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Drums of Autumn

The Fiery Cross

A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Lord John Books

Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade (Aug 2007)

Lord John and the Hand of Devils (Nov 2007)

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Anthologies

Surgeon's Steel
in Excalibur

Mirror Image
in Mothers and Sons: A Celebration in Memoirs, Stories, and Photographs

Dream a Little Dream
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Naked Came the Phoenix: A Serial Novel

The Castellan
in Out of Avalon: An Anthology of Old Magic and New Myths

Hellfire
in Past Poisons

Lord John and the Succubus
in Legends II: New Short Novels by the Masters of Modern Fantasy edited by Robert Silverberg

Non Fiction

The Outlandish Companion
(also titled Through the Stones )

Chapter 19 - Paranormal Romance: Time Travel, Vampires, and Everything Beyond
in
Writing Romances: A Handbook by the Romance Writers of America

A Stillness at the Heart
in Fathers & Daughters: A Celebration in Memoirs, Stories, and Photographs

The Gabaldon Theory of Time-Travel
in The Journal of Transfigural Mathematics(Berlin)

Miscellaneous

Ivanhoe - A Romance, introduction by Diana Gabaldon

A Plague of Angels: A Sir Robert Carey Mystery, introduction by Diana Gabaldon

Common Sense, introduction by Diana Gabaldon

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Longing (abridged) from The Fiery Cross
Copyright © 2001 Diana Gabaldon, The Fiery Cross. All rights reserved.

Diana provided this excerpt as a comparison of the unabridged and abridged audio tapes of her books. This excerpt is from the script for The Fiery Cross abridged audio tape. Please feel free to read “Longing For Home” in its entirety. [Please note, the title “Longing For Home,” is the title I have given it, not what Diana called it.--Rosana]


But the longing for home was strong: my spacious hearth, with its huge cauldron and its roasting jack, the light-filled peace of my surgery, with the fragrant bunches of nettle and dried lavender overhead, dusty gold in the afternoon sun. My feather bed, soft and clean, linen sheets smelling of rosemary and yarrow.

Summoning up a wistful vision of this haven of delight, I smiled at Jamie, who was keeping me company.

Suddenly, a wail like an approaching ambulance betokened the appearance of Marsali, Joan in her arms.

“Da,” she said to Jamie. “Ye’ve got to come. Father Kenneth's been arrested!”

 
 
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