Series editors: Andre Norton & Robert Adams 編集

創元文庫から代表作の「ウィッチ・ワールド」シリーズが訳されているアンドル・ノートンと、サンリオＳＦ文庫から出ていた「ホースクラン」シリーズのロバート・アダムスによる 所謂シェアード・ワールド物ファンタジー短編集。
イスカーの祝祭を舞台にした人々を描く。リン・カーターやナンシー・スプリンガー等、かなりいろいろな作者が短編を手がけているので、かならず気に入った物語の一つや二つは見つかるはず。設定自体は今となってはありきたりだが、面白い世界で作風も様々。レベルはまあまあの話が多い。 昔読んだ作品の中ではお気に入りのシリーズ。1985年に第一巻が出版された本シリーズ、絶版なのが残念である。
〜　人々は年に一度のイスカー祭に集まってくる。”３人のいと高き者”の帰還を祈るために・・・〜
信者も悪者もとりまぜて様々なドラマが展開する。

cover art by Walter Velez

Prologue by Robert Adams The Goblinry of Ais by Lin Carter To Take a Thief by C. J. Cherryh Jezeri and Her Beast Go to the Fair and Find More Excitement Than They Want by Jo Clayton Fletcher Found by Morgan Llywelyn Well Met in Ithkar by Patricia Mathews Esmene's Eyes by Ardath Mayhar Swamp Dweller by Andre Norton Qazia and a Ferret-Fetch by Judith Sampson For Lovers Only by Roger C. Schlobin Dragon's Horn by J. W. Schutz Homecoming by Susan M. Shwartz The Prince Out of the Past by Nancy Springer Cold Spell by Elisabeth Waters

no cover credits probably by Steven Hickman

Prologue by Robert Adams Flux of Fortune by Mildred Downey Broxon Geydelle's Protective by Lin Carter If There Be Magic by Marylois Dunn Babes on Bawd Way by Geroge Alec Effinger Sardofa's Horseshoes by Gregory Frost The Ruby Wand of Asrazel by Joseph Green Bird of Paradise by Linda Haldeman Flaming-Arrow by R. A. Lafferty The Shaman Flute by Shariann Lewitt Shadow Quest by Brad Linaweaver Kissmeowt and the Healing Friar by A. R. Major The Cards of Eldrianza by Mary H. Schaub The Marbled Horn by Lynn Ward

cover art by Steven Hickman

Prologue by Robert Adams Three Knives in Ithkar by Gareth Bloodwine Were-Sisters by Ann R. Brown The Magic Carpet by James Clark The Amiable Assassin by A. C. Crispin Guardians of the Secret by Ginger Curry and Monika Conroy The Begger and His Cat by Gene DeWeese Flarrin Red-chin by M. Coleman Easton Covenant by P. M. Griffin What Little Girls Are Made Of by T. S. Huff Eyes of the Seer by Caralyn Inks and Georgia Miller Fiddler Fair by Mercedes Lackey The Silverlord by Morgan Llywelyn SunDark in Ithkar by S. Lee Rouland Hair's Breath by Susan Shwartz The Singing Eggs by Kiel Stuart

cover art by Steven Hickman

Prologue by Robert Adams The Clockwork Woman by Ann R. Brown First Do No Harm by Mildred Downey Broxon Honeycomb by Esther M. Friesner Demon Luck by Craig Shaw Gardner A Quiet Day at the Fair by Sharon Green Mandrake by Caralyn Inks To Trap a Demon by Ardath Mayhar Trave by Shirley Meier The Book-Healer by Sandra Miesel The Demon's Gift by Kathleen O'Malley The Gentle Art of Making Enemies by Claudia Peck Day of Strange Fortune by Carol Severance Cat and Muse by Rose Wolf The Talisman by Timothy Zahn