Liavek, Players of Luck

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Liavek, Players of Luck is the second in a series of 6 short story collections. It was nominated for "Best Anthology/Collection" at the1987 World Fantasy Awards Ballot. It contains the following stories:

• Brust, Steven K. Z., An Act of Trust, 1986.
• Bucklin, Alison, Dry Well of Dondar, 1986.The lyrics in the next story.
• Bucklin, Nathan A., Dry Well, 1986.
• Bull, Emma, The Well-Made Plan, 1986.
• Dalkey, Kara, Before the Paint Is Dry, 1986.
• de Lint, Charles, The Rat's Alley Shuffle, 1986.°
• Dean Dyer-Bennet, Pamela, Two Houses in Saltigos, 1986.
• Ford, John M., A Cup of Worrynot Tea, 1986.
• Frost, Gregory, Show of Faith, 1986.
• Ogden, M. Lindholm, Pot Luck, 1986.
• Saunders, Charles R., Ishu's Gift, 1986.
• Shetterly, William, A Happy Birthday, 1986.
• Wolfe, Gene, Choice of the Black Goddess, 1986.
• Wrede, Patricia C., Rikki and the Wizard, 1986.
• Yolen, Jane, The Ballad of the Quick Levars, 1986.

° also to appear in A Handful of Coppers from Subterranean Press, short stories from Charles de Lint. It contains 2 other Liavek stories among others: "The Skin & Knife Game" (collaboration with Lee Barwood) and "The Vengeance of Conn O'Donnel" (collaboration with J.E. Coplin; unpublished)

Editons

• An English paperback Liavek: The Players of Luck edited by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull was published in 1986 by Ace with ISBN 0441481841. The cover was illustrated by Collette Slade.