Cover art by Greg Call. This anthology contains: Spring Snow by Diana L. Paxson; The Phoenix Blade by Deborah Wheeler; Seal Woman's Power by Paul Edwin Zimmer; The Dragon's Horde by Elisabeth Waters and Raul S. Reyes; With a Warrior's Soul by John P. Buentello; Perserverance by Deborah Burros; Where There Is Smoke by Mary Catelli; Unbinding Spell by Andrea Chodan; Cecropia by Susan Hanniford Crowley; To Live Forever by Jessie D. Eaker; Queen's Anvil by Sarah Lyons; The Sick Rose by Dorothy J. Heydt; Skin Deep by Heather Rose Jones; One Last Dragon, One Last Time by Cath McBride; Under Her Wing by Devon Monk; Shimmering Scythe by Vera Nazarian; Oaths by Lynn Morgan Rosser; Something Precious by Carol Tompkins; All These Days by Peter Trachtenberg; His Heart of Stone by Laura J. Underwood; A Matter of Names by Cynthia Ward; and The Smell of Magic by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury.« less
I'm a huge fan of this series. I own them all. And normally I keep them all. I just accidently bought two of these so I'm posting the second copy. Great short story anthology!
From back of book:
An apprentice sorcerwss must pass through the realm of the dead to gain the power to save the life of her mentor...
A young fugitive must unravel the mystery of a deadly curse or her companion won't live long enough to become a bride...
A mercenary finds herself in the employ of a dragon with regal aspirations for one of his captives...
A warrior woman determined to save her family finds that only through tragedy can she grasp her magical heritage...
Journey with Diana Paxson, Deborah Wheeler, Paul Edwin Zimmer and their fellow spellweavers through exotic realms of adventure and magic where heroic women, whether practitioners of the sorcerous arts or wielders of deadly blades accept challenges too often considered the exclusive province of men, in 22 original stories collected and edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley.