Sword and Sorceress series

The Sword and Sorceress series is a series of fantasy anthologies edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, and originally published by DAW Books. As she explained in the foreword to the first volume, she created the anthology to redress the lack of strong female protagonists in the sub-genre of sword and sorcery. At the time, most female characters in sword and sorcery were little more than stock damsels in distress, or pawns who were distributed at the conclusion of the story as "bad-conduct prizes" (Bradley's term) for the male protagonists. Many of the early sword-and-sorcery works featured attitudes toward women that Bradley considered appalling.

As the Sword and Sorceress series grew in popularity with readers, she began to receive increasing numbers of excellent submissions. As a result, she had to become more selective, and to shorten her reading periods accordingly. For the eighteenth volume, which she was editing at the time of her death, she had enough material for three volumes. After her death, it was decided to take as many as possible of the stories she had tentatively chosen and publish them in three annual volumes, thus extending the series. After volume twenty was published, the publisher decided to extend an invitation for an additional volume under Diana L. Paxson, an editor who had worked with Bradley, with the possibility of additional volumes being published if it became a success.

The Sword and Sorceress series is noteworthy not only for its introduction of strong female protagonists into a sub-genre previously dominated by male characters, but for its financial success. Unlike most anthologies of original fantasy short fiction, they routinely earned out their advances and continued to pay their authors royalties for years afterward, often on foreign sales. In addition, many authors who made their first professional sales in the Sword and Sorceress anthologies subsequently enjoyed successful careers as novelists.

In February 2007, the Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust, which holds her copyrights, negotiated a contract with Norilana Books to publish a new volume and proceed to elicit submissions.^[1] The book was published in November 2007, and the editor was Elisabeth Waters.

Since that time Norilana Books published three more books of the series which were also edited by Elisabeth Waters.

The Anthologies

Sword and Sorceress I

1984. ISBN 978-0-88677-359-5 (USA edition)

1986. ISBN 978-0-87997-928-7 (USA edition)

1988. ISBN 978-0-7472-3105-9 (UK edition)

The Heroic Image of Women: Woman as Wizard and Warrior — Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Garnet and the Glory — Phyllis Ann Karr
Severed Heads — Glen Cook
Taking Heart — Stephen L. Burns
The Rending Dark — Emma Bull
Gimmile's Songs — Charles R. Saunders
The Valley of the Troll — Charles de Lint
Imperatrix — Deborah Wheeler
Blood of Sorcery — Jennifer Roberson
With Four Lean Hounds — Pat Murphy
House in the Forest — Anodea Judith
Sword of Yraine — Diana L. Paxson
Daton and the Dead Things — Michael Ward
Gate of the Damned — Janet Fox
Child of Orcus — Robin W. Bailey
Things Come in Threes — Dorothy J. Heydt

Sword and Sorceress II

1985. ISBN 978-0-88677-041-9 (USA Edition)

1986. ISBN 978-0-88677-360-1 (USA Edition)

1988. ISBN 978-0-7472-3106-6 (UK Edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
A Night at Two Inns — Phyllis Ann Karr
The Red Guild — Rachel Pollack
Shadow Wood — Diana L. Paxson
Unicorn's Blood — Bruce D. Arthurs
The Unshadowed Land — C. J. Cherryh
Shimenege's Mask — Charles R. Saunders
The Black Tower — Stephen Burns
The Lady and the Tiger — Jennifer Roberson
Fireweb — Deborah Wheeler
Cold Blows the Wind — Charles de Lint
Sword of the Mother — Dana Kramer-Rolls
Hunger — Russ Garrison
On First Looking into Bradley's Guidelines — Elizabeth Thompson
The Chosen Maiden — Raul Reyes
Red Pearls — Richard Corwin
Wound on the Moon — Vera Nazarian (within the anthology this is titled The Wound in the Moon)

