In Celebration of Lammas Night

An anthology of fantastical stories set in and around Lammas Night. In Lammas Night a young weaver is persuaded to bide a while in a small village, to make their village spells and keep the Dark at bay. The villagers give her the house of her predecessor. Now a half-seen phantom courts her. He is either her lover for all time--or a wicked spirit's seeming, the aim of which is to entrap her in an unspeakable fate. Contents: Lammas Night by Mercedes Lackey Hallowmas Night by Mercedes Lackey Harvest of Souls by Doranna Durgin The Heart of the Grove by Ardath Mayhar Miranda by Ru Emerson Demonheart by Mark Shepherd Sunflower by Jody Lynn Nye Summer Storms by Christie Golden A Choice of Many by Mark Garland The Captive Song by Josepha Sherman Midsummer Folly by Elizabeth Waters The Mage, The Maiden and The Hag by S.M. Stirling and Jan Stirling The Road Taken by Laura Anne Gilman A Wanderer of Wizard-kind by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Circle of Ashes by Stephanie D Shaver A Choice of Dawns by Susan Schwartz Miranda's Tale by Jason Henderson Lady of the Rock by Diana L Paxson Before by Gael Baudino In Lammas Night a young weaver is persuaded to bide a while in a small village, to make their village spells and keep the Dark at bay. The villagers give her the house of her predecessor. Now a half-seen phantom courts her. He is either her lover for all time--or a wicked spirit's seeming, the aim of which is to entrap her in an unspeakable fate.

In Lammas Night a young weaver is persuaded to bide a while in a small village, to make their village spells and keep the Dark at bay. The villagers give her the house of her predecessor. Now a half-seen phantom courts her. He is either her lover for all time--or a wicked spirit's seeming, the aim of which is to entrap her in an unspeakable fate. Original.

While protecting a small village, a young spell weaver inadvertently awakens the spirit of her predecessor, who takes the form of a phantom and begins to court her