Sword of Chaos
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Sword of Chaos and Other Stories is an anthology of fantasy and science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 short stories
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child, David R...

. The stories are set in Bradley's world of Darkover
Darkover
Darkover is the focus of the Darkover series of science fiction novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958. According to the novels, Darkover is the only human-habitable of seven planets orbiting a fictional red giant star called Cottman...

. The book was first published by DAW Books
DAW Books
DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company therefore claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was...

 in April, 1982.

Contents

  • Introduction, by Marion Zimmer Bradley
    Marion Zimmer Bradley
    Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child, David R...

  • After Landfall
    • "A Gift of Love", by Diana L. Paxson
      Diana L. Paxson
      Diana L. Paxson is an author, primarily in the fields of Paganism and Heathenism. Her published works include fantasy and historical fiction novels, as well as numerous short stories...

  • The Cycles of Legend
    • "Dark Lady", by Jane Brae-Bedell
    • "A Legend of the Hellers", by Terry Tafoya
  • In the Hundred Kingdoms
    • "In the Throat of the Dragon", by Susan Shwartz
      Susan Shwartz
      Susan Shwartz is an American author.She received her B.A. in English from Mount Holyoke College in 1972 and a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University.-Novels:* The Woman of Flowers * Byzantium's Crown...

    • "Wind-Music", by Mary Frances Zambreno
    • "Escape", by Leslie Williams
    • "Rebirth", by Elisabeth Waters
      Elisabeth Waters
      Elisabeth Waters is an American fantasy author.She won the Gryphon award in 1989 for her first novel Changing Fate. Since then, she has published a large number of short stories, some in the anthology series Sword and Sorceress, which she now edits....

    • "A Sword of Chaos", by Marion Zimmer Bradley
      Marion Zimmer Bradley
      Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child, David R...

  • Between the Ages
    • "Di Catenas", by Adrienne Martine-Barnes
    • "Of Two Minds", by Susan Hansen
    • "Through Fire and Frost", by Dorothy J. Heydt
      Dorothy J. Heydt
      Dorothy J. Heydt is a U.S. author of science fiction and fantasy. She lives on the U.S. West Coast and is an active participant in the Usenet newsgroups rec.arts.sf.written and rec.arts.sf.fandom, and in science fiction fandom in general. She is the originator of the Eight Deadly Words, and other...

  • In the Days of the Comyn
    • "The Way of a Wolf", by Lynne Holdom
    • "Cold Hall", by Aly Parsons
    • "The Lesson of the Inn", by Marion Zimmer Bradley
      Marion Zimmer Bradley
      Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley was an American author of fantasy novels such as The Mists of Avalon and the Darkover series. Many critics have noted a feminist perspective in her writing. Her first child, David R...

    • "Confidence", by Phillip Wayne
  • The Empire and Beyond
    • "Camilla", by Patricia Mathews
    • "Where the Heart Is", by Millea Kenin
    • "Skeptic", by Lynn Mims
    • "A Recipe for Failure", by Millea Kenin
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