Sword and Sorceress III

1986. ISBN 978-0-88677-141-6 (USA edition)

1986. ISBN 978-0-88677-302-1 (USA edition)

1988. ISBN 978-0-7472-3107-3 (UK edition)

The Evolution of Women's Fantasy — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Dragon-Amber — Deborah Wheeler
Enter the Wolf — A. D. Overstreet
Valley of the Shadow — Jennifer Roberson
The Song and the Flute — Dorothy J. Heydt
Journeytime — Dana Kramer-Rolls
Orpheus — Mary Frances Zambreno
Scarlet Eyes — Millea Kenin
The River of Tears — Anodea Judith
Fresh Blood — Polly B. Johnson
The Mist on the Moor — Diana L. Paxson
Bargains — Elizabeth Moon
A Woman's Privilege — Elisabeth Waters
Talla — J. Edwin Andrews
Tupilak — Terry Tafoya
Sword-Sworn — Mercedes Lackey
A Tale from Hendry's Mill — Melissa Carpenter
S.A.R. — Patricia B. Cirone
More's the Pity — L. D. Woeltjen
Marwe's Forest — Charles R. Saunders
The Hunters — Mavis J. Andrews

Sword and Sorceress IV

1987. ISBN 978-0-88677-210-9 (USA edition)

1989. ISBN 978-0-88677-412-7 (USA edition)

1989. ISBN 978-0-7472-3364-0 (UK edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
A Tale of Heroes — Mercedes Lackey
The Woodland of Zarad-Thra — Robin W. Bailey
The Weeping Oak — Charles de Lint
Gullrider — Dave Smeds
Blood Dancer — Diana L. Paxson
Kayli's Fire — Paula Helm Murray
The Ring of Lifari — Josepha Sherman
Rite of Passage — Jennifer Roberson
The Eyes of the Gods — Richard Corwin
Fate and the Dreamer — Millea Kenin
The Noonday Witch — Dorothy J. Heydt
Redeemer's Riddle — Stephen L. Burns
The Tree-Wife of Arketh — Syn Ferguson
Spell of Binding — Richard Cornell
Storm God — Deborah Wheeler
Die Like a Man — L. D. Woeltjen
Death and the Ugly Woman — Bruce D. Arthurs
Bloodstones — Deborah M. Vogel

Sword and Sorceress V

1988. ISBN 978-0-88677-288-8 (USA edition)

1989. ISBN 978-0-7472-3389-3 (UK edition)

Introduction or Something — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Sorcerer's Pet — Margaret L. Carter
Into the Green — Charles de Lint
Eyes of the Laemi — Janet Fox
Jewels — Linda Gordon
Dance of the Healer — M. R. Hildebrand
One Night at the Inn — Millea Kenin
Keys — Mercedes Lackey
Drum Duel — Gerald Perkins
The Eye of Toyur — Diana L. Paxson
Peet's Bride — Dana Kramer-Rolls
Warrior's Way — A. D. Overstreet
Spoils of War — Jennifer Roberson
Cholin of Carnel — B. A. Rolls
Rite of Vengeance — Deborah Wheeler
Bloodstone — Mary Frances Zambreno
Sword Singer — Laura J. Underwood
Stormbringer — Steve Tymon
Sorceress of the Gulls — Dave Smeds
Runaways — Josepha Sherman
The Golden Egg — Morning Glory Zell
Revised Standard Virgin — Rick Cook
Dragon Lovers — Cynthia Drolet

