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Errold's Journey • short story by Catherine S. McMullen
The Cat Who Came to Dinner • novelette by Nancy Asire
Winter Death • novella by Michelle Sagara West
A Herald's Rescue • short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
In the Eye of the Beholder • short story by Josepha Sherman
Trance Tower Garrison • novelette by Fiona Patton
Starhaven • novelette by Stephanie Shaver
Rebirth • novelette by Judith Tarr
Brock • novelette by Tanya Huff
True Colors • short story by Michael Longcor
Touches the Earth • short story by Brenda Cooper
Icebreaker • novelette by Rosemary Edghill
Sun in Glory • novelette by Mercedes Lackey]]> 8685 3.83 94021 2671 34861 3.66 3401 132 1223 3.62 4007 170 69803 3.60 1687 102 1967 3.74 15033 1083 2772185 3.67 2515 50 2843985 3.63 1086 13 28045 3.61 1432 67 41194 3.73 2960 175 8691 3.68 3909 156 2736041 3.92 32997 817 2904762 3.66 588 5 32262 3.65 1442 42 6256 3.81 5565 457 2003 14002 0886777208 9780886777203 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575520m/14002.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575520s/14002.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14002.Sword_of_Ice_And_Other_Tales_of_Valdemar 3.58 545
Introduction (Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar) • essay by Mercedes Lackey
Blue Heart • short story by Philip M. Austin and Mercedes Lackey
A Song for No One's Mourning • novelette by Gary A. Braunbeck
A Herald's Honor • short story by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Vkandis' Own • novelette by Ben Ohlander
In the Forest of Sorrows • novelette by John Helfers
Sword of Ice • short story by Mercedes Lackey and John Yezeguielian
Chance • short story by Mark Shepherd
The School Up the Hill • short story by Elisabeth Waters
Song of Valdemar • short story by Kristin Schwengel
Choice • novelette by Michelle West
…Another Successful Experiment • short story by Lawrence Schimel
Blood Ties • short story by Stephanie D. Shaver
A Child's Adventures • short story by Janni Lee Simner
The Salamander • novelette by Richard Lee Byers
Babysitter • short story by Josepha Sherman
Ironrose • short story by Larry Dixon and Mel. White
The Demon's Den • novelette by Tanya Huff
Sunlancer • short story by Philip M. Austin and Mercedes Lackey]]> 8685 3.83 94021 2671 1967 3.74 15033 1083 34861 3.66 3401 132 6256 3.81 5565 457 2905283 3.60 572 8 11508 3.65 1361 144 2845578 3.59 1083 16 11759 3.58 1154 51 721481 3.73 3878 68 723397 3.60 572 8 2799345 3.62 763 32 157655 3.79 2681 109 103053 3.55 1347 25 2772185 3.67 2515 50 237175 3.62 2458 291 32916 3.67 2343 74 1223 3.62 4007 170 8690 3.72 9910 183 1123228 3.56 583 10 1997 13988 0756403251 9780756403256 7 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575485m/13988.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166575485s/13988.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13988.Crossroads_and_Other_Tales_of_Valdemar 3.59 495
Contents
Transmutation by Larry Dixon
The feast of the children by Nancy Asire
Death in Keenspur House by Richard Lee Byers
Dawn of sorrows by Brenda Cooper
Horse of Air by Rosemary Edghill
A change of heart by Sarah A. Hoyt and Kate Paulk
All the ages of man by Tanya Huff
War cry by Michael Longcor
Strength and honor by Ben Ohlander
The blue coat by Fiona Patton
Safe and sound by Stephanie D. Shaver
Song for two voices by Janni Lee Simner
Finding Elvida by Mickey Zucker Reichert
Darkwall's lady by Judith Tarr
Naught but duty by Michael Z. Williamson
Landscape of the imagination by Mercedes Lackey]]> 8685 3.83 94021 2671 8691 3.68 3909 156 186776 3.52 844 66 2779169 3.63 675 38 2845578 3.59 1083 16 1967 3.74 15033 1083 69803 3.60 1687 102 2772185 3.67 2515 50 2843985 3.63 1086 13 237175 3.62 2458 291 34861 3.66 3401 132 41194 3.73 2960 175 8690 3.72 9910 183 38234 3.58 957 47 32262 3.65 1442 42 32916 3.67 2343 74 28045 3.61 1432 67 2005 3103806 0756405289 9780756405281 21 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255817254m/3103806.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255817254s/3103806.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3103806.Moving_Targets_and_Other_Stories_of_Valdemar 3.78 159 Sixteen original stories—set in mercedes lackey’s valdemar universe

Includes a new novella by Mercedes Lackey!

