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A Storyteller in Zion A Storyteller in Zion A Storyteller in Zion (1993) is a collection of short stories and articles by Orson Scott Card. Card is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Unlike much of his work, which is often science fiction, fantasy or similar fiction genres, "A Storyteller in Zion" is a collection of works which are of LDS themes. For a number of years, Card worked as an editor for the official LDS magazine "The Ensign" and while in that position penned a number of articles for the periodical (and he also wrote some for