Mercedes Lackey
{ June 24, 1950 - }

Valdemar

Mage Wars

The Last Herald Mage
Mage Wars Trilogy
Image copyright Jody A. Lee 		Brightly Burning
Image copyright Jody A. Lee 		The Last Herald Mage
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The Black Gryphon Brightly Burning Magic's Pawn
The White Gryphon Magic's Promise
The Silver Gryphon Magic's Price

Vows & Honor

Queen's Own
Oathblood
Image copyright Jody A. Lee 		By The Sword
Image copyright Wayne Barlowe 		Arrow's Fall
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Oathbound By the Sword Arrows of the Queen
Oathbreakers Arrow's Flight
Oathblood Arrow's Fall

Mage Winds

Mage Storms

Take A Thief
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Winds of Change
Image copyright Jody A. Lee 		The Mage Storms
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Take a Thief Winds of Fate Storm Warning
Exile's Honor Winds of Change Storm Rising
Exile's Valor Winds of Fury Storm Breaking

Darian's Tale

OwlFlight
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The Valdemar Companion
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OwlFlight
The Valdemar Companion
OwlSight
OwlKnight
  • "Stolen Silver"

    the Choosing of Alberich.
    in HorseFantastic
    Image copyright Braldt Bralds
    also in Werehunter.
  • "Sunlancer"

    with Philip M. Austin Sword of Ice
    Image copyright Jody A. Lee
    In Sword of Ice
  • ALSO "Sword of Ice"
    (with John Yezeguielian)
  • "Blue Heart"
    (With Philip M. Austin)
  • "Sun In Glory"

    Another wonderful Alberich story! Sun In Glory

    Image copyright     Jody A. Lee Sun In Glory
  • ALSO "A Herald’s Rescue" by MZ Reichert
  • and "Brock" by Tanya Huff
  • "Landscape of the Imagination"

    Yay! Tarma & Kethry!!! Crossroads
    Image copyright     Jody A. Lee Crossroads
  • ALSO "Transmutation" by Larry Dixon
  • "All the Ages of Man" by Tanya Huff
  • and "Finding Elvida" by MZ Reichert

    • Tarma & Kethry Short Stories

    "Sword Sworn" Sword & Sorceress III, 1986 Oathblood
    "Should Old Acquaintance"
  • Fantasy Book, Dec '86
  • Fantasy Book, Mar '87
    • "Blind Desire" Fantasy Book, Mar '86
    "Turnabout" Fantasy Book Sept '85 Oathblood
    "A Tale of Heroes" Sword & Sorceress IV, 1985 Oathblood
    "Keys" Sword & Sorceress V, 1987 Oathblood
    "The Making of a Legend" Sword & Sorceress VI, 1990 Oathblood
    "The Talisman" Sword & Sorceress VII, 1990 Oathblood
    "Wings of Fire" Sword & Sorceress VIII, 1991 Oathblood
    "A Woman's Weapon" Sword & Sorceress IX, 1992 Oathblood
    "Friendly Fire" Sword & Sorceress X, 1993 Oathblood
    "Spring Plowing at Forst Reach" Oathblood
    "Oathblood" Oathblood
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    DragonRiders of Alta

    The Obdsidian Mountain trilogy
    With James Mallory

    Heirs of Alexandria

    Joust
    Image copyright Jody A. Lee
    Obsidian Mountain
    Heirs of Alexandria
    The Dragon Quintet, 2003
    The Outstretched Shadow
    		The Shadow of the Lion with Eric Flint & Dave Freer
    Joust, 2003
    To Light a Candle, 2004
    		This Rough Magic with Eric Flint & Dave Freer
    Alta, 2004
    When Darkness Falls, 2006
    Sanctuary, 2005
    Aerie, 2006

    Elves On The Road Universe

    Serrated Edge
    Spirits White As Lightning
    Burning Water

    SERRAted Edge

    Diana Tregarde

    The OtherWorld with Mark Shepherd & Holly Lisle

    		 Bedlam Boyz By Ellen Guon (alone) Children of the Night
  • Wheels of Fire with Mark Shepherd

    • Bedlam's Bard With Ellen Guon

    		 Burning Water
  • When the Bough Breaks with Holly Lisle
  • A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows
    		• Jinx High

    Chrome Borne with Larry Dixon

  • Summoned to Tourney

    • Short stories of Diana & Andre

  • Born to Run with Larry Dixon
    		• Beyond World's End With Rosemary Edghill
    		"Nightside"
  • MZB's Fantasy Magazine Fall 1989
  • The Best of MZB's Fantasy Magazine I
  • Streets of Blood
  • Werehunter
  • Witches' Brew, 2003
  • Chrome Circle with Larry Dixon
    		• Spirits White As Lightning With Rosemary Edghill
    		"Satanic Versus"
  • MZB's Fantasy Magazine Fall 1990
  • The Best of MZB's Fantasy Magazine II
  • Werehunter
    • ElvenDude by Mark Shepherd Mad Maudlin With Rosemary Edghill "Killer Byte"
  • MZB's Fantasy Magazine Spring 1994
    • Spiritride by Mark Shepherd Music to My Sorrow With Rosemary Edghill
    Lazerwarz by Mark Shepherd Bedlam's Edge Edited With Rosemary Edghill
    "Devil Went Down to Georgia" by ML
    "Well Met by Moonlight" by Diana L. Paxson
    "The Waters and the Wild" by ML
    "Mall Elves & How They Grew" (article) by ML