Sword and Sorceress VI

1990. ISBN 978-0-88677-423-3 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Equona's Mare — Diana L. Paxson
The Hand of Fatima — Shariann Lewitt
Commencement — Lynne Armstrong-Jones
A Lesser of Evils — Morning Glory Zell
And Sáavüld Danced... — Kier Neustaedter
Stone of Light — Linda Gordon
Change of Command — Nancy Jane Moore
The Starry King — Vera Nazarian
Mirror Image — Nina Boal
Sleeping Dogs — Jennifer Roberson
Shadowlands — Elisabeth Waters
The Making of a Legend — Mercedes Lackey
Burnt Offerings — Mary Fenoglio
Ratsbane — Dorothy J. Heydt
Wolf Hunt — Bobbi Miller
Pearl — Carl Thelen
Name of the Demoness — Jessie D. Eaker
Hands — Lois Tilton
Wolfrunner — Mary E. Choo
Until We Meet Again — J. A. Brebner
Black Wolf — Gemma Tarlach

Sword and Sorceress VII

1990. ISBN 978-0-88677-457-8 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
At the Tolling of Midnight — Stephanie Shaver
The Buddy System — Laura Thurston
The Cloud of Evil — Mark Tompkins
Heart of the Matter — Rowena A. Bathgate
A Wolf in the Fold — Deborah Wheeler
A Thing of Love — Vera Nazarian
The Sword Slave — Diana L. Paxson
Festival Gatherers — Diann Partridge
The Talisman — Mercedes Lackey
Widow — Kathleen A. Varnado
Just Desserts — Elizabeth McCoy
Mending Wounds — Gary Jonas
St. George and the Dragon — Nancy Jane Moore
Her Father's Daughter — Sue Isle
Winterkill — Laurell K. Hamilton
Staying Behind — Jessie D. Eaker
Hawk's Hill — Gary Herring
Waterwise — Mary Frey
The Second Song — I. F. Cole
The Thorny Path to Wizardry — Lawrence Schimel
Grim Calling — Patricia B. Cirone
Winter's Daughter — Diane Burrell
The Bridge Over Darikill Fel — Stephen L. Burns
Warrior's Oath — Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Lost Souls — Alison Brooks

Sword and Sorceress VIII

1991. ISBN 978-0-88677-486-8 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Beauty and His Beast — Vera Nazarian
Retirement Plan — Margaret Howes
The Opal Skull — Cynthia Ward
Edyth Among the Trolls — Lois Tilton
Out of the Frying Pan — Elisabeth Waters
Trading Swords — Dave Smeds
East of the Dawn — Jere Dunham
Stained Glass — Linda Gordon
The Price of the Wind — Josepha Sherman
Spellbinder — Rosemary Edghill
Shards of Crystal — Stephanie Shaver
Song of the Dragon — Andrea Pelleschi
A Throw of the Dice — Nancy L. Pine
Heart's Desires — Walter L. Kleine
Ytarra's Mirror — Diana L. Paxson
Kayli Kidnapped — Paula Helm Murray
Fair Play — Jennifer Roberson
She Who Shields — Gary W. Herring
Marayd's Escape — Rima Saret
Geese — Laurell K. Hamilton
Wings of Fire — Mercedes Lackey
Masks — Deborah Burros

Sword and Sorceress IX

1992. ISBN 978-0-88677-509-4 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Slave to the Sword — Tanya Beaty
Shadows Do Not Bleed — Bruce D. Arthurs
Beastly! — Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Piper — Susan Hanniford Crowley
Stopthrust — Diana L. Paxson
Elynne Dragonchild — Phil Brucato
Freeing Souls — Lisa Deason
Blademistress — Jessie D. Eaker
Sorcerers' Gate — Patricia Duffy Novak
The Birthday Gift — Elisabeth Waters
Tangled Webs — Laura J. Underwood
Winterwood — Stephanie D. Shaver
Red Wings — Josepha Sherman
Above the Ground — Eric Haines
On a Night Like Any Other — Mark Tompkins
A Woman's Weapon — Mercedes Lackey
Behind the Waterfall — Mary Frey
Hoard — Steven Piziks
Queen of the Dead — Dorothy J. Heydt
The Flower that Does Not Wither — Dave Smeds
To Have and to Hold — Linda Gordon
The Catalyst — Lee Ann Martins
Breaking Walls — Leslie Ann Miller
The Enchanted Frog — Cynthia L. Ward
The Price of the Gods — Roxana Pierson
Tiger's Eye — Syne Mitchell

