Greyhaven: An Anthology of Fantasy

Contains

Original publication date

1983-04

People/Characters

Beast Who Wept; Katherine Christopher; Gellan Greywolf; Roger Hogg; Lythande (Pilgrim Adept); Martinique (cat) (show all 10); Olwen of Penllyn (Princess); Rastafyre the Incomparable; Roygan the Proud; Tyr (deity)

Important places

Gandrin, World of the Twin Suns (fictional); Penllyn (fictional); California, USA; San Francisco, California, USA

Dedication

To Robyn Elisabeth Cook

In loving memory of our dear and cherished Robert Cook, "our humble obedient Serpent" who did not live to see this anthology in print; as part of the legacy he left.

Et lux eterna luce... (show all)at eis.

First words

What is Greyhaven, and why is it the title of a fantasy anthology? ("Greyhaven: writers at work")

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Anakor paused, almost motionless in the eye of the wind. ("Kindred of the Wind" by Diana L. Paxson)

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Here comes that bug out of the kitchen. ("They Come and Go" by Joel Hagen)

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Katherine Christopher was wakened from a sound sleep by the deep-throated hunting growl of her Siamese cat, Martinique. ("Cat Tale" by Vicki Ann Heydron)

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"No!" ("Bedtime Story" by Anodea Judith)

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The golden-haired man entered the booth, inserted plastic and dialed. ("Wrong Number" by James Ian Elliot)

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The closing of the Salamandra and Rockridge coffeehouses leaves few outlets for local poets and original musicians to present their work. ("The Bardic Revel" by Marion Zimmer Bradley)

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Although I had been making jokes about the time warp for years I never really believed in its existence until the night it grabbed me. ("Tell Me a Story" by Elisabeth Waters)

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Did you ever meet a drunken vampire? ("Just Another Vampire Story" by Randall Garrett)

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Kera flexed her tired shoulders and took a ragged breath. ("Wildwood" by Adrienne Martine-Barnes)

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Gellan Greywolf, sometimes called Gellan Harper, wrapped his large musician's hand about the smaller one connected to the street urchin reaching up to the wagon where Gellan sat. ("The Tax Collector" by Phillip Wayne)

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Gretch stared pensively into the bubbling murk of the cauldron; thoughts, faces, and events swirled there in an ever-changing tapestry of grey mist. ("The Woodcarver's Son" by Robert A. Cook)

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Throughout the length and breadth of the world of the Twin Suns, from the Great Salt Desert in the south to the Ice Mountains in the north, no one seeks out a mercenary-magician unless he wants something; and it's usually tro... (show all)uble. ("The Incompetent Magician" by Marion Zimmer Bradley)

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A conjecture: it came from the past. Or: it came from the future. A supposition: it was a bolt shot by a talent great even in chains, shot at a venture because it dared not be shot at a target. ("Cantabile" by Jon DeCles)

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Olwen forced herself up once again from her skinned knees. ("Dagger Spring" by Susan Shwartz)

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Korvath the Conqueror had built this castle so that a long terrace faced the mist-shrouded hills across the river, the one land he had never conquered and had come to think he never would. ("Lariven" by Patricia Shaw Mathews)

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The sea glowed a dark purple lined with white, rolling in from the sky to the small and stony beach in the crashing of one unending breath. ("The Ring" by Caradoc A. Cador)

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Father Odin sent forth from the Hall of the Slain that hero who is called Farin among the Einherior, although he has had many another name on Earth. ("The Hand of Tyr" by Paul Edwin Zimmer)

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Some people would have you believe that editing an anthology is just a matter of reading the stories that come, buying the ones you like, rejecting the ones you don't, and sending the manuscript off to the printer. Et voil... (show all)à! ("Epilogue: A Footnote on Story Selection")

Last words

(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Greyhaven is, therefore, a state of mind; and a wonderful place to write. And out of that state of mind came the many stories in this book...and as the oldest, and so far, the most successful in the family, I have the privilege of introducing my writing family.

Marion Zimmer Bradley ("Greyhaven: writers at work")

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then he soared eastward, following the sun. ("Kindred of the Wind" by Diana L. Paxson)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I wish I had another dog. ("They Come and Go" by Joel Hagen)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I'd have been pretty conspicuous being followed by a line of ambitious tomcats! ("Cat Tale" by Vicki Ann Heydron)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"The cats have been in my bedroom again!" ("Bedtime Story" by Anodea Judith)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Third malfunction this week." ("Wrong Number" by James Ian Elliot)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The best way to be invited is to show up at the Tuesday night meetings in the new Children of Paradise coffeeshop, make yourself visible there, and demonstrate your competence. ("The Bardic Revel" by Marion Zimmer Bradley)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Most writers' deadlines are set by human editors, but mine are set by the time warp. ("Tell Me a Story" by Elisabeth Waters)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"A real one." ("Just Another Vampire Story" by Randall Garrett)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Kera paused a moment, then walked away, to seek the Wildwood and her mother's folk, and the pale blossoms of an ancient apple tree. ("Wildwood" by Adrienne Martine-Barnes)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Tira picked it up, and then the pups joined in, as they went howling down the road. ("The Tax Collector" by Phillip Wayne)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Only their masters, Gremlet; only their masters." ("The Woodcarver's Son" by Robert A. Cook)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)With a long sigh, Lythande drew the mage-robe about her thin shoulders, made sure the two daggers were secure in their sheaths - for at this hour, in the moonless streets of Old Gandrin there were many dangers, real and magical - and went on her solitary way stepping over the fragments of the broken lute. ("The Incompetent Magician" by Marion Zimmer Bradley)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The Sun was veiled in snow, the flowers all were dying, and only the hemlocks did not seem to mind. ("Cantabile" by Jon DeCles)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)I will be a good queen to you, she promised the weary, sleeping land. ("Dagger Spring" by Susan Shwartz)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"He's been married to stranger things," she said, and laughed, and they began the long trip back. ("Lariven" by Patricia Shaw Mathews)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In the midst of the wreck he lay, the ring glinting gold against his breastbone. ("The Ring" by Caradoc A. Cador)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But after the rejoicing Valkyries had passed, with Farin and with Tyr Warrior laughing in their midst, Warfather joined Heimdall upon Bifrost, gazing with his single, all-seeing eye upon the world where, bound in the hearts of all men, the Grey Wolf watches the dwellings of the gods. ("The Hand of Tyr" by Paul Edwin Zimmer)

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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)But sufficient unto this anthology are the writers thereof.

Marion Zimmer Bradley ("Epilogue: A Footnote on Story Selection")