    Free Bards

    Scepter'd Isle

    HalfBlood Chronicles
    With Andre Norton

    The Eagle & the Nightengales
    Ill Met by Moonlight
    ElvenBorn

    Bardic Voices

    A Prequel-series for the SERRAted Edge
  • Lark and The Wren
    • This Scepter'd Isle with Roberta Gellis
    The ElvenBane
  • Robin and the Kestrel
  • The Eagle and the Nightingales
    • Ill Met By Moonlight with Josepha Sherman
    ElvenBlood
    Four and Twenty Blackbirds
    Bardic Choices: A Cast of Corbies with Josepha Sherman
    By Slanderous Tongues with Josepha Sherman
    ElvenBorn

    Bard's Tale:

    Elemental Masters

    Castle of Deception
    Serpent's Shadow
    Castle of Deception
    with Josepha Sherman
    By Mark Shepherd
    Escape from Roksamur
    The Fire Rose
    By Aaron Allstion & Holly Lisle
    Wrath of the Princes
    The Gates of Sleep
    Fortress of Frost and Fire
    with Ru Emerson
    By Aaron Allstion & Holly Lisle
    Thunder of the Captains
    Serpent's Shadow
    Prison of Souls
    with Mark Shepherd
    By Josepha Sherman
    The Chaos Gate
    Phoenix and Ashes
    By Holly Lisle
    Curse of the Black Heron
    Wizard of London

    Stand-alone books


    The Black Swan
    FireBird
    FireBird
    The River's Gift
    The River's Gift

    Sacred Ground

    Collaborations


    Charmed Destinies     with Rachel Lee & Catherine Asaro
    "Counting Crows" by ML
    Flights of Fantasy
    Flights of Fantasy     edited with M.H. Greenberg
    "Wide Wings" ss by ML
    "The Tale of Hrafn-Bui" by Diana Paxson
    "A Question of Faith" by Josepha Sherman
    "Eagle’s Eye" by Jody Lynn Nye

    If I Pay Thee Not In Gold     with Piers Anthony
    In Celebration of Lammas Night
    In Celebration of Lammas Night    , 1996
    Created by Mercedes Lackey
    edited by Josepha Sherman
    "Hallowmas Night" pm by ML
    "Lammas Night" ss by LM
    "The Heart of the Grove" by Ardath Mayhar
    "Sunflower" by Jody Lynn Nye
    "The Captive Song" by Josepha Sherman
    "A Wanderer of Wizard-Kind" by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
    "Lady of the Rock" by Diana L. Paxson
    Mapping the World of Harry Potter
    Mapping the World of Harry Potter    , Edited
    "Harry Potter and the Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Counselor" essay by ML
    "Hermione Granger and the Charge of Sexism" essay by Sarah Zettel
    "The Proper Wizard's Guide to Good Manners" essay by Roxanne Conrad Longstreet
    		 Tiger Burning Bright
    Tiger Burning Bright     with Marion Zimmer Bradley and Andre Norton
    Winter Moon
    Winter Moon    , with Tanith Lee & C.E. Murphy
    "Moontide" by ML

    Series Contributed to


    Anne McCaffrey's Brain Ships

    James H Schmitz' Karres
    The Fairy Godmother

    The Hundred Kingdoms
    The Ship Who Searched with Anne McCaffrey
    The Wizard of Karres with Eric Flint & Dave Freer
    The Fairy Godmother
    One Good Knight

    Sword of Knowledge

    Darkover
    Wind Commander

    Wing Commander
    Reap the Whirlwind with C.J.Cherryh
    Rediscovery with Marion Bradley
    Freedom Flight with Ellen Guon

    Collections

    Fiddler Fair
    Fiddler Fair     (collection)
    		WereHunter
    Werehunter     (collection)

