The gift of Rain Mountain / Bruce Holland Rogers -- The magestone / S.M. and Jan Stirling -- Eli and the dybbuk / Janis Ian -- Heartless / Holly Black -- Lioness / Pamela F. Service -- Thunderbolt / Esther Friesner -- Devil wind / India Edghill -- The boy who cried "Dragon!" / Mike Resnick -- Students of ostriches / Tamore Pierce -- Serpent's rock / Laura Anne Gilman -- Hidden warriors / Margaret Mahy -- Emerging legacy / Doranna Durgin -- An axe for men / Rosemary Edghill -- Swords that talk / Brent Hartinger.

Fifteen original short stories by various authors relate the exploits of teenage warriors who defeat their enemies with cunning and skill as they strive to fulfill their destinies.