The WyndMaster's Lady The WyndMaster's Son Srae Iss-Ka-Mala A Dream of Drowned Hollow Nexus Point Motor City Fae Author: Charlotte Boyett~Compo Author: Charlotte Boyett~Compo Author: Chaeya Author: Lee Barwood Author: Jaleta Clegg Author: Cindy Spencer Pape www.windlegends.org www.windlegends.org www.electricgentlemen.com www.leebarwood.com www.jaletac.com www.cindyspencerpape.com Background Images Courtesy Of: © 2010 STScI & NASA Bloodsworn: Bound by Magic Mudflat Spice and Sorcery Blood of the Dark Moon A Bloody Good Cruise Author: Kathy Lane Author: Phoebe Matthews Author: Adrianne Brennan Author: Diana Rubino www.kyrlane.com www.phoebematthews.com www.adriannebrennan.com www.dianarubino.com Resurrection Code Second Night: More Fairy Tales Retold Some Cost a Passing Bell On the Wild Side Heartstone Shadows of the Soul Author: Lyda Morehouse Author: Caroline Aubrey Author: Lee Barwood Author: Gerri Bowen Author: Lynda K. Scott Author: Angelique Armae www.lydamorehouse.com www.carolineaubrey.net www.leebarwood.com www.gerribowen.com www.lyndakscott.com www.angeliquearmae.com INFINITE WORLDS OF FANTASY AUTHORS IMAGINATION UNRESTRICTED BY REALITY The WyndMaster's Lady The WyndMaster's Son Srae Iss-Ka-Mala A Dream of Drowned Hollow Nexus Point Motor City Fae Author: Charlotte Boyett~Compo Author: Charlotte Boyett~Compo Author: Chaeya Author: Lee Barwood Author: Jaleta Clegg Author: Cindy Spencer Pape www.windlegends.org www.windlegends.org www.electricgentlemen.com www.leebarwood.com www.jaletac.com www.cindyspencerpape.com Background Images Courtesy Of: © 2010 STScI & NASA Bloodsworn: Bound by Magic Mudflat Spice and Sorcery Blood of the Dark Moon A Bloody Good Cruise Author: Kathy Lane Author: Phoebe Matthews Author: Adrianne Brennan Author: Diana Rubino www.kyrlane.com www.phoebematthews.com www.adriannebrennan.com www.dianarubino.com Resurrection Code Second Night: More Fairy Tales Retold Some Cost a Passing Bell On the Wild Side Heartstone Shadows of the Soul Author: Lyda Morehouse Author: Caroline Aubrey Author: Lee Barwood Author: Gerri Bowen Author: Lynda K. Scott Author: Angelique Armae www.lydamorehouse.com www.carolineaubrey.net www.leebarwood.com www.gerribowen.com www.lyndakscott.com www.angeliquearmae.com INFINITE WORLDS OF FANTASY AUTHORS IMAGINATION UNRESTRICTED BY REALITY Contents December 2010 DEPARTMENTS 6 Advertisers 8 Movies by Resa Nelson The Beginning of the End: The Final Harry Potter Book Yields Two Movies (Part 1 and Part 2) 12 Artists Gallery by Karen Haber Changing Minds One Painting at a Time: A Conversation with Terese Nielsen 52 Folkroots by Stephen D. 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