Sword and Sorceress X

1993. ISBN 978-0-88677-552-0 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Lorelei — Tina Good
Falcon's Shadow — Diana L. Paxson
The Proper Balance — Robyn McGrew
The Gift of Minerva — Dorothy J. Heydt
Friendly Fire — Mercedes Lackey
Heart in a Box — Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Dance of Death — Donna Bocian Currie
Earth, Air, Fire, and Water — Kirsten M. Corby
Fealty — Kati Dougherty
Hunt for the Queen's Beast — J. M. Cressy
Robes — Patricia Duffy Novak
Bonds of Light — Vera Nazarian
Night, Who Creeps Through Keyholes — Francesca Myman
Oaths — Leslie Ann Miller
Double Vision — Lucas K. Law
The Phoenix Medallion — Diann Partridge
A Run in the Forest — David A. Pillard
Old Age and Treachery ... — Nancy L. Pine
In Sheep's Clothing — Lawrence Schimel
Her Mother's Sword — Stephanie Shaver
The Sorceress' Apprentice — Deborah Wheeler
Mage-Sight — Lynne Alisse Witten
Ether and the Skeptic — Katy Huth Jones
The Limwitch — Rebekah Jensen
Smile of the Goddess — Lorina J. Stephens
Just Reward — Karen Luk
Boys Will Be Girls — Vicki Kirchhoff
Taking Shape — Lisa Deason
Justice Is Mine — Carolee J. Edwards

Sword and Sorceress XI

1994. ISBN 978-0-88677-614-5 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Call the Wild Horses — Bunnie Bessell
Keepsake — Lynn Michals
Spirit Singer — Diana L. Paxson
Final Exam — Jessica R. Lerbs
The Stratmoor Bear — Charley Pearson
Grumble Snoot — Vaughn Heppner
Tales — Javonna L. Anderson
Maggot's Feast — Jo Clayton
Moonriders — Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Thief, Thief! — Mary Catelli
Healing — Hannah Blair
Virgin Spring — Cynthia McQuillin
The Haven — Judith Kobylecky
Savior — Tom Gallier
Bad Luck and Curses — Jessie Eaker
The Mistress' Riddle — Karen Luk
Rusted Blade — Dave Smeds
Images of Love — Larry Tritten
A Fate Worse Than Death — Diann Partridge
Power Play — Sandra Morrese
Fenwitch — Sarah Evans
Green-Eyed Monster — Vicki Kirchhoff
Snowfire — D. Lopes Heald
Ancient Warrior — Stephanie Shaver
Barbarian Legacy — Lawrence Schimel
Mist — Laura J. Underwood
Songhealer — Tammi Labrecque
The Sow's Ear — Kathy Ann Trueman
Poisoned Dreams — Deborah Wheeler
Night-Beast — Cynthia Ward
The Gift — Rochelle Marie
The Crystal Casket — Kristine Sprunger
Ringed In — Mildred Perkins

Sword and Sorceress XII

1995. ISBN 978-0-88677-657-2 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Demon in Glass — John P. Buentello
Does the Shoe Fit You Now? — Carolyn J. Bahr
A Lynx and a Bastard — Karen Luk
Dragonskin Boots — Lisa S. Silverthorne
Truth — Lynne Armstrong-Jones
Skins — Heather Rose Jones
Though the World Is Darkness — Lisa Deason
Hemparius the Trader — Valerie Atkinson Gawthrop
Chance — Tom Gallier
Touched by the Gods — Deborah Millitello
Promise to Angel — Stephanie Shaver
Shadow Harper — Cynthia McQuillin
The Stone Face, the Giant, and the Paradox — Vera Nazarian
Wormwood — Laura J. Underwood
Silverblade — Deborah Wheeler
A Dragon in Distress — Mercedes Lackey and Elisabeth Waters
Stone Spirit — Diana L. Paxson
Garden of Glories — Jennifer Roberson
Stealing the Power — Linda J. Dunn
The Lost Path — Patricia Duffy Novak
Winter Roses — Patricia Sayre McCoy
Amber — Syne Mitchell

