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In order to get away from the married doctor she had fallen in love with, Susan Moore took a job as a private psychiatric nurse on Sanctuary Island, at Duncarlie Castle. The castle had been brought over stone by stone from Scotland and people said it wasn't haunted.... But if there were no ghosts, there were tragedies which still held sway over the castle and its inhabitants. And Sanctuary Island was a sanctuary only for the birds who lived there, watched over by the enigmatic Park Ranger, Ross Hunter.

Mardee Haskell, a beautiful black actress early career, he knows nothing about Haiti, though that is the country of his mother. About to face another winter in New York, without work and facing a divorce, welcomes an invitation from his great-aunt to visit Haiti. It is with real astonishment that perceives to be the descendant of a rich woman, whose property serves as a backdrop to the filming of an exciting epic. In the romantic setting of the island, a willful Mardee native lion, becomes involved with three very different men: Sebastian Wright, the filmmaker and passionate Scorpio, the handsome actor Kip Tybalt, a native of twins who seem to embody the whole mystery and Haiti's own ambivalence and Brian Dawes, a beautiful journalist and pragmatic, native rock, which seems to be the only anchor that secures it to reality. But the tropical splendor in suspense becomes deadly when a sinister voodoo ritual corners Mardee a frenzy of supernatural horror from which escape might not ever.

Somewhere in Northern California there is a house where all the dimensions of time and space and distant worlds come together: This house, whose exact location is known to a very special few, is called Greyhaven..it is the spiritual home of an ever-growing 'family' of imaginative writers. Diana Paxson, Paul Edwin Zimmer, Susan Schwartz, Elisabeth Waters, Randall Garrett, Patricia Mathews, and a host of others are part of this high-fantasy circle. Let Marion Bradley guide you through its rooms, help you join in spirit the amazing group of world-builders, and feed your appetite on the stunning products of their Darkover-born imaginations. 'Greyhaven' is a fantasy anthology unlike any other!

Table of Contents:

• Greyhaven: Writers at Work - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Kindred of the Wind - story by Diana L. Paxson
• They Come and Go - story by Joel Hagen
• Cat Tale - novelette by Vicki Ann Heydron
• Bedtime Story - story by Anodea Judith
• Wrong Number - short fiction by James Ian Elliot
• The Bardic Revel - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Serpent's Lullabye - poem by Diana L. Paxson
• Morning Song - poem by Robert A. Cook
• The Berserk and the Bear's Sark - poem by Diana L. Paxson
• Sad Memories - poem by Fiona Lynn Zimmer
• Reflections from a Hill - poem by Ian M. Studebaker
• Tell Me a Story - story by Elisabeth Waters
• Just Another Vampire Story - story by Randall Garrett
• Wildwood - story by Adrienne Martine-Barnes
• The Tax Collector - story by Phillip Wayne
• The Woodcarver's Son - story by Robert A. Cook
• The Incompetent Magician - novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Cantabile - story by Jon DeCles
• Dagger Spring - story by Susan Shwartz
• Lariven - story by Patricia Shaw Mathews
• The Ring - story by Caradoc A. Cador
• The Hand of Tyr - story by Paul Edwin Zimmer

Since time immemorial, when the Serpent-lord coupled in the Great Rite with the Priestess of the Night, the Kingdoms of Light and Dark, of Sun and of Moon have been at war.

Now Pamina, daughter of the Starqueen, supreme symbol of the Night, and of Sarastro, King of the Royal House of the Sun, has to choose which of her parents she will follow, in custom and in principle. And together with her lover, the princely Tamino, she must face her Ordeal at the Court of Wisdom, Ordeals of Earth and Air, of Fire and Water, from which none can flinch and none can escape.

A collection of stories about warriors and wizardry, battles and treachery, and darkness challenged by innocence.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Amethyst Carekeeper - short story by Barbara A. Denz
• The Arrow's Flight - novelette by Stephen L. Burns
• Istar-Zu - short story by D. A. Bach
• The Siege of Kintomar - short story by Millea Kenin
• Stealing Souls - short story by Laurell K. Hamilton
• Ladyknight - novelette by Susan Hanniford Crowley
• Festival Night - novelette by Harry Turtledove
• Kayli's Quest - novelette by Paula Helm Murray
• The Seven Years' Night - short story by M. H. Lewis
• The Dance of Kali - short story by Richard Corwin
• Ancient Heartbreak - short story by Diann Partridge
• Hero Worship - short story by L. D. Woeltjen
• A Matter of Life - short story by Cathy J. Deubl
• The Moon Who Loved the Man - short story by Robin Wayne Bailey
• Last Quarrel - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• Crooked Corn - short story by Deborah J. Ross

How do you make a spaceman? You start the same way that you start to make a chess master, a ballet dancer, a trapeze performer, or any other difficult and complex task demanding highly trained and concentrated skills, physical or mental; you start when the future professionals are too young to know whether that is what they want out of life, or not.

United Nations Expeditionary Planetary Survey--UNEPS--starts every year with one hundred five-year-olds, discovered, in early testing, to be both mentally and physically superior.

Twelve years later the best graduates of the Academy are given a Ship and sent out to find habitable planets for humans to live on. But what happens to a small crew of teenagers once the Ship leaves Earth?

Edited by Martin H. Greenberg.

Table of Contents:

• The Wind People - (1959) - shortstory
• Hero's Moon - (1976) - novelette
• Elbow Room - (1980) - novelette
• The Day of the Butterflies - (1976) - shortstory
• Death Between the Stars - (1956) - shortstory
• Exiles of Tomorrow - (1955) - shortstory
• Blood Will Tell - (1980) - shortstory
• The Secret of the Blue Star - (1979) - novelette
• To Keep the Oath - (1979) - novelette
• The Engine - (1977) - shortstory
• The Jewel of Arwen - (1973) - shortstory
• Treason of the Blood - (1962) - shortstory
• The Wild One - (1960) - shortstory
• Bird of Prey - (1957) - novelette
• The Climbing Wave - (1955) - novella
• Centaurus Changeling - (1954) - novelette

Marion Zimmer Bradley was a popular author of fantasy science fiction from the 1950's to the late 1990's. In 2000, she was posthumously awarded the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement.

In The Colors of Space, young Bart Steele, Space Academy graduate, is waiting in a spaceport for a ship to take him home when something happens that suddenly thrusts him into the center of a quest for the secret of interstellar travel. The method of faster than light travel, called "warp drive" in later Sci-Fi stories, is a tightly kept secret of an alien race known as the "Lhari." Some humans feel that they should not have to depend on the Lhari to get to far away planets and enlist Bart to help them wrest the secret from the Lhari by undertaking a perilous mission. Bart's survival and the freedom of the human race suddenly depend on his courage and wits.

Note: There was an earlier version of this collection; this is the expanded version.

Contents:

• i - Introduction (The Complete Lythande) - essay by Michael Spence
• 1 - The Secret of the Blue Star - [Lythande] - (1979) - novelette
• 16 - The Incompetent Magician - [Lythande] - (1983) - novelette
• 34 - Somebody Else's Magic - [Lythande] - (1984) - novelette
• 67 - Sea Wrack - [Lythande] - (1985) - novelette
• 86 - The Wandering Lute - [Lythande] - (1986) - novelette
• 106 - Bitch - [Lythande] - (1987) - short story
• 115 - The Walker Behind - [Lythande] - (1987) - short story
• 129 - The Malice of the Demon - [Lythande] - (1988) - short story
• 132 - The Footsteps of Retribution - [Lythande] - (1991) - short story (variant of Footsteps)
• 140 - The Wuzzles - [Lythande] - (1991) - short story
• 146 - The Virgin and the Volcano - [Lythande] - (2011) - short story and Elisabeth Waters
• 152 - Chalice of Tears, or I Didn't Want That Damned Grail Anyway - [Lythande] - (1992) - short story
• 159 - To Kill the Undead - [Lythande] - (1994) - short story
• 165 - To Drive the Cold Winter Away - [Lythande] - (1996) - short story
• 171 - Fool's Fire - [Lythande] - (1995) - short story (variant of Fools' Fire)
• 176 - Here There Be Dragons - [Lythande] - (1995) - short story (variant of Here There Be Dragons?)
• 183 - North to Northwander - [Lythande] - (1997) - short story
• 188 - Goblin Market - [Lythande] - (1999) - short story
• 192 - The Gratitude of Kings - [Lythande] - (1997) - novelette [as and Elisabeth Waters]
• 228 - The Children of Cats - [Lythande] - short story and Elisabeth Waters
• 245 - Afterword (The Complete Lythande) - essay by Elisabeth Waters
• 248 - Original Publication (The Complete Lythande) - essay by uncredited
• 249 - About the Author (The Complete Lythande) - essay by uncredited

Originally appeared in German translation in 1959. The novel is included in Ace Doubles F-117 (1961) and #15890 (1972).

Wolf: a deadly world under a cold red sun, old when Terrans were learning to walk upright. Only one Terran agent knew Wolf well enough to pass undetected; but he had ruined his usefulness long ago. And yet only this scarred and bitter man could discover the secret of The Door Through Space...

Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War-reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra-priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior.

Cameron Fenton participates in a parapsychology study, using an experimental drug. Instead of increasing his ESP, it causes him to leave his his body and enter other worlds. But are they real, or do they exist only in his mind? And if they are real, will he ever be able to get anyone in his world to believe him?

Of all the worlds of the Galaxy, only the Matriarchy of Isis/Cinderella has returned to an ancient social order. It is on Isis that women rule, their control total and unbending. On Isis men are regarded as dangerous animals or, at best, as sexual playthings.

And on Isis the great enigma of the known universe, the Builder Ruins - last remnant of an unknown, ancient culture.

Within those strange Ruins, something survives - something which speaks to the women of Isis and to no one else.

The House of the Tiger has skillfully ruled Merina in times of peace. But now the indomitable armies of the Emperor Balthasar stand poised to crush the vulnerable city/state. And in the enemy's midst is the gray mage Apolon - foul necromancer who serves the Dreadful Dark . . . and whose mission it is to satisfy his Master's terrible hungers with living souls, the Heart of a Goddess, and the blood of a Princess.

For Adele, aging Dowager Queen, for ruling Queen Lydana, and for Princess Shelyra, lithe, impetuous, ingenious Designated Daughter, the battle seems hopeless - for they possess no defense, save for their wiles and weapons of the spirit. But the Tiger is a cunning beast, not to be underestimated. And when cornered, she bares her teeth . . . and strikes.

This is not a typical Marion Zimmer Bradley novel. This book is the result of a bet between Marion and Don Wollheim, her editor for the Darkover novels at DAW Books. In addition, it's her response to the Gor novels - where men were men and women were slaves - that were also being published by DAW Books.

