Tales From Jabba's Palace

Edited by Kevin J. Anderson
Published by Bantam Books
January 1996

In the dusty heat of twin-sunned Tatooine, lives the wealthiest gangster in a hundred worlds, master of a vast crime empire and keeper of a vicious, flesh-eating monster for entertainment (and disposal of his enemies). Bloated and sinister, Jabba the Hutt might have made a good joke--if he weren't so dangerous. A cast of soldiers, spies, assassins, scoundrels, bounty hunters, and pleasure seekers have come to his palace, and every visitor to Jabba's grand abode has a story. Some of them may even live to tell it....

Contents

A Boy and His Monster: The Rancor Keeper's Tale
Kevin J. Anderson

Taster's Choice: The Tale of Jabba's Chef
Barbara Hambly

That's Entertainment: The Tale of Salacious Crumb
Esther M. Friesner

A Time to Mourn, A Time to Dance: Oola's Tale
Kathy Tyers

Let Us Prey: The Whipid's Tale
Marina Fitch & Mark Budz

Sleight of Hand: The Tale of Mara Jade
Timothy Zahn

And Then There Were Some: The Gamorrean Guard's Tale
William F. Wu

Old Friends: Ephant Mon's Tale
Kenneth C. Flint

Goatgrass: The Tale of Ree-Yees
Deborah Wheeler

And the Band Played On: The Band's Tale
John Gregory Betancourt

Of the Day's Annoyances: Bib Fortuna's Tale
M. Shayne Bell

The Great God Quay: The Tale of Barada and the Weequays
George Alec Effinger

A Bad Feeling: The Tale of EV-9D9
Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens

A Free Quarren In the Palace: Tessek's Tale
Dave Wolverton

Tongue-tied: Bubo's Tale
Daryl F. Mallett

Out of the Closet: The Assassin's Tale
Jennifer Roberson

Shaara and the Sarlacc: The Skiff Guard's Tale
Dan'l Danehy-Oakes

A Barve Like That: The Tale of Boba Fett
J. D. Montgomery

Skin Deep: The Fat Dancer's Tale
A. C. Crispin