Best Selling Books by Tanith Lee

Weird Tales #325 (Fall 2001) features \"From Out of the Crocodile''s Mouth,\" by Darrell Schweitzer; \"The Gravedigger''s Apprentice,\" by Alvin Helms; \"Our Temporary Supervisor,\" by Thomas Ligotti; \"Where All Things Perish,\" by Tanith Lee; \"The Wizard of Ashes and Rain,\" by David Sandner, and more.

Through 40 chilling and beautiful color paintings, bestselling science fiction and fantasy artist Wayne Barlowe details an amazing visual journey into the strange, frightening, and bizarre world of hell.

New York Times bestselling author Mercedes Lackey In an isolated land where the lure of the \"Moontide\" leads to shipwrecks, a woman is torn between obeying her father or her king. When she chooses to follow a Fool, she discovers magic she''d never expected… at a price that might be too high…. World Fantasy award winner Tanith Lee Struggling under the curse of a dead comrade, Clirando, a warrior priestess unready to face the powers trapped within her, must face \"The Heart of the Moon\" to reveal what has been hidden…. C.E. Murphy In \"Banshee Cries,\" ritual murders under a full moon lead Jo Walker to confront a Harbinger of Death. Maybe this \"gift\" she has is one she shouldn''t ignore— because the next life she has to save might be her own!

Out of the dusk he comes striding, the stranger, the man in black, inevitable as death itself: Parl Dro--Ghost Slayer. Some have bought his services for gold, and some have blessed him for his work. But not everyone welcomes an exorcist who will remorselessly deprive them of their beloved dead. Dro began his vocation at an early age. And now he will not be turned aside, no matter how you may threaten, curse or weep. He is seeking too the greatest stronghold of the deadalive: Ghyste Mortua, the ghost town in the mountains, and he means to destroy it. If he will face that, what use the pleas of the desperate sisters, Cilny and Ciddey, what use the rage of Myal, with his genius for music and his imperfect talent for crime? Only one thing, it seems, motivates Parl Dro. His determination to kill the dead. \"Tanith Lee is one of the most powerful and intelligent writers in fantasy.\" --\"Publishers Weekly\" \"With Lee... expect the unexpected.\" --\"Starburst\"

In this “deliciously creepy” novel by the Bram Stoker Award winner, two feuding families face supernatural vengeance in a parallel 16th-century Venice (Publishers Weekly). In the City of Venus, two noble families—the della Scorpias and the Barbarons—have been locked in a bitter dispute over burial grounds on the overcrowded Isle of the Dead. But it is fourteen-year-old Meralda della Scorpia who pays the ultimate price for their rivalry. As years pass, parties complicit in her disappearance begin to suffer the consequences. Their shocking deaths can only mean one thing: A supernatural force has been unearthed from the city’s rotting understructure. As these bizarre events throw the city into a panic, a humble apprentice gravedigger is left to sort out the mysteries and subdue the ancient terror that threatens to destroy the entire republic.

Weird Tales #325 (Fall 2001) features \"From Out of the Crocodile''s Mouth,\" by Darrell Schweitzer; \"The Gravedigger''s Apprentice,\" by Alvin Helms; \"Our Temporary Supervisor,\" by Thomas Ligotti; \"Where All Things Perish,\" by Tanith Lee; \"The Wizard of Ashes and Rain,\" by David Sandner, and more.

Art Blastside is bored with life ashore, so she jumps at the chance to return to sea.

A new edition of the first story in the acclaimed Wolf Tower sequence: orphan-slave Claidi''s bid for freedom from the mindless ritual and the deadly game of chance that rules a blighted land.

A king''s oversight causes near-bankruptcy of the kingdom and forces the prince to seek his fortune elsewhere.

Often disturbing, occasionally delightful, let The Year''s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror be your annual guide through the mysteries and wonders of dark fiction.

Thank you, Mr. Vance / Dean Koontz -- Preface / Jack Vance -- The True vintage of Erzuine Thale / Robert Silverberg -- Grolion of Almery / Matthew Hughes -- The Copsy Door / Terry Downling -- Caulk the witch-chaser / Liz Williams -- Inescapable / Mike Resnick -- Abrizonde / Walter Jon Williams -- The Traditions of Karzh / Paula Volsky -- The Final quest of the Wizard Sarnod / Jeff Vandermeer -- The Green bird / Kage Baker -- The Last golden thread / Phyllis Eisenstein -- An Incident at Uskvesk / Elizabeth Moon -- Sylgarmo''s Proclamation / Lucius Shepard -- The Lamentably comical tragedy (or the laughably tragic comedy) of Lixal Laoavee / Tad Williams -- Guyal the Curator / John C. Wright -- The Good magician / Glenn Cook -- The Return of the Fire Witch / Elizabeth Hand -- The Collegeum of Mauge / Byron Tetrick -- Evillo the Cunning / Tanith Lee -- The Guiding nose of Ulf?nt Banderoz / Dan Simmons -- Frogskin cap / Howard Waldrop -- A Night at Tarn House / George R.R. Martin -- An Invocation of incuriosity / Neil Gaiman.