Yes, this book does start out with a heroine who has been captured and is being sold as a slave, who has amnesia and remembers nothing of her life before the trip across the desert with the slavers - and, due to a head injury, remembers mercifully little of that. But she does know that she would rather fight in the arena than be a harlot for the men who do, and that choice changes the rest of the book.

In a Gor-style novel the woman would become less her own person, eventually learning to be a contented and obedient slave. In this book, even while the heroine, called Zadieyek of Gyre, remains a slave, she is something quite different from the typical "slave girl" - she grows and develops, always searching for her memory and her past, convinced that this is not how her life is supposed to be. And, of course, she's right.

Ipomoea

Science is never neutral - and neither are the stars!

The Brass Dragon

It's bad enough for a teen-age boy to wake up with amnesia, strange burns on his legs, and even stranger nightmares. But when a creepy stranger claiming to be his father tried to remove him from the hospital, his adventure was just beginning -- unless, of course, the adventure had already happened.

The Dark Intruder & Other Stories

Collection includes:

• "The Dark Intruder" (Measureless to Man)
• "Jackie Sees a Star"
• "Exiles of Tomorrow"
• "Death Between the Stars"
• "The Crime Therapist"
• "The Stars Are Waiting"
• "Black and White"

Falcons of Narabedla

Two Men in One Body--Two Epochs in Conflict

He woke up to find himself in weird surroundings, guardedcby two strangers, one an old, old man, the other a slim sexless figure hidden completely under long blue veils.

These two called him Adric, a name he instinctively responded to, even though he knew he was Mike Kenscott, radio engineer in a governement laboratory. His rich crimson clothing was unfamiliar and he was shocked by the landscape he saw through the window--mountains bathed in a pinkish light whose source was not one but two brilliant suns.

Panic seized him then. Who were these people? What world was he in? And, most important, whom had he become?

The Door Through Space

Wolf: a deadly world under a cold red sun, old when Terrans were learning to walk upright. Only one Terran agent knew Wolf well enough to pass undetected; but he had ruined his usefulness long ago. And yet only this scarred and bitter man could discover the secret of The Door Through Space...

Rendezvous on a Lost World

His was a dream few spaceman ever saw come true. In a second-hand, obsolete space ship, Kemp and his three comrades took off determined to set up a shuttle service between the planets at the rim of the galaxy.

But trouble--in the form of two lost colonies, one inhabited by giant mechanical insects and the other by the descendants of a murderous pirate--threatened. Kemps crew began to wonder: just how much will one man sacrifice to realize a dream?

The Planet Savers

Planet Savers is the first novel set in the world of Darkover in which the Terrans of Gottman IV desperately seek a cure to a disease of epidemic proportions.

The Sword of Aldones

After Lew Alton unwittingly roused the fire demon Sharra, the Sword of Aldones was the only weapon that could lay her to rest again. But only one man could wield the sword, and getting it was an even bigger problem.

The Winds of Darkover

Dan Barron was a rational and efficient member of the Terran space-force - until nightmare visions drove him from the safety of the trade city into the unmapped heart of the Darkovan mountain ranges. Into an ancient battle that would shape the destiny of more than one world.

The Anything Tree

On Jensen's wold, the Tree is master and man the servant.

Worlds of the Imperium

When Brion Bayard was kidnapped and brought to the alternate world where Earth's history took a different turn, it was not a pleasant experience. It was, however, a startling experience. Here was a world that was just like the Earth he was taken from--with just a few subtle changes. On top of all this, Brion was given a puzzling assignment by his captors. He was to secretly enter a palace, and kill a dangerous and tyrannical dictator. There was one, small catch--the hated dictator in this world was the mirror image of Brion Bayard. For on an Alternate Earth, Brion's is his own worst enemy!

Seven from the Stars

As they watched humanity and Earth being destroyed they were determined to fight and survive, but they now faced an enemy able to live undetected in a human host, unrestricted by time and space, and determined to rule!

Gildoran was an Explorer. Despite the number of planets found and tied into the Transmitter network that enabled everyone else to travel instantly from planet to planet, his home was his Ship, and the only people he could count on were her crew. For Explorers traveled through space to find new planets, and their years were decades or centuries to anyone not on the Ship. As they found and struggled to survive on unknown worlds, the rest of the Galaxy moved on, so when they returned to "civilization" anything could have happened, and the world they left was not the one to which they returned--even if it was on the same planet.

Domaris, disciple of the Temple of Light, was wrenched from her peaceful life by the arrival of Micon, the Atlantean prince, whose powers over wind and sun, earth and fire, are coveted by the sorcerers of the dark who would harness his gifts for their own evil ends. Soon, out of a tender, earthly passion, would rise forces that might decide the final victory. For soon Domaris would bear Micon a son - but Deoris, her sister, would be enthralled by the forces of darkness.

Domaris, disciple of the Temple of Light, was wrenched from her peaceful life by the arrival of Micon, the Atlantean prince, whose powers over wind and sun, earth and fire, are coveted by the sorcerers of the dark who would harness his gifts for their own evil ends...

Soon, out of a tender, earthly passion, would rise forces that might decide the final victory. For soon Domaris would bear Micon a son - but Deoris, her sister, would be enthralled by the forces of darkness.

Here is the magical legend of King Arthur, vividly retold through the eyes and lives of the women who wielded power from behind the throne. A spellbinding novel, an extraordinary literary achievement, THE MISTS OF AVALON will stay with you for a long time to come....

The amazing prequel to Marion Zimmer Bradley's bestselling The Mists of Avalon. Inside the walls of the Forest House, in a remote part of Britain, a secret sect of Druidic priestesses guards the ancient rites of learning, healing, and magic against the onslaught of invading Romans.

The story is told from the time when Gawen, heir to the royal line, secured the sanctity of Avalon and established it as a sacred place, through to Helen, British princess, and finally of Viviane, who herself must face a new invader and a new danger to Avalon.

Helena. Beautiful, young, enigmatic. She's a daughter of the Holy Isle who became a Christian Saint and the heroine of Welsh legend. In 296, the emperor Contantius come to Britian and falls in love with Princess Eilan, known as Helana to the Romans. She is also the daughter of King Coel and the high Priestess of Avalon. Helena see's a chance to marry the bloodlines of ancient royal families, and their myths and traditions. But she has to contend with the politics of Rome, the ill fortunes of war and the irresistable rise of a powerful new religion...

The teenage son of a Darkover noble, Corin Leynier discovers that his growing laran powers may hold the key to stopping the ambitious tyrant King Damian Deslucido and his nedestro laranzu brother Rumail from trying to unite all Darkover under Damian's rule.

Set in the tumultuous era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a terrible time of strife and war, this unique fantasy world is divided into a mutlitude of small belligerent domains vying for power and land. One ambitious and corrupt tyrant will stop at nothing to control Darkover-even wield the terrifying weapons of the matrix.

Set against the turbulent backdrop of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and strife, this sequel to The Fall of Neskaya details the extraordinary friendship between two young men--Carolin Hastur, the heir of Hastur, and Varzil Ridenow--that forever changes Darkover's destiny.

In the era of The Hundred Kingdoms, a time of war and unrest, King Carolin of Hastur and his friend Keeper Varzil Ridenow work selflessly to put an end to the destruction caused by the long range weapons of the magical matrix Towers. But Eduin Deslucido-who once called Carolin brother-has been consumed with a vengeful rage, and will stop at nothing to destroy the king and his plan for peace.

Barbara is determined to protect her husband, Jamie Melford, from the power forces that will stop at nothing to prevent him from publishing a book that reveals the secrets of the occult.

Leslie Barnes has just bought her first home, overlooking San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge. It seems the perfect place for Leslie and her sister, a brilliant young musician...but as soon as they move in, a plague of dark events begins, unsettling both women. To her horror, Leslie realizes that she is living in a vortex of magickal power. She must become the guardian of that power and protect it from those who seek to use it for evil.

Trained as a psychologist, Leslie is in over her head when dealing with the occult--until she meets Claire Moffatt, a charming medium, and Claire's mentor, Colin MacLaren, world-famous psychic investigator. Together they stand against evil and enable Leslie to claim her full inheritance.

Sara Latimer's last relative has died. Heartbroken and feeling totally alone, Sara moves to the family home she had just inherited, Witch Hill, only to find that she is shunned by most of her neighbors.

Finally Matthew Hay, one of her only allies, explains that Sara's aunt was a powerful, evil witch and that the townspeople fear that Sara is following in her footsteps. Matthew and his ladylove, Tabitha, are also witches, and they too believe that Sara has her aunt's powers-and that she is ready to be possessed by her aunt's waiting spirit.

Sara crumbles under the steady onslaught of Matthew and Tabitha's evil. For a time, her love for Brian Standish keeps her sane, but at last Sara is lost in a maelstrom of dark power and sex magick.

As a Champion of Light, Colin MacLaren cannot allow Sara to be destroyed by Matthew Hay. Even at the risk of his own soul, he will save Sara.

The first anthology of short stories set on Darkover, spanning Darkovan history--from shortly after the arrival of the lost Terran ship, through the Ages of Chaos, the rise of the Comyn and the establishment of the Compact, and the eventual return the Terrans.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: A Word from the Creator of Darkover - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Vai Dom - (1978) - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• The Forest - short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• There Is Always an Alternative - short story by Patricia Matthews [as by Patricia Mathews]
• The Tale of Durraman's Donkey - (1978) - short story by Eileen Ledbetter
• The Fires of Her Vengeance - short story by Susan Shwartz [as by Susan M. Shwartz]
• The Alton Gift - novelette by Elisabeth Waters
• Circle of Light - short story by Kathleen S. Williams
• The Answer - short story by Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah
• The Rescue - (1978) - novelette by Linda MacKendrick
• The Keeper's Price - (1978) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Elisabeth Waters [as by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Lisa Waters]
• The Hawk-Master's Son - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• A Simple Dream - (1978) - short story by Penny Ziegler
• Una Paloma Blanca - short story by Patricia Matthews [as by Patricia Mathews]
• Blood Will Tell - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Ambassador to Corresanti - short story by Linda Frankel
• A View from the Reconstruction: or, Happy Times on Modern Darkover - short story by Paula Crunk

