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Note: This is not to be confused with Tales of the Slayers Graphic Novel. Tales of the Slayers consists of two items a Graphic novel and a one-shot comic book Tales of the Slayer Broken Bottle of Djinn.

Book Covers for Volumes 1-4 of Tales of the Slayer
Book Covers for Volumes 1-4 of Tales of the Slayer

Tales of the Slayer are volumes containing prose short stories. Four volumes of this series have been released, all published by Pocket Books. Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes Paperback books Each contains a number of short stories surrounding the mythology of past Slayers

Contents

Tales within Buffyverse Chronology

These are ordered by chronology rather than by their appearance in the books. A Slayer, in the fictional Buffyverse established by Buffy and Angel, is a young Female bestowed with

A Good Run

Author: Greg Rucka
Collected in: Vol. I
Setting: Greece, 490 BCE
It's 490 BC in Greece and Thessily is the current Slayer. In order to protect an important messenger, she must run 300 miles in 3 days while fending off countless vampires. Pheidippides (el Φειδιππίδης sometimes given as Phidippides or Philippides) hero of Ancient Greece, is the central figure in a story which In the end, this 29 year old Slayer just wants to be remembered for something great that she herself did.

Lady Shobu

Author: Kara Dalkey
Collected in: Vol. II
Setting: Sagami Province, Japan, 980
Kishi Minomoto is a brave girl born into a warrior clan who is suddenly called to serve as a lady in waiting for the Great Lady Ankimon-in. Her summoner, Bennin, claims to be her Watcher and informs her of her duty as a Slayer. He teaches her precious information concerning the demons around her as well as her predecessor before sending her to wait on the Great Lady. Kishi does her best to locate the demons which have been surrounding the Palace only to find out that Bennin is not who he says he is; nor is the Great Lady who was originally the Watcher of the past Slayer. Bennin, is actually Migoto, Bennin's brother, who has been sacrificing Slayers to a dragon in order to maintain his immortal life.

Dark of the Moon

Author: Yvonne Navarro
Collected in: Vol. Yvonne Navarro (born 1957 Chicago Illinois) is an American Author who has published over twenty books III
Setting: 1229 and 1250
The story of a Slayer who was trained but did not know what her calling was. Her angst and frustration come through when she failed to fulfill her duty through no fault of her own.

Abomination

Author: Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz
Collected in: Vol. Laura J Burns is a Californian author originally from Long Island New York. Melinda Metz is an American author of young adult books. Her series Roswell High, about teenage aliens is the basis of The WB television II
Setting: Beauport, Brittany, France, 1320
Eliane and her Watcher have spent years training together, but as the years go by and Eliane becomes older they begin to suspect that she will never be called as a Slayer. Eventually she and her Watcher fall in love, get married and form a family. When she finally reaches the age of 20, she is abruptly called to her duty and her husband is taken away from her for violating codes of conduct with his charge. Eliane refuses to accept her duty until her husband has returned to her even though Tatoul, a particularly vicious vampire plagues her city. When the demon finally steals her five year old child and turns him into a vampire, she begins to fight back. At the end, she allows her son to drink her blood, slaying him at the same time. Because the are connected when this happens, the son is slayed but then she herself starts to light on fire. At the end the only thing left remaining is her daughter, who is called to be the next Slayer, even though an infant. She is given to her father.

The Rule of Silence

Author: Kara Dalkey
Collected in: Vol. IV
Setting: Seville, Spain, 1481
The Slayer, Esperanza de la Vega, is a Marrano and this makes her a heretic. Marranos or Secret Jews were Sephardic Jews (Jews resident in the Iberian peninsula) who were forced to adopt Christianity or Reading about demons does not help her standing at all.

The White Doe

Author: Christie Golden
Collected in: Vol. Christie Golden (* 1963 is an award winning author who lives in Denver, Colorado, United States. I
Setting: London, 1586
A Slayer named White Doe was adopted by Croatoans despite her English breeding and trained as the men were. She grew to be beautiful and agile. A particular wizard of the people fell in love with her but she did not return his lust. He then turned her into a white doe because if he could not have her then he did not wish anyone else have her heart. But Seal of the Ocean loves her and eventually finds her, only to end up killing her because he believes she is a wild animal. This story is based on myths built around the real life disappearance of the Roanoke Colony and Virginia Dare, the first child of English colonists born on American soil. Virginia Dare (born August 18 1587, date of death unknown was the first child born in the Americas to English parents Eleanor (or

Die Blutgrafin

Author: Yvonne Navarro
Collected in: Vol. Yvonne Navarro (born 1957 Chicago Illinois) is an American Author who has published over twenty books I
Setting: Hungary, 1609
Countesse Elizabeth Bathory (die Blutgrafin) aka the Blood Countess is a wicked woman that lives in a castle in Hungary. It is rumoured that she bathes in the blood of young virgins in order to stay youthful. Ildikó is the current Slayer, who lives isolated with her Watcher. He trains her in the ways of a lady and she successfully infiltrates the castle, in an effort to stop the deaths that are seemingly always occurring there. Though she finds out how she kills the girls, she is eventually drugged and killed by Elizabeth Bathory, never finding out if she was a vampire or not.

