I picked this up after putting it in LT and figured I should give it a try. Unfortunately, either 1987 was a really bad year for fantasy stories, or this is just a less than great collection. The author list is decent but not great - Tanith Lee, Judith Tarr, Nancy Springer, Jane Yolen. Several of the stories were decent, the rest were not memorable. One I think was supposed to be hysterically funny, but... wasn't. This gets 1.5 stars because I could have finished it, but gave up before the last story, I just couldn't take it any more. Several of the stories had no point that I could find, and several I found illogical or even mildly offensive. It wasn't a total waste of your time, but unless you are desperate, read something else.
Judith Tarr's 'Piece de Resistance' was my favorite, and 'The Tale and Its Master' was memorable but troubling, to me. ( )