Elisabeth Waters

Author Elisabeth Waters has contributed multiple short stories to Valdemar anthologies, as well as co-writing a Tarma and Kethry story.

From Fantastic Fiction:

Elisabeth Waters sold her first short story in 1980 to Marion Zimmer Bradley for The Keeper's Price, the first of the Darkover anthologies. She then went on to sell short stories to a variety of anthologies. Her first novel, a fantasy called Changing Fate, was awarded the 1989 Gryphon Award. She is now working on a sequel to it, in addition to her short story writing and anthology editing.

She also worked as a supernumerary with the San Francisco Opera, where she appeared in La Gioconda, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Khovanschina, Das Rheingold, Werther, and Idomeneo.

The author's website: http://waters01.blogspot.com/

Anthologies

Works by Elisabeth Waters have appeared in the following volumes:

• Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 1 (1997)
• Changing the World, Valdemar Anthology, volume 5 (2009)
• Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 6 (2010)
• Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 7 (2011)
• No True Way, Valdemar Anthology, volume 8 (2014)
• Crucible, Valdemar Anthology, volume 9 (2015)
• Tempest, Valdemar Anthology, volume 10 (2016)
• Pathways, Valdemar Anthology, volume 11 (2017)
• Choices, Valdemar Anthology, volume 12 (2018)
• Seasons, Valdemar Anthology, volume 13 (2019)
• Passages, Valdemar Anthology, volume 14 (2020)
• Boundaries, Valdemar Anthology, volume 15 (2021)
• Shenanigans, Valdemar Anthology, volume 16 (2022)
• Anything with Nothing (2023)
• Feuds, Valdemar Anthology, volume 18 (2024)

Works

Standalone stories

• "The School Up the Hill" in Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 1

Animal Mindspeakers Miniseries

Main article: Animal Mindspeakers Miniseries

The Animal Mindspeakers Miniseries began with a story about Maia, who has the Gift of Animal Mindspeech. She can communicate with all animals, not just Companions, and crows are her closest friends. She meets people who are comfortable with her gift and care deeply for animals. In subsequent stories, people connected to the Temple of Thenoth, Lord of Beasts, have adventures centering on animals.

1. "A Storytelling of Crows" in Changing the World, Valdemar Anthology, volume 5
2. "A Charm of Finches" in Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 6
3. "A Leash of Greyhounds" in Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 7
4. "A Wake of Vultures" in No True Way, Valdemar Anthology, volume 8
5. "A Bellowing of Bullfinches" in Crucible, Valdemar Anthology, volume 9
6. "A Trip of Goats" in Tempest, Valdemar Anthology, volume 10
7. "An Ostentation of Peacocks" in Pathways, Valdemar Anthology, volume 11
8. "A Siege of Cranes" in Choices, Valdemar Anthology, volume 12
9. "An Omniscience of Godwits" in Seasons, Valdemar Anthology, volume 13
10. "A Nursery of Raccoons" in Passages, Valdemar Anthology, volume 14
11. "A Clutter of Cats" in Boundaries, Valdemar Anthology, volume 15
12. "A Cry of Hounds" in Shenanigans, Valdemar Anthology, volume 16
13. "An Enchantment of Nightingales" in Anything with Nothing, Valdemar Anthology, volume 17
14. "A Scold of Jays" in Feuds, Valdemar Anthology, volume 18

Other miscellaneous stories

"A Dragon in Distress" - this Tarma and Kethry story, co-written with Mercedes Lackey, has not been included in any Valdemar publications. It is not quite a Valdemar story, as Tarma and Kethry travel to an alternate story universe created by Elisabeth Waters. It was originally published in 1995 in Sword and Sorceress XII. "A Dragon in Distress" is now sold as an e-book, as well as being included in the 2012 e-book publication, The Princess, the Dragon, and the Frog Prince.