Blood and Brine

Author: Greg Cox
Collected in: Vol. II
Setting: The Caribbean 1661
Robin Whitby is the captain of a schooner titled Neptune's Lady. She has been passing herself off as a man in order to be accepted by her crew. While sailing the seas, they come about a boat called the El Dorado which is strangely free of any crew members, save for a young Spanish girl. The boat is loaded with gold and treasures and in particular, an ugly little idol. After a brief mutiny on board her ship as soon as the crew realizes that she's female, half the members take the other boat and set off. However, the boat becomes plagued by the kraken, a water monster with fangs and squid-like arms, and Robin heads back to fight for the crew that once betrayed her. In a fight with the kraken, Robin loses her right forearm to the beast, losing a part of herself, yet still not defeating the hideous monster.

Unholy Madness

Author: Nancy Holder
Collected in: Vol. Nancy Holder is an American Writer and the author of several novels including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire I
Setting: France, 1789
Marie-Christina is a Slayer of royal blood who lives in Marie-Antoinette's royal palace at Versailles. Unfortunately, the royals have become displeased with her work, as has her Watcher. Originally Marie despises the poor of France, an attitude shared by the Watcher and most of the court. Her attitudes slowly change upon meeting a young, innocent girl who lives on the street. Marie tries to confront L'Hero, a vampire who causing rebellion among the poor. They knew he is a vampire but do not care, as the situation he creates for them is better than the Royals ever did. Marie's life falls apart as the rebellion erupts around her. At the end, she herself finds pout she was born a peasant, and her watcher doesn't care. As he is about to be guillotined, he says to her, "Once a peasant. . . " The story ends with the little girl grabbing Marie-Christina's hand, and having her hand feel like ice, probably a result of being turnedc into a vampire herself.

The Ghosts of Slayers Past

Author: Scott Allie
Collected in: Vol. Scott Allie is an American Comics writer and editor currently the Senior Managing Editor for Dark Horse Comics. II
Setting: England, 1843
The current Watcher of the current Slayer (who is from the run down east end of London) has absolutely no sympathy for his charge until he is visited by two Slayers from the past who show him what he is doing wrong, but it isn't until one Slayer from the future makes an appearance that the Watcher learns the error of his ways.

Ch'ing Shih

Author: Mel Odom
Collected in: Vol. Mel Odom can refer to Mel Odom (author (born 1957 author of numerous science-fiction and fantasy novels Mel Odom (artist (born 1950 III
Setting: June 10, 1856
After the Slayer's Watcher died, she ran away from the monastery where he trained her. Posing as a man she survived on her own in the city. When her new Watcher finds her they join forces to battle an extremely dangerous vampire.

The New Watcher

Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Collected in: Vol. Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 1960 is an American writer She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres including Science fiction, fantasy II
Setting: Atlanta, 1864
Pauline Francis Bernard is passing herself off as a man under the name of Frankie Massey in order to enlist in the Union army. Her Watcher is long dead and a new Watcher arrives in her division in search of a woman. Her general has secretly known that Frankie is in fact a female, but wants her on his side. He devises a plan to exterminate the vampires plaguing the war-torn South, and allows the Watcher and Frankie to go their own way.

Alone

Author: Scott Allie
Collected in: Vol. Scott Allie is an American Comics writer and editor currently the Senior Managing Editor for Dark Horse Comics. IV
Setting: 1876 Ireland
Around the time of her Cruciamentum, the Slayer, Catherine Callan of Ulster, must tolerate both her father and prejudice from the largely English Watchers Council. She teases the council, pretending to be married to Mr Spelling, her Watcher.