This second anthology features tories by Bradley and other authors explain myths of the planet Darkover and fill in gaps in its history.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Sword of Chaos) - (1982) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• After Landfall - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• A Gift of Love - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• The Cycles of Legend - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Dark Lady - short story by Jane Brae-Bedell
• A Legend of the Hellers - short story by Terry Tafoya
• In the Hundred Kingdoms - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• In the Throat of the Dragon - novelette by Susan Shwartz
• Wind-Music - short story by Mary Frances Zambreno
• Escape - short story by Leslie Williams
• Rebirth - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• A Sword of Chaos - novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Between the Ages - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Di Catenas - short story by Adrienne Martine-Barnes
• Of Two Minds - short story by Susan Hansen
• Through Fire and Frost - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• In the Days of the Comyn - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Way of a Wolf - short story by Lynne Holdom
• Cold Hall - (1982) - short story by Aly Parsons
• The Lesson of the Inn - (1978) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Confidence - short story by Phillip Wayne
• The Empire and Beyond - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Camilla - short story by Patricia Matthews [as by Patricia Mathews]
• Where the Heart Is - short story by Millea Kenin
• Skeptic - short story by Lynn Mims
• A Recipe for Failure - short story by Millea Kenin

Return with Marion Zimmer Bradley and the Friends of Darkover to the planet of the Bloody Sun, the world of Darkover, there powerful families gifted with rare mental powers of 'laran' rule the land, where Terran technology is seen as the greatest evil, and survival often depends on a steady sword and quickness of wits. Here dwell the Free Amazons, who have set themselves apart from their male-ruled world, owing loyalty only to each other, living their lives as free citizens, equal to any man or woman, soldier or lord. the eighteen tales in the collection, including two by Marion Zimmer Bradley herself, tell the story of these Free Amazons, and are certain to enchant anyone who has fallen under the spell of the amazon heroines of Thendara House and City of Sorcery.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: About Amazons (Free Amazons of Darkover) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Oath of the Free Amazons - (1979) - essay by Walter Breen
• The Legend of Lady Bruna - (1979) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Cast Off Your Chains - short story by Margaret Silvestri
• The Banshee - (1980) - short story by Sherry Kramer
• On the Trail - short story by Barbara M. Armistead
• To Open a Door - short story by P. Alexandra Riggs
• The Meeting - (1980) - short story by Nina Boal
• The Mother Quest - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
• Child of the Heart - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• Midwife - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• Recruits - short story by Maureen Shannon
• A Different Kind of Courage - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• Knives - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Tactics - short story by Jane M. H. Bigelow
• This One Time - short story by Joan Marie Verba
• Her Own Blood - short story by Margaret L. Carter
• The Camel's Nose - short story by Susan Holtzer
• Girls Will Be Girls - short story by Patricia Shaw Mathews [as by Patricia Shaw-Mathews]
• Growing Pains - short story by Susan Shwartz
• Oath of the Free Amazons: Terran, Techno Period - essay by Jaida n'ha Sandra (variant of Oath of the Free Amazons: Terra, Techno Period)

An anthology of five tales about the planet Darkover focuses on a turbulent era in which the people of the Seven Domains are caught between their traditions and great mind powers, and the lure of the technological world of the Terran colonists.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (The Other Side of the Mirror) - (1987) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Other Side of the Mirror - (1987) - short fiction by Patricia Floss
• Bride Price - (1987) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Everything but Freedom - (1987) - novella by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Oathbreaker - (1987) - novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Blood Hunt - (1987) - short fiction by Paula Crunk and Linda Frankel

Spanning generations of Darkover history, this collection of stories journeys into the heart of Darkover power, from the ancient chieri, to the alliance of Ariada Aillard, to Regis Hastur's struggle to bridge the gap between Terrans and the people of Darkover.

Table of Contents:

• And Introducing... - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• A Different Kind of Victory - novelette by Diana L. Paxson [as by Diana Paxson]
• The Ballad of Hastur and Cassilda - poem by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Flight - short story by Nina Boal
• Salt - short story by Diann Partridge
• The Wasteland - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• A Cell Opens - novelette by Joe Wilcox
• The Sum of the Parts - novelette by Dorothy J. Heydt [as by Dorothy Heydt]
• Devil's Advocate - short story by Patricia Anne Buard
• Kihar - novelette by Vera Nazarian
• Playfellow - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• Different Path - novelette by Penny Buchanan
• The Shadow - (1984) - novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Coils - short story by Patricia Shaw Mathews
• The Promise - novelette by Mary Fenoglio
• The Dare - short story by Marny Whiteaker

Features a memorable group of tales set in the land of Darkover, a place where ancient powers have awakened humans to their own hidden talents

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Four Moons of Darkover) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Jackal - novelette by Vera Nazarian
• Death's Scepter - short story by Joan Marie Verba [as by Joan Verba]
• A King's Ransom - short story by Kay Morgan Douglas
• Man of Impulse - novelette by Marion Zimmer Bradley (variant of A Man of Impulse 1993)
• Swarm Song - short story by Roxana Pierson
• Out of Ashes - short story by Patricia B. Cirone [as by Pat Cirone
• My Father's Son - short story by Meg Mac Donald
• House Rules - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• To Challenge Fate - novelette by Sandra Morrese
• The Devourer Within - short story by Margaret L. Carter [as by Margaret Carter]
• Sin Catenas - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• Circles - novelette by Glenn R. Sixbury [as by G. R. Sixbury]
• Festival Night - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• A Laughing Matter - short story by Rachel Walker
• Mourning - short story by Audrey Fulton
• The Death of Brendon Ensolare - novelette by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• Sort of Chaos - short story by Millea Kenin

In the continued exploration of the planet Darkover, an Aldaran assassin plies her trade, Leonie Hastur follows a matrix of sword and firm, and the laran-gifted are caught up in a maelstrom of madness

• Introduction: And Contrariwise - (1990) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Acurrhir Todo; Nada Perdonad: A Tale of the Hundred Kingdoms - (1990) - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• An Object Lesson - (1990) - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• Beginnings - (1990) - short story by Cynthia Drolet
• Clingfire - (1990) - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
• Death in Thendara - (1990) - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• Firetrap - (1990) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Elisabeth Waters
• Friends - (1990) - short story by Judith Kobylecky [as by Judith K. Kobylecky]
• Manchild - (1990) - short story by L. D. Woeltjen
• Just a Touch... - (1990) - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• Mind-eater - (1990) - short story by Joan Marie Verba
• Mists - (1990) - short story by Meg Mac Donald
• Our Little Rabbit - (1990) - short story by Mary K. Frey
• The Gift From Ardais - (1990) - short story by Barbara A. Denz [as by Barbara Denz]
• The Horse Race - (1990) - short story by Diann Partridge
• The Plague - (1990) - short story by Janet R. Rhodes
• The Tapestry - (1990) - short story by Micole Sudberg
• To Serve Kihar - (1990) - short story by Judith Sampson

The eighth Darkover anthology returns to stories about the Free Amazons, also called Renunciates.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Renunciates of Darkover) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Strife - short story by Chel Avery
• Amazon Fragment (excerpt from the first draft of Thendara House) - short fiction by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Broken Vows - short story by Annette Rodriguez
• If Only Banshees Could See - novelette by Janet R. Rhodes
• A Midsummer Night's Gift - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• The Honor of the Guild - short story by Joan Marie Verba
• A Butterfly Season - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• Misjudged Situations - short story by Kelly B. Jaggers
• Awakening - novelette by Mary Fenoglio
• Carlina's Calling - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak [as by Patricia D. Novak]
• A Beginning - short story by Judith Kobylecky
• Set a Thief - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• Shut-in - short story by Jean Lamb
• Danila's Song - short story by Vera Nazarian
• A Proper Escort - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• The Lesson in the Foothills - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• Summer Fair - short story by Emily Alward
• Varzil's Avengers - short story by Diann Partridge [as by Diann S. Partridge]
• To Touch a Comyn - novelette by Andrew Rey
• About Time - short story by Patricia B. Cirone
• Family Visit - short story by Margaret L. Carter
• Dalereuth Guild House - short story by Priscilla W. Armstrong

A collection of tales set on Darkover, the world of the Bloody Sun, ranging from the creation of the Comyn Council to a Terran's first encounter with laran.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Leroni of Darkover) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Building - short story by Lynn Michals
• The Ferment - (1991) - short story by Janet R. Rhodes [as by Janet Rhodes]
• Wings - short story by Diana Gill
• The Rebels - novelette by Deborah J. Mays
• A Dance for Darkover - short story by Vera Nazarian and Diana Perry
• There Is Always Someone - short story by Jacquie Groom
• Reunion - short story by Lawrence Schimel
• A Way Through the Fog - short story by Patricia B. Cirone [as by Patricia Cirone]
• The Gods' Gift - novelette by Mary K. Frey
• The Speaking Touch - short story by Margaret L. Carter [as by Margaret Carter]
• The Bargain - short story by Chel Avery
• The Witch of the Kilghard Hills - short story by Aimee Kratts
• The Gift - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• Invitation to Chaos - novelette by Joan Marie Verba
• The Keeper's Peace - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
• Food for the Worms - short story by Roxana Pierson
• Childish Pranks - short story by Diann Partridge
• Cherilly's Law - short story by Janni Lee Simner
• Avarra's Children - novelette by Dorothy J. Heydt
• The Tower at New Skye - novelette by Priscilla W. Armstrong
• Homecoming - short story by Lana Young
• A Meeting of Minds - short fiction by Elisabeth Waters

An anthology of stories set in the world of the Bloody Sun examines the those gifted with laran--the ability to communicate telepathically with birds and beasts.

Table of Contents:

• Editorial (Towers of Darkover) - (1993) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Love of the Banshee - (1993) - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• The Wind Man - (1993) - novelette by Dorothy J. Heydt
• Shelter - (1993) - short story by Nina Boal
• Carmen's Flight - (1993) - short story by Leslie Roy Carter and Margaret L. Carter [as by Leslie R. Carter and Margaret L. Carter]
• Ten Minutes or So - (1993) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Victory's Cost - (1993) - novelette by Patricia B. Cirone
• Kefan McIlroy Is Snared - (1993) - short story by Aletha Biedermann-Wiens
• Rosa the Washerwoman - (1993) - short story by Mary Ellen Fletcher
• Like a Moth to the Flame - (1993) - novelette by Emily Alward
• A Change of View - (1993) - short story by Judith Kobylecky
• Choices - (1993) - short story by Lynn Michals
• A Lesser Life - (1993) - novelette by Patricia Duffy Novak
• Summer Storms - (1993) - novelette by Glenn R. Sixbury [as by Glenn Sixbury]
• Conscience - (1993) - short story by Alexandra Sarris
• Shame - (1993) - short story by Charley Pearson
• The Frontier - (1993) - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
• The Aillard Anomaly - (1993) - short story by Diann Partridge
• Destined for the Tower - (1993) - short story by Deborah J. Ross and Elisabeth Waters [as by Elisabeth Waters and Deborah Wheeler]
• The Madwoman of the Kilghard Hills - (1993) - short story by Joan Marie Verba
• I'm a Big Cat Now - (1993) - short story by David R. Heydt

