Opus 2

Stories in the anthology reveal Horth’s introduction to the sword in childhood (“The Number Three Blade” by Craig Bowlsby); a good reason why the Sevolites destroyed Reetions ships on sight for two hundred years after the Killing War (“For Amanda” by Randy McCharles); the plight of a girl with a little too much Vrellish about her to be a Demish lady (“Ladylike” by Krysia Anderson); a spiritual tale from the Okal Lumens tradition (“Return” by Sandra Fitzpatrick) and a chilling glimpse of how the Lorels got a bad reputation with the Vrellish (“Essential Differences” by Patricia Crawford). ■Craig Bowlsby ■Randy McCharles ■Krysia Anderson ■Sandra Fitzpatrick ■Patricia CrawfordAbout the Williams teaches computer literacy at the University of Northern BC and holds an M.L.S. from the University of Toronto and a M.Sc. from McMaster. She was born in Prince George, British Columbia and graduated from the University of Victoria with an emphasis in Chemistry and Creative Writing. She currently lives in British Columbia, Canada.Lynda’s ten book series set in the Okal Rel Universe is published by Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy. Recurring themes of the series center around culture conflict and the moral and social impacts of radical changes in technology, including re-written rules of gender relations as a consequence of bio-engineering.