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Mount Dragon [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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A stubborn man, believing a mountain to be the permanently imprisoned and petrified form of an ancient dragon, attempts to awaken it with all of his will and yearning and arcane knowledge of human magic and power. However, the results of his effort are completely unexpected. 1999
Words: 1285 - Reading Time: 3-5 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Ice [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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Captain Conrad Ehl's ship and crew, bearing precious Colonialis cargo in the corpulent form of a mysterious woman called an Oracle, get more than they bargained for, upon entering orbit over Saturn's largest moon, Titan. [Cover image photo by Lazette Gifford. Used by permission.] 2000
Words: 5219 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Faces at the End of Time [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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The Universe is about to end. The stars have long since collapsed and matter is undergoing the final process of dissolution. Nothing is left except two stubborn Entities, eternal enemies who battle it out for the ultimate privilege of being the last One alive. Which of the Two will prevail? 2002
Words: 2303 - Reading Time: 6-9 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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A Dance for Darkover [Darkover series] [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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Mocking tradition? Or showing the best side of Darkover to the rest of the Empire? 1991
Words: 7028 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
Category: Fantasy
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The Starry King [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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Nellval went looking for the Starry King, a legendary figure who was said to be able to remove the burdens and sorrows of suffering humankind. And while it is true that she who seeks shall find, will what she finds be what she truly needs? 1990
Words: 3660 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Lady of the Castle [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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Meet Ruricca NoOnesDaughter--a penniless waif, a jester, a friend of the gypsies, a sleight-of-hand and con artist, a wandering mistress of all trades, and suddenly a lady of a real honest-to-goodness castle. Sounds like a heaven-sent opportunity? Not with the dead lord's sullen son hanging around, and especially not when you find out that the castle is mysteriously cursed and in addition happens to be besieged by an army. 2000
Words: 7634 - Reading Time: 21-30 min.
Category: Fantasy
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A Time To Crawl [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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When you're a human Crawler, able to move only on all fours, every second counts, and every moment becomes stretched and magnified into eternity. Because in a clockwork society, with no mercy or relief for the infirm or the aged, the only thing that matters is getting to Work on Time. 2000
Words: 5460 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Danila's Song [Darkover series] [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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More and more, he was becoming a bitter introvert. And this process, the leronis at Serrais had said, was almost surely irrevocable. It came as a direct result of what he had gone through, both physically and psychologically, during the horror of the fire ... 1991
Words: 5723 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Jackal [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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The curse on Harksell Keep affected more than just its lord. 1988
Words: 8470 - Reading Time: 24-33 min.
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The Story of Love [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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Sharing the ancient world milieu of Nazarian's novel Dreams of the Compass Rose, "The Story of Love" explores the wide spectrum of the power of love ... from manipulation and desperation to relief and gratitude, and ultimately to fulfillment. 2006 Nebula Award(R) Finalist
Words: 6467 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
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Halloween at Grant-Williams High [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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It's Halloween, and kickass high school monster mayhem is once again unleashed at Grant-Williams High. In the second adventure--and a Fictionwise original--Jimmy Ross is now a sophomore and he is about to get a taste of the scariest and wildest Halloween of his life. Emily has graduated and gone to college, Jimmy's best friend Theo is hanging with the bad crowd, there's a new girl in school who's the butt of everyone's jokes, and something really stinks on the Grant-Williams school premises--sti... more info>> 2003
Words: 14372 - Reading Time: 41-57 min.
Category: Humor
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Hell Week at Grant-Williams High [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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If you love kickass high school monster mayhem, then Grant-Williams High is the place to be. In this hilarious original adventure that started it all, freshman Jimmy Ross and his senior sister Emily, together with all of their friends, fight to survive finals--also known as Hell Week--since all the faculty and staff turn into monsters that week, literally. Armed with their wits, Supernatural Protection kits, and plain dumb luck, the students battle vampires, werewolves, and various ghouls--an ar... more info>> 2002
Words: 14372 - Reading Time: 41-57 min.
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Kihar [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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This story investigates a really unusual use of laran and that untranslatable concept of kihar - which does not mean precisely pride, nor even integrity, but partakes of both. 1987
Words: 7574 - Reading Time: 21-30 min.
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Absolute Receptiveness, The Princess, And The Pea [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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She came in from the rain, a delicate pure thing of feminine beauty and refinement. And now things will never be the same again for one disfuctional royal family. An erotic dark fantasy retelling of the familiar fairytale The Princess and the Pea, told from the point of view of the young, sensually obsessed Prince. 2000
Words: 6665 - Reading Time: 19-26 min.
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Rossia Moya [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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She had left Russia when she was a little girl. And now she was returning for a brief visit, sixty years later. There were only two short weeks to see the house of her birth for the last time before the permanent and absolute Closing of Russia to the outside world was to happen and she would be locked away from it all forever. But she never planned on the power and magic of childhood memories. [Cover image photo by Lazette Gifford. Used by permission.] 1999 Nebula Award(R) Nominee
Words: 7137 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
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Wound on the Moon [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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No one may look upon the face of Sahtiel, the beautiful and cruel lord of the empire of Aerhad-el-Raas, and live. The woman Lyren, a thief and stranger to the city makes the grave mistake of raising her eyes during a procession, boldly daring to sneak a glimpse of the demon-lord whose mother is none other than the moon herself. [This is Vera Nazarian's first published story, when the author was seventeen. Cover image photo by Lazette Gifford. Used by permission.] 1985
Words: 6603 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
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Swans [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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The story of a loyal sister forced to remain mute for seven years in order to save her swan brothers from an evil enchantment--while she knits each of them coarse wool shirts--has been found in many folk traditions. Sometimes there are seven brothers, sometimes six, sometimes twelve. Sometimes there is a king who loves her and marries her despite her strange inability to speak. But in all cases the woman has to suffer in silence up until the last moment, and her courage and loyalty are sorely te... more info>> 2001 Gardner Dozois's Year's Best SF Honorable Mention
Words: 3015 - Reading Time: 8-12 min.
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Aliens In Wonderland [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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The Aliens landed on earth on an ordinary smoggy day in Los Angeles. They offered us an amazing new automotive technology that will revolutionize the economy and change the world--disposable cars! Everyone seemed happy except Martin Fraccezi, an ordinary guy with a rather extraordinary car complex. 2000
Words: 15153 - Reading Time: 43-60 min.
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I Want to Paint the Sky [MultiFormat]
by Vera Nazarian
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What is the true meaning of Art and Fantasy? Young Evirie, a budding artist herself, resolves to help her brother Meost who is the Master Painter in the court of the handsome and cruel Lord Astean. Meost has been condemned to die or perform a miracle with his craft. And while the minutes tick away, only Evirie has the key to his salvation.... [Cover image photo by Lazette Gifford. Used by permission.] 2000
Words: 4070 - Reading Time: 11-16 min.
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