In "Lammas Night" a young weaver of spells is persuaded to bide a while in a small village, to make their village spells and keep the Dark at bay. As part of their persuasion, the villagers have given her the house of her predecessor. Not knowing that his spirit lingers there, she unwittingly breaks the spell that laid him. Now, a half-seen phantom courts her. He is either her lover for all time, the only she will ever know -- or a wicked spirits' seeming, the aim of which is to entrap her in a fate unspeakable.

Will she call him to her or banish him forever? Now is the time of choosing, the Witching on Lammas Night. Magic Dar and Light are in perfect balance. She begins the casting of her spell....

Contents:

• Lammas Night by Mercedes Lackey
• Hallowmas Night by Mercedes Lackey
• Harvest of Souls by Doranna Durgin
• The Heart of the Grove by Ardath Mayhar
• Miranda by Ru Emerson
• Demonheart by Mark Shepherd
• Sunflower by Jody Lynn Nye
• Summer Storms by Christie Golden
• A Choice of Many by Mark A. Garland
• The Captive Song by Josepha Sherman
• Midsummer Folly by Elisabeth Waters
• The Mage, the Maiden and the Hag by S.M. Stirling and Jan Stirling
• The Road Taken by Laura Anne Gilman
• A Wanderer of Wizard-Kind by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
• Circle of Ashes by Stephanie D. Shaver
• A Choice of Dawns by Susan Shwartz
• Miranda’s Tale by Jason Henderson
• Lady of the Rock by Diana L. Paxson
• Before by Gael Baudino