This collection of stories, including two never-before-published tales, travels through the history of Darkover, the planet of the Bloody Sun, from the Founding to the time of Recontact.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1993) - essay
• Free Amazons - (1993) - essay
• To Keep the Oath - (1979) - novelette
• Amazon Fragment (excerpt from the first draft of Thendara House) - (1991) - short fiction
• House Rules - (1988) - short story
• Knives - (1985) - short story
• Hilary - (1993) - essay
• Firetrap - (1990) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Elisabeth Waters
• The Keeper's Price - (1978) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Elisabeth Waters
• The Lesson of the Inn - (1978) - short story
• Hilary's Homecoming - (1993) - short story
• Hilary's Wedding - (1993) - novelette
• Rohana - (1993) - essay
• Everything but Freedom - (1987) - novella
• Dyan Ardais - (1993) - essay
• Oathbreaker - (1987) - novelette
• The Hawk-Master's Son - (1980) - short story
• A Man of Impulse - (1993) - novelette
• The Shadow - (1984) - novelette

Noted authors--such as Mercedes Lackey, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Diana Paxson, and others--return to Darkover, the planet of the Bloody Sun where a wall of ice separates man from the snowy wasteland.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (Snows of Darkover) - (1994) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• The Yearbride - (1994) - short story by Lee Martindale
• Cradle of Lies - (1994) - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• Power - (1994) - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• Upholding Tradition - (1994) - short story by Chel Avery
• The Place Between - (1994) - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
• Kadarin Tears - (1994) - novelette by Patricia Duffy Novak
• The Awakening - (1994) - short story by Roxana Pierson
• Safe Passage - (1994) - short story by Joan Marie Verba
• Garron's Gift - (1994) - novelette by Janet R. Rhodes
• The Chieri's Godchild - (1994) - short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• Fire in the Hellers - (1994) - short story by Patricia Shaw Mathews
• A Matter of Perception - (1994) - short story by Lena Gore
• Poetic License - (1994) - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• The Midwinter's Gifts - (1994) - novelette by Jane Edgeworth
• The MacAran Legacy - (1994) - short story by Toni Berry
• The Word of a Hastur - (1994) - short story by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Matrix Blue - (1994) - short story by C. Frances
• Shards - (1994) - short story by Nina Boal
• Briana's Birthright - (1994) - short story by Suzanne Hawkins Burke
• In the Eye of the Beholder - (1994) - short story by Linda Anfuso
• Transformation - (1994) - short story by Alexandra Sarris
• Amends - (1994) - short story by Glenn R. Sixbury
• A Capella - (1994) - short story by Elisabeth Waters

The long-awaited continuation to Marion Zimmer Bradley's popular science fiction Darkover saga

After generations of struggle to protect the unique native culture of Darkover from the ambitions of the ruthless Terran Federation, the Terrans have finally been forced to abandon Darkover due to interstellar civil war.

As Lew Alton--returned home to the world of his birth after decades spent in exile as the Darkovan representative to the Terran Senate--wrestles with the dark shadows from his past, his daughter Marguerida's psychic Gifts warn her of impending danger. But danger to whom? Her husband Mikhail, as powerful head of the Hastur Doman is her most obvious worry, for many would stand to gain from his demise.

Meanwhile, unknown to Marguerida, her son, Domenic, searches for his place in a world of shifting loyalties, torn by love for two very different women, and troubled by his destiny as the heir to Hastur.

But while Darkover's powerful rulers face their personal demons, desperate refugees flood the streets of Thendara, Darkover's capital city, for in the mountains an ancient menace is once again on the rise--a power against which neither sword nor the psychic sorcery of Darkover can prevail.

An exciting fantasy adventure set in Marion Zimmer Bradley's popular world of Darkover

Court life for Prince Gareth Elhalyn, grandson of the legendary Regis Hastur, has become unbearable. In a desperate attempt to escape, Gareth appeals to his powerful grandmother, Linnea, and with her blessing, disguises himself and travels to the barbarous, warlike Dry Towns where no one will recognize a prince. In the Dry Towns, Gareth overhears rumors of deadly, illegal Terran blasters and stumbles upon a terrible reality no one could have suspected.

Meanwhile, Linnea has never ceased to search for her lost daughter, Kierestelli, whom she and Regis were forced to send into hiding with the native chieri. Almost by chance, Linnea reconnects along the telepathic relays with Kierestelli, now called Silvana of Nevarsin Tower. Silvana, convinced that her parents abandoned her, rejects her mother's overture and returns to her hidden home among the chieri. But the chieri once roamed the stars themselves, and they have no forgotten the terror of warfare in space--lessons that they pass on to Silvana.

Unknown to the ruling Comyn, danger now fills the skies above Darkover, and Silvana holds half the key to protecting their world. Gareth holds the other half, if he can only stay alive long enough to discover where that key is....

Sophie had lost a child. She was looking for peace and rest. She didn't know what it was, but Glenraven promised her that. JayJay had bad luck with husbands -- a three-time loser now, all she wanted was to be a million miles away from her small North Carolina town.

Glenraven seemed to be an Alpine principality somewhere in the neighborhood of northern Italy -- according to the unique guidebook advertising Glenraven's charms, obscure, almost non-traversable Alpine passages constituted the only way in. But in reality it was a magic kingdom detached in some strange dimensional way from our world. What the people of Glenraven wanted was a couple of heroes who would free them from a ruler who was quite literally a monster in human guise. What the people of Glenraven got were JayJay and Sophie.They could have done worse.

Kate Beacham had had a bad day. After almost being assaulted in an alley by three masked bigots, she arrived home to find her beloved stallion lying dead in her driveway with a note reading YoU'Re nExt. Too tough a cookie to crumble, Kate got out her shotgun and loaded it. Then she saw the book on her nightstand -- a guide book to a place she had never heard of: Glenraven.

When she opened it, words magically appeared: Get out of the house, quick. Still holding the shotgun, she obeyed; and saw riders on horseback gallop from a hole in midair, pursued by a nightmarish flying thing like a cross between a dragon and a shark. Good thing she had the shotgun, or there would have been no hope for Kate, the riders, and both their worlds.Once before a woman from our world had saved the realm of Glenraven. Now another must do it again -- or her own world will be forfeit, too....

Thorne Blackburn claimed to have magickal powers, to be able to tap into ancient wisdom. Others claimed he was a fake, cheating his many followers out of their money and destroying their free well.

The truth may never be known... one dark, climactic night thirty years ago, Blackburn's most powerful ritual went horribly awry, leaving his flock shattered and one woman dead. Blackburn himself vanished.

Now the scattered remains of Blackburn's followers have rallied around a new leader, the charismatic Justin Pilgrim. Hearing this, Thorne Blackburn's daughter, Truth, returns to the site of her mother's death and father's disappearance.

Truth has many unanswered questions. Where are her long-lost half-siblings? Was her mother's death an accident or murder? Is Pilgrim a charlatan, or are his claimed powers real? If he completes Thorne's ritual, will someone else die?

The answers will lead Truth to a deeply powerful truth of her own, one that will change her life forever.

Winter Musgrave's past is largely blank, her memories missing or tissue-thin. She seem to be possessed--objects shatter when she passes, the corpses of animal appear on her doorstep. And she has the terrible feeling that something horrible happened in her empty past--results of which are now haunting her with unbridled fury.

Seeking help, Winter turns to Truth Jourdemayne and learns that the key to unlocking her lost memories lies within herself--and in the magickal circle of friends in college. But the circle was broken long ago. Winter must reconstruct it is she is to save her life.

Wycherly Musgrave doesn't have good luck with cars and alcohol. Trying to outrun the memory of a young woman he may have killed in a drunk-driving accident, Wych sends his expensive sports car sailing off the road... and, with his usual impossible luck, survives the crash with no more than a few bumps and bruises. the car is totaled, stranding Wycherly in the tiny mountain town of Morton's Fork. Making the best of a bad situation, Wych decides to try to dry out.

Wycherly isn't Morton's Fork's only unusual guest this summer: A movie star has taken up residence in a converted schoolhouse. Sinah Dellon left Morton's Fork as an infant foundling. Now she's come home to learn who her people were - and why she has the ability to read minds. But Sinah's psychic powers do not help her with the townsfolk, who turn from her in fear and hatred.

Equally untrustworthy, according to the residents of Morton's Fork, are the RV-load of researchers from the Bidney Institute, come to investigate centuries of reported hauntings, vanishings, poltergeists, and other phenomena. They too are poking around in things better left unexplored. Before long, Truth Blackburn, heroine of Bradley's novel Ghostlight, discovers that the source of the psychic storm is a renegade Gate - and one with a connection to Truth's own tangled past. But she cannot close the Gate alone, and the true Keeper is nowhere to be found.

In despair, Wycherly Musgrave has made a pact with evil. In fear, Sinah Dellon feels her soul slipping away under attack from a vengeful spirit. In dread, Truth Blackburn must make a great sacrifice to save all the people of Morton's Fork, and the man she loves, from the power of the Gate.

Heartlight is the story of Bradley's greatest champion of good, Colin MacLaren, as he carries the banner of Light through the second half of the twentieth century. Ghostbuster, exorcist, student and teacher of the mystic arts, Colin meets Claire Moffat, who becomes his dearest friend, when he rescues her from a cult bent on human sacrifice.

The leader of that cult, Toller Hasloch, becomes one of Colin's greatest enemies. Working behind the scenes for the next thirty years, Hasloch subtly manipulates politics and the economy to turn America away from the Light. Colin, busy saving lives and teaching the next generation of psychic warriors, realizes almost too late how Hasloch has warped America's promise.

Now, Colin MacLaren is the only one who can face Hasloch and the hellhounds the younger man has unleashed. He must fight on, while the fate of America, and perhaps all mankind, hangs in the balance.

For the Hunters, the Hunt was a religion. The Sacred Prey, sentient beings collected from all over the galaxy, were literally given a fighting chance--they were allowed to choose weapons from an armory with every imaginable weapon and given time to train. Then they were taken to the place of the Hunt, where death awaited them. Those who survived until the eclipse of the red moon, however, were honored by the Hunters and rewarded with all the wealth they could desire. The trick, of course, was surviving.

After surviving the Hunt on the Red Moon, Dane should have been happy to return to civilization, and, for a while, he was. But then he got bored. So when their proto-saurian friend Aratak asked Dane and Rianna to accompany him on a mission to a primitive world, where their fighting skills would be needed for the party's survival, Dane jumped at the chance. He should have remembered the old saying: Be careful what you wish for....

