She began writing for TSR, Inc. around 1994 while continuing to write novels and editing anthologies. Her works for TSR include stories set in the Forgotten Realms and the Dark Sun settings. Lynn Abbey wrote for TSR's Dark Sun series starting with "The Brazen Gambit". Further novels in the series include "The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King", a novel exploring the topic of genocide, a central theme in the ancient history of Athas, the world on which the Dark Sun setting takes place. Along with "Cinnabar Shadows", all three of Abbey's books written for the Athasian setting take place in and around the City-state of Urik.