Briar Queen (44 page)

aisling (AH sleen)
—immortal changeling

ban dorchadas (baan doruk HUDus)
—female witch

ban nathair
—white serpent

Ban Gorm (baan GORim)
—Blue Lady

baobhan sith (baan SHEE)
—vampire

Banríon (baan nREEN)
—queen

Bean Beache (baan makh)
—White Bee

Cailleach Oidche (kah lee ahk ee YEE)
—owl girl

croi baintreach (KREE banch rukh)
—heart widow

crom cu (krom KOO)
—crooked dog

Damh Ridire (daav ree JEER)
—Stag Knight

Dearh Cota (jarv KOHtu)
—red coat/hood

Dubh Deamhais (doov DEE amayus)
—Black Scissors

elvaude (AYL vawd)
—a mortal become Fata

Fata (FAY dah)

fear dorchadas (fahr doruk HUDus)
—male witch

Fian Fiaghi (fee in fee AH gee)
—Wild Hunt

Ialtag Amhran (ee OO tag oe rahn)
—BatSong

leannan (lah NAAN)
—sweetheart

Lham Dearg (laam jarOO)
—Red Hand

Madadh aillaid (maDOO ahlah)
—Wolf king

Marbh ean (maROO ae en)
—Dead Bird

muirneach (mor NUKH)
—beloved

Phouka (FUU ah)

Reiko (RAY koh)

scail amhasge (skaal oe OSK)
—black dogs

sluagh (es LOO ah)
—the dead

Taibhse na Tir (tahvs na TEER)
—Ghostlands

Tamasgi'po (tamus GEE poh)
—spirit in a kiss

Tarbh-naith irach (tahr naath EERahk)
—dragonfly

Author photograph © by Evelyn England

KATHERINE HARBOUR
was born in Albany, New York, and has been writing since she was seventeen. She is the author of
Thorn Jack
, the first book in the Night and Nothing series, as well as a bookseller in Sarasota, Florida.

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This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

BRIAR QUEEN
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