Table of Contents:

• 9 - The Heroic Image of Women: Woman as Wizard and Warrior - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 17 - The Garnet and the Glory - [Frostflower] - short story by Phyllis Ann Karr
• 35 - Severed Heads - [Dread Empire] - novelette by Glen Cook
• 64 - Taking Heart - short story by Stephen L. Burns
• 79 - The Rending Dark - novelette by Emma Bull
• 101 - Gimmile's Songs - [Dossouye] - short story by Charles R. Saunders
• 118 - The Valley of the Troll - [Aynber] - short story by Charles de Lint
• 131 - Imperatrix - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 142 - Blood of Sorcery - [Chronicles of the Cheysuli] - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• 159 - With Four Lean Hounds - novelette by Pat Murphy
• 179 - House in the Forest - short story by Anodea Judith
• 185 - Sword of Yraine - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 201 - Daton and the Dead Things - short story by Michael Ward
• 212 - Gate of the Damned - short story by Janet Fox
• 228 - Child of Orcus - novelette by Robin Wayne Bailey [as by Robin W. Bailey]
• 252 - Things Come in Threes - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 11 - A Night at Two Inns - [Frostflower] - (1985) - novelette by Phyllis Ann Karr
• 34 - The Red Guild - (1985) - novelette by Rachel Pollack
• 64 - Shadow Wood - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - (1985) - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
• 86 - Unicorn's Blood - (1985) - novelette by Bruce D. Arthurs
• 109 - The Unshadowed Land - (1985) - short story by C. J. Cherryh
• 119 - Shimenege's Mask - [Dossouye] - (1985) - short story by Charles R. Saunders
• 137 - The Black Tower - (1985) - short story by Stephen L. Burns [as by Stephen Burns]
• 155 - The Lady and the Tiger - [Tiger and Del] - (1985) - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• 172 - Fireweb - (1985) - novelette by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 200 - Cold Blows the Wind - [Angharad] - (1985) - short story by Charles de Lint
• 214 - Sword of the Mother - (1985) - short story by Dana Kramer-Rolls
• 226 - Hunger - (1985) - short story by Russ Garrison
• 236 - On First Looking into Bradley's Guidelines, or Stories I Don't Want to Read Either - (1985) - poem by Elizabeth Thompson
• 239 - The Chosen Maiden - (1985) - short story by Raul S. Reyes [as by Raul Reyes]
• 251 - Red Pearls - (1985) - short story by Richard Corwin
• 266 - The Wound in the Moon - (1985) - novelette by Vera Nazarian

Table of Contents:

• 7 - The Evolution of Women's Fantasy - (1986) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 11 - Dragon-Amber - (1986) - novelette by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 34 - Enter the Wolf - (1986) - short story by A. D. Overstreet
• 47 - Valley of the Shadow - (1986) - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• 54 - The Song and the Flute - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - (1986) - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 66 - Journeytime - (1986) - novelette by Dana Kramer-Rolls
• 90 - Orpheus - (1986) - short story by Mary Frances Zambreno
• 96 - Scarlet Eyes - (1986) - short story by Millea Kenin
• 112 - The River of Tears - (1986) - short story by Anodea Judith
• 122 - Fresh Blood - (1986) - novelette by Polly B. Johnson
• 155 - The Mist on the Moor - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - (1986) - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 173 - Bargains - (1986) - short story by Elizabeth Moon
• 179 - A Woman's Privilege - (1986) - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• 194 - Talla - (1986) - short story by J. Edwin Andrews
• 201 - Tupilak - (1986) - short story by Terry Tafoya
• 211 - Sword Sworn - [Vows and Honor] - (1986) - novelette by Mercedes Lackey (variant of Sword-Sworn)
• 238 - A Tale from Hendry's Mill - (1986) - short story by Melissa Carpenter
• 246 - S.A.R. - (1986) - short story by Patricia B. Cirone
• 262 - More's the Pity - (1986) - short story by L. D. Woeltjen
• 269 - Marwe's Forest - [Dossouye] - (1986) - short story by Charles R. Saunders
• 282 - The Hunters - (1986) - short story by Mavis J. Andrews

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 13 - A Tale of Heroes - [Vows and Honor] - novelette by Mercedes Lackey
• 35 - The Woodland of Zarad-Thra - novelette by Robin Wayne Bailey [as by Robin W. Bailey]
• 59 - The Weeping Oak - [Angharad] - short story by Charles de Lint
• 73 - Gullrider - short story by Dave Smeds
• 92 - Blood Dancer - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 108 - Kayli's Fire - short story by Paula Helm Murray
• 123 - The Ring of Lifari - short story by Josepha Sherman
• 137 - Rite of Passage - [Tiger and Del] - novelette by Jennifer Roberson
• 160 - The Eyes of the Gods - short story by Richard Corwin
• 169 - Fate and the Dreamer - short story by Millea Kenin
• 180 - The Noonday Witch - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - novelette by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 201 - Redeemer's Riddle - novelette by Stephen L. Burns
• 222 - The Tree-Wife of Arketh - short story by Syn Ferguson
• 234 - Spell of Binding - short story by Richard Cornell
• 250 - Storm God - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 259 - Die Like a Man - short story by L. D. Woeltjen
• 274 - Death and the Ugly Woman - short story by Bruce D. Arthurs
• 283 - Bloodstones - short story by Deborah M. Vogel

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction or Something - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 9 - Sorcerer's Pet - short story by Margaret L. Carter
• 20 - Into the Green - [Angharad] - short story by Charles de Lint
• 33 - Eyes of the Laemi - short story by Janet Fox
• 50 - Jewels - short story by Linda Gordon
• 59 - Dance of the Healer - short story by M. R. Hildebrand
• 75 - One Night at the Inn - short story by Millea Kenin
• 83 - Keys - [Vows and Honor] - novelette by Mercedes Lackey
• 104 - Drum Duel - short story by Gerald Perkins
• 117 - The Eye of Toyur - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 130 - Peet's Bride - short story by Dana Kramer-Rolls
• 138 - Warrior's Way - novelette by A. D. Overstreet
• 159 - Spoils of War - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• 164 - Cholin of Carnel - short story by B. A. Rolls
• 182 - Rite of Vengeance - novelette by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 206 - Bloodstone - short story by Mary Frances Zambreno
• 214 - Sword Singer - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 222 - Stormbringer - short story by Steve Tymon
• 232 - Sorceress of the Gulls - short story by Dave Smeds
• 250 - Runaways - short story by Josepha Sherman
• 263 - The Golden Egg - short story by Morning Glory Zell
• 272 - Revised Standard Virgin - short story by Rick Cook
• 281 - Dragon Lovers - short story by Cynthia Drolet

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 11 - Equona's Mare - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 28 - The Hand of Fatima - short story by Shariann Lewitt
• 41 - Commencement - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• 48 - A Lesser of Evils - short story by Morning Glory Zell
• 67 - And Sáavüld Danced... - short story by Kier Neustaedter
• 77 - Stone of Light - short story by Linda Gordon
• 82 - Change of Command - short story by Nancy Jane Moore
• 95 - The Starry King - short story by Vera Nazarian
• 107 - Mirror Image - short story by Nina Boal
• 114 - Sleeping Dogs - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• 127 - Shadowlands - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• 140 - The Making of a Legend - [Vows and Honor] - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• 154 - Burnt Offerings - short story by Mary Fenoglio
• 170 - Ratsbane - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 184 - Wolf Hunt - short story by Bobbi Miller
• 201 - Pearl - short fiction by Carl Thelen
• 205 - Name of the Demoness - short story by Jessie D. Eaker
• 213 - Hands - short story by Lois Tilton
• 231 - Wolfrunner - short story by Mary E. Choo
• 249 - Until We Meet Again - short story by J. A. Brebner
• 267 - Black Wolf - short story by Gemma Tarlach

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 10 - At the Tolling of Midnight - short story by Stephanie Shaver
• 15 - The Buddy System - short story by Laura Thurston
• 27 - The Cloud of Evil - short story by Mark Tompkins
• 44 - Heart of the Matter - short story by Rowena A. Bathgate
• 49 - A Wolf in the Fold - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 62 - A Thing of Love - short story by Vera Nazarian
• 75 - The Sword Slave - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 91 - Festival Gatherers - short story by Diann Partridge
• 106 - The Talisman - [Vows and Honor] - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• 123 - Widow - short story by Kathleen A. Varnado
• 126 - Just Desserts - short story by Elizabeth McCoy
• 128 - Mending Wounds - short story by Gary Jonas
• 139 - St. George and the Dragon (Revised) - short story by Nancy Jane Moore
• 141 - Her Father's Daughter - short story by Sue Isle
• 147 - Winterkill - [Nightseer] - novelette by Laurell K. Hamilton
• 171 - Staying Behind - short story by Jessie D. Eaker
• 183 - Hawk's Hill - short story by Gary Herring
• 199 - Waterwise - short story by Mary Frey
• 209 - The Second Song - short story by Isabel Cole [as by I. F. Cole]
• 215 - The Thorny Path to Wizardry - short story by Lawrence Schimel
• 218 - Grim Calling - short story by Patricia B. Cirone
• 228 - Winter's Daughter - short story by Diane Burrell
• 246 - The Bridge Over Darikill Fel - novelette by Stephen L. Burns
• 272 - Warrior's Oath - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• 284 - Lost Souls - short story by Alison Brooks

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 10 - Masks - short story by Deborah Burros
• 15 - Wings of Fire - [Vows and Honor] - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• 34 - Geese - short story by Laurell K. Hamilton
• 47 - Marayd's Escape - short story by Rima Saret
• 64 - She Who Shields - short story by Gary W. Herring
• 84 - Fair Play - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• 91 - Kayli Kidnapped - short story by Paula Helm Murray
• 111 - Ytarra's Mirror - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 128 - Heart's Desires - short story by Walter L. Kleine
• 141 - A Throw of the Dice - short story by Nancy L. Pine
• 152 - Song of the Dragon - short story by Andrea Pelleschi
• 166 - Beauty and His Beast - short story by Vera Nazarian
• 180 - Shards of Crystal - short story by Stephanie Shaver
• 186 - Spellbinder - short story by Rosemary Edghill [as by Eluki bes Shahar]
• 199 - The Price of the Wind - short story by Josepha Sherman
• 207 - Stained Glass - short story by Linda Gordon
• 216 - East of the Dawn - short story by Jere Dunham
• 226 - Trading Swords - short story by Dave Smeds
• 241 - Out of the Frying Pan - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• 251 - Edyth Among the Trolls - short story by Lois Tilton
• 265 - The Opal Skull - short story by Cynthia Ward
• 281 - Retirement Plan - short story by Margaret Howes

