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Jihad
by Mercedes Lackey
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What if "Lawrence of Arabia" had turned his back on his native England and the Western world and instead chosen Allah and the Arab world? What would that have done to the Middle East? (Published: 1993)
Words: 5822 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Alternate History/Fantasy
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Kihar [Darkover Series]
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. (Published: 1987)
Words: 7574 - Reading Time: 21-30 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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The Keeper's Price [Darkover anthology #1]
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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The first anthology of short stories set on Darkover, spanning Darkovan history--from shortly after the arrival of the lost Terran ship, through the Ages of Chaos, the rise of the Comyn and the establishment of the Compact, and the eventual return the Terrans. This anthology, first published in 1980, contains stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Elisabeth Waters, Diana L. Paxson, Susan M. Shwartz, Patricia Shaw Mathews, Cynthia McQuillin, Jacqueline Lichtenberg and Jean Lorrah, Linda MacKendrick... more info>> (Published: 1980)
Words: 77718 - Reading Time: 222-310 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Better Mousetrap [Shipscat Series #4]
by Mercedes Lackey
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Bringing cats to the planet to kill the local vermin seemed like a great idea, until they discovered the existence of a sect that revered the vermin as children of their god. (Published: 1999)
Words: 5637 - Reading Time: 16-22 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Butterfly Season [Darkover series]
by Diana L. Paxson
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A Free Amazon takes a job as a trail guide, only to discover that her clients are nothing she could ever have imagined. (Published: 1991)
Words: 4418 - Reading Time: 12-17 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Capella [Darkover Series]
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 Dance for Darkover [Darkover series]
by Vera Nazarian
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Mocking tradition? Or showing the best side of Darkover to the rest of the Empire? (Published: 1991)
Words: 7028 - Reading Time: 20-28 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Different Kind of Victory [Darkover series]
by Diana L. Paxson
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It was bad enough that Darriel had a psychic gift he barely understood, but now he had a fosterling with the same gift. Could he train the boy to fight, or would their shared gift make that impossible? (Published: 1987)
Words: 6151 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Gift of Love [Darkover Series]
by Diana L. Paxson
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The proposal seemed simple to Darriel. Lionora, his wife, would bear no more children. So Robard's daughter would now live with them in order to bear him a laran-gifted child. Darriel's and Robard's men thought it a good plan. Why should Lionora mind? (Published: 1982)
Words: 5853 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Lesser Life [Darkover series]
by Patricia Duffy Novak
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When Rentata's foster son Ari came home from his training in the tower for the coronation of her son Brenton as Lord of Aldaran, he brought a surprise guest: Coryn Hastur, Keeper of Hali Tower, the most powerful laranzu in the Domains. Given her history with Coryn, Renata was ambivalent about his presence. But when the attack that Lord Scathfell had been planning erupted during the coronation ceremony, she had reason to be glad for both Coryn's powers and her own. (Published: 1993)
Words: 5864 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Man of Impulse [Darkover series]
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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Dyan Ardais went to Lindirsholme with his young friend Merryl. He didn't expect to find himself dealing with Merryl's twin sister, Marilla. And he never in his wildest dreams expected what would come from their meeting. (Published: 1988)
Words: 6604 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Proper Escort [Darkover Series]
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
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 Tail of Two SKittys [Shipscat Series #2]
by Mercedes Lackey
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Dick White, cat handler for the space ship Brightwing, knew that his shipscat was intelligent, but he hadn't expected her to come to the rescue when he and his shipmates were kidnapped. (Published: 1994)
Words: 5034 - Reading Time: 14-20 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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A Tale of Heroes [Vows and Honor Series: Oathblood]
by Mercedes Lackey
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Tarma and Kethry deal with many different kinds of heroes. Here they must mend the damage done by one "hero" and help two others. (Published: 1987)
Words: 7593 - Reading Time: 21-30 min.
Category: Fantasy
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A Way Through the Fog [Darkover series]
by Patricia Cirone
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Irina didn't think she had laran; she knew she didn't have the weather sense that her father had possessed. But he was dead, and she had to hold his place for her little brother, so she went out with the fishing boats anyway. (Published: 1991)
Words: 3411 - Reading Time: 9-13 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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A Woman's Privilege [Fate Series]
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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A Woman's Weapon [Vows & Honor Series: Oathblood]
by Mercedes Lackey
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The Guild Master was ill, his rival's workplace was a noxious slum, and his apprentice's father had twenty dead horses. Tarma knew that something was seriously wrong; now all she had to do was convince her partners Kethry and Warrl and then figure out what to do about it. (Published: 1992)
Words: 5870 - Reading Time: 16-23 min.
Category: Fantasy
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About Time [Darkover series]
by Patricia Cirone
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Renunciates are sworn to be sisters to each other, no matter how different their personalities and habits. But sometimes they act like biological sisters, so it can be difficult to stop the squabbling and work together. (Published: 1991)
Words: 4781 - Reading Time: 13-19 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Aliens Ate My Pickup
by Mercedes Lackey
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Nothing fazes this farmer, not even finding an alien hiding under his porch. (Published: 1998)
Words: 2004 - Reading Time: 5-8 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Humor
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Avarra's Children [Darkover series]
by Dorothy J. Heydt
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In the days after the World-Wreckers, Thendara struggles to pull itself out of chaos: civil disorder, homeless children, something strange in an abandoned mansion, and a goddess gone mad. (Published: 1991)
Words: 8063 - Reading Time: 23-32 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Balance [Martis Series 1]
by Mercedes Lackey
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When Martis first met her new bodyguard, she thought she'd be the one protecting him. He was young, small, and didn't even wear armor. But when they rode out together on a dangerous mission, she discovered that he had skills she never would have suspected. (Published: 1986)
Words: 7929 - Reading Time: 22-31 min.
Category: Fantasy
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Bed of Roses
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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Blood Will Tell [Darkover Series]
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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What is the good of being in an alien world in a civilized Empire if you keep the provincial spirit and customs of your backwater? (Published: 1980)
Words: 6502 - Reading Time: 18-26 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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Bonds of Sisterhood [Darkover series]
by Marion Zimmer Bradley
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Camilla n'ha Kyria and Rafaella n'ha Doria were Rununciates, oath-sisters, and good friends. But they didn't start out that way... (Published: 1993)
Words: 6078 - Reading Time: 17-24 min.
Category: Fantasy/Science Fiction
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