Playfellow

Hilary Cycle #1

by Elisabeth Waters

Hilary Castamir had a little trouble adjusting to life at Arilinn Tower. Many children have imaginary friends, but Hilary's wasn't imaginary.This story was originally published in the Darkover anthology RED SUN OF DARKOVER, November 1987.

Kindle Edition

First published November 2, 1987

About the author

Elisabeth Waters sold her first short story in 1980 to Marion Zimmer Bradley for The Keeper's Price, the first of the Darkover anthologies. She then went on to sell dozens of short stories to a variety of anthologies. Her first novel, a fantasy called Changing Fate, was awarded the 1989 Gryphon Award. Its sequel is Mending Fate, published in 2016.

She currently writes short stories and has edited the Sword and Sorceress anthology series, which ended with Sword and Sorceress 34.

She has also worked as a supernumerary with the San Francisco Opera, where she appeared in La Gioconda, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Khovanschina, Das Rheingold, Werther, and Idomeneo.

Reviews

[Susanna Duffy · Rating 5 out of 5]

I still enjoy the Darkover universe and here's a short story I hadn't read before.