SHORT STORIES: Fantasy, mystery, romance, history—mixed and matched, straight
and blended. Just think in terms of a box of chocolates, white, dark, with nuts
or caramel or plain, but each a tasty morsel in its own right—and all of them
good for what ails you.
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LOVE & ROCKETS
Lillian and her friend Sylvia Kelso co-wrote a story, "An Offer You Couldn't Refuse" for the
Love and Rockets anthology, available from DAW December 2010.
"The best tales of this anthology are Sylvia Kelso and Lillian Stewart Carl's 'An Offer You Couldn't Refuse' and Tim Waggoner's 'For Old Times' Sake.' Both mainly science fiction tales, the romances behind them have substance and are not cliched, with a subtle weave of real-life emotion."
--Romantic Times
The Dimension Next Door
The Avalon Psalter
Movements glimpsed out of the corner of your eye, inexplicable sounds,
knowledge for which there is no rational explanation, dreams that seem
as real as our own everyday life—products of overactive imaginations, or
unexpected glimpses into dimensions beyond our own? Join thirteen
intrepid writers as they explore those unknown territories that may be
found in any of countless Dimensions Next Door.
The Muse and Other Stories of History, Mystery, and
Myth
In The Muse and Other Stories of History, Mystery, and Myth, Lillian Stewart
Carl sweeps you through a magical mystery tour of history.
Thirteen stories
take you from the British Colonies in America and India to medieval England and
revolutionary Scotland. Vividly realized worlds include Shakespeare's
timeless Illyria and the very real twenty-first century.
Cross Plains Universe
The Diamonds of Golkonda
Editors Cupp and Lansdale gave their writers some simple
boundaries: write a story featuring a character of Robert E. Howard's, a story
featuring Howard himself as a character, or a story in the style of Robert E.
Howard.
The Adventure of the
Missing Detective
The Necromancer's Apprentice
From traditional mystery stories with devious doings and a
plot full of clues to terse thrillers with edge-of-the-seat climaxes to the
nail-biting tale of psychological suspense, no field of popular fiction can
match contemporary crime writing in diversity, excitement, cunning, or
satisfaction.
Thou Shalt Not Kill
Way Down in Egypt's Land
A Scottish visitor to a
Virginia plantation in 1820 finds himself bemused by the peculiar
institution of slavery. But it has nothing to do with him.
Or so he thinks, until a murder brings him squarely up against a
moral dilemma that is very personal indeed.
Alternate Generals III
Over the Sea to Skye
History shows that leadership is crucial in war, but there are other factors
at work. What if history were given a twist or two, and great commanders on land
and sea fought their greatest battles under different circumstances? Turtledove
and his colleagues turn the past upside down and inside out, and the
possibilities are endless...
Death by Dickens
A Stake of Holly
In the pages of his novels, Charles Dickens railed against injustice in all
its forms—the miserliness of Ebenezer Scrooge, the indifference of the
aristocracy, the cruelty of Fagin. He captured the bitter unfairness of the
class system and the violence that erupted between rich and poor. Now, today's
masters of mystery "decrease the surplus population" with these new stories
inspired by Dickens and his immortal classics...
Murder by Magic
The Necromancer's Apprentice
Tales of mystery and the supernatural have long stirred the
human imagination. Here are twenty original stories of diabolical crimes and
magical solutions featuring some of today's top science fiction, fantasy, and
mystery writers. From the Elizabethan era to the far-flung future, from the
interstellar realm of the Eraasian Hegemony to the Las Vegas Strip, these
ingenious whodunits (or whatdunits) are sure to baffle and delight every lover
of mystery and the fantastic.
The Time of the Vampires
The Blood of the Lamb
Eighteen tales of vampires down through history, from the eras of
ancient Greece and Rome up to the modern day, some traditionally horrifying,
some poignant, some with a humorous touch. These memorable stories by such top tale-weavers as
Tanya Huff, P.N. Elrod, and Lois Tilton are sure to appeal to anyone who's ever
been bitten by an interest in those mysterious, seductive, and deadly rulers of
the night.
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime
Stories IV
A Mimicry of Mockingbirds
Each year, editors Ed Gorman and Martin H. Greenberg cast their net far and
wide, across the seas, throughout the world to catch the best-the most
suspenseful, most original, intriguing, confounding, downright entertaining
stories of crime and mystery. Edgar winners from the U.S., Silver Dagger winners
from the U.K., and stories from elsewhere as well come together here in a
bountiful crop of great stories by the best in the business.
Death by Horoscope
The Eye of the Beholder
Murderous portents lie in the astral plane, and deadly
reckonings wreak havoc in the human heart in this collection of sixteen original
stories by such masterly mystery writers as Lawrence Block, Peter Lovesey, Lillian Stewart Carl, Peter Tremayne, Jon L. Breen, Edward Marston, Bill
Crider, Simon Brett, and the internationally acclaimed Anne Perry.
Kittens, Cats and Crimes
Sardines for Tea
An old-fashioned 1920's
English country house mystery featuring two cats playing
P.G.Wodehouse's Bertie and Jeeves.
Much Ado about Murder
A Dish of Poison
A stellar cast of today's finest mystery authors have come
up with rapier-sharp mystery stories--inspired by Shakespeare's life, times, and
works. Each story in this collection offers murderous intrigue worthy of the
Bard himself, assuring us that Shakespeare lives on...and that the rest of us
are quite mortal indeed.
The World's Finest Mystery and Crime Stories III
The Eye of the Beholder
A wounded American pilot in WWII England
discovers that a horoscope can be a deadly weapon, and that the
battle he sees before him is not the only one he has to
fight.
White House Pet Detectives
A Mimicry of Mockingbirds
The tradition of pets in the White House goes all the way
back to the Founding Fathers. From the parrot and foxhounds of George Washington
to Spot and Barney, the current canines of the Bushes, the First Family’s animal
companions have always had a special place in America’s heart. These various
(and often exotic) animals have enjoyed the special privileges of living in the
nation’s capital, giving them access to the scenes of power. So when something
goes awry in the White House, who better to solve it than these pet detectives?
Murder Most Catholic: Divine Tales of Profane Crimes
The Rag and Bone Man
The murder mysteries that make up this unusual anthology all have one thing
in common: the hero or heroine who solves the crime is a Catholic cleric.
Perhaps that should not be surprising, for since the time of G. K. Chesterton
those who have explored stories with a religious belief or background have
tended to place them in the Middle Ages.
