И Балтазар пробормотал:
— По мне так горшок с золотом ничуть не хуже.
И Каспар сказал:
— Полагаешь, после двух тысяч лет кто-нибудь наконец подаст мне стул?
И Мельхиор подытожил все их надежды и мечты о лучшем мире словами:
— Знаете, Забавно, но он совсем не похож на еврея.
«Quest» © 1999 by Susan Anderson. Original to this anthology. Printed by permission of the author.
«The Top 50 Things I'd Do If I Ever Became an Evil Overlord» © 1996–7 by Peter Anspach. First published on the Internet at www.eviloverlord.com. Edited for publication. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«Diamonds — Black and White» © 1932 by Anthony Armstrong. Reprinted from The Prince Who Hiccupped and Other Tales (London: Ernest Benn, 1932). Unable to trace the representative of the author's estate.
«The Affliction of Baron Humpfelhimmel» by John Kendrick Bangs. Reprinted from Over the Plum-Pudding (New York: Harper's, 1901). Copyright expired in 1973.
«The Failure of Hope & Wandel» by Ambrose Bierce, first published in Fun, 5 September 1874. Copyright expired in 1964.
«Rules of Engagement» © 1995 by Molly Brown. First published in Substance Magazine, Autumn 1995. Slightly revised for this printing. Reprinted by permission of the author.
«How To Be Fantastic» © 1995 by Elizabeth Counihan. First published in Scheherazade #12, August 1995. Reprinted by permission of the author.
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«The Hills behind Hollywood High» © 1983 by Avram Davidson and Grania Davis. First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1983. Reprinted by permission of Grania Davis.
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