''The Keeper's Price and Other Stories'' is an anthology of

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 ...

and

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel unive ...

short stories edited by

Marion Zimmer Bradley Marion Eleanor Zimmer Bradley (June 3, 1930 – September 25, 1999) was an American author of fantasy, historical fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels, and is best known for the Arthurian fiction novel ''The Mists of Avalon'' an ...

. The stories are set in Bradley's world of ''

Darkover Darkover is the planet giving its name to the ''Darkover'' series of science fiction-fantasy novels and short stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley and others published since 1958. According to the novels, Darkover is the only habitable planet of se ...

''. The book was first published by DAW Books in February 1980. Many of the stories first appeared in the magazine ''Starstone''.

* Introduction: "A Word from the Creator of Darkover" by

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Keeper's Price, The Darkover books 1980 anthologies American anthologies Works by Marion Zimmer Bradley Books with cover art by Don Maitz DAW Books books

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