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 10 - Slave to the Sword - short story by Tanya Beaty
• 18 - Shadows Do Not Bleed - short story by Bruce D. Arthurs
• 26 - Beastly! - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• 34 - Piper - short story by Susan Hanniford Crowley
• 40 - Stopthrust - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 59 - Elynne Dragonchild - short story by Phil Brucato
• 72 - Freeing Souls - short story by Lisa Deason
• 80 - Blademistress - short story by Jessie D. Eaker
• 92 - Sorcerers' Gate - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
• 103 - The Birthday Gift - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• 112 - Tangled Webs - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 126 - Winterwood - short story by Stephanie Shaver [as by Stephanie D. Shaver]
• 130 - Red Wings - short story by Josepha Sherman
• 148 - Above the Ground - short story by Eric Haines
• 158 - On a Night Like Any Other - short story by Mark Tompkins
• 162 - A Woman's Weapon - [Vows and Honor] - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• 179 - Behind the Waterfall - short story by Mary Frey
• 195 - Hoard - short story by Steven Piziks
• 207 - Queen of the Dead - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 224 - The Flower That Does Not Wither - short story by Dave Smeds
• 242 - To Have and to Hold - short story by Linda Gordon
• 246 - The Catalyst - short story by Lee Ann Martins
• 261 - Breaking Walls - short story by Leslie Ann Miller
• 268 - The Enchanted Frog - novelette by Cynthia Ward [as by Cynthia L. Ward]
• 290 - The Price of the Gods - short story by Roxana Pierson
• 297 - Tiger's Eye - short fiction by Syne Mitchell

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction: The Sense of Wonder - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 11 - Lorelei - short story by Tina Good
• 19 - Falcon's Shadow - [Shanna of Sharteyn] - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 39 - The Proper Balance - short story by Robyn McGrew
• 46 - The Gift of Minerva - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 56 - Friendly Fire - [Vows and Honor] - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• 71 - Heart in a Box - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• 77 - Dance of Death - short story by Donna Bocian Currie
• 81 - Earth, Air, Fire, and Water - short story by Kirsten M. Corby
• 92 - Fealty - short story by Kati Dougherty-Carthum [as by Kati Dougherty]
• 99 - Hunt for the Queen's Beast - short story by J. M. Cressy
• 113 - Robes - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
• 128 - Bonds of Light - short story by Vera Nazarian
• 140 - Night, Who Creeps Through Keyholes - short story by Francesca Myman
• 150 - Oaths - short story by Leslie Ann Miller
• 163 - Double Vision - short story by Lucas K. Law
• 172 - The Phoenix Medallion - short story by Diann Partridge
• 184 - A Run in the Forest - short story by David A. Pillard
• 192 - Old Age and Treachery ... - short story by Nancy L. Pine
• 197 - In Sheep's Clothing - short story by Lawrence Schimel
• 202 - Her Mother's Sword - short story by Stephanie Shaver
• 217 - The Sorceress' Apprentice - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 226 - Mage-Sight - short story by Lynne Alisse Witten
• 236 - Ether and the Skeptic - short story by Katy Huth Jones
• 246 - The Limwitch - short fiction by Rebekah Jensen
• 250 - Smile of the Goddess - short story by Lorina J. Stephens
• 258 - Just Reward - short story by Karen Luk
• 263 - Boys Will Be Girls - short story by Vicki Kirchhoff
• 274 - Taking Shape - short story by Lisa Deason
• 282 - Justice Is Mine - short story by Carolee J. Edwards

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction (Sword And Sorceress XI) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 9 - Call the Wild Horses - short story by Bunnie Bessel [as by Bunnie Bessell]
• 26 - Keepsake - short story by Lynn Michals
• 31 - Spirit Singer - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 50 - Final Exam - short story by Jessica R. Lerbs
• 53 - The Stratmoor Bear - short story by Charley Pearson
• 61 - Grumble Snoot - short story by Vaughn Heppner
• 78 - Tales - short story by Javonna L. Anderson
• 84 - Maggot's Feast - short story by Jo Clayton
• 100 - Moonriders - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• 107 - Thief, Thief! - short story by Mary Catelli
• 111 - Healing - short story by Hannah Blair
• 116 - Virgin Spring - short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• 125 - The Haven - short story by Judith Kobylecky
• 129 - Savior - short story by Tom Gallier
• 133 - Bad Luck and Curses - short story by Jessie D. Eaker [as by Jessie Eaker]
• 150 - The Mistress' Riddle - short story by Karen Luk
• 157 - Rusted Blade - short story by Dave Smeds
• 173 - Images of Love - short story by Larry Tritten
• 189 - A Fate Worse Than Death - short story by Diann Partridge
• 199 - Power Play - short story by Sandra Morrese
• 206 - Fenwitch - short story by Sarah Evans
• 213 - Green-Eyed Monster - short story by Vicki Kirchhoff
• 226 - Snowfire - short story by Denise Lopes Heald [as by D. Lopes Heald]
• 234 - Ancient Warrior - short story by Stephanie Shaver
• 244 - Barbarian Legacy - (1994) - short story by Lawrence Schimel
• 249 - Mist - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 263 - Songhealer - short story by Tammi Labrecque
• 273 - The Sow's Ear - short story by Kathy Ann Trueman
• 277 - Poisoned Dreams - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 289 - Night-Beast - short story by Cynthia Ward
• 297 - The Gift - short story by Rochelle Marie
• 300 - The Crystal Casket - short story by Kristine Sprunger
• 303 - Ringed In - short story by Mildred Perkins

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 11 - Demon in Glass - short story by John P. Buentello
• 23 - Does the Shoe Fit You Now? - short story by Carolyn J. Bahr
• 29 - A Lynx and a Bastard - novelette by Karen Luk
• 52 - Dragonskin Boots - short story by Lisa Silverthorne [as by L. S. Silverthorne]
• 61 - Truth - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• 70 - Skins - [Skin] - short story by Heather Rose Jones
• 81 - Though the World Is Darkness - short story by Lisa Deason
• 90 - Hemparius the Trader - short story by Valerie Atkinson Gawthrop
• 103 - Chance - novelette by Tom Gallier
• 124 - Touched by the Gods - novelette by Deborah Millitello
• 172 - Shadow Harper - short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• 185 - The Stone Face, the Giant, and the Paradox - (1995) - novelette by Vera Nazarian
• 209 - Wormwood - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 222 - Silverblade - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 241 - A Dragon in Distress - [Vows and Honor] - novelette by Mercedes Lackey and Elisabeth Waters
• 264 - Stone Spirit - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
• 286 - Garden of Glories - (1995) - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• 303 - Stealing the Power - short story by Linda J. Dunn
• 310 - The Lost Path - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
• 327 - Winter Roses - short story by Patricia Sayre McCoy
• 343 - Amber - short story by Syne Mitchell
• 1488 - Promise to Angel - novelette by Stephanie Shaver

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - (1996) - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 9 - Patience - (1996) - short story by Jo Clayton
• 24 - Sun Dancer - (1996) - short story by Leslie Ann Miller
• 44 - Spider's Offer - (1996) - novelette by Charles M. Saplak
• 71 - More Than One Way - [Skin] - (1996) - short story by Heather Rose Jones
• 86 - Daelith's Bargain - (1996) - short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• 101 - The Spirit Arrow - (1996) - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 117 - The Choosing - (1996) - short story by John P. Buentello
• 127 - Tortoise Weeps - (1996) - novelette by Marella Sands
• 148 - What the Gods Will - (1996) - short story by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury
• 164 - Double Blind - (1996) - short story by Syne Mitchell
• 174 - Patchwork Magic - (1996) - short story by P. Andrew Miller
• 193 - Twilight - (1996) - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
• 215 - Personal Need - (1996) - short story by Lynn Michals
• 220 - Catriona's Daughters - (1996) - short story by Andrea J. Horlick
• 236 - The Whisht Hound's Bone - (1996) - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 253 - The Werewolf's Final Lesson - (1996) - short story by Joette Rozanski [as by Joette M. Rozanski]
• 263 - The Curse of Tanit - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - (1996) - novelette by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 289 - Dual - (1996) - short story by Quinn Weller
• 298 - Spirit Quest - (1996) - short story by Kathryne Kennedy
• 317 - Crow Feathers - (1996) - short story by Lawrence Schimel
• 324 - Jewel-Bright - (1996) - short story by Stephanie Shaver [as by Stephanie D. Shaver]
• 344 - The Comforter - (1996) - short story by Jean Marie Egger

Table of Contents:

• 11 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 14 - The Bargain - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 28 - The Impression of Power - short story by Lee Martindale
• 36 - The Naming of Names - short story by Adrienne Martine-Barnes
• 51 - The Changelings - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 70 - Death-Hunt - short story by Raul S. Reyes
• 89 - A Single Soul - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 108 - The Needle and the Sword - short story by Jessie D. Eaker
• 125 - Small Considerations - short story by Judith Fielder Leggett
• 130 - If You Can't Stand the Heat ... - short story by P. E. Cunningham
• 144 - Silver Bands - short story by Syne Mitchell
• 160 - The Hand of a Lady - short story by Anne Cutrell
• 165 - To Have and To Hold - short story by K. D. Barnes
• 177 - A Knight on Tower Hill - short story by Kathrina Bood
• 187 - The Longest Night - short story by Lisa Silverthorne [as by Lisa S. Silverthorne]
• 191 - Blood Moon - novelette by Cynthia Ward
• 212 - By the Skin of Her Teeth - [Skin] - short story by Heather Rose Jones
• 226 - Friends in High Places - short fiction by Christina Krueger
• 230 - The Blade of Unmaking - [Treasures of Albion - 1] - novelette by Elisabeth Waters
• 252 - The Stone-Weaver's Tale - short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• 270 - The Hollow Dancer - short story by Mary Soon Lee
• 279 - La Faie Suiateih - short story by Lisa Deason
• 289 - Vengeance - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 306 - The Moongate Troll - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
• 325 - Lifestone - short story by Mary Catelli
• 335 - White Elephants - short story by Christopher Kempke
• 340 - Traveler's Aide - short story by Kathi Thompson
• 346 - The Last Word (Sword and Sorceress XIV) - essay by Rachel E. Holmen

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 10 - With a Warrior's Soul - short story by John P. Buentello
• 19 - Perseverance - short story by Deborah Burros
• 23 - Where There Is Smoke - short story by Mary Catelli
• 35 - Unbinding Spell - short story by Andrea Chodan
• 48 - Cecropia - short story by Susan Hanniford Crowley
• 61 - To Live Forever - short story by Jessie D. Eaker
• 77 - Queen's Anvil - short story by Sarah Lyons
• 94 - The Sick Rose - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 114 - Skin Deep - [Skin] - short story by Heather Rose Jones
• 133 - One Last Dragon, One Last Time - short story by Catherine McBride [as by Cath McBride]
• 139 - Under Her Wing - short story by Devon Monk
• 144 - Shimmering Scythe - short story by Vera Nazarian
• 161 - Spring Snow - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 181 - Oaths - short story by Lynn Morgan Rosser
• 186 - Something Precious - short story by Carol Tompkins
• 196 - All These Days - short story by Peter Trachtenberg
• 207 - His Heart of Stone - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 223 - A Matter of Names - novelette by Cynthia Ward
• 250 - The Dragon's Horde - short story by Elisabeth Waters and Raul S. Reyes
• 268 - The Phoenix Blade - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 285 - The Smell of Magic - short story by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury
• 300 - Seal-Woman's Power - short story by Paul Edwin Zimmer

