Contents

• Introduction: A Word from the Creator of Darkover, 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...
  
  

1. The Settlement
   • "Vai Dom", 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 Forest", by C. McQuillin
   
   


2. The Ages of Chaos
   • "There Is Always an Alternative", by Patricia Mathews
   • "The Tale of the Durraman’s Donkey", by Eileen Ledbetter
   • "The Fires of Her Vengeance", by Susan M. Shwartz
   • "Circle of Light", by Kathleen Williams
   • "The Alton Gift", 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....
     
     
   • "The Answer", by Jacqueline Lichtenberg
     Jacqueline Lichtenberg
     Jacqueline Lichtenberg is an American science fiction author.Many of her early novels are set in the Sime - Gen Universe, which she first described in a short story in 1969. Her other writings have dealt with fantasy and occult subjects, including articles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer...
     
      & Jean Lorrah
     Jean Lorrah
     Jean Lorrah is a science fiction and fantasy author. She has produced several Star Trek novels and often collaborated with Jacqueline Lichtenberg. Her most recent work with Lichtenberg is on the Sime - Gen Universe...
     
     
   
   


3. Under the Comyn
   • "The Rescue", by Linda MacKendrick
   • "The Keeper’s Price", 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...
     
      & 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....
     
     
   • "The Hawk-Master’s Son", 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...
     
     
   • "A Simple Dream", by Penny Ziegler, M.D.
   • "Paloma Blanca", by Patricia Mathews
   • "Blood Will Tell", 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...
     
     
   
   


4. After the Fall of the Comyn
   • "Ambassador to Corresanti", by Linda Frankel
   • "A View from the Reconstruction", by Paula Crunk