Manna from Heaven

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Manna from Heaven is a 2004 collection of short stories written by fantasy and science fiction author Roger Zelazny, his first such collection since 1991 and the first to be published after his death.

[edit] Contents

  • "Godson"
  • "Mana from Heaven"
  • "Corrida"
  • "Prince of the Powers of This World"
  • "The Furies"
  • "The Deadliest Game"
  • "Kalifriki of the Thread"
  • "Come Back to the Killing Ground Alice, My Love"
  • "Lady of Steel"
  • "Come to Me Not in Winter's White"
  • "The New Pleasure"
  • "The House of the Hanged Man"
  • "Epithalamium"
  • "The Last Inn on the Road"
  • "Stowaway"
  • "Angel, Dark Angel"
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

[edit] Amber short stories

Prologue from the Trumps of Doom
Merlin walks the Logrus.
The Salesman's Tale
Luke flees the Pattern and takes refuge in the Crystal Cave. He and Vialle learn that the redistribution of the spikards will force a confrontation involving Amber and the Courts of Chaos.
Blue Horse, Dancing Mountains
Corwin flees the Courts of Chaos through a part of Shadow called the Dancing Mountains. He eavesdrops on a game of chess and learns he has an appointment at the Hall of Mirrors in Amber Castle.
The Shroudling and the Guisel
Merlin's childhood sweetheart Rhanda appears. She warns him of an unknown sorcerer who seeks the throne of the Courts of Chaos and has sent a beast called a guisel to kill him.
Coming to a Cord
Frakir escapes from Brand's bedpost where Merlin left her, locates Flora, and eventually asks Luke's help in returning to Merlin.
Hall of Mirrors
Corwin discovers that traveling through the Dancing Mountains made him the subject of an unusual spell. He returns to Amber Castle and meets Luke, and they enter the Hall of Mirrors and are forced to duel.
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