Sword and Sorceress XIII

1996. ISBN 978-0-88677-703-6 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Patience — Jo Clayton
Sun Dancer — Leslie Ann Miller
Spider's Offer — Charles M. Saplak
More Than One Way — Heather Rose Jones
Daelith's Bargain — Cynthia McQuillin
The Spirit Arrow — Deborah Wheeler
The Choosing — John P. Buentello
Tortoise Weeps — Marella Sands
What the Gods Will — Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury
Double Blind — Syne Mitchell
Patchwork Magic — P. Andrew Miller
Twilight — Diana L. Paxson
Personal Need — Lynn Michals
Catriona's Daughters — Andrea J. Horlick
The Whisht Hound's Bone — Laura J. Underwood
The Werewolf's Final Lesson — Joette M. Rozanski
The Curse of Tanit — Dorothy J. Heydt
Dual — Quinn Weller
Spirit Quest — Kathryne Kennedy
Crow Feathers — Lawrence Schimel
Jewel-Bright — Stephanie D. Shaver
The Comforter — Jean Marie Egger

Sword and Sorceress XIV

1997. ISBN 978-0-88677-741-8 (USA edition)

The Bargain — Laura J. Underwood
The Impression of Power — Lee Martindale
The Naming of Names — Adrienne Martine-Barnes
Changelings — Diana L. Paxson
Death Hunt — Raul S. Reyes
A Single Soul — Deborah Wheeler
The Needle and the Sword — Jessie D. Eaker
Small Considerations — Judith Fielder Leggett
If You Can't Stand the Heat... — P.E. Cunningham
Silver Bands — Syne Mitchell
The Hand of a Lady — Anne Cutrell
To Have and to Hold — Karen Barnes
A Knight On Tower Hill — Kathrina Bood
The Longest Night — Lisa S. Silverthorne
Blood Moon — Cynthia Ward
By the Skin of Her Teeth — Heather Rose Jones
Friends in High Places — Christina Krueger
The Blade of Unmaking — Elisabeth Waters
The Stone-Weaver's Tale — Cynthia McQuillin
The Hollow Dancer — Mary Soon Lee
La Faie Suiateih — Lisa Deason
Vengeance — Dorothy J. Heydt
The Moongate Troll — Patricia Duffy Novak
Lifestone — Mary Catelli
White Elephants — Christopher Kempke
Traveler's Aide — Kathleen Thompson
Afterword: The Last Word — Rachel E. Holmen

Sword and Sorceress XV

1998. ISBN 978-0-88677-768-5 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
With a Warrior's Soul — John P. Buentello
Perseverance — Deborah Burros
Where there is Smoke — Mary Catelli
Unbinding Spell — Andrea Chodan
Cecropia — Susan Hanniford Crowley
To Live Forever — Jessie D. Eaker
Queen's Anvil — Sarah Lyons
The Sick Rose — Dorothy J. Heydt
Skin-Deep — Heather Rose Jones
One Last Dragon, One Last Time — Cath McBride
Under Her Wing — Devon Monk
Shimmering Scythe — Vera Nazarian
Spring Snow — Diana L. Paxson
Oaths — Lynn Morgan Rosser
Something Precious — Carol Tompkins
All These Days — Peter Trachtenberg
His Heart of Stone — Laura J. Underwood
A Matter of Names — Cynthia Ward
The Dragon's Horde — Elisabeth Waters and Raul S. Reyes
The Phoenix Blade — Deborah Wheeler
The Smell of Magic — Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury
Seal-Woman's Power — Paul Edwin Zimmer

