The World of Riverside Series by Ellen Datlow, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Nathan Ballingrud, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Bear, Richard Bowes, Pat Cadigan, John Crowley, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Melissa Marr, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Matthew Kressel, Ellen Kushner, Naomi Novik, Kit Reed, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Lavie Tidhar, Holly Black, Tessa Gratton, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Joel Derfner, Racheline Maltese, Malinda Lo, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Patty Bryant, Jonathan Strahan, Diana Peterfreund, Frances Hardinge, Garth Nix, Charles de Lint, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Ellen Klages, Patricia A. McKillip, Tim Pratt, M. Rickert, Isobelle Carmody, Jane Yolen, Margo Lanagan, Pat Murphy, Carolyn Dunn, Steve Berman, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Christopher Barzak, Theodora Goss, Katherine Vaz, Caroline Stevermer, Midori Snyder, Michael Cadnum, Elizabeth Wein, Kim Antieau, Will Shetterly, Kelly Link, Carol Emshwiller, Jedediah Berry, Kij Johnson, Paul Witcover, Nicola Griffith, Michael Swanwick, Eileen Gunn, Alexander C. Irvine, Damien Broderick, Bruce Sterling, Sara Genge, Stephen Baxter, Jo Walton, Geoff Ryman, Rachel Swirsky, John Kessel, Sarah Monette, Robert Reed, Diana Wynne Jones, Robert Charles Wilson, Andy Duncan, Catherynne M. Valente, Peter Watts, Karen Joy Fowler, James Patrick Kelly

3.86 · 179 ratings
  • Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron (The World of Riverside #0.1 - The Witch in the Wood)
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    Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron (The World of Riverside #0.1 - The Witch in the Wood)

    Jonathan Strahan, Diana Peterfreund, Frances Hardinge, Garth Nix, Holly Black, Charles de Lint, Tanith Lee, Neil Gaiman, Ellen Klages, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman, Patricia A. McKillip, Tim Pratt, M. Rickert, Isobelle Carmody, Jane Yolen, Jim Butcher, Peter S. Beagle, Margo Lanagan

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 16 ratings · published 2012

    Broomsticks.Black Cats.Pointy Hats.They can mean only one thing - somewhere nearby, there must be a witch. From fairy tales to fims to fiction, witches cast their spells and capture our imaginations.Now the biggest names in fantasy and young adult literature have come together to make a little magic of their own. Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Diana Peterfreund, Margo Lanagan, Peter S... more

  • Tremontaine (The World of Riverside #0.3)
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    Tremontaine (The World of Riverside #0.3)

    Ellen Kushner, Malinda Lo, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Joel Derfner, Racheline Maltese, Patty Bryant

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2016

    Welcome to Tremontaine, the prequel to Ellen Kushner’s beloved Riverside series that began with Swordspoint!A duchess’s beauty matched only by her cunning; her husband’s dangerous affair with a handsome scholar; a foreigner in a playground of swordplay and secrets; and a mathematical genius on the brink of revolution­. Suddenly long-buried lies threaten to come to light and betrayal and treachery run rampant in this story of sparkling wit and political intrigue... more

  • Tremontaine: The Complete Season 2 (The World of Riverside #0.4)
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    Tremontaine: The Complete Season 2 (The World of Riverside #0.4)

    Ellen Kushner, Tessa Gratton, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Joel Derfner, Racheline Maltese

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2017

    Welcome to Tremontaine, where ambition, love affairs, and rivalries dance with deadly results. In this novel Ellen Kushner and a team of writers return readers to the world of scandal and swordplay introduced in her cult-classic novel Swordspoint. Readers familiar with the series will find a welcome homecoming while new fans will learn what makes Riverside a place they will want to visit again and again... more

  • Arrivals (The World of Riverside #0.3 pt1)
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    Arrivals (The World of Riverside #0.3 pt1)

    Ellen Kushner, Paul Witcover, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Tessa Gratton

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    Swordplay, scandal, and sex—welcome to the world of Tremontaine, a glittering new chapter in Ellen Kushner's classic Riverside series... more

  • Convocation (The World of Riverside #0.4 pt1)
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    Convocation (The World of Riverside #0.4 pt1)

    Ellen Kushner, Mary Anne Mohanraj, Joel Derfner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Racheline Maltese, Paul Witcover, Tessa Gratton

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2016

    Swordplay, scandal, and sex—welcome to the world of Tremontaine, a glittering new entry in Ellen Kushner's classic Riverside series. This is the 1st episode in the second season of Tremontaine, a 13-episode serial from Serial Box Publishing. This episode written by Ellen Kushner. All eyes are on Duchess Diane Tremontaine at the Convocation, an annual soiree that opens the Council of Lords. With her mad husband exiled to the country, Diane is on the hunt for a new lover and better fortunes... more

  • The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 4 (The World of Riverside #0.6 - A Wild and a Wicked Youth)
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    The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 4 (The World of Riverside #0.6 - A Wild and a Wicked Youth)

