Mary Catelli

Widowed, caught between two feuds, Katie was desperate enough that the Witch Prince witched her wits away, so that she let him steal her baby.Then there was no reason for him to not let the bewitchment fail, then. What, after all, could she do against him? Even the witching woman would tell her that defying the Witch Prince was beyond her power. And tell her again, when she will not listen.

"The sea of sand touched many shores -- the meanest beggar's brat knew that -- and many sands drifted up from them, but Persinette always maintained that black sand meant death, and mingled with red, a bloody death." Kyre still had to work for his living. Even it meant taking a job from a wizard. . . .

A wizard must produce justice enough to satisfy a dragon. A young man tries to rob a tiger's lair. An enchantress tries to keep a court safe while they ignore the perils of misusing her magic. A lady finds that court intrigues can spread even to the countryside. And more tales. Includes "Over the Sea To Me," "Dragonfire and Time", "The Maze, the Manor, and the Unicorn", "The White Menagerie", "The Dragon's Cottage," "Jewel of the Tiger," and...

Shipwreck is not enough -- though no ship will sail by, the mermaids have found the stranded sailors.And worse, the cargo of wines and liquors is seeping into the sea.

Enchanted pools, shadowy dragons, wolves that spring from the mists and vanish into them again, paths that are longer, or shorter, than they should be, given where they went...the Misty Hills were filled with marvels. Madeleine still left the hills, years ago, to marry against her father's will. If her husband's family is less than welcoming, she still is glad she married him, and they have a son, two years old. But her husband's overlord has fallen...

Two novellas of magic and adventure... Caught between pirates who would force him to use wizardry in their aid, and a king who would force him to spy, Alik will need every scrap of wits and wizardry to forge his own path. A curse of ill luck leaves Perriel and Gareth trapped in an endless winter, with only the faintest hope of breaking free.

A novelette of curses and journeys. Avice's dreams of settling at Clearwater are dashed. The lawsuit had ended, and the lands were made over to her, but a bone wizard lays a curse on the land, and blight begins to spread. All will die before the curse as it spreads. Neither her family nor her king are willing to help. She is left alone with only the knowledge that the mysterious Book of Bone may have the lore that she needs - if only she can find...

Drunken mermaids - a clan cursed to become crows - a magic book that even the Nameless Necromancer fears - and more in this reprint collection of thirteen stories and a poem.

A novelette retelling an old ballad. A castle of marvels, by the sea - full of goblins and sprites. Many young knights come in search of adventures, and leave in search of something less adventurous. A knight brave enough to face it could even woo the Lady Isobel there, but when Sir Beichan and she catch the attention of her father, the castle has horrors as well as wonders, enough to hold him prisoner. Winning freedom may only separate them, unless...

With their lands withering for want of protection from the wind, they hear a demand from the wizard: the jewel of the tiger.Jyron, realizing it may be simpler than it looks, sets boldly out to get a jewel from the lair of a man-eating tiger. To find that simplicity does not mean ease.