The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley (Raven, October 3, 1995, 1-85487-332-6, £5.99, xviii+446pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)
Anthology of 22 short stories and novel excerpts (nine original) about Merlin, Arthur, and their world.
- xi · Dramatis Personae: A Guide to Arthurian Characters · Mike Ashley · ms
- 1 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in
- 16 · Dream Reader [Merlin’s Booke] · Jane Yolen · nv Merlin’s Booke by Jane Yolen, Ace, 1986
- 36 · The Temptations of Merlin · Peter Tremayne · na
- 110 · Infantasm · Robert Holdstock · ss
- 130 · The Pledged Word [Avalon] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ex from The Mists of Avalon, Knopf, 1983; revised.
- 137 · The Horse Who Would Be King · Jennifer Roberson · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Spring/Summer 1992, as “Never Look at a Gift Sword in the Horse’s Mouth or: The Horse Who Would Be King”
- 155 · A Sword for Arthur · Vera Chapman · ex
excerpt from the unpublished novel, The Enchantress.
- 165 · The Rite of Challenge · Peter Valentine Timlett · ex
adapted excerpt from unpublished novel, Merlin and the Sword of Avalon.
- 199 · Merlin’s Dark Mirror · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss
- 209 · The Purpose of Merlin · Colin R. Fry · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1965
- 223 · Merlin and Tom Thumb · Dinah Maria Mulock · ss The Fairy Book by Dinah Maria Mulock, Macmillan and Co., 1863
- 231 · The Seven Champions · E. M. Wilmot-Buxton · ss Britain Long Ago by E. M. [Etheldreda Wilmot-Buxton], George Harrap, 1906
- 248 · Morte d’Espier [King Arthur] · Maxey Brooke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955
- 255 · King’s Mage · Tanith Lee · ss
- 265 · A Quest Must End [Sir Dennys ap Rhys] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · na The Blue Book Magazine April 1948
- 322 · Namer of Beasts, Maker of Souls: The Romance of Sylvester and Nimuë · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv
- 360 · The Sleeper and the Seer · H. Warner Munn · ex from King of the World’s Edge, Ace, 1967
- 377 · Midwinter · David Sutton · ss
- 386 · The Death of Nimuë · Esther Friesner · ss Fantasy Book June 1985
- 391 · The Knight of Pale Countenance · Darrell Schweitzer · ss
- 408 · The Castle of Kerglas · Emile Souvestre; translated by Mrs. Andrew Lang · ss The Lilac Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910
translated from the French (“Peronnik l’idiot”, Le Foyer Breton, 1844).
- 420 · Ogier the Dane · William Morris; adapted by Madalen Edgar · ss Stories from the Earthly Paradise by William Morris & adapted by Madalen Edgar, 1919
prose adaptation of a narrative poem from The Earthly Paradise (1870).
- 434 · Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood [Ottawa and the Valley] · Charles de Lint · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #7, Spring 1990
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