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* In Fletcher Pratt and [[L. Sprague de Camp|L Sprague De Camp]]'s novella "The Castle of Iron" [[Harold Shea]] attempts to use some gold coins conjured out of sand to pay a [[The Blacksmith|blacksmith]]; however, when he rings the coins onto the anvil, they turn back into sand. (He remembers afterward that the [[Rudyard Kipling]] poem that he based his incantation on had made iron "the master of them all.")
* ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' has "Iron to bind" to deal with the Elfinn.
* In ''The SERRAted Edge'' by [[Mercedes Lackey]], the Elves get around the use of cold iron by making their race cars
** In a later ''SERRAted Edge'' book, the reason why cold iron affects fae is understood well enough that a defensive perimeter against them is built using hydraulically positioned iron rods, insulated in silk until needed, and electrically energized to maximize the magnetic/conductive properties responsible for the effect.
* In the book ''Merlin's Godson'' the title character has to save a tiny Fae civilization from an iron nail that has accidentally fallen into their realm.
* In ''[[The Once and Future King]]'' the young boys Wart and Kay take iron with them as protection when they visit the fairies' castle.
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