Long ago, the Elder Fey sundered the world, raising the kaleigh to confound their enemies, and to keep the Vaitura safe.The enemies of the Vaitura have long since gone to dust, and a new folk now populate the lands beyond the kaleigh. The new folk have no kest—no power such as the Fey have. However, they have their own powers—a brilliant aura of which they seem unaware, and a new metal, inimical to Fey.Altimere of the Elder Fey, one of the last surviving a...

A constellation of shining stories set in the vastly diverse space opera world of the Liaden seriesThe sixth Constellation collects eleven stories set in Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s vast, versatile, and beloved Liaden Universe®. Themes range from military to western to found family, and include discovery stories and novel outtakes. All showcase Lee and Miller’s deft touch with characterization and their acclaimed world-building skill. Also included in this volume...

Double Vision is a yours, mine, and ours collection from long-time Liaden Universe co-authors Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. This volume of twenty-nine early works was originally published in 2009 by SRM Publisher, Ltd. This is its first electronic edition.Titles included are: Ginger and the Bully of Lowergate Court, Sharon Lee; The Cat's Job, Steve Miller; A Matter of Ceremony, Sharon Lee; Coffee Cat, Sharon Lee; The Big Ice, Sharon Lee; Rain Day, Steve Miller; Master of The Winds, ...

Civilized Behavior is a companion volume for the Liaden Universe® internal trilogy made up of Trader's Leap, Ribbon Dance, and Diviner's Bow. The three fiction shorts are "Neutral Ground," a greenhouse of themes and conceits that were expanded and imported into Ribbon Dance and Diviner's Bow; Ribbon Dance outtake "Mother's Love;" and short story "Core Values." Also included is an "Author's Explanation," original to this volume, and the ...

Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number One. Originally published by SRM Publisher in 1995. Includes the two classic Liaden stories, "To Cut an Edge," and "A Day at the Races.""To Cut an Edge" details a Scout trainee's meeting with an alien; and "A Day at the Races," pits two young gentlemen of fashion against their very proper aunt.

Meanwhile, on another side of the Universe. . .Meet Gem ser'Edreth, a wizard with electronics -- and a freelance thief. Deliberately solitary, unencumbered by family or friends, he immerses himself in his profession, rising to a pinnacle of skill so exalted that the planetary crime boss seeks him out with a commission to steal. Refusing the commission, of course, is his first mistake.Gem's hidden past proves an unexpected liability and his plants to leave the planet go cata...

Children are the glue ...that holds a society together......but not all children are born to fortunate times. And not all children bring joy.Calamity's Child introduces two children of mischance and explores the ways in which they changed the world around them.In "Sweet Waters," a Liaden survey pilot discovers a planetary tragedy, only to have it take on a decidedly personal flavor when his ship crash-lands and he must make his way in a doomed culture....

Splinter Universe Presents!Something a little bit differentWhat this collection is--it's Something A Little Bit Different. We will explain. We'll try to be brief. And we'll start with what it isn't.It isn't a Liaden Universe® novelIt isn't a collection of Liaden short storiesIt isn't an Adventure in the Liaden Universe®So what is it, you ask...

Times are perilous, violence rife, and the future uncertain. Success and the survival of all you hold dear may hinge on how you manage change.Some people advise that we “Embrace Change!” Other people realize that change has edges, and if you embrace it the wrong way, it may feel a lot more like a knife than a bromide when it touches your guts.Here are two Lee and Miller novelettes set in the Liaden Universe®, "Street Cred," original to this chapbook; and "Wise Child," repri...

Baltimore-born Jen Pierce is starting to settle into her new job as a reporter at the Wimsy Voice, and her new life in small-town Wimsy, Maine. The town's busy enough to keep a reporter hopping, though violence is usually on the level of one neighbor punching another in the nose after they've both had too much beer. Then, in very short order, a handsome stranger moves to town, and a local preacher is murdered at the barn-raising for a newly settled Wiccan couple. Jen's bucolic life is abou...

For those who wish to see how a short story goes from outline to short story, this echapbook presents the outline for, and the completed short Liaden story, "The Space at Tinsori Light," with an explanatory foreword by Sharon Lee.

NEW ENTRY IN THE BEST-SELLING LIADEN UNIVERSE® SERIESA world divided cannot stand.A people divided cannot thrive.The Oracle has Seen the end of Civilization, and the end of the Haosa, too. Reactions to this are—mixed.On the one hand, foresight is a notoriously erratic Gift. On the other, can Civilization—or the Haosa—afford to assume that the prophecy is an error?And if the Oracle has Seen truly—is it possible to al...