Twenty-one stories of fantasy, space, myth, and magic from the New York Times–bestselling author, “one of the pioneer women in science fiction” (Anne McCaffrey). In the third and final volume of Andre Norton’s High Hallack anthologies, tales of high fantasy, science fiction, and coming of age reach back as far as 1943, yet are as fresh and relevant today as when they were written. High Hallack was a place featured in Norton’s fiction as well as the name of the genre writer’s library she opened in Tennessee. It is a wondrous keep that she called home, and now High Hallack opens its gates and allows these amazing stories to unfold . . .

A rich anthology of short stories from the New York Times–bestselling author and legendary creator of the Witch World series. Each year, Garner’s troupe makes its way to Ithkar Fair. The actors charm the crowd, winning applause and lavish reward, but none captures the audience’s imagination like the yellow-eyed, silver-haired girl whose performance conceals pain that few can understand. She is a Quintka—her coloring makes that plain—and yet even Garner, who has seen more of the world than anyone, can't unlock the secrets of her unknown father, who left her mother to sacrifice herself to save the child. As she passes her seventeenth birthday, the mystery of her past drives her into danger, as she fights to find answers that no mortal should possess. “Swamp Dweller” is a classic Andre Norton story: lush, thrilling, and impossible to put down. Like the others in this invaluable volume, it is more than mere escapism—it is an entrancing look into another world.

A rich anthology of short stories from the Grand Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy. For decades, Andre Norton forged a truly individual legacy. Garnering a devoted legion of fans for her series, including the Witch World sagas, her boundless imagination and literary skill earned her numerous accolades including the Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master Award and World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, culminating with the establishment of her High Hallack Genre Writers’ Research and Reference Library—an institution devoted to the betterment of the fantasy and science fiction genres. This collection is the first of three volumes that showcase her unforgettable talent. Stories include “The Last Spell,” “Sword of Unbelief,” “Earthborn: A Witch World Story,” “That Which Overfloweth,” “By a Hair,” “The Gifts of Asti,” “Falcon Blood,” “The Dowry of the Rag Picker’s Daughter,” “All Cats Are Gray,” “The Way Wind,” “Black Irish,” “The Boy and the Ogre,” “Through the Needle’s Eye,” “The Toymaker’s Snuffbox,” “Ully the Piper,” “Dream Smith,” “One Spell Wizard,” and “London Bridge.”

A collection of short stories from themed anthologies by Andre Norton.

Stories previously published, 1939-2004.

Encounter telepaths, wizards, and more in these five fantasy stories from the New York Times–bestselling Science Fiction Writers of America Grand Master. Warlocks of other worlds—or scientists of times unknown? Craike, a man hunted in two worlds . . . Miss Rutheven, whose needles pointed to secret kingdoms . . . Dagmar, with the fatal fascination of Helen of Troy . . . Ully, whose music touched the powers before mankind . . . Tamisan, the sorceress who found herself the victim of her toy . . . These and others like them inhabit Andre Norton’s world of High Sorcery, where the primeval desires and fears of man—his loving and loathing—are merged with his dreams of future knowledge and technological power. Those who have enjoyed the alchemy of Norton’s other mind-bending tales should enjoy these!

In the aftermath of interplanetary war, a disfigured loner is given a chance at a new life—but at a steep cost, in this novel from “a superb storyteller” (The New York Times). Disfigured in the wars that destroyed his planet, Nik Kolherne lives a shadow existence in the sprawling refugee ghetto of the Dipple. He wears a mask to cover his scars and dreams about another country under an unfettered blue sky and a warm sun. But a chance encounter gives him the opportunity for a new face—and a new life. All he has to do is impersonate a young boy’s fantasy hero. So what if Nik is now allied with the Thieves’ Guild, a subversive outlaw group that seeks their prey on loosely held frontier worlds? A kid all alone in the world could use an ally. His mission is to lure Vandy Naudhin i’Akrama, the young son of a powerful warlord, from his high-security villa and deliver him to the Guild so they can access critical information locked in his brain. But when Nik and Vandy are shipped off to Dis, a burned-out wasteland of a planet, Nik realizes he’s a pawn in a spiraling web of political intrigue and intergalactic evil that threatens both their lives.