The four members of Dante's Delight Purgatorio do not consider what they do to be in any sense sadomasochistic. Of course, society at large takes a different view. And society at large includes Julie Whitcomb's newmet lover, Police Detective Dave Clayton, for whom she hopes to retire from purgatorial activity. Society at large also includes Angela Garvey, childhood sweetheart of the lad Julie hopes to mold into her Dante's Delight replacement, Corwin «Thesaurus Kid» Poe....
Spanish Inquisitor Don Felipe considers himself a loyal servant of Holy Church. Despite his lifelong friendship with the Jewish Gamito, despite the courtly love for their Islamic playfellow's sister that inspired him to celibacy and the priesthood (not necessarily in that order). Despite his own secret sin, despite his own arrest and long imprisonment in midlife by the Inquisition he serves, despite his love for and private marriage with the barren Romany woman Pilar.<P> Why, then,...
A Fantasy Historical Romance of the First Decade of Papa's Pride, by Clea Ortiz Newcome—but actually a Gilbert & Sullivan Fantasy in Space Opera Framework, by Phyllis Ann Karr! <P> Some have told me that the events of Ship Years 8 and 9 were far too terrible to use as underpinning for a light fantasy romance, and one that in any case can appeal chiefly to the hundred or so avid Savoyards in the ship's population. My response is that light treatment has been among...
The Timelines Keep Trying to Realign! Our neighboring timeline also had its 20th-century warfare. But Act II of their Last Great War, 1939-1945, lined up somewhat differently, with Russia, India, Spain, and Japan versus England, France, Germany, and the Reformed States of America. Now, in the decade following the War, the small university town of Hodag Crossing in the state of Minnemagantic, along with the rest of the world, is hunting down deathguards – the war criminals of Stalin's...
The Fanciers & Realizers MEGAPACK® assembles Phyllis Ann Karr's complete series for the first time – 37 stories and novels, totalling more than 1700 pages of great Steampunk/alternate history reading! Included are:<P> CAGEY WARRINGTON THURSDAY <BR> SOMETHING SHADY AT SUNVALE CLINIC <BR> THE CYCLOPS KILLER <BR> THE REALIZERS/FANCIERS WORLD <BR> THE STANDARD MURDER MYSTERY <BR> VARIETY’S NAME <BR> ROSEMARY LOZINSKI LESTRADE <BR> THE...
Ann Karr has found a historical precedent to create a female Sheriff of Nottingham for this retelling of the Robin Hood legend … A remarkable work which recasts the traditional roles and sheds new light on the relationship between the famous characters.
The arrangements for the dinner party were overseen by Queen Quenevere herself. She selected the apples with her own hands. And before the evening ended, a young knight lay dead…and Arthur's beloved, unfaithful queen stood branded as a murderess and condemned to death! <P> Phyllis Ann Karr has taken Celtic legend and given it a fresh new twist in this magical murder-mystery of knights and sorcery, romantic entanglements and courtly intrigues. This is a tale that explores the...
