Hardwood Pile"
  • "The Minotaur"
  • *"The Blind Minotaur"
  • "The Sphinx"
  • *"Landscape With Sphinxes"
  • *"Simpson's Lesser Sphynx"
  • "The Sea Serpent"
  • *"God's Hooks!"
  • "The Phoenix"
  • *"A Leg Full of Rubies"
  • "The Troll"
  • *"The Valor of Cappen Varra"
  • *"The Troll"
  • "The Griffin"
  • *"Return of the Griffins"
  • "The Pegasus"
  • *"The Last of His Breed"
  • "About the Editors"