"Ealdwood" is a fantasy novella by American writer C. J. Cherryh. One of Cherryh's Ealdwood Stories, it was first published in 1981 by Donald M. Grant in a limited edition of 1,050 copies. The edition was illustrated by the author's brother, David A. Cherry. The novella draws on Celtic mythology and is about Ealdwood, a forest at the edge of Faery, and Arafel, a Daoine Sidhe.[1]

Ealdwood
Dust-jacket from the first edition
AuthorC. J. Cherryh
IllustratorDavid A. Cherry
Cover artistDavid A. Cherry
LanguageEnglish
SeriesEaldwood Stories
GenreFantasy
Published1981 (Donald M. Grant)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages142
OCLC8667096

"Ealdwood" and the author's 1979 short story "The Dreamstone" (published in Amazons!, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson) were combined and revised by Cherryh and published as a novel, The Dreamstone in 1983. Cherryh published a sequel to The Dreamstone later in 1983, The Tree of Swords and Jewels.

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  1. ^ Davis, Stephen M. (1997). "The Dreaming Tree". SF Site. Retrieved 2012-08-21.

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