Songs of love & death

by George R. R. Martin, Jim Butcher, Jo Beverley, Carrie Vaughn, M. L. N. Hanover, Cecelia Holland, Melinda Snodgrass, Robin Hobb, Neil Gaiman, Marjorie M. Liu, Jacqueline Carey, Lisa Tuttle, Linnea Sinclair, Mary Jo Putney, Tanith Lee, Peter S. Beagle, Yasmine Galenorn, Diana Gabaldon, Gardner R. Dozois