Bard's Road: The Collected Fiction of Lee Martindale

by Lee Martindale

"A Bard is one who walks between the worlds." And for more than two decades, Lee Martindale has walked between the worlds of fiction and non-fiction, small press and major houses, print and electronic venues, magazines and anthologies, and multiple genres.

Bard's Road brings together twenty-nine of Lee's short stories, many whose first publications are out of print, plus four never-before-published tales. It's a journey that winds from the keep of a demon baroness through modern-day neighborhoods populated by the weird to the back alleys outside the gates of far-flung spaceports. Join her on the journey, and enjoy the ride.

Cover art and design by Melanie Fletcher. Introduction by Esther Friesner.

374 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 12, 2014

About the author

Writer, editor, and activist Lee Martindale has been called “a force of nature” and “Hell on Wheels” for very good reasons. She's edited a groundbreaking anthology (SUCH A PRETTY FACE), released a CD of original filk music (THE LADIES OF TRADE TOWN) and an audiochapbook CD (TO STAND AS WITNESS: THREE ARTHURIAN TALES). Her recent works include PREJUDICE BY THE POUND, a collection of essays and editorials from ten years of Rump Parliament Magazine, and stories in TURN THE OTHER CHICK, CATOPOLIS, WITCH WAY TO THE MALL, WARRIOR WISEWOMAN 2, and FANGS FOR THE MAMMARIES. Lee recently celebrated the release of THE LADIES OF TRADE TOWN, an anthology of genre stories on “the world’s oldest profession” from HarpHaven Publishing.

When not slinging fiction, Lee is a Named Bard, Lifetime Active Member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (where’s she’s currently on the Board of Directors), a fencing member of the SFWA Musketeers, and a member of the SCA.