Sword and Sorceress XVI

1999. ISBN 978-0-88677-843-9 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Kappa's Gift — Fujiko
The Changeless Room — Charlotte Carlson
Isabelle and the Siren — Mary Catelli
Dragon's Tear — Sonya Fedotowsky
A Sister's Blood — Patricia B. Cirone
Changed — Lisa Deason
The Power to Change the Shape of the Land — Dayle A. Dermatis
The Frog Prince — Linda J. Dunn
Honey from the Rock — Dorothy J. Heydt
The Will of the Wind — Christina Krueger
Moonlight on Water — Carol E. Leever
Nine Springs — Kathleen M. Massie-Ferch
Mistweaver — Terry McGarry
Waking the Stone Maiden — Cynthia McQuillin
City of No-Sleep — Vera Nazarian
Daughter of the Bear — Diana L. Paxson
The Wishing Stones — Lisa S. Silverthorne
A Fool's Game — Selina Rosen
The Anvil of Her Pride — Lawrence Schimel
The Dancing Men of Ballyben — Laura J. Underwood
Salt & Sorcery — Elisabeth Waters and Michael Spence
Weaving Spells — Lawrence Watt-Evans
Enaree, An Azkhantian Tale — Deborah Wheeler
The Day They Ran Out of Princesses — Gail Sosinsky Wickman
Taking Flight — Susan Wolven
The Vision that Appeared — Katherine L. Rogers

Sword and Sorceress XVII

2000. ISBN 978-0-88677-891-0 (USA edition)

Introduction — Marion Zimmer Bradley
Memories of the Sea — Dave Coleman-Reese
Free Passage — Mary Catelli
The Conjuror's Light — Lisa Campos
My Sister's Song — T. Borregaard
The Summons — Bunnie Bessell
Luz — Patricia Duffy Novak
Caelqua's Spring — Vera Nazarian
Deep as Rivers — Cynthia McQuillin
Weapons at War — Charles Richard Laing
Hell Hath No Fury ... — Lee Martindale
An Exchange of Favors — Dorothy J. Heydt
Price of the Sword — Kim Fryer
Demon Calling — ElizaBeth Gilligan
Nor Iron Bars a Cage — Deborah Wheeler
The Haunting of Princess Elizabeth — Carrie Vaughn
Shadow Soul — Laura J. Underwood
Memories Traced in Snow — Dave Smeds
Valkyrie — Jenn Reese
Soul Dance — Lisa S. Silverthorne
Lady of Flame — Diana L. Paxson
The Tears of the Moon — Cynthia Ward

Sword and Sorceress XVIII

2001. ISBN 978-0-88677-996-2 (USA edition)

Introduction — Elisabeth Waters
A Passage of Power — Diana L. Paxson
Lessons Learned — Kati Dougherty-Carthum
Kendat's Ax — Jan Combs
The Tower of Song — Howard Holman
The Needed Stone — Denise Lopes Heald
Armageddon — Lisa S. Silverthorne
The Land of Graves — Dave Smeds
Light — Susan Urbanek Linville
In the Sacred Places of the Earth — Dorothy J. Heydt
The Glass Sword — Richard Corwin
Bed of Roses — Elisabeth Waters
Sword of Peace — Lucy Cohen Schmeidler
The Fall of the Kingdom — Mary Soon Lee
Arms and the Woman — Lawrence Watt-Evans
The Stone Wives — Michael Chesley Johnson
Tiger's Eye — India Edghill
Raven-wings on the Snow — Pauline J. Alama
Little Rogue Riding Hood — Rosemary Edghill
The Queen in Yellow — Gerald Perkins
Magic Threads — Pete D. Manison

