Dragons are monsters, mages, heroes, horrors. Dragons thrill our dreams and haunt our legends. Now Margaret Weis, coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Dragonlance and Death Gate series, author of the Star of the Guardians series, and one of the world's leading dragonists and dracophiles, gathers the greatest classic dragon stories of our time, written by the winners of every award in the fields of fantasy and science fiction. Book jacket.

The fantastic, the supernatural, the poetic, and the macabre entwine in this incomparable culmination of storytelling. Imaginative stories of wit and intelligence weave through vivid landscapes that are alternately wondrous and terrifying. As major literary figures from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—from Alfred, Lord Tennyson and Edith Wharton to Edgar Allan Poe and Oscar Wilde—these masters of English and American literature created unforgettable tales where goblins and imps comingle with humans from all walks of life. This deftly curated assemblage of notable classics and unexpected gems from the pre-Tolkien era will captivate and enchant readers. Forerunners of today’s speculative fiction, these are the authors that changed the fantasy genre forever.

?[An] enchanting anthology?(Booklist) from four of today?s most popular authors. Romance and fantasy collide in these enchanting stories featuring dragons?and love?in all their many forms. From a virgin princess?s first love to a shape-changing samurai bridegroom, from a young widow and her sexy handyman?s secret project to a knight and his distressed damsel, the courage, beauty, and strength of dragons inspire the most unforgettable stories ever told....

Predicted from birth to be mates, Aryana and Fafnir spent their youth running from each other and pursuing their own dreams. Aryana sought power and magic, while Fafnir escaped to explore other lands and to find a love not dictated by cryptic prophecy. But after Fafnir is captured and magically locked in his dragon form, he returns to Draconia. Ashamed and broken, he hides his true identity from everyone, hoping Aryana will find a spell that will return him to his human self. The last thing Aryana needs or wants is to find out her mate still lives—for a mated female cannot be a priestess, let alone the High Priestess. Yet his dragon's presence brings out her true abilities. When opposing dreams collide, will love be the victor?

My fate is commanded by a dragon. He's the one who helped me escape the fairy queen. I thought I was free. But instead of letting me go¿ This sculpted rock of a man made me his prisoner. He had an impossible condition. I would help him get his revenge in exchange for my freedom. But his piercing eyes made me wonder if I even wanted to leave. One touch and I knew I belonged to his man. I knew I was never meant to have him. But the curve of his dangerous smile imprisoned me more than I already was. How am I going to escape now?