Legends: Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy is a 1998 anthology of 11 novellas (short novels) by a number of English-language fantasy authors, edited by Robert Silverberg.^[1] All the stories were original to the collection, and set in the authors' established fictional worlds.^[2][3] The anthology won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.^[4] Its science fiction equivalent, Far Horizons, followed in 1999.

The collection has a sequel, Legends II, published in 2003.^[5]

• Stephen King: "The Little Sisters of Eluria" (The Dark Tower)
• Terry Goodkind: "Debt of Bones" (The Sword of Truth)
• Orson Scott Card: "Grinning Man" (The Tales of Alvin Maker)
• Robert Silverberg: "The Seventh Shrine" (Majipoor)
• Ursula K. Le Guin: "Dragonfly" (Earthsea)
• Raymond E. Feist: "The Wood Boy" (The Riftwar Cycle)
• Terry Pratchett: "The Sea and Little Fishes" (Discworld)
• George R. R. Martin: The Hedge Knight (novella, A Song of Ice and Fire)
• Tad Williams: "The Burning Man" (Memory, Sorrow and Thorn)
• Anne McCaffrey: "Runner of Pern" (Dragonriders of Pern)
• Robert Jordan: "New Spring" (The Wheel of Time)

• A hardback edition was published by Voyager on October 5, 1998 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225666-5.
• A paperback edition was published by Voyager on June 7, 1999 in the United Kingdom with ISBN 0-00-225667-3.

A re-release was published by Voyager in which Legends was split into two halves, both titled Legends.

• Volume One ISBN 0-00-648394-1 - published on November 1, 1999, containing:
  • "The Sea and Little Fishes"
  • "Runner of Pern"
  • "The Hedge Knight"
  • "The Burning Man"
  • "New Spring"
• Volume Two ISBN 0-00-648393-3 - published on April 3, 2000 (a special overseas edition (same details) was issued in 1999), both containing:
  • "The Little Sisters of Eluria"
  • "Debt of Bones"
  • "Grinning Man"
  • "The Seventh Shrine"
  • "Dragonfly"
  • "The Wood Boy"

In 1999 Tor Books decided to re-release the stories from the anthology, now split across three volumes.

• Legends Vol. 1 (1999) ISBN 0-8125-6663-7 - "The Little Sisters of Eluria", "The Seventh Shrine", "Grinning Man", and "The Wood Boy"
• Legends Vol. 2 (1999) ISBN 0-8125-7523-7 - "Debt of Bones", "The Hedge Knight", and "Runner of Pern"
• Legends Vol. 3 (2000) ISBN 0-8125-6664-5 - "New Spring", "Dragonfly", "The Burning Man", and "The Sea and Little Fishes"

Legends won a Locus Award for Best Anthology in 1999.^[4]

• Far Horizons
• Legends II