Today’s hottest fantasy authors visit Mercedes Lackey’s bestselling world of Valdemar, adding their own special touches to the ancient land where Heralds “Chosen” from all walks of life by magical horse-like Companions patrol their ancient kingdom, dispensing justice, facing adversaries, and protecting their monarch from whatever threatens. Travel with Tanya Huff, Mickey Zucker Reichert, Fiona Patton, Judith Tarr, Rosemary Edghill, and others in these exciting, all-new stories.]]> 8685 3.83 94021 2671 2736041 3.92 32997 817 237175 3.62 2458 291 34861 3.66 3401 132 32916 3.67 2343 74 2772185 3.67 2515 50 2799345 3.62 763 32 1967 3.74 15033 1083 38234 3.58 957 47 32262 3.65 1442 42 28045 3.61 1432 67 8691 3.68 3909 156 69803 3.60 1687 102 41194 3.73 2960 175 8690 3.72 9910 183 2779169 3.63 675 38 186776 3.52 844 66 2008 948965 0886774578 9780886774578 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240789135m/948965.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240789135s/948965.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/948965.Sword_and_Sorceress_VII 3.85 101 Sword and Sorceress series has always featured the best in contemporary women's fantasy, and this outstanding new volume carries on the tradition! These original stories of brave, talented, and heroic women will take readers through enchanted realms of the imagination into danger both physical and mystical, where the only way to survive is through the power of sword and spell.

Introduction (Sword and Sorceress VII) • (1990) • essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley
At the Tolling of Midnight • (1990) • short story by
The Buddy System • (1990) • short story by Laura Thurston
The Cloud of Evil • (1990) • short story by Mark Tompkins
Heart of the Matter • (1990) • short story by Rowena A. Bathgate
A Wolf in the Fold • (1990) • short story by Deborah Wheeler
A Thing of Love • (1990) • short story by Vera Nazarian
The Sword Slave • (1990) • short story by Diana L. Paxson
Festival Gatherers • (1990) • short story by Diann Partridge
The Talisman • (1990) • short story by Mercedes Lackey
Widow • (1990) • short story by Kathleen A. Varnado
Just Desserts • (1990) • short fiction by Elizabeth McCoy
Mending Wounds • (1990) • short story by Gary Jonas
St. George and the Dragon (Revised) • (1990) • short fiction by Nancy Jane Moore
Her Father's Daughter • (1990) • short story by Sue Isle
Winterkill • (1990) • novelette by Laurell K. Hamilton
Staying Behind • short story by Jessie D. Eaker
Hawk's Hill • (1990) • short story by Gary Herring
Waterwise • (1990) • short story by Mary Frey
The Second Song • (1990) • short story by I.F. Cole
The Thorny Path to Wizardry • (1990) • short fiction by Lawrence Schimel
Grim Calling • (1990) • short story by Patricia B. Cirone
Winter's Daughter • (1990) • short story by Diane Burrell
The Bridge Over Darikill Fel • (1990) • novelette by Stephen L. Burns
Warrior's Oath • (1990) • short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Lost Souls • (1990) • short fiction by Alison Brooks]]> 11359 3.85 47328 2657 2772185 3.67 2515 50 2914143 3.84 102 0 2914144 3.81 185 1 356194 3.75 2380 29 186145 3.86 1494 29 2914151 3.84 102 0 34850 3.67 12602 391 2905651 3.83 688 3 8685 3.83 94021 2671 2914159 3.84 102 0 65213 3.83 121 0 250470 3.74 175 8 1339327 3.85 226 3 2914163 3.84 102 0 9550 3.86 135346 6115 2909899 3.79 498 5 2914168 3.84 102 0 2905583 3.75 302 2 2914172 3.84 102 0 157655 3.79 2681 109 2909328 3.83 877 12 2914176 3.84 102 0 331328 3.74 360 6 2905561 3.81 1344 12 952484 3.83 110 0 1907672 3.82 534 5 1990 1102041 0886775523 9780886775520 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228697270m/1102041.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228697270s/1102041.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102041.Sword_and_Sorceress_X 3.86 100 Lorelei • (1993) • short story by Tina Good
Falcon's Shadow • (1993) • short story by Diana L. Paxson
The Proper Balance • (1993) • short story by Robyn McGrew
