TOC: ‘Dangerous Women’ Edited by Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin

George R.R. Martin has posted the table of contents for the upcoming anthology he edited with Gardner Dozois, Dangerous Women (originally titled Femmes Fatale).

Says George of the book:

The Abercrombie is set against his RED COUNTRY backdrop, the Holland gives us Eleanor of Aquitaine, Jim Butcher returns us to Harry Dresden’s world, Lev Grossman contributes a tale of life at Brakebills, Steve Stirling revisits his Emberverse, Diana Gabaldon’s story features Jamie Fraser of OUTLANDER fame, the Spector is a Wild Cards story featuring Hoodoo Mama and the Amazing Bubbles, and mine own contribution… well, it’s some of that fake history I have been writing lo these many months, the true (mostly) story of the origins of the Dance of the Dragons. The stand-alone stories, not part of any series, feature some amazing work as well. For those who like to lose themselves in long stories, the Brandon Sanderson story, the Diana Gabaldon story, the Caroline Spector story, and my “Princess and Queen” are novellas. Huge mothers.

Here’s the table of contents…

1. “Some Desperado” by Joe Abercrombie
2. “My Heart Is Either Broken” by Megan Abbott
3. “Nora’s Song” by Cecelia Holland
4. “The Hands That Are Not There” by Melinda Snodgrass
5. “Bombshells” by Jim Butcher
6. “Raisa Stepanova” by Carrie Vaughn
7. “Wrestling Jesus” by Joe R. Lansdale
8. “Neighbors” by Megan Lindholm
9. “I Know How To Pick ‘em” by Lawrence Block
10. “Shadows For Silence In The Forests Of Hell” by Brandon Sanderson
11. “A Queen In Exile” by Sharon Kay Penman
12. “The Girl In The Mirror” by Lev Grossman
13. “Second Arabesque, Very Slowly” by Nancy Kress
14. “City Lazarus” by Diana Rowland
15. “Virgins” by Diana Gabaldon
16. “Hell Hath No Fury” by Sherilynn Kenyon
17. “Pronouncing Doom” by S.M. Stirling
18. “Name The Beast” by Sam Sykes
19. “Caretakers” by Pat Cadigan
20. “Lies My Mother Told Me” by Caroline Spector
21. “The Princess And The Queen” by George R.R. Martin