Songs of Love and Death (anthology)

Songs of Love and Death: All-Original Tales of Star-Crossed Love is a cross-genre anthology featuring 17 original short stories of romance in science fiction/fantasy settings, edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois and released on November 16, 2010. Suzanne Johnson wrote for Tor.com, "From zombie-infested woods in a postapocalyptic America to faery-haunted rural fields in eighteenth-century England, from the kingdoms of high fantasy to the alien world of a galaxy-spanning empire, these are stories of lovers who must struggle against the forces of magic and fate."

Contents

 * 1) “Love Hurts” by Jim Butcher (The Dresden Files)
 * 2) “The Marrying Maid” by Jo Beverley
 * 3) “Rooftops” by Carrie Vaughn
 * 4) “Hurt Me” by M.L.N. Hanover
 * 5) “Demon Lover” by Cecelia Holland
 * 6) “The Wayfarer’s Advice” by Melinda M. Snodgrass (Imperials)
 * 7) “Blue Boots” by Robin Hobb
 * 8) “The Thing About Cassandra” by Neil Gaiman
 * 9) “After the Blood” by Marjorie M. Liu
 * 10) “You and You Alone” by Jacqueline Carey (Kushiel's Legacy)
 * 11) “His Wolf” by Lisa Tuttle
 * 12) “Courting Trouble” by Linnea Sinclair
 * 13) “The Demon Dancer” by Mary Jo Putney
 * 14) “Under/Above the Water” by Tanith Lee
 * 15) “Kashkia” by Peter S. Beagle
 * 16) “Man in the Mirror” by Yasmine Galenorn
 * 17) “A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows” by Diana Gabaldon (Outlander)