''The Empress of Dreams'' is a

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fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...

short stories by British author Tanith Lee. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by

DMR Books DMR Books is a Chicago-based small publisher active since 2015. The press was founded by D. M. Ritzlin. It is primarily a paperback and ebook publisher specializing in "fantasy, horror, and adventure fiction in the traditions of Robert E. Howard ...

in February 2021.Ritzlin, D. M.
Coming Soon: The Empress of Dreams, A Collection of Tanith Lee's Sword-and-Sorcery Stories
(publication announcement), Jan. 18, 2021.Entry for the book
on Amazon.com.

Summary

The book collects sixteen short works by the author in the

Sword and Sorcery Sword and sorcery (S&S) is a subgenre of fantasy characterized by sword-wielding heroes engaged in exciting and violent adventures. Elements of romance, magic, and the supernatural are also often present. Unlike works of high fantasy, the tale ...

subgenre.

*"Odds Against the Gods" (from '' Swords Against Darkness II'', Sep. 1977) *"Sleeping Tiger" (from ''Dragonbane'' no. 1, Spring 1978) *"The Demoness" (from '' The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 2'', 1976) *"The Sombrus Tower" (from '' Weird Tales 2'', 1980) *"Winter White" (from '' The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series VI'', 1978) *"In the Balance" (from ''

Swords Against Darkness III ''Swords Against Darkness III'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Andrew J. Offutt, the third in a series of five anthologies of the same name. It was first published in paperback by Zebra Books in March 1978. Summary The book collec ...

'', 1978) *"Northern Chess" (from ''

Amazons! ''Amazons!'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, with a cover and frontispiece by Michael Whelan. It was first published in paperback by DAW Books in December 1979, and was the first significant fantasy anthol ...

'', 1979) *"Southern Lights" (from ''

Amazons II ''Amazons II'' is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, with a cover by Michael Whelan. Following up her earlier anthology ''Amazons!'', it consists, like its predecessor volume, of works featuring female protagonis ...

'', 1982) *"Mirage and Magia" (from ''Hecate's Cauldron'', 1982) *"The Three Brides of Hamid-Dar" (from ''Arabesques 2'', 1989) *"The Pain of Glass" (from ''Clockwork Phoenix 2'', 2009) *"These Beasts" (from ''

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher a ...

'' v. 88, no. 6, June 1995) *"Two Lions, a Witch, and the War-Robe" (from ''Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery'', June 2010) *"A Tower of Arkrondurl" (from ''Legends: Stories in honour of David Gemmell'', Oct. 2013) *"The Woman in Scarlet" (from ''

Realms of Fantasy ''Realms of Fantasy'' was a professional bimonthly fantasy speculative fiction magazine published by Sovereign Media, then Tir Na Nog Press, and Damnation Books, which specialized in fantasy fiction (including some horror), related nonfiction (wit ...

'' v. 6, no. 4, Apr. 2000) *"Evillo the Uncunning" (from '' Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance'', 2009)

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