Bulbeck, Laura (ed) - Heroic Fantasy / Булбек, Лаура (ред) - Героическая фэнтези [2018, EPUB, ENG]

A Matter of Interpretation short story by M. Elizabeth Ticknor Beowulf (Prelude–Stanza XVI) / Беовульф short fiction by uncredited Burned Away short story by Kate O'Connor The Colossus of Ylourgne / Колосс из Илурни novelette by Clark Ashton Smith Dragon and Wolf short story by Zach Chapman Erzabet and the Gladiators short story by Susan Murrie Macdonald The Far Islands novelette by John Buchan Five Fruits I Ate in Sandar Land short story by Michael Haynes Gylfaginning (Chapters XLII–LIV) / Видение Гюльви short fiction by Snorri Sturluson Laya short story by Voss Foster The Mage's Tower short story by Beth Dawkins The Nibelungenlied (Adventures I–V) / Песнь о нибелунгах short fiction by uncredited Oaths Betrayed short story by A. Creg Peters The Odyssey (Book IX) / Одиссея short fiction by Homer Of the Generation short story by Therese Arkenberg Ravenblack short story by Camille Alexa (as by Alexandra Renwick) Rhosyn am Ufel short story by Erin Gitchell Robin Hood short fiction by Howard Pyle The Shadow Kingdom / Королевство теней novelette by Robert E. Howard The Ship of Ishtar (Parts I–II) / Корабль Иштар short fiction by A. Merritt Sir Gawain and the Green Knight / Сэр Гавейн и Зелёный Рыцарь short fiction by uncredited The Song of Roland (Stanzas I–LII) / Песнь о Роланде short fiction by uncredited The Squire's Tale / Рассказ Сквайра short fiction by Geoffrey Chaucer The Story of Sigurd short story by Andrew Lang and William Morris Those Who Wear Their White Hair Proudly short story by Lauren C. Teffeau Three Hundred Pieces short story by David Busboom To the Ends of the Earth short story by Amy Power Jansen The Tremor Road short story by Tony Pi The Usual Price short story by Joanna Michal Hoyt The Winning of Kinghood novelette by Howard Pyle The Wood Beyond the World (Chapters IX–XIII) / Лес за Гранью Мира short fiction by William Morris The Worm Ouroboros (Chapter IV) / Змей Уроборос short fiction by E. R. Eddison

I WAS ONCE a watchtower. Male soldiers clogged my insides with their rustling mail shirts, thudding boots, and booming chatter. Women, on rare occasions, passed through my entrance. They entertained the men with flowing garments, long limbs, and painted faces. I was aware of these souls – walking, talking, and going about their chores – but I wasn’t aware of my own stone walls, not until Mia. Mia wasn’t like the men or women before her. Her unaltered face and sunset orange robes set her apart. She stepped across my threshold and her heavy silk clothing whispered against the grimy cracks in my floor. I knew the steady rhythm of her heart in the soles of her feet, like the flutter of a sparrow’s wings. Next, I knew the heavy thuds of the soldier’s feet, the tickle of mice running along in my dark corners, and the scratch of raven claws on my parapets. I could feel. . . .