Author: Erik Fennel
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612104215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
She was well-named-Sin-foul witch and raving beauty. Black Priestess and beloved of Sasso, the Dark Power from another dimension who strove to capture, with her help, Varda, a lovely little world. Outlawed, sentenced to the Vat, a few foresters still defied foul Sasso's loveliest witch. ExcerptA shriveled blood-red moon cast slanting beams through gigantic, weirdly distorted trees. The air was dead still where he lay, but overhead a howling wind tossed the top branches into eerie life. He was lying on moss. Moss that writhed resentfully under his weight. His stomach was heaving queasily and his head was one throbbing ache. His right leg refused to move. It seemed to be stuck in something.He was not alone. Something was prowling nearby among the unbelievably tall trees. He sat up weakly, automatically, but somehow he did not care very deeply what happened to him. Not at first.The prowling creature circled, trying to outline him against the slanting shafts of crimson moonlight. He heard it move, then saw its eyes blue-green and luminous in the shadows, only a foot or two from the ground.Then his scalp gave a sudden tingle, for the eyes rose upward. Abruptly they were five feet above ground level. He held his breath, but still more wondering than afraid. A vagrant gust brought a spicy odor to his nostrils, something strongly reminiscent of sandalwood. Not an animal smell.He moved slightly. The moss beneath him squeaked a protest and writhed unpleasantly.The thing with the glowing eyes moved closer. Squeak-squeak, squeak-squeak, the strange moss complained. And then a human figure appeared momentarily in a slender shaft of red light.
Black Priestess of Varda
Author: Erik Fennel
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612104215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
She was well-named-Sin-foul witch and raving beauty. Black Priestess and beloved of Sasso, the Dark Power from another dimension who strove to capture, with her help, Varda, a lovely little world. Outlawed, sentenced to the Vat, a few foresters still defied foul Sasso's loveliest witch. ExcerptA shriveled blood-red moon cast slanting beams through gigantic, weirdly distorted trees. The air was dead still where he lay, but overhead a howling wind tossed the top branches into eerie life. He was lying on moss. Moss that writhed resentfully under his weight. His stomach was heaving queasily and his head was one throbbing ache. His right leg refused to move. It seemed to be stuck in something.He was not alone. Something was prowling nearby among the unbelievably tall trees. He sat up weakly, automatically, but somehow he did not care very deeply what happened to him. Not at first.The prowling creature circled, trying to outline him against the slanting shafts of crimson moonlight. He heard it move, then saw its eyes blue-green and luminous in the shadows, only a foot or two from the ground.Then his scalp gave a sudden tingle, for the eyes rose upward. Abruptly they were five feet above ground level. He held his breath, but still more wondering than afraid. A vagrant gust brought a spicy odor to his nostrils, something strongly reminiscent of sandalwood. Not an animal smell.He moved slightly. The moss beneath him squeaked a protest and writhed unpleasantly.The thing with the glowing eyes moved closer. Squeak-squeak, squeak-squeak, the strange moss complained. And then a human figure appeared momentarily in a slender shaft of red light.
Publisher: eStar Books
ISBN: 1612104215
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
She was well-named-Sin-foul witch and raving beauty. Black Priestess and beloved of Sasso, the Dark Power from another dimension who strove to capture, with her help, Varda, a lovely little world. Outlawed, sentenced to the Vat, a few foresters still defied foul Sasso's loveliest witch. ExcerptA shriveled blood-red moon cast slanting beams through gigantic, weirdly distorted trees. The air was dead still where he lay, but overhead a howling wind tossed the top branches into eerie life. He was lying on moss. Moss that writhed resentfully under his weight. His stomach was heaving queasily and his head was one throbbing ache. His right leg refused to move. It seemed to be stuck in something.He was not alone. Something was prowling nearby among the unbelievably tall trees. He sat up weakly, automatically, but somehow he did not care very deeply what happened to him. Not at first.The prowling creature circled, trying to outline him against the slanting shafts of crimson moonlight. He heard it move, then saw its eyes blue-green and luminous in the shadows, only a foot or two from the ground.Then his scalp gave a sudden tingle, for the eyes rose upward. Abruptly they were five feet above ground level. He held his breath, but still more wondering than afraid. A vagrant gust brought a spicy odor to his nostrils, something strongly reminiscent of sandalwood. Not an animal smell.He moved slightly. The moss beneath him squeaked a protest and writhed unpleasantly.The thing with the glowing eyes moved closer. Squeak-squeak, squeak-squeak, the strange moss complained. And then a human figure appeared momentarily in a slender shaft of red light.
