Liavek is a series of five fantasy anthologies edited by Emma Bull and Will Shetterly set in a shared world.
"[1] The collections were published by Ace Books with contributors including Bull, Shetterly, Gene Wolfe, Jane Yolen, John M. Ford, Kara Dalkey, Barry B. Longyear, Megan Lindholm, Nancy Kress, Patricia C. Wrede, Steven Brust, Nate Bucklin, Pamela Dean, Gregory Frost, Charles de Lint, Charles R. Saunders, Walter Jon Williams, Alan Moore and Bradley Denton.
Located on the southern shore of the Sea of Luck at the mouth of the Cat River, Liavek is a hot, busy trade city.
In 2012, Pamela Dean posted on her blog about working on a Liavek novel she had begun some time earlier,[5] but it does not seem to have been published.
In 2017, Shetterly announced that he and Bull were allowing the use of the Liavek setting at no cost, for works earning less than $3000, subject to certain conditions.