    Jonathan Strahan, Nicola Griffith, Holly Black, Michael Swanwick, Eileen Gunn, Alexander C. Irvine, Damien Broderick, Peter S. Beagle, Bruce Sterling, Sara Genge, Kelly Link, Stephen Baxter, Jo Walton, Geoff Ryman, Pat Cadigan, Rachel Swirsky, John Kessel, Sarah Monette, Elizabeth Bear, Ellen Klages, Robert Reed, Diana Wynne Jones, Robert Charles Wilson, Andy Duncan, Catherynne M. Valente, Peter Watts, Margo Lanagan, Ellen Kushner, Karen Joy Fowler, Kij Johnson, James Patrick Kelly

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2010

    The depth and breadth of what science fiction and fantasy fiction is changes with every passing year. The two dozen stories chosen for this book by award-winning anthologist Jonathan Strahan carefully maps this evolution, giving readers a captivating and always-entertaining look at the very best the genre has to offer... more

  • Swordspoint (The World of Riverside #1)
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    Swordspoint (The World of Riverside #1)

    Ellen Kushner

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 36 ratings · published 1987

    The classic forerunner to The Fall of the Kings now with three bonus stories. Hailed by critics as "a bravura performance" (Locus) and "witty, sharp-eyed, [and] full of interesting people" (Newsday), this classic melodrama of manners, filled with remarkable plot twists and unexpected humor, takes fantasy to an unprecedented level of elegant writing and scintillating wit... more

  • Naked City (The World of Riverside #1.6 - The Duke of Riverside)
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    Naked City (The World of Riverside #1.6 - The Duke of Riverside)

    Ellen Datlow, Jim Butcher, Patricia Briggs, Nathan Ballingrud, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Bear, Richard Bowes, Pat Cadigan, John Crowley, Jeffrey Ford, Christopher Fowler, Melissa Marr, Caitlín R. Kiernan, Matthew Kressel, Ellen Kushner, Naomi Novik, Kit Reed, Lucius Shepard, Delia Sherman, Lavie Tidhar, Holly Black

    Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 2011

    In this thrilling collection of original stories, some of today’s hottest paranormal authors delight, thrill, and captivate readers with otherworldly tales of magic and mischief. In Jim Butcher’s ”Curses”, Harry Dresden investigates how to lift a curse laid by the Fair Folk on the Chicago Cubs. In Patricia Briggs’ “Fairy Gifts,”, a vampire is called home by magic to save the Fae who freed him from a dark curse... more

  • The Privilege of the Sword (The World of Riverside #2)
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    The Privilege of the Sword (The World of Riverside #2)

    Ellen Kushner

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 29 ratings · published 2006

    Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power in the city's ballroom, brothels and boudoirs. Into this alluring world walks Katherine, a well-bred country girl versed in the rules of conventional society. Her mistake is thinking that they apply. For Katherine's host and uncle, Alec Campion, aka the Mad Duke Tremontaine, is in charge here—and to him, rules are made to be broken... more

  • Swords of Riverside (The World of Riverside #1-2)
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    Swords of Riverside (The World of Riverside #1-2)

    Ellen Kushner

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2006

    An excellent gift! Now for your pleasure we present Swords of Riverside, an exclusive 2 in 1 hardcover omnibus. Remarkable stories that manage to create a swashbuckling fantasy world with nary a wizard nor dragon in sight.

  • The Man with the Knives (The World of Riverside #2.5)
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    The Man with the Knives (The World of Riverside #2.5)

    Ellen Kushner

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2010

    A tale of loss and healing, set in Kushner's Riverside series.

  • The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales (The World of Riverside #2.7)
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    The Coyote Road: Trickster Tales (The World of Riverside #2.7)

    Ellen Datlow, Pat Murphy, Carolyn Dunn, Steve Berman, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Christopher Barzak, Delia Sherman, Richard Bowes, Ellen Klages, Patricia A. McKillip, Theodora Goss, Charles de Lint, Katherine Vaz, Caroline Stevermer, Midori Snyder, Michael Cadnum, Ellen Kushner, Elizabeth Wein, Kim Antieau, Will Shetterly, Kelly Link, Holly Black, Carol Emshwiller, Jedediah Berry, Jeffrey Ford, Jane Yolen, Kij Johnson

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 2007

    Coyote. Anansi. Brer Rabbit. Trickster characters have long been a staple of folk literature, and are a natural choice for the overarching subject of acclaimed editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling's third mythic anthology. The Coyote Road features a remarkable range of authors, each with his or her fictional look at a trickster character... more

  • The Fall of the Kings (The World of Riverside #3)
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    The Fall of the Kings (The World of Riverside #3)

    Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman

    Rated: 3.65 of 5 stars
    · 24 ratings · published 2002

    This stunning follow-up to Ellen Kushner's cult-classic novel, "Swordspoint," is set in the same world of labyrinthine intrigue, where sharp swords and even sharper wits rule. Against a rich tapestry of artists and aristocrats, students, strumpets, and spies, a gentleman and a scholar will find themselves playing out an ancient drama destined to explode their society's smug view of itself--and reveal that sometimes the best price of uncovering history is being forced to repeat it... more

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