Sword and Sorceress XIX

2002. ISBN 978-0-7564-0049-1 (USA edition)

Introduction — Elisabeth Waters
The Curse of Ardal Glen — Laura J. Underwood
When the King is Weak — Barbara E. Tarbox
The Sign of the Boar — Diana L. Paxson
A Matter of Focus — Penny Buchanan
Inner Sight — Susan Wolven
Familiars — Michael H. Payne
Ordeal — Robyn McGrew
Grain — Esther M. Friesner
Gifts of the Kami — Carol E. Leever
One in Ten Thousand — Aimee Kratts
Lord of the Earth — Dorothy J. Heydt
Lady of Light — Jennifer Ashley
All Too Familiar — P. Andrew Miller
Artistic License — Deborah Burros
Earth, Wind and Water — Bob Dennis
Fire for the Senjen Tiger — Stephen Crane Davidson
Fighting Spirit — Karen Magon
Pride, Prejudice and Paranoia — Michael Spence
A Simple Spell — Marilyn A. Racette
Sword of Queens — Bunnie Bessel (sic—all three occurrences in this book spell it "Bessel")
Better Seen than Heard — Emily C. A. Snyder
Openings — Meg Heydt
A Little Magic — P. E. Cunningham
Eloma's Second Career — Lorie Calkins
Sylvia — A. Hall

Sword and Sorceress XX

2003. ISBN 978-0-7564-0142-9 (USA edition)

Introduction — Elisabeth Waters and Ann Sharp
Bread and Arrows — Deborah J. Ross
Mermaid Offerings — Linda J. Dunn
Blood Will Tell — Dorothy J. Heydt
Mairi's Wine — Mara Grey
The Mask of Medusa's Daughter — Kathryn J. Brown
The Sorcerer of Rasston — Patricia Duffy Novak
Legacy — Lisa Deason
The Last Swan Princess — Patricia Sayre McCoy
Swordtongue — Anne Cutrell
Leaves of Iron — Cynthia McQuillin
The Challenge — Richard Calantropio
Celtic Beauty — Winifred Phillips
Late Blooming — Margaret L. Carter
Swords for Teeth, Mirrors for Eyes — Charles M. Saplak
Shen's Daughter — Mary Soon Lee
The Robber Girl, the Strangers, and Ole Lukoie — Phyllis Ann Karr
Too in the Morning — George Barr
The Song of the Stones — Diana L. Paxson
Homily — The Rev. C. Robbins Clark

Sword and Sorceress XXI

2004. ISBN 978-0-7564-0195-5 (USA edition). Edited by Diana L. Paxson.

Introduction — Diana L. Paxson
Sword and Sorceress — Jennifer G. Tifft
A Kind of Redemption — John P. Buentello
Lostland — Rosemary Edghill
Multiple Choice — Leslie Fish
Child's Play — Esther M. Friesner
Journey's End — Dorothy J. Heydt
Spell of the Sparrow — Jim C. Hines
The Skin Trade — Heather Rose Jones
Dawn and Dusk — Dana Kramer-Rolls
Oulu — Aimee Kratts
Kin — Naomi Kritzer
Sun Thief — K. A. Laity
The Woman's Place — Susan Urbanek Linville
Rose in Winter — Marie M. Loughin
Plowshares — Rebecca Maines
Necessity and the Mother — Lee Martindale
Kazhe's Blade — Terry McGarry
Parri's Blade — Cynthia McQuillin
Ursa — Jenn Reese
Love Potion #8½ — Marilyn A. Racette
Favor of the Goddess — Lynn Morgan Rosser
Step By Step — Catherine Soto
Red Caramae — Kit Wesler

