Books with author Elisabeth Waters

"A captivating and sometimes whimsical collection of short stories from a talented writer. I thoroughly enjoyed them!"--Nalini Singh, New York Times Bestselling AuthorThis is a collection of eight short stories that can best be called suburban fantasy. They span the country from New York to San Francisco, but there's magic of one sort or another everywhere.The stories in this collection are: Tell Me a Story; Golden Vanity; Connecticat (with Raul S. Reyes); Blood Calls to Blood; Ice Princess; Weather Witch; Things That Go Grump in the Night; and A Prince Among Frogs. The last three have overlapping characters and form sort of a casual mini-series.These stories were originally published between 1983 and 1996 in various anthologies and magazines, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Esther M. Friesner, Martin H. Greenberg, Andre Norton, and Jane Yolen.

Seventeen year-old shape-changer Zora lives at the isolated estate Eagle's Rest, where she has spent her entire life being trained to be the next priestess of the Earth Mother. But when the old priestess dies, the Goddess chooses her cousin Kassie instead, leaving Zora hurt, bewildered, and wondering what to do with the rest of her life.She takes Kassie's place on the annual search for more shape-changers for the school Lord Ranulf runs, and an additional errand at the end of the trip sends her and her cousin Kyril to a matriarchal city-state named Diadem. There both of them are chosen by the Goddess, for very different roles, and Zora learns that much of what she knew about herself and her parents wasn't quite the truth...

Akila uses her wits and her shape-changing abilities to save her brother Briam when their home is besieged. But that leaves them both on the run, with Akila trying to keep them safe, while Briam finds more trouble to get into. When he is chosen as year-king in the city of Diadem, Akila struggles to save his life, finding help in the most unexpected places."Will attract fans of Anne McCaffrey and Andre Norton... A sparkling addition to any fantasy collection. Four stars!" -Mercedes Lackey

Maja was happy living in the Temple of Thenoth, Lord of the Beasts, in Haven; it was a place that could use her gift of Animal Mindspeech and her love of animals. But the arrival of a hysterical little girl and her injured finch started a chain of events that took Maja from the peace of Thenoth's temple to the intrigues of the king's court.This story was originally published in Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, December 2010.

Maia was having a strange day. First there was the injured horse that wasn't a horse, along with a badly injured woman, and then there was the discovery that her brother was a bandit. Now she's stuck in the Forest of Sorrows, trying to take care of the injured with only the animals she can speak with for help. It would be nice if more of her helpers had hands.This story originally appeared in the anthology Changing the World in 2009.

Lena, who has Animal Mindspeech and normally lives at the Temple of Thenoth, Lord of the Beasts, has been sent to stay with Lady Shantell, a friend of her late mother. While she is there, however, Lady Shantell's husband is killed in a hunting accident and she blames his hounds. Now Lena needs to save their lives and find a safe haven for a leash of greyhounds.This story originally appeared in the Valdemar anthology UNDER THE VALE, Dec 2011.