    Short Stories

    Merovignen Nights

  • "Black Water" (Suicide)[lyrics]
  • "Deathangel"
  • "Merovingen Ecology"
  • "Private Conversation" [lyrics]
  • "A Plague on Your Houses"
    		• Festival Moon
  • "Fever Season"
  • "Mist-Thoughts"(Lyrics)
  • "Partners" (lyrics)
    		• Fever Season
  • "Partners"(Lyrics)
  • "A Song for Marina" (Lyrics) "
  • "A Tangled Web We Weave"
    		• Troubled Waters
  • "Canalers' Love Song"
  • "The Cats of Jane"
  • "Dark Lover"
  • "Falken Lover"
  • "Golden Rule"
  • "Ladies of the Hightown"
  • "Merovingian Folklore 101:
    or Alarums Excursions and Rumors"
  • "More Than Meets the Eye"
    		• Smuggler's Gold, 1988
  • "Turning Point"
    		• Divine Right, 1989
  • "Don't Look Back"
  • "Merovingian Folklore 102"
  • "Merovingian Songs"
  • "With Friends Like These"
    		• Flood Tide, 1990
  • "Proving Ground"
    		• Endgame, 1991

    ElfQuest

    Skitty

  • "A Friend in Need"
    		• Winds of Change, 1989
  • "Skitty"
  • Catfantastic, 1989
  • Werehunter, 1999
  • "The Phantom of the Berry Patch"
    (with Richard Pini)
  • ElfQuest: Blood of Ten Chiefs comic #2
  • Winds of Change, 1989
  • "A Tail of Two Skittys"
  • Catfantastic III, 1994
  • Werehunter, 1999
  • "Ties That Bind"
    		• Against the Wind, 1990
  • "SCat"
  • Catfantastic IV, 1996
  • Werehunter, 1999
  • "Riders of the Storm"
    		• Dark Hours, 1993
  • "A Better Mousetrap"
  • Catfantastic V, 1999
  • Werehunter, 1999

    • Andre Norton's Witch World

    Marion Zimmer Bradley's Darkover

  • "Were-Hunter"
  • Tales of the Witch World, 1987
  • Werehunter, 1999
  • "A Different Kind of Courage"
  • Free Amazons of Darkover, 1985
  • Magical Beginnings, 2003

    • Robet Adams' HorseClans

  • "The Enemy of My Enemy"
  • Friends of the Horseclans II, 1989
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
  • "An Object Lesson"
    		• Domains of Darkover, 1990

    Grey

    "Grey"
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine, Aug '97
  • Werehunter, 1999
  • "Set a Thief"
    		• Renunciates of Darkover, 1991
    "Grey's Ghost"
  • Werehunter, 1999
  • "Poetic License"
    		• Snows of Darkover, 1994

    Ithkar

    "Grey Emminence" Murder By Magic, 2004 "Fiddler Fair"
  • Magic In Ithkar #3, 1986
  • A Magic Lover's Treasury of the Fantastic, 1991
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998

    • Bolos

  • "Operation Desert Fox"
    (with Larry Dixon)
  • Bolos: Honor of the Regiment
  • Werehunter, 1999
    • "After Midnight" (Valdemar)
  • 30th Anniversary DAW: Fantasy, 2002
    		• "Aliens Ate My Pickup"
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    • "The Archivist" (POEM) Fantasy Book Mar '86 "Balance"
  • Fantasy Book Sep '86
  • Spell Singers 1988
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    • "Balance and Power" Bardic Voices One, 1988
    Hypatia Press     		"The Cup and the Cauldron"
  • Grails: Quests Visitations and Other Occurences, 1992
  • Grails: Quests of the Dawn, 1994
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
  • A Quest-Lovers Treasury of the Fantastic, 2003
    • "Dance Track"
    (with Larry Dixon)
  • By Any Other Fame, 1993
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    		• "A Dragon in Distress"
    (with Elisabeth Waters)     		Sword and Sorceress 12, 1995
    "Dragon's Teeth"
  • Bardic Voices One , 1988
    Hypatia Press
  • Spell Singers 1988
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    		• "Dumb Feast"
  • Christmas Ghosts, 1993
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    • "How I Spent My Summer Vacation"
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    		• "I Am Not Awake"
    [Poem]     		Lunatic Chameleon #3, 2003
    "Jihad"
  • Alternate Warriors, 1993
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    		• "The Last {One} of the Season"
  • American Fantasy Win '87
  • Werehunter, 1999
    • "Last Rights"
    (with Larry Dixon)
  • Dinosaur Fantastic, 1998
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    		• "Medic"
    (with Mark Shepherd)
  • Battlestation Book Two: Vanguard, 1993
    • "On The Other Side"
  • Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian, 2003
    		• "Once and Future"
  • Excalibur, 1995
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    • "Out of the Deep" (Valdemar SS)
  • Masters of Fantasy, 2004
    		• "Roadkill"
  • Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine Sum '90
  • Werehunter, 1999
    • "Small Print"
    (with Larry Dixon)
  • Deals with the Devil, 1994
  • Fiddler Fair, 1998
    		• "Sweeps Week" Women Writing Science Fiction Men, 2003
    "To Dye For" Ring of Fire, 2003 "Wet Wings"
  • Sisters in Fantasy 2, 1996
  • Treasures of Fantasy, 1997
  • Werehunter, 1999
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