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 4 - The Kappa's Gift - short story by Fujiko
• 15 - The Changeless Room - short story by Charlotte Carlson
• 29 - Isabelle and the Siren - short story by Mary Catelli
• 36 - Dragon's Tear - short story by Sonya Fedotowsky
• 42 - A Sister's Blood - short story by Patricia B. Cirone
• 51 - Changed - novelette by Lisa Deason
• 71 - The Power to Change the Shape of the Land - short story by Dayle A. Dermatis
• 77 - The Frog Prince - short story by Linda J. Dunn
• 83 - Honey from the Rock - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 101 - The Will of the Wind - short story by Christina Krueger
• 111 - Moonlight on Water - short story by Carol E. Leever
• 131 - Nine Springs - short story by Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch
• 144 - Mistweaver - short story by Terry McGarry
• 150 - Waking the Stone Maiden - short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• 166 - City of No-Sleep - short story by Vera Nazarian
• 180 - Daughter of the Bear - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 196 - The Wishing Stones - short story by Lisa Silverthorne [as by Lisa S. Silverthorne]
• 201 - A Fool's Game - short story by Selina Rosen
• 209 - The Anvil of Her Pride - short story by Lawrence Schimel
• 223 - The Dancing Men of Ballyben - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 236 - Salt & Sorcery - [Treasures of Albion - 2] - novelette by Elisabeth Waters and Michael Spence
• 258 - Weaving Spells - [Legends of Ethshar] - short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• 271 - Enaree, An Azkhantian Tale - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 288 - The Day They Ran Out of Princesses - short story by Gail Sosinsky Wickman
• 300 - Taking Flight - short story by Susan Wolven
• 304 - The Vision That Appeared - short story by Katherine L. Rogers

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• 5 - Memories of the Sea - short story by Dave Coleman-Reese
• 16 - Free Passage - short story by Mary Catelli
• 30 - The Conjuror's Light - novelette by Lisa Campos
• 55 - My Sister's Song - short story by T. Borregaard
• 69 - The Summons - short story by Bunnie Bessel [as by Bunnie Bessell]
• 88 - Luz - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
• 102 - Caelqua's Spring - short story by Vera Nazarian
• 112 - Deep as Rivers - short story by Cynthia McQuillin
• 130 - Weapons at War - short story by Charles Richard Laing
• 135 - Hell Hath No Fury... - short story by Lee Martindale
• 144 - An Exchange of Favors - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 158 - Price of the Sword - short story by Kim Fryer
• 167 - Demon Calling - short story by ElizaBeth Gilligan
• 179 - Nor Iron Bars a Cage - short story by Deborah J. Ross [as by Deborah Wheeler]
• 197 - The Haunting of Princess Elizabeth - short story by Carrie Vaughn
• 217 - Shadow Soul - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 233 - Memories Traced in Snow - novelette by Dave Smeds
• 260 - Valkyrie - short story by Jenn Reese
• 265 - Soul Dance - short story by Lisa Silverthorne
• 278 - Lady of Flame - novelette by Diana L. Paxson
• 299 - The Tears of the Moon - short story by Cynthia Ward

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction - essay by Elisabeth Waters
• 3 - A Passage of Power - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 23 - Lessons Learned - short story by Kati Dougherty-Carthum
• 35 - Kendat's Ax - short story by Jan Combs
• 48 - The Tower of Song - novelette by Howard Holman
• 69 - The Needed Stone - novelette by Denise Lopes Heald
• 90 - Armageddon - short story by Lisa Silverthorne
• 94 - The Land of Graves - short story by Dave Smeds
• 112 - Light - novelette by Susan Urbanek Linville
• 134 - In the Sacred Places of the Earth - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 151 - The Glass Sword - short story by Richard Corwin
• 164 - Bed of Roses - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• 181 - Sword of Peace - short story by Lucy Cohen Schmeidler
• 192 - The Fall of the Kingdom - short story by Mary Soon Lee
• 197 - Arms and the Woman - short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• 214 - The Stone Wives - short story by Michael Chesley Johnson
• 227 - Tiger's Eye - short story by India Edghill
• 245 - Raven-Wings on the Snow - short story by Pauline J. Alama
• 265 - Little Rogue Riding Hood - novelette by Rosemary Edghill
• 287 - The Queen in Yellow - short story by Gerald Perkins
• 297 - Magic Threads - short story by Pete D. Manison

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - essay by Elisabeth Waters
• 11 - The Curse of Ardal Glen - short story by Laura J. Underwood
• 25 - When the King is Weak - short story by Barbara E. Tarbox
• 38 - The Sign of the Boar - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 55 - A Matter of Focus - short story by Penny Buchanan
• 63 - Inner Sight - short story by Susan Wolven
• 70 - Familiars - short story by Michael H. Payne
• 80 - Ordeal - short story by Robyn McGrew
• 98 - Grain - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• 119 - Gifts of the Kami - short story by Carol E. Leever
• 135 - One in Ten Thousand - short story by Aimee Kratts
• 150 - Lord of the Earth - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 167 - Lady of Light - short story by Jennifer Ashley
• 174 - All Too Familiar - short story by P. Andrew Miller
• 182 - Artistic License - short story by Deborah Burros
• 188 - Earth, Wind and Water - short story by Bob Dennis
• 197 - Fire for the Senjen Tiger - short story by Stephen Crane Davidson
• 205 - Fighting Spirit - short story by Karen Magon
• 213 - Pride, Prejudice and Paranoia - [Treasures of Albion - 3] - novelette by Michael Spence
• 242 - A Simple Spell - short story by Marilyn A. Racette
• 246 - Sword of Queens - short story by Bunnie Bessel
• 263 - Better Seen Than Heard - short story by Emily C. A. Snyder
• 272 - Openings - short story by Meg Heydt
• 281 - A Little Magic - short story by P. E. Cunningham
• 299 - Eloma's Second Career - short story by Lorie Calkins
• 312 - Sylvia - short story by A. Hall

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction - essay by Elisabeth Waters and Ann Sharp
• 11 - Bread and Arrows - short story by Deborah J. Ross
• 31 - Mermaid Offerings - short story by Linda J. Dunn
• 38 - Blood Will Tell - [Cynthia, Daughter of Euelpides] - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• 55 - Mairi's Wine - short story by Mara Grey
• 71 - The Mask of Medusa's Daughter - short story by Kathryn J. Brown
• 87 - The Sorcerer of Rasston - short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
• 104 - Legacy - short story by Lisa Deason
• 121 - The Last Swan Princess - short story by Patricia Sayre McCoy
• 138 - Swordtongue - short story by Anne Cutrell
• 152 - Leaves of Iron - novelette by Cynthia McQuillin
• 173 - The Challenge - short story by Richard Calantropio
• 187 - Celtic Beauty - novelette by Winifred Phillips
• 211 - Late Blooming - short story by Margaret L. Carter
• 222 - Swords for Teeth, Mirrors for Eyes - novelette by Charles M. Saplak
• 254 - Shen's Daughter - (2003) - short story by Mary Soon Lee
• 263 - The Robber Girl, the Strangers, and Ole Lukoie - [Frostflower] - novelette by Phyllis Ann Karr
• 284 - Too in the Morning - short story by George Barr
• 293 - The Song of the Stones - short story by Diana L. Paxson
• 312 - Homily - essay by The Rev. C. Robbins Clark

Table of Contents:

• Moonrise - (1988) - short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
• Final Exam - (1988) - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• Counterexample - (1989) - short story by L. A. Taylor
• The Adinkra Cloth - (1989) - short story by Mary C. Aldridge
• To Father a Sohn - (1989) - short story by Patricia B. Cirone
• Born in the Seventh Year - (1989) - short story by Susan Urbanek Linville
• Dragon Three Two Niner - (1989) - short story by Peter L. Manly
• The Case of Kestra - (1989) - short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
• The Palace of al-Tir al-Abtan - (1989) - short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• Nightside - (1989) - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• Aventura - (1989) - short story by Jacqueline Lichtenberg
• Change - (1990) - short story by Jo Clayton
• The Truth about the Lady of the Lake by Phyllis Ann Karr
• The Dancer of Chimaera by Diana L. Paxson
• The Lesser Twin - (1990) - short story by Elisabeth Waters
• The Bane of the Red Queen - (1990) - short story by Kit Wesler
• The Reluctant Vampire - (1990) - short story by Deborah Millitello
• "Be It Ever So Humble" by Tanya Huff

This second volume of The Best of Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine serves up a smorgasbord of magic and adventure. Encompassing a range of fantasy from classical to modern settings, this collection begins with an introduction by Bradley herself, in addition to her introductions to each individual story.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Marion Zimmer BradleyMiracle at Roodwell - (1989) - short story by Brad Strickland
• Under the Skin - (1989) - short story by Deborah J. Ross
• Kill Dance - (1990) - short story by Mary A. Turzillo
• What a Wizard Does - (1990) - short story by Janet Kagan
• Satanic, Versus ... - (1990) - short story by Mercedes Lackey
• Brontharn - (1991) - short story by George Barr
• The Robber Girl, The Sea Witch, and the Little Mermaid's Voice - (1991) - short story by Phyllis Ann Karr
• They Never Approve - (1991) - short story by Selina Rosen
• Never Look at a Gift Sword in the Horse's Mouth (or, The Horse Who Would Be King) - (1992) - short story by Jennifer Roberson
• The White Snake - short fiction by Mara Grey
• Queeneyes - (1993) - short story by Rosemary Edghill
• Arakney's Web - (1993) - short story by Jo Clayton
• The Erin Cory - (1993) - short story by Rebecca Lyons
• The Griffin - (1993) - short story by Barbara Rosen
• Weather Witch - (1990) - short story by Elisabeth Waters

Appeared in Amazing Science Fiction Stories, November 1958, and later in slightly edited form in Ace Double F-153 (1962).

Planet Savers is the first novel set in the world of Darkover in which the Terrans of Gottman IV desperately seek a cure to a disease of epidemic proportions.

Originally appeared in Ace Double F-153 (1962).

After Lew Alton unwittingly roused the fire demon Sharra, the Sword of Aldones was the only weapon that could lay her to rest again. But only one man could wield the sword, and getting it was an even bigger problem.

As a member of the Terran Spaceforce, Jeff Kerwin returns to Darkover, where he had spent his early years in an orphanage, and searches for clues about his true identity.

