Everyone knows that heroes should triumph, dragons should be slain, and maidens should be rescued. But what if things don't go according to plan? Here are 16 fun tales of magic gone awry - from an author whose unicorn protagonist takes control of the story to a person who can hear food talking with strange events and surprising consequences in between. “Introduction” copyright © 2006 by Brittiany A. Koren “The Poisoned Chalice” copyright © 2006 by Brian Stableford “Battle of Wits” copyright © 2006 by Mickey Zucker Reichert “The Hero of Killorglin” copyright © 2006 by Fiona Patton “Goblin Lullaby” copyright © 2006 by Jim C. Hines “Crumbs” copyright © 2006 by Esther M. Friesner “Fellow Traveler” copyright © 2006 by Donald J. Bingle “Food Fight” copyright © 2006 by Thranx, Inc. “Moonlighting” copyright © 2006 by Devon Monk “The Rose, the Farmboy and the Gnome” copyright © 2006 by Phaedra M. Weldon “A Day at the Unicorn Races” copyright © 2006 by Christina F. York “Dragonslayer: Being the True and Terrible Tale of a Fearsome Meeting Between a Man and a Monster” copyright © 2006 by Jana Paniccia “The Murder of Mr. Wolf” copyright © 2006 by Josepha Sherman “New Yorke Snow” copyright © 2006 by Susan Sizemore “Meet the Madfeet” copyright © 2006 by Michael Jasper “Finder’s Keeper” copyright © 2006 by Janny Wurts “Is This Real Enough” copyright © 2006 by Lisanne Norman