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They are a great family of witches and warlocks, alchemists and spellcasters. From generation to generation, from the Old World to the Salem trials and beyond, they hand down their secrets, their potions, even their family familiar... a will-o'-the-wisp called Willow. They are masters of sorcery, of power, of love. They are... The Crafters

Table of Contents:

• vii - Prologue (The Crafters) - short fiction by Bill Fawcett
• 1 - The Alchemist and the Witch - novelette by Christopher Stasheff
• 35 - Of Art and Science - poem by Judith R. Conly
• 37 - A Cup of Chaos - novelette by Wendy Wheeler
• 61 - The Seal of Solomon - novelette by Robert Sheckley
• 84 - The Seeing Stone - short story by Jody Lynn Nye
• 103 - Education - novelette by Doug Houseman and Anna O'Connell
• 135 - A Little Learning - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• 160 - A Spell for Brass Buttons - novella by Ru Emerson
• 210 - The Summoning - short story by Katherine Kurtz
• 224 - Unholy Alliance - novelette by Morgan Llywelyn
• 245 - Epilogue (The Crafters) - essay by Bill Fawcett

Witches and warlocks, alchemists and scientists, the Crafters are a talented family. The birth of a new nation sees the beginning of a clan whose far-flung branches take root in the civilized cities and on the wild frontier.

In this second bewitching volume, a new generation of Crafters must come to terms with their Talent in an age of science and reason. Spread across the globe, the descendants of Amer Crafter are a varied lot, from proud Americans to spoiled young English gentry.

Table of Contents:

• ix - Prologue (Blessings and Curses) - essay by Bill Fawcett
• 1 - Belonging - short story by Barbara Delaplace
• 12 - Franklin's Salamander - short story by Wendy Wheeler
• 32 - "... A Fortune in Ireland" - novelette by Morris G. McGee
• 57 - Her American Cousin - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• 100 - Whose Ghost There? - novella by Christopher Stasheff
• 153 - Ironsides and Cottonseed Oil - novelette by Ru Emerson
• 191 - Miss Crafter's School for Girls - novelette by Jody Lynn Nye
• 225 - The Dream Country - novelette by Robert Sheckley
• 256 - Oppression - poem by Judith R. Conly
• 257 - Remember the Almost - short story by Morgan Llywelyn
• 269 - A Cursed Booty - short story by Brian M. Thomsen

Nebula Award nominated novelette in Gilman's Twenty Planets universe. It originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 1991. The story can also be found in the anthology The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology (1994), edited by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Edward L. Ferman.