Book Preview Robert Asprin and Jody Lyn Nye This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. Copyright (c) 2001 by Bill Fawcett & Associates All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or … Read more
Book Preview Skeeter Jackson wasn’t in jail. And that was so overwhelming a shock, he wasn’t entirely sure what to do with himself. The one thing he didn’t want to do was hang around the infirmary, where Bergitta lay in the recovery room after emergency surgery and where Senator John Caddrick sat bellowing like a … Read more
Book Preview LINDA EVANS and ROBERT ASPRIN This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. Copyright © 2000 by Bill Fawcett & Associates All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions … Read more
Book Preview Skeeter Jackson was a scoundrel. A dyed-in-the-wool, thieving scoundrel. He knew it, of course; knew it as well as anyone else in La-La Land (at least, anyone who’d been on Shangri-La Station longer than a week). Not only did he know it, he was proud of it, the way other men were proud … Read more
Book Preview It wasn’t difficult to tell visitors from ‘eighty-sixers. Visitors were the ones with the round mouths and rounder eyes and steadily decreasing bankrolls. Like refugees from Grandma’s attic, they were decked out in whatever the Outfitters had decreed the current “look of the century.” Invariable struggles with unfamiliar bits of clothing, awkward baggage … Read more
Book Preview STEALERS’ SKY Copyright © 1989 by Robert Lynn Aspnn and Lynn Abbey Dramatis Personae copynght © 1989 by Face of Chaos, Inc Introduction copyright © 1989 by Robert Lynn Aspnn “Night Work” copyright © 1989 by Andrew J Offutt “The Incompetent Audience” copynght © 1989 by Jon DeCles “Our Vintage Years” copyright © … Read more
Book Preview UNEASY ALLIANCES Copyright © 1988 by Robert Lynn Aspnn and Lynn Abbey Dramatis Personae copyright © 1988 by Face of Chaos, Inc Introduction copyright © 1988 by Face of Chaos, Inc “Slave Trade” copyright © 1988 by Robert Lynn Aspnn “The Best of Fnends” copynght © 1988 by C J Cherryh “The Power … Read more
Book Preview AFTERMATH Copyright © 1987 by Robert Lynn Aspnn and Lynn Abbey Dramatis Personae copynght © 1987 by Face of Chaos, Inc Introduction copynght © 1987 by Robert Lynn Aspnn “Cade” copyright © 1987 by Mark C Perry “Wake of the Riddler” copyright © 1987 by Paradise “Inheritor” copynght © 1987 by David A … Read more
Book Preview Sanctuary Is for Lovers Lovers Who Slay Together Robin Wayne Bailey In the Still of the Night Andrew Offutt and Jodie Offutt AHDIOVIZUN; AHDIOMER viz; AHDIO, Proprietor of Sty’s Place, a legendary dive within the Maze. LALO THE LIMNER, Street artist gifted with magic he does not fully understand. GILLA, His indomitable wife. … Read more
Book Preview Thieves World Book #08 Edited by Robert Lynn Asprin The Small Powers that Endure Lynn Abbey AHDIOVIZUN; AHDIOMER viz; AHDIO, Proprietor of Sty’s Place, a legendary dive within the Maze. LALO THE LIMNER, Street artist gifted with magic he does not fully understand. GILLA, His indomitable wife. ALFI, Their youngest son. LATILLA, Their … Read more
Book Preview or A Look at the Normal Folk Down by the Riverside When the Spirit Moves You Ahdiovizun; Ahdiomer Viz; Ahdio Proprietor of Sly’s Place, a legendary dive within the Maze. Street artist gifted with magic he does not fully understand. Gilla His indomitable wife. Alfi Their youngest son. Latilla Their daughter. Vanda Their … Read more
Book Preview Thieves’ World Book #06 Edited by Robert Lynn Asprin EDITORIAL CLARIFICATION Recently, there have been various short stories and one novel published involving a Thieves’ World(tm) character. While the characters appearing in the stories in these anthologies remain the property of the individual contributing authors, there is just one Thieves’ World universe. The … Read more
Book Preview ‘The Face of Chaos will laugh at us all before the cycle completes its turn!’ The words were barely audible above the din of the bazaar, but they caught the ear of Illyra, stopping her in her tracks. Ignoring her husband’s puzzled glance, she made her way into the crowds in search of … Read more
Book Preview It had been a long time since Hakiem, Sanctuary’s oldest storyteller, had visited that section of town known only as the Fisherman’s Quarters, but he still knew the way. Not much had changed: the stalls with their flimsy awnings to keep the sun off the day’s catch; the boats bottom up along the … Read more
Book Preview It was a slow night at the Vulgar Unicorn. Not slow in the sense that there had been no fights (there hadn’t) or that there weren’t many customers (there weren’t) but rather a different kind of slow; the slow measured pace of a man on his way to the gallows, for the Unicorn … Read more
Book Preview THE DREAM OF THE SORCERESS TO GUARD THE GUARDIANS ESSAY: THE LIGHTER SIDE OF SANCTUARY The perceptive reader may notice small inconsistencies in the characters appearing in these stories. Their speech patterns, their accounts of certain events, and their observations on the town’s pecking order vary from time to These are not inconsistencies! … Read more
Book Preview THE GATE OF THE FLYING KNIVES THE PRICE OF DOING BUSINESS THE SECRET OF THE BLUE STAR Marion Zimmer Bradley THE MAKING OF THIEVES’ WORLD The perceptive reader may notice small inconsistencies in the characters appearing in these stories. Their speech patterns, their accounts of certain events, and their observations on the town’s … Read more
Book Preview Tom Mausier was a cautious man. Despite his daydreams of bravery and glorious deeds, he had to agree with his friends that he was one of the most cautious of people. As such, while it surprised everyone that he left his comfortable corporate job to open a business of his own, no one … Read more