''Moon Mirror'' is a collection of short stories by

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and

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author

Andre Norton Andre Alice Norton (born Alice Mary Norton, February 17, 1912 – March 17, 2005) was an American writer of science fiction and fantasy, who also wrote works of historical and contemporary fiction. She wrote primarily under the pen na ...

, and illustrator

Anne Yvonne Gilbert Anne Yvonne Gilbert (born ) is a British artist and book illustrator. Her cover design of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's 1983 single "Relax" has been described as "one of the most famous record sleeves of all time". While much of her career since ...

. It was first published in hardcover by

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in December 1988, and reprinted in paperback by the same publisher in August 1989 and August 1994. The book collects nine short stories, novelettes and novellas by Norton.

* "

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" (original to the collection) * " The Toymaker's Snuffbox" (from '' Golden Magazine for Boys and Girls'', August 1966) * " Teddi" (from '' Science Fiction Adventures from Way Out'', edited by

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, 1973) * " Desirable Lakeside Residence" (from '' Saving Worlds'', edited by

and

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, 1973) * " The Long Night of Waiting" (from '' Long Night of Waiting and Other Stories'', edited by

, 1974) * " Through the Needle's Eye" (from ''

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'', by

, 1970) * " One Spell Wizard" (from ''

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'', by

, 1972) * "Outside" (from ''Outside'', by

, 1975) * "Moon Mirror" (from '' Hecate's Cauldron'', edited by Susan M. Shwartz, 1982)

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