Brave new words
Author: Jeff Prucher
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195305671
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195305671
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Science Fiction Magazine Story Index, 1926-1995
Author: Terry A. Murray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Since the appearance of the first science fiction magazine in 1926, thousands of short stories have been published in periodicals devoted to the genre. These stories cover a wide range of subjects, from spacecraft to the human condition, and feature little-known authors as well as masters like Ellison and Asimov. In the past, finding which issue of what magazine ran a certain story was nearly impossible. This much-needed reference tool provides valuable assistance in the daunting task of locating short stories published in science fiction magazines, providing exhaustive indexes to magazines, authors, and titles, allowing a variety of options for research on 34,000 stories appearing in nearly 5,000 issues of 133 genre magazines. Stories from all major American publications, as well as from several minor periodicals, are indexed. Also included is an appendix of the best known and most prolific contributors, giving the titles of all their stories in this work (necessary because the huge author index does not show titles). A guide to how to use this book clarifies its features for the researcher.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Since the appearance of the first science fiction magazine in 1926, thousands of short stories have been published in periodicals devoted to the genre. These stories cover a wide range of subjects, from spacecraft to the human condition, and feature little-known authors as well as masters like Ellison and Asimov. In the past, finding which issue of what magazine ran a certain story was nearly impossible. This much-needed reference tool provides valuable assistance in the daunting task of locating short stories published in science fiction magazines, providing exhaustive indexes to magazines, authors, and titles, allowing a variety of options for research on 34,000 stories appearing in nearly 5,000 issues of 133 genre magazines. Stories from all major American publications, as well as from several minor periodicals, are indexed. Also included is an appendix of the best known and most prolific contributors, giving the titles of all their stories in this work (necessary because the huge author index does not show titles). A guide to how to use this book clarifies its features for the researcher.
PLANET STORIES - Winter 1947
Author: Erik Fennel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597981705
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Features Black Priestess of Varda and Earth is Missing .
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597981705
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Features Black Priestess of Varda and Earth is Missing .
Index to the Science Fiction Magazines
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Index to the Science Fiction Magazines, 1926-1950
Author: Donald Bryne Day
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
Author: Peter Nicholls
Publisher: Granada
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher: Granada
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Black Amazon of Mars
Author: Leigh Brackett
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!
Publisher: e-artnow
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 74
Book Description
Grimly Eric John Stark slogged toward that ancient Martian city—with every step he cursed the talisman of Ban Cruach that flamed in his blood-stained belt. Behind him screamed the hordes of Ciaran, hungering for that magic jewel—ahead lay the dread abode of the Ice Creatures—at his side stalked the whispering spectre of Ban Cruach, urging him on to a battle Stark knew he must lose!
Tide of War
Author: AJ Cooper
Publisher: Realms of Varda
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Fear spreads through the feudal kingdom of Zarubain as an Imperial army masses on the southern border. The lords, the ladies, and the fairy priestesses — accustomed to many decades of peace — find themselves utterly unprepared for the trouble to come. And as the TIDE OF WAR grows, there are dark portents: lightning in the skies, a bubbling in the sea, a beast in the water.
Publisher: Realms of Varda
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Fear spreads through the feudal kingdom of Zarubain as an Imperial army masses on the southern border. The lords, the ladies, and the fairy priestesses — accustomed to many decades of peace — find themselves utterly unprepared for the trouble to come. And as the TIDE OF WAR grows, there are dark portents: lightning in the skies, a bubbling in the sea, a beast in the water.
Blade of Prophecy
Author: AJ Cooper
Publisher: Realms of Varda
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The city of Thénai and the military alliance it leads resurge from the brink of destruction to become more powerful than ever. The hero Theron, Thénai’s most famous citizen, has been gone for more than a decade, but rumors spread that his return is imminent, that he has set his heart against the city he once loved, and that he has vowed to help its enemies in the war. None know his possible motivations, but some say they are written in scrolls of prophecy. The ninth and final book of the Wind of Destiny series.
Publisher: Realms of Varda
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The city of Thénai and the military alliance it leads resurge from the brink of destruction to become more powerful than ever. The hero Theron, Thénai’s most famous citizen, has been gone for more than a decade, but rumors spread that his return is imminent, that he has set his heart against the city he once loved, and that he has vowed to help its enemies in the war. None know his possible motivations, but some say they are written in scrolls of prophecy. The ninth and final book of the Wind of Destiny series.