Mornglom Dreaming

Author: Doranna Durgin
Collected in: Vol. Doranna Durgin is an American author In 1995 she won the Compton Crook Award for the novel Dun Lady's Jess. I
Setting: Kentucky, 1886
Mollie Prater is a simple 15 year old girl living in Kentucky in 1886. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Next week she's to be married to Harly. Around this time, a Watcher named Ethan arrives in search for her, as she is the new Slayer. Many people in her town have been attacked by demons and she's the only one that's faced them and lived to tell the tale. Mollie's wedding day is interrupted by these demons and Ethan's appearance. He briefly tells her that she is the Slayer and she kills the demons. But after Mollie slays the demons attacking her wedding, Harly walks out on her and she knows her life won't ever be the same.

House of the Vampire

Author: Michael Reaves
Collected in: Vol. II
Setting: London 1897
Dracula has come to England, even after his supposed death many years ago. Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Angelique Hawthorne, the current Slayer, must determine if she's under the thrall of Dracula herself and how to defeat him. She also learns a hard lesson about keeping friends in her field.

Sideshow Slayer

Author: Greg Cox
Collected in: Vol. IV
Setting: Duluth, Minnesota, 1911
The Slayer, Millicent "Millie" Rose Gresham is approaching her eighteenth birthday and therefore the Cruciamentum awaits. Millie is a travelling Slayer, covering within a carnival side show. The plans go wrong, leading to death and destruction.

Survivors

Author: Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Collected in: Vol. Kristine Kathryn Rusch (born June 1960 is an American writer She writes under various pseudonyms in multiple genres including Science fiction, fantasy IV
Setting: Chicago 1919
The Slayer, Dorothy "Dot" Singers is approaching her eighteenth birthday and therefore the Cruciamentum awaits her. Her Watcher, Reginald Hill, is suffering from a very severe mental illness.

The War Between the States

Author: Rebecca Rand Kirshner
Collected in: Vol. Rebecca Rand Kirshner is a writer and producer for American television II
Setting: New York, 1922
A young woman named Sally Jean comes to New York and becomes awed by a flapper named Ardita O'Reilly who is in fact the current Slayer. The term flapper in the 1920s referred to a "new breed" of young Women who wore short skirts bobbed their hair listened to the new Jazz music Sally Jean becomes completely enthralled by everything that Ardita possesses, until she learns what exactly Ardita is and what she does.

Silent Screams

Author: Mel Odom
Collected in: Vol. Mel Odom can refer to Mel Odom (author (born 1957 author of numerous science-fiction and fantasy novels Mel Odom (artist (born 1950 I
Setting: Germany, 1923
Herr Lichtermann is the Watcher of the new official Slayer, Britta. He trains her but never once encounters a vampire or demon. One night, the Slayer and Watcher attend a screening of a new movie, only to find that the creators are vampires who plan to kill their audience. Nosferatu A Symphony of Horror is a German Expressionist film by F Herr Lichtermann runs away, leaving Britta to die alone, breaking his promise to her. But Lichtermann is captured and put into a cell with the newly vamped Britta who wants nothing more than to kill the Watcher that betrayed her.

Voodoo Lounge

Author: Christopher Golden
Collected in: Vol. Christopher Golden is an American author of horror, Fantasy, and suspense novels for adults teens and young readers III
Setting: Dec. 12, 1940
Sequel to Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row. Note: Not to be confused with the trade paperback Spike & Dru Spike and Dru Pretty Maids All in a Row is an original The Slayer and her Watcher try to find a Watcher who has gone missing in 1940's United States.

Stakeout on Rush Street

Author: Max Allan Collins with Matthew V. Clemens
Collected in: Vol. II
Setting: Chicago, Illinois, 1943
The current Slayer is a private eye who goes by the name Betty. She has ties to the mob currently in Chicago and has helped them out on several occasions. When she learns that one of their current employees is in fact a vampire, she informs the mob boss who agrees to pay her a large sum of money in exchange for her killing the vampire.

Undeadsville

Author: Michael Reaves
Collected in: Vol. IV
Setting: New York, 1952
The Slayer is a 'beatnik' named Zoe, is turning eighteen, and therefore would soon be having her Cruciamentum. Zoe's Watcher, Ian Sykes, is so alienated from her lifestyle that he conspires to see that his Slayer does not survive her Cruciamentum.

And White Splits the Night

Author: Yvonne Navarro
Collected in: Vol. Yvonne Navarro (born 1957 Chicago Illinois) is an American Author who has published over twenty books I
Setting: Florida, 1956
17 year old Asha is a dark-skinned Slayer in an extremely racist society. While hunting, she discovers a vampire's plan to kill a church group in a couple of days and bomb the place to the ground. She and her Watcher rush to the church to prevent the attack from happening. Asha manages to save the people in the church but ends up being killed herself.