The Summer, 1998 issue of WEIRD TALES presents 9 great fantasy & horror stories, plus the usual features and poems. A strong issue, with the following stories: FLOWER WATER, by Tanith Lee THE RENFIELDS, by Christopher Lee Walters THE GAME, by Melanie Tem ON THE LAST NIGHT OF THE FESTIVAL OF THE DEAD, by Darrell Schweitzer BEDDY-BYE, by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre TO FAST IN FIRES, by Charles D. Edkert RING RING! by Seth Hill STEPMOTHER, by Valerie J. Friereich THE BIBLE IN BLOOD, by Ian Watson

An anthology of all original stories written to honour the memory of one of Britain''s greatest fantasy authors. Determined warriors, hideous creatures, wicked sorceries, tricksy villains and cunning lovers abound as fantasy''s finest imaginations do their best... and their worst. James Barclay reveals the origins of The Raven, Adrian Tchaikovsky unveils new aspects of the realm of the Apt, Tanith Lee, Joe Abercrombie, Storm Constantine, Stan Nicholls, Juliet E McKenna and more weave their magic as only they can. Produced in cooperation with the David Gemmell Awards, Legends will, in part, act as a fund-raiser for the awards. Steel yourself, throw caution to the wind, and dare to enter the realm of Legends

Contains: Faces Under Water and Saint Fire.

\"Picaro, a traveler from the surface, has come via submarine to Venus, chasing the evil prophecy that has cast a shadow over his entire life. As rumors of a conspiracy to isolate the domed city from the surface emerge, an unexplained catastrophe occurs, claiming several lives, from which Picaro narrowly escapes. Was it merely an accident, computer failure, or has the experiment unleashed an airborne virus? Or is there an even more sinister danger afoot, a force from beyond that threatens the survival of Venus itself? Picaro finds that the only way to answer these questions is to confront mysteries of his own that have long remained buried, and to reveal the connection that ties his past to that of the unavenged spirits wreaking havoc on the doomed city.\"--BOOK JACKET.

Fantasy. By the age of two, Rachaela''s daughter, Anna, is a beautiful, unearthly child with the mind of a sixteen year old. When Anna is abducted, her mother finds herself battling a dangerous clan of ancient beings.

When a stranger is captured by the Guards of the House and Garden where she has worked all her life as a slave and maid, sixteen-year-old Claidi helps him escape and sets out with him to journey to his home city through the dangerous Waste.

Art Blastside in her second daring adventure upon the high seas in search of missing treasure - and into the greatest sea battle of all time. Having escaped the dreary Angels Academy for Young Maidens, 17-year-old Artemesia Blastside has rediscovered her mother''s old friends and welded them into a formidable, motley crew of pirates. After successfully leading them through the haunts of highwaymen, pirates and smugglers in the treasure hunt of all time, Art has won her mother''s crown as the famous PIRATICA. She is now the most admired pirate in England. And England is in the grip of piratomania. But treasure snatched from her grasp still beckons from Parrot Island - and so it''s time to lead the next high-sea adventure and try to reclaim what was almost hers. At her side is the gorgeous Felix Phoenix; and in her way, across war-torn seas, is the dastardly and monstrous Little Goldie Girl. And on the horizon is the greatest sea battle of all time ...

Claidi returns home to be reunited with her beloved fianc''e Argul, but an unforeseen enemy has turned everyone against her, forcing Claidi to seek answers from the Ravens, where she makes a startling discovery.

Tanith Lee today is one of the most versatile and respected writers of fantasy, horror, and science fiction, and DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT represents a massive mid-career retrospective of her achievements over the previous decade. Here are unforgettable tales of werewolves that prowl chateaux, an Earthwoman in exile on a distant planet, demons that inhabit bodies of the living dead, a race of vampiric creatures who prey upon a cursed castle, and many other works of exotic vision, mythic science fiction, and contemporary horror. Also included are two stories that have received the World Fantasy Award, \"Elle est Trois, (La Mort)\" and \"The Gorgon,\" making DREAMS OF DARK AND LIGHT a distinguished one volume library of myth-weaving at its most eloquent and evocative.

