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Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann was born in 1947.
(DRASTIC DRAGON OF DRACO, TEXAS Determined to become an ...)
DRASTIC DRAGON OF DRACO, TEXAS Determined to become an author of western penny dreadful novels like her idol, Ned Buntline, a young San Francisco newspaper editor christens herself Valentine Lovelace (after a floozie acquaintance of her father’s) and heads east for the Wild West. She finds it in spades in the Texas Big Bend when she is kidnapped from a mule train by Comanches and ends up the guest of a ruthless comanchero, a sort of wild west warlord, after the Comanches are distracted by a. . .dragon? Fort Draco, as the comanchero fort is known, is as full of intrigue and nighttime carryings-on as a modern day romantic novel, but Frank Drake, the owner, is no hero. If Valentine wants to save herself and the less-guilty if not entirely innocent folks who live there, she must defeat heat stroke, gunslingers, a couple of fake rainmakers and their camel, hostile Indians, the voice haunting her dreams (not in a good way) and a dragon who not only is gobbling all the livestock and transportation in the area but is guarding the only water hole in fifty miles of drought-ridden desert. And she must do it all while taking good notes, of course. This is a western but not as we know it and a fantasy set where we’re not used to it.
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(Book Four of the Songs from the Seashell Archives Going o...)
Book Four of the Songs from the Seashell Archives Going on a quest with a handsome prince might sound like a dream, but Prince Rupert's cousin Carole comes to feel it isn't all it's cracked up to be. Carole agrees to accompany her hunky cousin to Miragenia to christen his baby niece. But it is really hard to even explain the situation to anyone; how the little Princess was stolen from her mother's side by Miragenians who demanded fifteen years of the first-born's life in exchange for a bit of help during wartime. Or how the baby was taken before magical christening gifts could be bestowed upon her for her protection and character development. The ladies surrounding Rupert (also known as Rowan the Romantic and Rowan the Rake) don't care about some baby and don't hear anything about the mission because they're too busy sighing over him. Crowd control is an obvious problem, as is extricating Rupert from more than one involuntary engagement. When at last the two, with the help of dubious questing companions including a love-stricken pink and purple dragon, arrive at the theocracy of Gorequartz where the baby had been fostered out to a queen, they find themselves in trouble of a completely different complexion. Their most deadly nemesis is none other than a giant crystal "god" seemingly created in Rupert's own image!
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(THE GOLDCAMP VAMPIRE V. LOVELACE’S GUIDE TO THE WILD WES...)
THE GOLDCAMP VAMPIRE V. LOVELACE’S GUIDE TO THE WILD WEST VOL. 2 by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough Pelagia Harper, aka Valentine Lovelace, published her memoirs of her time in Draco Texas and became an established writer--at least in her own mind. But when her father dies and her stepmother steals her royalties, she finds herself destitute. Also haunted. The ghost of her papa keeps popping up everywhere. When her father’s old flame, Sasha Devine, offers her a way out of her poverty, Pelagia jumps on it before she knows what’s involved. In 1897, the two ladies must travel North to the Klondike (the Wild West is a relative term as far as V. Lovelace is concerned) escorting the coffin of a man said to be Lost-Cause Lawson, a prospector. It turns out the man beneath the coffin lid is not as dead as he was supposed to be and somehow, Pelagia ends up being accused of murdering a Mountie. Apparently the sensible solution to that is to fake her own suicide. The upshot is that when she finally does arrive in Dawson City with Sasha, she is obliged to take employment as a dance hall girl and a flamenco dancer (Corazon, the Belle of Barcelone). Her boss seems nice though. Very sociable, especially with all of his new female employees. It isn’t long before Pelagia learns that Vasily Vladovitch Bledinoff is giving the biting cold some competition. It isn’t until her friend Captain Lomax receives a new book from England, written by a fellow named Bram Stoker, that she begins to get a clue what exactly is going on with the mode for black velvet neck bands the girls are all sporting. Then there’s all of those really smart wolves, the threat of starvation and disease, and other strange and unusual wildlife. This book is about what life was like for a female artiste in Dawson City as it was during the Gold Rush--when everyone was there to strike it rich except for the vampires, who were there for the night life.
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(In the sequel to Nothing Sacred, Chime, a young woman fro...)
In the sequel to Nothing Sacred, Chime, a young woman from Shambala, a magical oasis where the survivors of nuclear Armageddon live peacefully, ventures out into the surrounding devastation to bring renewal to a shattered world.
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(The harsh winter forcing the traveling people into Edinbu...)