Back to the Garden

Author: Robert Joseph Levy
Collected in: Vol. Robert Joseph Levy is an American author of numerous stories and plays whose work has been seen Off-Broadway IV
Setting: 1969
A pacifist Slayer, Beryl MacKenzie, approaches her eighteenth birthday and therefore her Cruciamentum awaits her. She joins a commune in Nova Scotia in just before coming into her power. So she must face the Cruciamentum as an initiation into being a Slayer.

It's All About the Mission

Author: Nancy Holder
Collected in: Vol. Nancy Holder is an American Writer and the author of several novels including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire IV
Setting: Harlem, New York, 1973
Nikki Wood is turning eighteen and pregnant. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American franchise which spans several media and genres Nikki's Watcher, Bernard Crowley, knows that her Cruciamentum is a very terrible idea.

Two Teenage Girls at the Mall

Author: Jane Espenson
Collected in: Vol. Jane Espenson is an American television writer and producer who has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. IV
Setting: Keller, Nebraska, 1981
This story is is told from the perspective of a sixteen year old newly-turned vampire, Julie Lemmer. Her sire starves her then locks her in a mall. The second girl locked in the mall is a Slayer who has just turned eighteen and is therefore facing her Cruciamentum. Unfortunately Julie has unplanned-for advantages on the Slayer.

The Code of the Samurai

Author: Nancy Holder
Collected in: Vol. Nancy Holder is an American Writer and the author of several novels including numerous tie-in books based on the TV series Buffy the Vampire III
Setting: Tokyo, 1993
India Cohen, Buffy's immediate predecessor, patrols freely around Tokyo. A fictional character featured in Buffyverse tie-in novels India Cohen was the slayer that preceded Buffy Summers. She fancies her handsome, young watcher, Kit. The pair are asked to help a clan dust their vampire-ancestor, along with 50 other warriors. India Cohen also appears in The Book of Fours. A fictional character featured in Buffyverse tie-in novels India Cohen was the slayer that preceded Buffy Summers. The Book of Fours is an original novel based on the American television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Again, Sunnydale

Author: Jane Espenson
Collected in: Vol. Jane Espenson is an American television writer and producer who has worked on both situation comedies and serial dramas. II
Setting: California, 2001 with flashbacks to 1999
Buffy, Willow and Xander are sent back into their 1999 bodies back in high school. They have all the knowledge of what is to come because they are actually from the year 2001. Willow and Xander are both disturbed and want to go back to the present time but Buffy is determined to stay in the past where her mother still lives and her life isn't nearly as complicated as it had become in the future.
Rumor has it this story was originally conceived as a possible episode for the sixth season of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but for whatever reasons, wasn't used.

All That You Do Comes Back Unto Thee

Author: Todd A. McIntosh
Collected in: Vol. II
Setting: California, 2000
A fellow student of Buffy Summers at UC Sunnydale named Josh decides to stand up for himself against the mean jocks and summons an ancient Egyptian spirit to do his bidding. Only the spirit doesn't want to play along and is in search of his mummified body which is currently located in Sunnydale's museum. It's up to Buffy to stop this spirit from inhabiting his old body, but it turns out that Xander, despite his mummy fears, saves the day.

Continuity

Canonical issues

Main article: Buffyverse canon

Buffy novels are not usually considered to be canonical. The Buffyverse canon consists of materials that are thought to be genuine (or "official" and those events characters settings etc The Buffyverse canon consists of materials that are thought to be genuine (or "official" and those events characters settings etc However, overviews summarising their story, written early in the writing process, were 'approved' by both Fox and Joss Whedon (or his office), and the books were therefore later published as official Buffy merchandise. Joseph Hill " Joss " Whedon ( born June 23, 1964 in New York City is an Academy Award -nominated and Hugo Award

The one major departure from the canon was started in Christopher Golden's Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids All in a Row and then continued in his story Voodoo Lounge from vol. Note: Not to be confused with the trade paperback Spike & Dru Spike and Dru Pretty Maids All in a Row is an original III. This story centres around the fact that Spike kills the Slayer Sophie Carstensen, and the remaining narrative details the death of her immediate successor, Isabel Cortes, then the adventures of the next girl, Eleanor Boudreau. However in the canon of the TV show, a large point is made of the fact that the two Slayers that Spike is able to kill are Xin Rong and Nikki Wood, Robin Wood's mother. Buffy the Vampire Slayer is an American franchise which spans several media and genres

See also

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Volume I

Volume II

Volume III

Volume IV

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