Linda A. Malcor has a Ph.D. in Folklore and Mythology from UCLA. Her specialties include Narrative, Celtic Studies, Medieval Studies, and Indo-European Comparative Mythology. She teaches and lectures in all these fields in addition to teaching English as a Foreign Language. Her nonfiction currently focuses on the late second-century Roman Empire.
Dr. Malcor's novels and short stories use fantasy to discuss issues in the modern world. Her Dragonlords of Dumnonia series tells of endless war in a desert, clashes of cultures and languages, LGBTQ issues, allies with different worldviews trying to join forces against a common threat, attempts to blend different economies, and various ways each culture treats beings who are different from themselves.
In her copious free time, Dr. Malcor loves to engage in sci-fi/fantasy fandom, and she is the co-President of the Mercedes Lackey fanclub, Queen's Own.
She has several Facebook pages under her name, From Scythia to Camelot, and Dragonlords of Dumnonia.
Appearances:
Lucius Artorius Castus Conference, Croatia, 2012
Lucius Artorius Castus Conference, Croatia, 2019
Her email is shashtah@gmail.com.
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The current works available about the Dragonlords are:
The first of the Dragonlords of Dumnonia novels, Dragon Heart details
Shashtah's struggles to Bond with a Dragon and the birth of his friendship with
Dragonrider Kashon.
The story carries you all over Centuria: the Great Woods, Tor, Rashtar, the
Northern Wastes, and Cinnamar.
Shashtah's adventures continue. In this novel, he goes through the Training with
his beloved Tphah--under Dragonlord Kashon's watchful eye. Travel with Shashtah
and
his family to Mount Paradin, the Elven Kingdom, Tor, and Krillion. Struggle with him
against the injustices he finds in the world as he tries to raise a family of fosterlings
in the middle of a war.
Shashtah, now a Dragonlord, joins with Kashon in a desperate attempt to save the
Dumnonian
race from extinction. With the help of their powerful ally, the White Wolf, the
Dragonlords
disappear into a Magic Room, where time goes faster than it should, to raise an entire
generation
of Dragons and Warriors. Then comes the real challenge: Introducing the youngsters
into
a culture and a world that they have never known.
Shashtah, now a full-blown Prophet and the Dragonking, collides head-on with his own
Council of
Ancients when Dumnonian laws would force the Dragonheart to sentence Lord
Kashon and Honored
Ancient Katrell to death. Shashtah has the kingship ripped from him and his Bond
with Tphah
broken. Together with Kashon and Katrell, the former king flees into the
desert--where he
confronts some hard facts about why some of the laws he's tried to change are the
way they are
and what it means to ask people--and Dragons--to change traditions that have been
with them for
over two thousand years.
A short story, detailing an encounter with Katrell from the point of view of the
Prophet's
former Rider, Dragonlord Bahakesh.
In this short story Katrell tells how he and Kashon became Tphah's Trainers and why
they decided to endure Dameth's abuse and remain under his command. The tale appeared in Eternity Magazine, Issue 16,
and was a nominee for Story of the Year. "Dragonprophet" will be appearing in the
trade paperback anthology The Best of Eternity, Fall/Winter 1999.
A short story, detailing Kashon's attempts to Bond with a Dragon and his first meeting
with
the love of his life, Katrell.
An early draft from Dragon Visions in which Kashon and Shashtah explore an
unexpected aspect of their friendship.
A short story, detailing Eschlend's attack on Councilor Garesh's caravan. Fifth Place
winner in the Pulp Eternity Dragon Fiction Contest.
Short stories about the Wizards who appear in the Dragonlords of Dumnonia series.
An early draft from Dragon Visions in which Kashon and Shashtah explore an
unexpected aspect of their friendship.
Short stories about Bronze Dragons who sit on the Council of Ancients during the reigns of Shaharadesh and Shashtah from the Dragonlords of Dumnonia series.
If you would like to contact Dr. Malcor about conventions, speaking
engagements and teaching opportunities, message her at Shashtah@gmail.com.
The Dragonlords of Dumnonia Series
"Dragonlover" (©1995 L.A. Malcor)
"Dragonprophet"
(©1995, 1998 L.A.
Malcor)
"Dragontale" (©1995 L.A. Malcor)
"Heart to Heart" (©1995 L.A. Malcor)
"Unfair Trade" (©1998 L.A. Malcor)
"The Wizards of Corin" (©2024 L.A. Malcor)
"Heart to Heart" (©1995 L.A. Malcor)
"The Council of Ancients" (©2024 L.A. Malcor)
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