The harsh winter forcing the traveling people into Edinburgh becomes known as the Terror Time. Body snatchers prey upon the living and the dead alike, selling their victims for study by the student physicians at the medical school. And who will miss a gypsy girl with no settled folk to seek for her? A young gypsy named Midge Margret is sure that a gentleman writer and collector of folk music named Walter Scott, now sheriff of Edinburgh, will care. He befriended her family before and once more he promises to help find the murderer who prowls the snowy forest in a black coach. When the patchwork woman with supernatural strength begins hunting the streets as well, Scott and Midge Margret know the crimes are rooted in bloody dark magic. In order to catch the killer, the butchered victims themselves must testify. By Nebula Award winning author Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Publisher's Weekly says, "Skillfully cross-stitching history, mystery and old-time urban legend. . .tension mounts steadily. . .an artful work."
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(AMAZING PAPERBACK FROM 1984! VERY MINOR SPINE AND EDGE WE...)
AMAZING PAPERBACK FROM 1984! VERY MINOR SPINE AND EDGE WEAR - CLOSER TO NEW THAN LIKE NEW! MANY PHOTOS ATTACHED!!ALL ORDERS SHIP SAME DAY WITH TRACKING NUMBER!nwcst
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(Despite the best efforts of the devils, the ornery humans...)
Despite the best efforts of the devils, the ornery humans still managed to avoid destroying themselves and they decided that folk music had to go because the songs gave people the strength to carry on.
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(Praise for Phantom Banjo from Booklist: “This book has ju...)
Praise for Phantom Banjo from Booklist: “This book has just about every virtue one can reasonably expect in a contemporary fantasy tale, including a vivid portrait of the contemporary folk scene and a chilling emotional impact that makes many horror novels look pedestrian. Highly recommended.” “Contemporary” in the above review means the world as it was in 1992 when the book was written. The rapid changes in recording and communications technology make it seem like a period piece now, which is entirely appropriate for the subject matter. This is a fantasy series about a bunch of folk musicians, good pickers and flawed but likable human beings, trying to reclaim songs destroyed by the evil forces (or devils, including but by no means limited to the Expediency Devil, the Stupidity and Ignorance Devil, and the Debauchery Devil) that want humanity to lose its humanity. Hauntings abound, as they do in the folk songs. It’s a good yarn to read at Halloween, whether or not this is the music that moves you. And sometimes it’s really funny. There’s a lot of cussing though. Well, the characters are frustrated and scared a lot, and they beg your pardon for their language but you might do the same if faced with similar catastrophies, disasters, travails, frustrations, and circumstances.
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(A workaholic with no room in her life for home, family, o...)
A workaholic with no room in her life for home, family, or love, Monica Banks finds her life dramatically transformed by the arrival of a special spirit from Christmas past, Ebeneezer Scrooge, who takes her on a journey that teaches her about the joy of Christmas.
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(In Song of Sorcery, Book 1 of Songs from the Seashell Arc...)
In Song of Sorcery, Book 1 of Songs from the Seashell Archives, hearthwitch Maggie Brown met minstrel Colin Songsmith and a unicorn named Moonshine while saving both her sister and the kingdom. All in a quest’s work for a girl who can magically do anything she can convince her power is housework. To reward Maggie, the king makes her a princess, and therefore a good catch for the local noble bachelors. Only problem is, she doesn’t want to get married. She wants to be with Moonshine, whose Unicorn Creed, as he understands it, forbids him to consort with anyone except a chaste maiden. It’s rather a touchy situation, and so Princess Maggie abandons her crown and with Moonshine, she and Colin set out to see if they can find a loophole in Moonshine’s creed. Of course, in the process they have to try to save the land of Argonia again, this time from a were-man, a revolutionary nymph, a town’s worth of zombies, an ice worm and an evil wizard. “Gentle humor, deft plotting and a fine light-handed prose style, all combine to make THE UNICORN CREED a pure delight.” --New York Daily News
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Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann was born in 1947.
(DRASTIC DRAGON OF DRACO, TEXAS Determined to become an ...)
(Praise for Phantom Banjo from Booklist: “This book has ju...)
(A workaholic with no room in her life for home, family, o...)
(In the sequel to Nothing Sacred, Chime, a young woman fro...)
(Despite the best efforts of the devils, the ornery humans...)
(Book Four of the Songs from the Seashell Archives Going o...)
(In Song of Sorcery, Book 1 of Songs from the Seashell Arc...)
(AMAZING PAPERBACK FROM 1984! VERY MINOR SPINE AND EDGE WE...)
(The harsh winter forcing the traveling people into Edinbu...)
(The complete trilogy, sold as a set.)
(mass market paperback book)
(THE GOLDCAMP VAMPIRE V. LOVELACE’S GUIDE TO THE WILD WES...)