The Gift of Minerva • (1993) • short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
Friendly Fire • (1993) • short story by Mercedes Lackey
Heart in a Box • (1993) • short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Dance of Death • (1993) • short story by Donna Bocian Currie
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water • (1993) • short story by Kirsten M. Corby
Fealty • (1993) • short story by Kati Dougherty-Carthum
Hunt for the Queen's Beast • (1993) • short story by J.M. Cressy
Robes • (1993) • short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
Bonds of Light • (1993) • short story by Vera Nazarian
Night, Who Creeps Through Keyholes • (1993) • short story by Francesca Myman
Oaths • (1993) • short story by Leslie Ann Miller
Double Vision • (1993) • short story by Lucas K. Law
The Phoenix Medallion • (1993) • short story by Diann Partridge
A Run in the Forest • (1993) • short story by David A. Pillard
Old Age and Treachery… • (1993) • short story by Nancy L. Pine
In Sheep's Clothing • (1993) • short story by Lawrence Schimel
Her Mother's Sword • (1993) • short story by Stephanie D. Shaver
The Sorceress' Apprentice • (1993) • short story by Deborah Wheeler
Mage-Sight • (1993) • short story by Lynne Alisse Witten
Ether and the Skeptic • (1993) • short story by Katy Huth Jones
The Limwitch • (1993) • short fiction by Rebekah Jensen
Smile of the Goddess • (1993) • short story by Lorina J. Stephens
Just Reward • (1993) • short story by Karen Luk
Boys Will Be Girls • (1993) • short story by Vicki Kirchhoff
Taking Shape • (1993) • short story by Lisa Deason
Justice Is Mine • (1993) • short fiction by Carolee J. Edwards]]> 11359 3.85 47328 2657 1907672 3.82 534 5 2914288 3.86 100 1 34850 3.67 12602 391 2904139 3.81 183 4 508806 3.77 2291 27 8685 3.83 94021 2671 2905561 3.81 1344 12 2914294 3.86 100 1 2914295 3.86 100 1 2914296 3.84 162 2 2914298 3.86 100 1 2905589 3.79 1216 10 186145 3.86 1494 29 2914301 3.86 100 1 2914280 3.82 268 3 2914302 3.86 100 1 2905651 3.83 688 3 2914309 3.86 100 1 2914258 3.84 185 1 157655 3.79 2681 109 2772185 3.67 2515 50 356194 3.75 2380 29 2914314 3.86 100 1 2914315 3.86 100 1 2914316 3.86 100 1 2914318 3.86 100 1 2914319 3.82 272 4 2914320 3.82 182 3 2914326 3.86 100 1 2914274 3.79 511 6 1993 1102042 0886776570 9780886776572 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102042.Sword_and_Sorceress_XII 3.80 88 Demon in Glass • (1995) • short story by John P. Buentello
Does the Shoe Fit You Now? • (1995) • short story by Carolyn J. Bahr
A Lynx and a Bastard • (1995) • novelette by Karen Luk
Dragonskin Boots • (1995) • short story by L.S. Silverthorne
Truth • (1995) • short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Skins • (1995) • short story by Heather Rose Jones
Though the World Is Darkness • (1995) • short story by Lisa Deason
Hemparius the Trader • (1995) • short story by Valerie Atkinson Gawthrop
Chance • (1995) • novelette by Tom Gallier
Touched by the Gods • (1995) • novelette by Deborah Millitello
Shadow Harper • (1995) • short story by Cynthia McQuillin
The Stone Face, the Giant, and the Paradox • (1995) • novelette by Vera Nazarian
Wormwood • (1995) • short story by Laura J. Underwood
Silverblade • (1995) • short story by Deborah Wheeler
A Dragon in Distress • (1995) • novelette by Mercedes Lackey and Elisabeth Waters
Stone Spirit • (1995) • novelette by Diana L. Paxson
Garden of Glories • (1995) • short story by Jennifer Roberson
Stealing the Power • (1995) • short story by Linda J. Dunn
The Lost Path • (1995) • short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
Winter Roses • (1995) • short story by Patricia Sayre McCoy
Amber • (1995) • short story by Syne Mitchell
