Kristin Schwengel

Author Kristin Schwengel has contributed multiple short stories to The Valdemar Anthology series.

Anthologies

Works by Kristin Schwengel have appeared in the following Valdemar volumes:

• Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 1 (1997)
• Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 4 (2008)
• 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 (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, Valdemar Anthology, volume 17 (2023)
• Feuds, Valdemar Anthology, volume 18 (2024)
• The Valdemar Companion (2001)

Works

Standalone Stories

• "Song of Valdemar" in Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 1
• "A Dream Deferred" in Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 4 - Features Laeka
• "The Harvest" in Crucible, Valdemar Anthology, volume 9
• "In Name Only" in Tempest, Valdemar Anthology, volume 10
• "Traded Places" in Pathways, Valdemar Anthology, volume 11
• "A Midwinter's Gift" in Seasons, Valdemar Anthology, volume 13
• "In Memory's Vault" in Anything with Nothing, Valdemar Anthology, volume 17
• "Most True" in Feuds, Valdemar Anthology, volume 18

Healer Shia Miniseries

1. "Waiting to Belong" in Changing the World, Valdemar Anthology, volume 5 - herbalist Shia is left behind when her crush Teo is Chosen.
2. "Healing in White" in Finding the Way and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 6 - Shia goes to plague town, Teo is struck ill.

MageWeaver Stardance Miniseries

1. "Warp and Weft" in Under the Vale and Other Tales of Valdemar, Valdemar Anthology, volume 7 - k'Veyas hertasi weaver Triska adopted motherless Healer-mage Stardance when she was 6. During the last Mage Storms, Triska got caught in change circle and died. k'Veyas is now searching the local area for any usable magic. Stardance, now 12, blends strings of power from the diffuse magic strands remaining.
2. "Spun Magic" in No True Way, Valdemar Anthology, volume 8 - Stardance's Adept father Firewind comes from k'Lissa vale, where the ill mage cannot do the work of healing the land. At k'Lissa, the mages are exhausted as their energy is being drained.

Herald Rinton Miniseries

1. "Of Crows and Karsites" in Choices, Valdemar Anthology, volume 12
2. "Tables Turned" in Passages, Valdemar Anthology, volume 14
3. "A Time for Prayer" in Boundaries, Valdemar Anthology, volume 15 (Features Fides, the Sunpriest from the first story)
4. "A Brother's Promise" in Shenanigans, Valdemar Anthology, volume 16

Nonfiction

• "The Valdemar Novels" in The Valdemar Companion