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[[Expanded Universe]] novels
* [[Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]: ''Prisoner of Cabin 13'' (Book 11 of series)
* [[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]] Universe:
** ''To Storm Heaven'' (Dec 1997, Star Trek: The Next Generation Numbered series, Book 46)
** ''Warchild''(Sep 1994, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine series, Book 7)
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* [[Christopher Columbus]] - ''Yesterday We Saw Mermaids''
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] - in ''The Sherwood Game''.
* [[Deconstruction]] - a number of her ''Chicks In Chainmail'' stories deconstruct the genre comically. ''Split Heirs'' deconstructs ''[[The Prince and Thethe Pauper]]'' stories. All Genie tropes in ''Wishing Season''.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] - A man offered his four year old daughter to the dragon in ''New York By Knight'', which proved to be a bad idea. This dragon was far more traditional about its sacrifices.
* [[Forbidden Zone]] - Becca of Wiserways series.
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* [[Gay Bar Reveal]] - in ''Demon Blues''.
* [[Good Old Ways]] - Becca of Wiserways.
* [[Hooker Withwith a Heart of Gold]] - Megan, the protagonist of ''Harlot's Ruse''.
* [[Jackass Genie]] - in ''Wishing Season''
* [[Magic Ampersand]] - the game "Palaces & Puppies" is mentioned in ''Majyk by Hook or Crook''
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* [[Pun-Based Title]] - later books in the ''Chicks In Chainmail'' series, including ''Chicks 'n Chained Males'', ''The Chick Is In The Mail'' and ''Turn The Other Chick''. ''New York by Knight'', ''Elf Defense'' ''Hooray for Hellywood'', ''Split Heirs''
* [[Robin Hood]] - ''The Sherwood Game'' is about a [[Cyberspace]] game featuring the Robin Hood characters; it gets complicated when [[Instant AI, Just Add Water]] kicks in. (Though things don't get ''really'' bad until the [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] shows up.)
* [[Shout -Out]] - The village idiots in the Majyk trilogy are named [[Lawrence Watt Evans|Lorrenz, Wot, and Evvon]], the title characters of ''Death and the Librarian'' were inspired by some [[Discworld]] figurines she had on her desk (though the story has nothing to do with [[Discworld]].
* [[Sinister Minister]] - played for comedy in ''Hooray for Hellywood'', televangelist "Sometime" Joseph Lee is in fact the demon Raleel.
* [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]]: from the very funny, pun-laden ''Majyk'' series to the post-apocalyptic [[Crapsack World]] of ''Becca of Wiserways''.