Every creature of Faerun has its dark mirror in the undead -- from the ghosts of ancient warriors to the rune-scribed skeletons of dragons. And in a world with as rich and bloody a history as the Forgotten Realms, they are legion -- outshining the living in variety and number. Here are a dozen of the most terrifying tales of the haunted Realms.

Table of Contents

• "Pieces," by Richard Lee Byers, author of The Captive Flame (featuring characters from Unholy)
• "Soul Steel," by Lisa Smedman, author of Ascendancy of the Last
• "The Resurrection Agent," by Erin M. Evans, author of The God Catcher
• "Wandering Stones," by Bruce R. Cordell, author of City of Torment
• "The Bone Bird," by Jaleigh Johnson, author of Mistshore
• "Feast of the Moon," by Christopher Rowe (featuring characters from an upcoming novel)
• "A Prayer for Brother Robert," by Philip Athans, author of Annihilation
• "The King in Copper," by Richard Baker, author of Avenger (featuring characters from Avenger)
• "Dusty Bones," by Rosemary Jones, author of City of the Dead (featuring characters from City of the Dead)
• "The Many Murders of Manshoon," by Ed Greenwood, author of The Sword Never Sleeps (featuring characters from Elminster Must Die)
• "A Body in a Bay," by Erik Scott de Bie, author of Downshadow
• "Iruladoon," by R.A. Salvatore, author of The Ghost King (featuring characters from The Ghost King)