Foreword / by Judy Sullivan -- Introduction / by Lee Martindale -- Fat is not a fairy tale / by Jane Yolen -- Worse than the curse / by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough -- A hero, plain and simple / by Ralph Gamelli -- Seliki / by Cynthia McQuillin -- The blood orange tree / by Marian Crane -- Eater / by Jon Hansen -- Demon bone / by Teresa Noelle Roberts -- The fat cats' tale / by Martha A. Compton -- Vadija / by Catherine lundoff -- Lady Emerdirael's rescue / by Lisa Deason -- The wife of Ben-Y-Ghloe / by Laura J. Underwood -- Chance hospitality / by Carol Y. Huber & Mike C. Baker -- The fat magician / by Gene Wolfe -- The search for a sipping house / by Joette M. Rozanski -- A taste of song / by K.D. Wentworth -- Casting against type / by Jody Lynn Nye -- Meluse's counsel / by Connie Wilkins -- Polyformus perfectus / by Paula L. Fleming -- Eleven to seven / by Bradley H. Sinor -- Last chance gravity fill station / by Celeste Allen -- Nuclear winter / by Selina Rosen -- The djinn game / by Patrice E. sarath -- Stoop ladies / by Barbara Krasnoff.