Sword and Sorceress XXII

2007. ISBN 978-1-934648-15-5 (USA edition). Edited by Elisabeth Waters.

2007. ISBN 978-1-934169-90-2 (USA edition). Edited by Elisabeth Waters.

Edra's Arrow — Esther M. Friesner
A Nose for Trouble — Patricia B. Cirone
Night Watches — Catherine Soto
Vanishing Village — Margaret L. Carter
Pearl of Fire — Deborah J. Ross
The Ironwood Box — Kimberly L. Maughan
Bearing Shadows — Dave Smeds
Black Ghost, Red Ghost — Jonathan Moeller
The Decisive Princess — Catherine Mintz
Child of the Father — Alanna Morland
Child of Ice, Child of Flame — Marian Allen
Skin and Bones — Heather Rose Jones
Crosswort Puzzle — Michael Spence and Elisabeth Waters
Fairy Debt — T. Borregaard
Tontine — Robert E. Vardeman
The Menagerie — Sarah Dozier

Sword and Sorceress XXIII

2008. ISBN 978-1-934648-78-0 (USA edition). Edited by Elisabeth Waters.

Daughters of Brightshield — Pauline J. Alama
Undivided — Marian Allen
It's All in the Making — Patricia B. Cirone
Shalott's Inn — Leah Cypess
Wolf Maiden — Linda L. Donahue
Polish on, Polish off: A Dragon Tale — Tom Inister
Scam Artistry — Mercedes Lackey and Elisabeth Waters
The Vessel — Gerri Leen
Fairest Of Them All — Melissa Mead
Blood Moon — Catherine Mintz
Stolen Ghosts — Jonathan Moeller
Black Magic — Resa Nelson
The Frog's Princess — Kristin Noone
Squirrel Errant — Michael H. Payne
Remembering — Deborah J. Ross
A Morsel for the Plague Queen — Dave Smeds
Hope for the Dawn — Catherine Soto
Daughter of Heaven — Michael Spence and Elisabeth Waters
Deermouse — K. D. Wentworth

Sword and Sorceress XXIV

2009. ISBN 978-1-60762-048-8 (USA edition). Edited by Elisabeth Waters.

Introduction — Elisabeth Waters
The Casket of Brass — Deborah J. Ross
Merlin's Clutter — Helen E. Davis
Sceptre of the Ungodly — Elisabeth Waters and Michael Spence
Material Witness — Brenta Blevins
Owl Court — K.D. Wentworth
Nellandra's Keeper — Teresa Howard
Sages and Demons — Catherine Soto
The Case of the Haunted City — Josepha Sherman
Pax Draconica — Cate McBride
Sea-Child — Cynthia Ward
Ghost Masks — Jonathan Moeller
The Vapors of Crocodile Fen — Dave Smeds
Lord Shashensa — Therese Arkenberg
Three on a Match — Michael H. Payne
A Curious Case — Annclaire Livoti
Soul Walls — Julia H. West
Little Red — Melissa Mead

Sword and Sorceress XXV

2010. ISBN 978-1-60762-081-5 (USA edition). Edited by Elisabeth Waters.

Introduction — Elisabeth Waters
The Sorceress's Apprentice — Pauline J. Alama
Killing Stars — Robin Wayne Bailey
Mira — Steven Brust
Proving Grounds — Steve Chapman
Impossible Quests — Kate Coombs
A Wall To Keep The World Out — Helen E. Davis
Caden's Death — Amy Griswold
Ghost Puppet — Jonathan Moeller
Well Enough — Lauren K. Moody
Matriculation — Michael H. Payne
Fire and Fate — Deborah J. Ross
The Lost and Found Talisman — Josepha Sherman
Homecoming — Jonathan Shipley
The Etherine Road — Dave Smeds
Winter in Khotan — Catherine Soto
Inquisition for Blood — Elisabeth Waters and Michael Spence
Simon's Fish — Barbara Tarbox
Pantheon Shift Change — L. M. Townsend-Crow
The Sundered Star — K. D. Wentworth
Saved by the Soap — Susan Wolven

References

^ "Sword & Sorceress 22". Marion Zimmer Bradley Literary Works Trust. http://mzbworks.home.att.net/s22.htm. Retrieved 2007-02-07.

External links

Series listing at SciFan
Sword And Sorceress series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Review of S&S XXII