Heal or harm...
Because she can't control her power, Lucinda cripples her brother. Her family disowns her, and she flees to Shadow Wood.
There, a wizard named Almegnon agrees to train her so she can use her magic to heal. But healing comes with a price, and Lucinda discovers that some wounds require more than magic.
This short story was originally published in Sword and Sorceress VII edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW Books 1990. It's also available in the collection Quick Shots by Gary Jonas, and the anthology Edward Bryant's Sphere of Influence so if you have any of those, you already have this story.
Genre: Fantasy
Because she can't control her power, Lucinda cripples her brother. Her family disowns her, and she flees to Shadow Wood.
There, a wizard named Almegnon agrees to train her so she can use her magic to heal. But healing comes with a price, and Lucinda discovers that some wounds require more than magic.
This short story was originally published in Sword and Sorceress VII edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW Books 1990. It's also available in the collection Quick Shots by Gary Jonas, and the anthology Edward Bryant's Sphere of Influence so if you have any of those, you already have this story.
Genre: Fantasy
Used availability for Gary Jonas's Mending Wounds