Tanith Lee wrote three books with the ''help'' of mysterious collaborators - the Garbers. Esther Garber - and her half-brother, Judas Garbah - do not exist in our reality, but they came through to the author so strongly, characters with such distinct personalities and voices, they felt as if they were real. And who''s to say they''re not? The Garbers are both gay and, through them, Lee produced one novel and two story collections of Lesbian and gay erotica - but erotica with literary depth, and often laced with horror and the uncanny. 34 is the novel ''co-written'' with Esther Garber, and has been long out of print. This new edition introduces the reader to Esther''s autobiography - but how much of it is true? Are her recollections of her unusual childhood in Egypt with her sister Anna correct? And what of the mysterious gentleman, who Esther meets in France after having run away from home, who initiates her into forbidden pleasures? Is she haunted or merely manipulated? Is she in love or simply obsessed? After one night of passion, Esther pursues her elusive tormentor into what seems to be a fairy-tale version of the French countryside, to journey''s end and revelation, but also further mystery. Sensual, thought-provoking, and with an unreliable narrator, who twists and turns within her own tortured story, 34 demonstrates that haunting comes in many forms. As does desire. This edition also includes the author''s essay, on her work with Esther and Judas: ''Meeting the Garbers''.

Previously unpublished grim dark novella by Tanith Lee

Volume two of the magical short story collection by Nebula and World Fantasy Award winner Tanith Lee, author of The Silver Metal Lover and The Birthgrave. \"Gothic poetess, comic young-adult author, robust adventure-fantasy novelist: Tanith Lee has more writing personas than Sybil. But in her short fiction, all these aspects come gloriously together. Such stories as ''Antonius Bequeathed'' or ''The Persecution Machine, '' with their death-defying mixture of prose poetry, genre trope reversals and ominous wit, could be written by no one else.\" - WEIRD TALES magazine Stories include: \"The Woman in Scarlet,\" \"One For Sorrow,\" \"Unlocking the Golden Cage,\" \"Antonius Bequeathed,\" \"Doll Skulls,\" \"Queens in Crimson,\" \"Flower Water,\" \"The Persecution Machine,\" \"All the Birds of Hell,\" \"Vermilia.\"

¿My mother was Piratica. She was a pirate captain.¿ Artemesia spent her childhood on a pirate ship, & she¿s sick of practicing deportment at the Angels Academy for Young Maidens. Escaping, she sets out to find her mother¿s crew & breezily commands them out to sea. Fiery Art soon shapes her men into the cleverest pirate band afloat. And then they meet the dread ship ¿Enemy¿ & her beautiful, treacherous captain, Goldie Girl. The Seven Seas aren¿t large enough for two pirate queens -- Art will have to wage the battle of her life to win her mother¿s title . . . & the race for the greatest treasure in pirate lore. This swashbuckling romp is packed with swordplay, skullduggery, & salty language. Juvenile audiences.

When Steven Grace vanishes, leaving only the evidence of his broken car in a ditch, ripples of suspicion spread across the Sussex town of Seatree. Is anything what it seems? Detective Chief Inspector Knox thinks not, and he and his unusual sidekick, D.I. Rawthorn, find plenty on their hands to keep them awake during this long sleepless night. Jula, Steven''s beautiful and oblique partner, appears to dislike Steven, as does her close companion, the tough Jack Hastings. Markessa though, the family friend, appears to have liked Steven far too much. Meanwhile the haunted, frightened Leigh, who has returned to Seatree on some mysterious quest of her own, provides other elements to complicate the case further. Why, for one, does the large house in historical Divers Lane - the house of white carpets and a ceiling painted like a sky - present such a sinister aspect? Here live the Alliats, timid Miranda who, in her youth, might have passed for an English Marilyn Monroe, and wealthy, busy George, with his big liver-spotted hands and white tombstone teeth. Lit up night-long, the Alliat residence, like a doomed lighthouse, seems to be sending rays of trouble and ancient menace in all directions, as something reaches towards the present from the far past. When a body is finally found - only the first of several - a domino effect begins that will topple many lives in ruins. Contained between sunfall and dawn of a single night, Death of the Day sets out to investigate not only a string of bizarre deaths, but the facades behind which men and women exist. It is very much a detective novel, darkly lighted and ominously rich.

Whenever some new problem swamps Susan''s far-from-calm existence, she is driven to revisit her grandmother''s house. The house is always changing, as if at last it must achieve some irresistible transformation. Frankly, there is something uncanny about the house.

An epic fantasy of eroticism, sorcery, blood and vampires, by a prolific writer of fantasy and science fiction works, who has won the World Fantasy Award on several occasions. This limited edition is signed and numbered by the author, and produced on high-quality paper with special design features.