title: Fire and Wings: Dragon Tales from East and West
author: Marianne Carus
description: With a foreword by Jane Yolen, Fire and Wings: Dragon Tales from East and West, ed. by Marianne Carus, illus. by Nilesh Mistry, brings together 15 serpent stories set in, among other places, England's Nottingham Forest, the waters surrounding Korea and a seaside village in Japan. Contributors include Patricia MacLachlan, Eric A. Kimmel and E. Nesbit; most of the stories were previously published, the majority of them in Cricket magazine. <br />Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  For Professor Robert Jahn, Brenda Dunne —  
    
  Hug and Hum
  
  
  (Nice to know we’re not the only scribblers in the  
    
  Margins of Reality _…)_
  
  
  … and with grateful thanks to all the crew in LR, BX,  
    
  and NJ: You know who you are — wom!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Title Page](rainfire_tp.html#tp)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Dedication](rainfire_ded.html#ded)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Epigraph](rainfire_epi.html#epi)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Welcome](rainfire_fm01.html#fm01)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Preface](rainfire_fm02.html#fm02)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1: The Dawn of Dragons](rainfire_ch01.html#ch01)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2: From Small Acorns …](rainfire_ch02.html#ch02)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3: … To Grand Dragons](rainfire_ch03.html#ch03)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4: Who’s Who: The Characters](rainfire_ch04.html#ch04)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5: What’s What: The Glossary](rainfire_ch05.html#ch05)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6: Where’s Where: The Settings](rainfire_ch06.html#ch06)
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7: Myths and Legends](rain