A Fantasy Medley

A Fantasy Medley gathers four short stories, each set in an established fantasy world. The stories are by C. E. Murphy, Kate Elliott, Kelley Armstrong and Yanni Kuznia, and each adds a new episode to a world its author has written before.

Zoe Takano is the only vampire in Toronto, a city full of the supernatural creatures of Kelley Armstrong's Otherworld. In "Zen and the Art of Vampirism", two interlopers arrive and put her standing in the local hierarchy at risk.

Kate Elliott's story, "Riding the Shore of the River of Death", goes back to the world of Crown of Stars. Kareka is the daughter of the begh of the Kirshat. She hunts to take a man's head, her last chance to prove herself as a man. If she fails, the clan will hold her to the role of woman and wife for good.

The collection also includes "Words Like Coins", set in the Farseer world. Mirrifen, a failed hedge-witch's apprentice, married for security. Then a severe drought arrives, and so does a pregnant female pecksie.

C. E. Murphy's "From Russia, with Love" is set in frozen Moscow. Baba Yaga's daughter works as a barmaid in a dive, where Janx and Eliseo Daisani walk in and compete for her affections. Baba Yaga has plans for Janx, and her daughter is the bait.