Includes the stories: "They Come and Go" by Joel Hagen; "Cat Tale" by Vicki Ann Heydron; "Bedtime Story" by Anodea Judith; "Wrong Number" by James Ian Elliot;
"The Bardic Revel" essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley; "From Various and Sundry Bardic Revels" essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley; "Serpent's Lullabye" poem by Diana L. Paxson; "Morning Song" poem by Robert A. Cook; "The Berserk and the Bear's Sark" poem by Diana L. Paxson;
"Sad Memories" poem by Fiona Lynn Zimmer; "Reflections from a Hill" poem by Ian Michael Studebaker; "Tell Me a Story" by Elisabeth Waters; "Just Another Vampire Story" by Randall Garrett; "Wildwood" by Adrienne Martine-Barnes; "The Tax Collector" by Phillip Wayne; "The Woodcarver's Son" by Robert A. Cook; "The Incompetent Magician" by Marion Zimmer Bradley; "Cantabile" by Jon DeCles; "Dagger Spring" by Susan Shwartz; "Lariven" by Patricia Shaw Mathews; "The Ring" by Caradoc A. Cador; "The Hand of Tyr" by Paul Edwin Zimmer.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Smorgasbord: 2 essays, 14 fantasies, 2 SF, + short poetry,
By Michele L. Worley (Kingdom of the Mouse, United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Greyhaven: An Anthology of Fantasy (Mass Market Paperback)
I've organized my comments by author rather than in order of presentation. The essays are all right, but aren't of particular interest to me; I've included them for completeness. The stories are a mix of styles and themes, ranging from creepy to hilarious. The poetry involves some in-jokes at the expense of some contributors to this anthology. :)Barnes, Adrienne Martine "Wildwood" - Tale of a girl caught between the magic of the Wildwood and the ritual magic of her father's people. The world shown here has no depth (forest people good, logging/stripmining city folk bad), and the buildup to the ending is *very* rushed. Bradley, Marion Zimmer "Greyhaven: Writers at Work" - Essay, discussing the Greyhaven circle (Bradley's immediate family and friends). Bradley, Marion Zimmer "The Bardic Revel" - Essay, describing the local bardic revel (amateur night, you might call it). Bradley, Marion Zimmer "The Incompetent Magician" - Also appears in the collection _Lythande_ (see my review). Very good story, as are all Lythande's adventures. Cador, Caradoc A. "The Ring" - Fiachra is the only fisherman in the village who walks the beach for pleasure, so it is he who finds the dead man, washed ashore wearing a ring decorated with roses. His mother calls it bad luck, and won't let him give it to his sister for her handfasting. Soon he discovers one of its properties: it grants visions of the Uttermost West, where no man born of woman may come living. But it does not do to dwell in dreams too much, and forget to live. Cook, Robert "The Woodcarver's Son" - The unicorns are hungry, so the wizard attempts to arrange matters so that a woodcarver's son, out of love, might provide them with the sustenance they need. de Cles, Jon "Cantabile" - The Beast Who Wept was an experiment, the product of a mind in chains, an arrow shot into the air that came to rest in favorable conditions. So it is that the Baron's daughter finds a small stranger in her father's rooftop garden, a Beast who hasn't lived long enough to learn human speech. Told from the Beast's inarticulate perspective, this is the story of a lifetime measured in weeks, but a full life for all that. Very good story. Elliot, James Ian "Wrong Number" - A 1-page story of a wrong number with dramatic results. Garrett, Randall "Just Another Vampire Story" - The narrator has just picked up a young man in a bar who affects to be a vampire, giving logical reasons for most of the trappings of myth. How much of it is a pose, if any? Hagen, Joel "They Come and Go" - A creepy 2-page story, told by a kid who helps the *things* that sometimes appear in his house. Heydron, Vicki Ann "Cat Tale" - Kathy Christopher is spending the evening alone in her apartment, summoning the courage to confront her boss about updating the antiquated system *he* designed but *she* has to maintain. Her cat finally distracts her, harassing a small creature cornered near the balcony - a sprite-like creature with wings! She can barely believe in it, even after it speaks (something about 'gratitude' and 'lunar-solar juxtaposition'). Before she finally seeks sleep that night, she wishes she were more like her cat - strong and beautiful, able to cope with her problems. And in the morning, she wakes as a mountain lion, with a *REAL* problem - does this 'gratitude' only last until the next full moon, a year, or a full eclipse cycle?! One of the two or three best stories in here. Judith, Anodea "Bedtime Story" - Johnny's mother is exasperated with his fears of monsters in the closet and under his bed. He quickly regrets saying to himself that he'll show her the monsters are real, when the words call one up. (The monster's not happy either; he was on his way to a hot date.) Mathews, Patricia Shaw "Lariven" - When one of the Queens beyond the River sends a dream to Terran Survey, they come running (they need telepaths desperately for space communications). Paxson, Diana L. "The Kindred of the Wind" - The kindred in question are were-eagles, born in human shape but able to take on bird form, if properly taught, and if they can conceal themselves from human persecution. Orik, born in a human community, was not so taught - and was cast out when an accidental shape change revealed his heritage, leaving him with a wing in place of one arm. If you like this one, try Paxson's "Sky Sister" in _Moonsinger's Friends_. Paxson, Diana; Cook, Robert; Studebaker, Ian Michael; Zimmer, Fiona "From Various Bardic Revels" - some short poetry, some of it funny, e.g. "Morning Song", describing Paul Zimmer before his morning coffee, and "Serpent's Lullabye" (Robert Cook slept through both a fire and flood at Greyhaven). Schwartz, Susan "Dagger Spring" - This story eventually grew into the novel _Queensblade_. Waters, Elisabeth "Tell Me a Story" - The unnamed narrator, a writer, has been kidnapped by the 'time warp' on her desk, into which manuscripts have often vanished. It's impatient to find out what happened next... Wayne, Phillip "The Tax Collector" - The local lord has been taxing his people outrageously to finance his wedding celebration. Gyllan knows a few things about him - for instance, that his ability to make impressive kills while hunting vanished abruptly when his chief huntsman quit. :) Since Gyllan (and his partner, a linkwolf) are just passing through, they decide to give the tenderfoot a taste of his own medicine: they kidnap him, haul him out into the woods, then 'tax' him in return for food and shelter. Zimmer, Paul Edwin "The Hand of Tyr" - Odin called the warrior Farin from Valhalla to be reborn in the world of men for a certain task. But of course, after his rebirth, he forgot his mission, and who he was. One of best stories in the collection.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book that sprang from a chance idea...,
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This review is from: Greyhaven: An Anthology of Fantasy (Mass Market Paperback)
This anthology originated one day when Marion Bradley Zimmer was with her agent, who was discussing an anthology with another client.
The thought ocurred to her that she could put together a complete anthology just from the folks who regularly got together at Greyhaven for Sunday tea. The idea was greeted with a check for the advance, and the rest is history. I was invited to submit a story. Not being a professional writer at the time I was dubious at the prospects. However, I wrote and submitted 'Wrong Number' under a pseudonym "James Ian Elliot". I was surprised and delighted when Ms Zimmer, a critical author who was not known for handing out gratuitous compliments, wrote a glowing comment that was longer than the story itself. This is a delightful collection of works by some of the most creative people I've ever had the priviledge to know. James Ian Elliot, pseud. John Chalinder
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