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A Capella [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Everyone has at least one talent--but sometimes it's not what they think it is. (Published: 1994)
Words: 4835 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Proper Escort [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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When MZB was editing the Darkover anthologies, she got a lot of stories on "Subject A: a Free Amazon meets a man she can trust" and "Subject B: Dyan Ardais meets a woman he can trust." After a few years of listening to MZB grumble, Lisa carried out her threat and wrote Subject AB: Dyan Ardais and the Free Amazon. (Published: 1991)
Words: 2655 - Reading Time: 7-10 min.
Category: Fantasy
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A Rhumba of Rattlesnakes [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Nine sisters have to free their mother from a curse. This might be easier if they were not all rattlesnakes. (Published: 2011)
Words: 1969 - Reading Time: 5-7 min.
Category: Fantasy/Young Adult
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A Woman's Privilege [Fate Series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Akila's home is being invaded, and she is determined to get herself and her twin brother out alive--even if she has to turn into a sword to do it. (Note: this story later became the beginning of the novel Changing Fate.) (Published: 1986)
Words: 5152 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Bed of Roses [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Having your little brother captured by an evil wizard is a real problem. But is teaming up with your rejected suitor to rescue him really the best solution? (Published: 2001)
Words: 4956 - Reading Time: 14-19 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Changing Fate [Fate series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Akila uses her wits and her shape-changing abilities to save her brother Briam when their home is besieged. But that leaves them both on the run, with Akila trying to keep them safe, while Briam finds more trouble to get into. When he is chosen as year-king in the city of Diadem, Akila struggles to save his life, finding help in the most unexpected places. (Published: 1994)
Words: 73331 - Reading Time: 209-293 min.
Category: Fantasy/Romance
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Child of the Heart [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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The Oath of the Free Amazons requires a Renunciate to send any son she bears away to be fostered, but what does giving up her child do to the mother--or to the son? (Published: 1985)
Words: 1656 - Reading Time: 4-6 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Cold Spell [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Eirthe was very annoyed when an evil wizard placed a cold curse on her. Not only did it interfere with her candlemaking business, but it really upset her pet salamander. (Published: 1985)
Words: 4226 - Reading Time: 12-16 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Connecticat [Magic in Suburbia series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters, Raul S Reyes
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The Lama's nephew wasn't a great Buddhist--or even a great human. So some people might have considered his reincarnation a step backwards. (Published: 1994)
Words: 7011 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Crosswort Puzzle [Treasures Series 4] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters, Michael Spence
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While doing an internship as a mage in the customs office, Laurel accidentally lets in a shipment that isn't as harmless as it looked on paper. (Published: 2007)
Words: 4937 - Reading Time: 14-19 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Daughter of Heaven [Treasures series 5] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters, Michael Spence
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Laurel expects to be stuck working in the Customs House forever (or until her brother Stephen passes his magical Ordeal, whichever comes first), but she finds something in a batch of documents with a shipment from China that will change her life. Of course, she doesn't even notice it at first... (Published: 2008)
Words: 5461 - Reading Time: 15-21 min.
Category: Fantasy/Alternate History
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Destined for the Tower [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters, Deborah Wheeler, Deborah J. Ross
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There is more than one "fate worse than death"--and more than one way to avoid it. (Published: 1993)
Words: 4469 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Dragon in Distress [MultiFormat]
by Mercedes Lackey, Elisabeth Waters
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No matter how many princes woo you, you need some standards: "If I were ever to marry, which I don't plan on," Rowena said firmly, "I'm sure I would want a husband who had some sense of self-preservation. Camping out on a ledge just outside a dragon's lair does not betoken any great degree of intelligence." (Published: 1995)
Words: 6068 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Firetrap [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Elisabeth Waters
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Things that happen while you're out of your body don't have any effect on your physical body--or do they? (Published: 1990)
Words: 3301 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Golden Vanity [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Edward wanted to be a knight. But there's a right way and a wrong way to do that, and if he wouldn't do it correctly ... perhaps he needed some help. (Published: 1989)
Words: 2454 - Reading Time: 7-9 min.
Category: Fantasy/Young Adult
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Gunnora's Gift [Witch World Series #3] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Kyria had been an only child and wanted a big family. As a child, she had carefully learned everything her mother had to teach her, thinking 'someday I'll be teaching all of this to my daughters.' Why wouldn't the Goddess grant her even one child? (Published: 1990)
Words: 3332 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Line Dancing [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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It's a privilege to be chosen to work on the communication lines that unite your world. But it helps if you really like cats, because carrying a group of them around with you is part of the job. (Published: 2012)
Words: 3270 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Fantasy/Young Adult
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Marion Zimmer Bradley's Sword and Sorceress XXII [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Women of Magic and Valor ... For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of popular and acclaimed authors including Mercedes Lackey, Jennifer Roberson, and a host of others. Authors who have appeared within the pages of Sword and Sorceress represent the full spectrum of some of the brightest talent working today--from C.J. Cherryh, Charles de Lint, and Emma Bull... to Laurell K. Hamilton, Diana L. Paxson, and. ... more info>> (Published: 2007)
Words: 89961 - Reading Time: 257-359 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Meeting of Minds [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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The MacAran gift is rapport with animals. Sometimes this gift is useful, sometimes it's a nuisance, and sometimes it's just plain strange... (Published: 1991)
Words: 567 - Reading Time: 1-2 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Midsummer Folly [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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A journeyman mage discovers that the house she's staying in is haunted its previous owner--who wants her to bring him back to life. (Published: 1996)
Words: 3585 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Out of the Frying Pan [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Eirthe, a candlemaker under a curse, hires the mercenary magician/minstrel Lythande to help her break it. (Published: 1991)
Words: 2987 - Reading Time: 8-11 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Playfellow [Darkover] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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Hilary Castamir had a little trouble adjusting to life at Arilinn Tower. Many children have imaginary friends, but Hilary's wasn't imaginary. (Published: 1987)
Words: 3588 - Reading Time: 10-14 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Pride, Prejudice, and Paranoia [Treasures series 3] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters, Michael Spence
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Failing one's wizardry finals is bad enough. But then the family matriarch gets involved... [This is a sequel to Salt and Sorcery.] (Published: 2002)
Words: 8798 - Reading Time: 25-35 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Rebirth [Darkover Series] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters
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After reading Leslie Williams's story of a trapped sorcerer, "Escape," during the editing of Sword of Chaos, Elisabeth Waters promptly provided this sequel to it ... "So I could sleep at night," she commented. (Published: 1982)
Words: 404 - Reading Time: 1-1 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Salt and Sorcery [Treasures series 2] [MultiFormat]
by Elisabeth Waters, Michael Spence
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Behind every great man is a woman--or two--or three--or four... (Published: 1999)
Words: 6363 - Reading Time: 18-25 min.
Category: Fantasy
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