A press release from Vera Nazarian of Norilana Books:
Norilana Books is proud to present Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Sword and Sorceress XXVI edited by Elisabeth Waters, the twenty-sixth volume of the classic fantasy anthology series featuring stories of powerful and remarkable women, who bravely fight to change their worlds with magic or sword or sheer power of personality.
For over two decades, the late Marion Zimmer Bradley, best-selling and beloved author, discovered and nurtured a grand generation of authors. The roster of contributors over the years includes Laurell K. Hamilton, Charles de Lint, Diana L. Paxson, Emma Bull, Jennifer Roberson, and countless others.
Here are nineteen original stories of remarkable women of power, swashbuckling and magic, spells and duels, arcane sorcery and fabled heroism, written by familiar story-spinners of excitement and adventure, and bright newcomers who are sure to become favorites.
Enter a wondrous universe…
Table of Contents:
Introduction by Elisabeth Waters
“A Legal Affair” by Kat Otis
“The Seal Hunt” by Deborah J. Ross
“The Girl Who Folded Dragons” by Jean Tatro
“Hedgewitch” by Jonathan Shipley
“Banjooli” by Melissa Mead
“Truth in the Inward Parts” by Michael Spence and Elisabeth Waters
“Mad Magic” by Margaret L. Carter
“The Page Turner” by Dave Smeds
“The Cave of Almerzan” by Patricia Duffy Novak
“The Raw and the Cooked” by Michael H. Payne
“Wisdom of Winds” by Pauline J. Alama
“Nemesis” by Steve Chapman
“The Hungry Ghost” by J.C. Hsyu
“Ghost Dance” by Jonathan Moeller
“Hallah Iron-Thighs and the Dancing Djinn” by K.D. Wentworth
“Time for Tears” by David L. Burkhead
“Not the Best Neighbors” by Julia H. West
“The Hate-Filled Gnome” by Joette M. Rozanski
“Summer Flu” by Katharina Schuschke