Weird Tales from Shakespeare

          Twenty-three original and imaginative stories by popular science fiction and fantasy authors explore the life and works of Shakespeare.
          From Barbara Denz’s behind-the-scenes look at the real story behind the “second best bed” (“The Will”) to Kate Daniel’s revised version of a famous tragedy (“The Tragedy of Gertrude, Queen of Denmark”), the 23 stories in this standout collection pay tribute to the life and work of William Shakespeare.

Introduction by Katherine Kerr

Part One
Playbill by Bill Daniel
An Augmentation of Dust by Diana L Paxson
Aweary of the Sun by Gregory Feeley
The Will by Barbara Denz

Part Two
The Tragedy of KL by Jack Oakley
Ancient Magics, Ancient Hope by Josepha Sherman
Queen Lyr by Mark Kreighbaum
It Comes From Nothing by Barry Malzberg
The Tragedy of Gertrude, Queen of Denmark by Kate Daniels

Part Three
Alas, Me Bleedin…. by Dennis L. McKiernan
The Muse Afire by Laura Resnick
Titus! by Esther M. Friesner
Swear Not By The Moon by Lawrence Schmiel
The Summer of my Discontent by Mike Resnick

Part Four
Else The Isle with Calibans by Brian Aldiss
Face Value by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
No Sooner Sighed by Katherine Lawrence
The Mercury of the Wise by Kevin A. Murphy
A Tempest In Her Eyes by Charles de lint
Titania or the Celestial Bed by Teresa Edgerton

Part Five
Not Of An Age by Gregory Benford
The Elements So Mixed by Adrienne Martine-Barnes
My Voice Is In My Sword by Kate Elloitt