Kender, Gully Dwarves, and Gnomes

Plot introduction

The book compiles 10 short stories from various authors set in the fictional world of Krynn. "Snowsong" by Nancy Varian Berberick follows Tanis Half-Elven and Sturm Brightblade caught in a blizzard, with rescue depending on the kender Tasslehoff Burrfoot. "The Wizard's Spectacles" is by Morris Simon. "The Storyteller" is by Barbara Siegel and Scott Siegel. "A Shaggy Dog's Tail" by Danny Peary tells of an abusive soldier hunting escaped prisoners and his encounter with a solicitous witch. "Definitions of Honor" by Richard A. Knaak features a young Knight of Solamnia, Torbin, riding to rescue a village from a minotaur. "Hearth Cat and Winter Wren" by Nancy Varian Berberick shows a young Raistlin Majere using magic to help friends against an evil wizard. "'Wanna Bet?'" by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman involves Caramon Majere's three sons—Palin, Tanin, and Sturm Majere—who accidentally recover the Graygem of Gargath after a bet with the dwarf Dougan Redhammer; this tale is reprinted in The Second Generation. "Into the Heart of the Story" by Michael Williams presents a gnome, Virum, offering his version of authorship of songs about the War of the Lance heroes. "Dagger-Flight" by Nick O'Donohoe is told from the viewpoint of a dagger from the novel Dragons of Autumn Twilight.