Star of Danger is a work that stands as a foundation for the bestselling Darkover series, introducing many loyal fans to this wonderful, mysterious world. Two natives of Darkover are forced to combine Darkover matrix magic with Terran technology to stand against a shared enemy.

Originally appeared in Ace Double #89250 (1970).

Dan Barron was a rational and efficient member of the Terran space-force - until nightmare visions drove him from the safety of the trade city into the unmapped heart of the Darkovan mountain ranges. Into an ancient battle that would shape the destiny of more than one world.

The wild and beautiful planet of Darkover becomes the target of the World Wreckers, an intergalactic company that destroys the ecology and economy of a planet so that Terran investors can make a profit in restoring it.

A lost ship from Terran mistakenly lands on a planet with a distant red star. That planet will come to be called Darkover, in this novel that details the crucial early days of the the land readers have grown to love. Although published in 1972, "Darkover Landfall" is viewed as the first novel in the history of Darkover.

Earthmen on Darkover stayed within the shelter of their specially constructed space port. Beyond lay uncharted territory - wild, inhospitable and sinister.

But for space traveller Andrew Carr the desolate planet held an attraction he could not resist. Darkover drew him. Darkover haunted him. And it was the planet's irresistible force that lured his craft to destruction among the unexplored mountains, leaving him alone among the magical people of the ancient planet....

Kennard Alton made the choice to marry a half-Terran, half-Aldaran woman. His two sons, Lewis and Marius, as a result are unable to fit into the Six Domains of the Comyn, the renegade "Seventh Domain" of Aldaran, or the world of the Terrans. This, in turn, leads Lew to his participation in the infamous Sharra Rebellion.

Meanwhile, the orphaned Regis Hastur is caught between following his heart and going on one of the Terran starships, and doing his duty to his grandfather and his family by taking his place in the Comyn Council and marrying. In the end, Lew's desire to break away from family and tradition leaves him closer than ever to his father, even as he wishes he could blame his father for leading him into the tragedy of the Sharra Rebellion.

On the planet of Darkover, the role of women is extremely circumscribed. The women of the Domains are almost entirely ruled by their male relatives, while the women of the Dry Towns are actually chained at the wrists to prevent them from assuming any independence. One of the few ways a woman can gain a measure of freedom is to join the popularly reviled Guild of Renunciates, an organization sworn to reject the oppression--and the protection--of men.

Jaelle n'ha Melora, the daughter of a Domains noblewoman and a Dry Towner, is a Renunciate. Magdalen Lorne, who was raised on Darkover, is an Intelligence operative for the Terran Empire. When Magda's ex-husband is kidnapped by Darkovan bandits, the paths of Jaelle and Magda cross, with profound implications for both women--and both worlds.

On the planet Darkover, a Keeper--the center of a working psychic circle, the manipulator of colossal psychic forces--has traditionally been a virgin female. Callista, powerful Keeper of Arilinn Tower, has resigned her office to marry the Terran, Andrew Carr, who rescued her from her abductors in the previous book, THE SPELL SWORD.

As she struggles to throw off the years of conditioning that kept her mind and body under frighteningly rigid control, her new husband has his own battle with crippling culture shock. Meanwhile, Callista's brother-in-law Damon is conducting his own researches in an attempt to help her; his work, which suggests that a Keeper need not be virgin--nor female--could shake the very foundations of Darkovan society.

The great epic of Darkover did not begin with the Terrans' arrival. For in those years, the power of the matrix was first learned--and misused in a power struggle that could have made Darkover a duplicate of Terra.

What forces would operate if there were two objects that were absolutely identical in form and substance? This problem has occupied both workers in magic and the scientists of physics and psychology. It is the pivot of Marion Zimmer Bradley's novel of Darkover during the final flaming days of the Ages of Chaos.

This is the story of the era when the planet of the Bloody Sun was divided into a hundred warring kingdoms and civilization teetered on the edge of oblivion.

It is the story of Bard di Asturien, ambitious soldier-outlaw, and of his opponent, Varzil the good, who struggled to establish the Compact. And it is also the story of a man from distant Terra named Paul Harrell who was the exact duplicate of Varzil's enemy.

Two to Conquer is a novel of social forces in combat, of the use and misuse of science, of war, of rape, and of witchcraft.

The most dangerous matrix on all Darkover was the legendary Sharra. Embodied in the image of a chained woman, wreathed in flames, it was the last remaining weapon of the Age of Chaos that had almost destroyed civilization on the planet of the Bloody Sun. The Sharra had been exiled off-planet among the far stars of the Terran Empire in the custody of Lew Alton... until he found himself called back to his homeworld to contest his rights.

But once the Sharra was back, the flaming image spread far and wide---and set in motion events that were to change the land, the domains, and the future of Darkover forever....

She had rejected her noble birthright and embraced the freedom only a man could claim. She was Romilly who lived among the beasts of hill and forest and communicated with them, who tried humanity and turned it down for its evils and jealousies. She had the MacAran Gift, the rare Iaran that conferred mastery over hawk and horse.

A romantic fantasy set in a futuristic society divided by two cultures, one male dominated and one egalitarian, where the roles of male and female, love and marriage and justice and injustice are brought sharply into focus.

Part of the multi-volume DARKOVER series, CITY OF SORCERY is the third novel to feature Darkovan Renunciate Jaelle and the Terran Intelligence Agent Magda.

Seven years after the events of THENDARA HOUSE, Jaelle and Magda have acknowledged their profound bond by taking the oath of freemates. They are leading a quiet, fairly uneventful life until they receive evidence that the legendary Dark Sisterhood--a community of wise, psychic women, who observe and manipulate the fates of the people of Darkover--may actually exist. It is said that if anyone manages to reach their ancient, practically inaccessible city, she will get the answers to her most profound questions and have her heart's desire realized.

Jaelle and Magda organize an expedition of Terran and Darkovan women to find this mysterious city of wisdom. But it is no simple journey. The women will find themselves tested by the harsh environment; the unreliable locals they meet along the way; a sinister cabal that has set itself against the Sisterhood; and, most devastatingly, their own doubts and fears.

During the age of The Hundred Kingdoms, a feud between the Hammerfell and Storn leads to the murder of the duke of Hammerfell, the flight of the duchess and her twin sons, Alastair and Conn, and the separation of the twins, an event that could lead to a new beginning -- or destruction.

Leonie Hastur, a powerful telepath and daughter of one of the most powerful ruling clans of Darkover, becomes disturbed by a premonition that something is about to happen that will forever change her world.

Haunted by childhood memories of a strange silver man and a woman in flames, Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, the planet of her birth, where her memories lead her into a trap set centuries before her birth.

After spending her youth in the Terran Empire, Margaret Alton returns to Darkover, the planet of her birth. There she discovers she has the Alton Gift--forced rapport and compulsion--one of the strongest and most dangerous of the inherited "Laran" gifts of the telepathic Comyn--the ruling families of Darkover. And even as she struggles to control her newfound powers, Margaret finds herself falling in love with the Regent to the royal Elhalyn Domain, a man she has been forbidden to marry, for their alliance would irrevocably alter the power balance of their planet!

Traitor's Sun continues the epic saga of Darkover, the award-winning series by Marion Zimmer Bradley. Her most brilliant and popular creation, the Darkover books take readers to a planet torn by rebellion--and struggling for freedom...

Regis Hastur, lord of the most powerful of the seven domains of Darkover, learns that the Terran Federation's operatives are pressuring Darkover to give up its closed world status and become a full member of this intergalactic empire. But Regis knows that if Darkover joins the Federation his beloved home planet will become nothing more than a military hub, sapped of its resources and cultural heritage. Still there are those among Darkover's ruling families who are tempted by the promise of increased technology that membership in the Federation would bring.

Meanwhile, Regis learns that he has an older illegitimate brother, Rinaldo. But his joy in finding his sibling is short-lived, as Regis's enemies try to force him to abdicate leadership of Darkover in favor of his older brother. They hope to manipulate Rinaldo into agreeing to join the Federation. But unbeknownst to anyone, Rinaldo has a plan of his own...

A follow-up to The Ages of Chaos omnibus, Thunderlord is a brand-new novel of the genre-bending Darkover universe, expanded by Marion Zimmer Bradley's collaborator Deborah J. Ross.

Far in Darkover's past, the Ages of Chaos were a time of constant warfare, when immensely powerful psychic weapons ravaged the land and slaughtered entire armies. Perhaps none was more dangerous and unpredictable than the mental Gift to sense--and control--thunderstorms. When the realm of Aldaran and their Scathfell cousins came to blows, that Gift turned the tide of battle, and Aldaran prevailed.

A generation later, the heir to Scathfell, Gwynn, has grown up in the shadow of that conflict, his life shaped by the loss of his entire family. Now he plots his revenge for his family's humiliating defeat by seeking to marry a woman who carries the storm control Gift, so that his sons will be able to wield the terrible power of storms against Aldaran.

Since childhood, Kyria has been able to sense approaching storms. She had never expected to marry a rich man; independent and athletic, she defied tradition by donning her brother's castoff clothing and trapping small game to keep her family from starvation. When Gwynn's emissary arrives with a marriage proposal that will secure her family's financial future, she agrees. Along with her younger sister as her companion, she sets out for Scathfell, where she will be formally wed.

During their passage through rugged mountains, a blizzard drives them to seek shelter in a traveler's hut, where they meet Edric, the young heir to Aldaran.

Edric has inherited the storm control, but he has never dared to use it. His whole life, he has been warned against the consequences, not just to his enemies but to everyone he loves. Now, disguised as an ordinary traveler, he journeys home after years of study, disciplining himself to control his powers.

When he meets Kyria, he senses the presence of the same storm power, but unschooled and dormant. They know each other only as Edric and Kyria--for under shelter truth, all identities are concealed--and are drawn to one another.

Thus begins the saga of two kingdoms, divided by bitter history and present-day suspicions, one armed with devastating power and the other determined to overcome it, no matter what the price. Can their love and resourcefulness overcome even the overwhelming power of a Thunderlord?

Ruwenda is a pleasant, peaceful land-but the magic of its guardian, the Archimage Binah, is waning. Binah must pass along her protectorship to the triplet princess of Ruwenda. She bestows upon the infant girls the power of the rare and mystical Black Trillium-badge of the royal house, symbol of an ancient magic. While the sisters blossom into beautiful young women, neighboring Labornok use a dark magician to sunder Binah's protection. As invaders pour into Ruwenda, the Archimage orders the princesses to flee-and changes them to search for three magical talismans which when brought together will be their only chance to regain their kingdom and free its people. Each must accomplish her task separately-and to succeed, each must also confront and conquer the limits of her own soul.

Seeking a successor in the Princess Mikayla, Haramis, the Archimage and Guardian of her land, strives to train Mikayla in the magic arts, while the reluctant princess considers having to abandon the man she loves for her new calling.