WOODS AND WATERS WILD by Charles de Lint. Burton, MI; Subterranean Press; 2008. 1st edition hardcover. Woods and Waters Wild is the third volume of Charles de Lint's Collected Early Stories. Here's the table of contents, a list of obscurities that will be the envy of de Lint readers everywhere. Table of Contents: High Fantasy: "A Kingly Thing" (5900 words); first appeared in Beyond the Fields We Know #1; 1979, "Woods and Waters Wild" (2400 words); first appeared in SPWAO Showcase #1, 1981, "The White Road" (8170 words); first appeared in Tales of the Witch World, edited by Andre Norton; Tor Books, 1987, "The Graceless Child" (8650 words); first appeared in Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows & Wee Folk, edited by Baird Searles & Brian Thomsen; Warner, 1991, "The Fane of the Grey Rose" (14,700 words); first appeared in Swords Against Darkness IV, edited by Andrew J. Offutt; Zebra Books, 1979. Angharad: "Cold Blows the Wind" (4450 words); first appeared in Sword and Sorceress II, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley; DAW Books, 1985, "The Weeping Oak" (5400 words); first appeared in Sword and Sorceress IV, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley; DAW Books, 1987, "Into the Green" (5500 words); first appeared in Sword and Sorceress V, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley; DAW Books, 1988. Dennet & Willie: "Dennet & the Fiddler" (8000 words); first appeared in Night Voyages #8; 1982, "Dragonwood" (5700 words); first appeared in Night Voyages 10; 1984. Pastiches: "A Tale of Tangle Who Has Many Names" (1200 words); first appeared in Valhalla #1; 1979, "Of the Temple in the City of the Burning Spires" (600 words); first appeared in Valhalla #1; 1979, "Nareth the Questioner" (800 words); first appeared in Valhalla #1; 1979, "Llew the Homeless" (1750 words); unpublished. Thomas the Rhymer: "Thomas the Rhymer" (10,800 words); first appeared in The Mythic Circle #1, 1987, "Gipsy Davey" (8200 words); first appeared in Mythic Circle #5; 1988, "Cruel Sister" (7950 words); unpublished. Woods and Waters Wild is available only from Subterranean Press in a SIGNED/LIMITED (unnumbered) edition of 2000 copies. OUT OF PRINT PRIOR TO PUBLICATION. Fine in fine dj. |