Promise to Angel • (1995) • novelette by Stephanie D. Shaver ]]> 11359 3.85 47328 2657 531066 3.80 88 1 2914374 3.84 283 6 2914375 3.81 90 1 2914319 3.82 272 4 876039 3.69 466 26 2905561 3.81 1344 12 2909900 3.81 392 12 2914274 3.79 511 6 2914383 3.81 90 1 2914353 3.80 172 3 2903531 3.76 127 3 2905548 3.79 970 13 186145 3.86 1494 29 127086 3.81 969 23 356194 3.75 2380 29 8685 3.83 94021 2671 721481 3.73 3878 68 34850 3.67 12602 391 8659 3.87 8188 321 890302 3.78 300 11 2905589 3.79 1216 10 2914410 3.78 156 2 527822 3.89 458 26 2772185 3.67 2515 50 1991 1102043 0886774861 9780886774868 0 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228878877m/1102043.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1228878877s/1102043.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1102043.Sword_and_Sorceress_VIII 3.82 85 Masks • (1991) • short story by Deborah Burros
Wings of Fire • (1991) • short story by Mercedes Lackey
Geese • (1991) • short story by Laurell K. Hamilton
She Who Shields • (1991) • short story by Gary W. Herring
Fair Play • (1991) • short story by Jennifer Roberson
Kayli Kidnapped • (1991) • short story by Paula Helm Murray
Ytarra's Mirror • (1991) • short story by Diana L. Paxson
Heart's Desires • (1991) • short story by Walter L. Kleine
A Throw of the Dice • (1991) • short story by Nancy L. Pine
Song of the Dragon • (1991) • short story by Andrea Pelleschi
Beauty and His Beast • (1991) • short story by Vera Nazarian
Shards of Crystal • (1991) • short story by Stephanie D. Shaver
Spellbinder • (1991) • short story by Eluki bes Shahar
The Price of the Wind • (1991) • short story by Josepha Sherman
Stained Glass • (1991) • short story by Linda Gordon
East of the Dawn • (1991) • short story by Jere Dunham
Trading Swords • (1991) • short story by Dave Smeds
Out of the Frying Pan • (1991) • short story by Elisabeth Waters
Edyth Among the Trolls • (1991) • short story by Lois Tilton
The Opal Skull • (1991) • short story by Cynthia Ward
Retirement Plan • (1991) • short story by Margaret Howes]]> 11359 3.85 47328 2657 1907672 3.82 534 5 2914203 3.81 204 2 8685 3.83 94021 2671 9550 3.86 135346 6115 2914205 3.82 85 0 8659 3.87 8188 321 2914037 3.78 159 0 34850 3.67 12602 391 2914207 3.82 85 0 2914258 3.84 185 1 2914259 3.82 85 0 186145 3.86 1494 29 2772185 3.67 2515 50 108260 3.64 516 27 1223 3.62 4007 170 98901 3.82 515 17 2914261 3.82 85 0 384978 3.68 692 20 721481 3.73 3878 68 127651 3.64 518 19 1088074 3.76 363 8 622347 3.82 85 0 1991 1108775 0886775094 9780886775094 1 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240792955m/1108775.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1240792955s/1108775.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1108775.Sword_and_Sorceress_IX 3.76 83 Slave to the Sword • (1992) • short story by Tanya Beaty
Shadows Do Not Bleed • (1992) • short story by Bruce D. Arthurs
Beastly! • (1992) • short story by Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Piper • (1992) • short story by Susan Hanniford Crowley
Stopthrust • (1992) • short story by Diana L. Paxson
Elynne Dragonchild • (1992) • short story by Phil Brucato
Freeing Souls • (1992) • short story by Lisa Deason
Blademistress • (1992) • short story by Jessie D. Eaker
Sorcerers' Gate • (1992) • short story by Patricia Duffy Novak
The Birthday Gift • (1992) • short story by Elisabeth Waters
Tangled Webs • (1992) • short story by Laura J. Underwood
Winterwood • (1992) • short story by Stephanie D. Shaver
Red Wings • (1992) • short story by Josepha Sherman
Above the Ground • (1992) • short story by Eric Haines
On a Night Like Any Other • (1992) • short story by Mark Tompkins
A Woman's Weapon • (1992) • short story by Mercedes Lackey
Behind the Waterfall • (1992) • short story by Mary Frey
Hoard • (1992) • short story by Steven Piziks
Queen of the Dead • (1992) • short story by Dorothy J. Heydt
The Flower that Does Not Wither • (1992) • short story by Dave Smeds
To Have and to Hold • (1992) • short story by Linda Gordon
The Catalyst • (1992) • short story by Lee Ann Martins
Breaking Walls • (1992) • short story by Leslie Ann Miller
The Enchanted Frog • (1992) • novelette by Cynthia L. Ward
The Price of the Gods • (1992) • short story by Roxana Pierson
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