The Sword & Sorcery boom of the late 1960s was driven by the publication of The Lord of the Rings by Donald A. Wollheim at Ballantine Books. That happen in 1966. L. Sprague de Camp had been working hard three years before this to make sure S&S was not forgotten. He edited the first S&S anthology in 1963, appropriately calling it Sword & Sorcery. (The moniker “Sword & Sorcery” had been coined only two years earlier by Fritz leiber responding to Michael Moorcock’s suggestion in Amra.)
Back in 1963, S&S was still largely a short story sub-genre, with few novels existing. (Howard’s Hour of the Dragon, two Wan Tengri novels by Norvell W. Page, Poul Anderson’s The Broken Sword. That’s about it unless you include proto-stuff like The Worm Ouroboros.) The Pulps and magazines like Cele Goldsmith’s Fantastic meant there was much more short fiction available. Sprague was not short on material.
De Camp followed up his first book with The Spell of Seven in 1965 before Hans Stefan Santesson published the first of the Lancer collections, The Fantastic Swordsmen in 1967. The Sword & Sorcery book was on!
Not all content in this list is exclusively Heroic Fantasy – sometimes mixed with science fiction and horror.
Swords & Sorcery (1963) edited by L. Sprague de Camp
1. “The Valor of Cappen Varra” by Poul Anderson
2. “Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller” by Lord Dunsany
3. “Shadows in the Moonlight” by Robert E. Howard
4. “The Citadel of Darkness” by Henry Kuttner
5. “When the Sea-King’s Away” by Fritz Leiber
6. “The Doom That Came to Sarnath” by H. P. Lovecraft
7. “Hellsgarde” by C. L. Moore
8. “The Testament of Athammaus” by Clark Ashton Smith
The Spell of Seven (1965) edited by L. Sprague de Camp
1. “Bazaar of the Bizarre” by Fritz Leiber
2. “The Dark Eidolon” by Clark Ashton Smith
3. “The Hoard of the Gibbelins” by Lord Dunsany
4. “The Hungry Hercynian” by L. Sprague de Camp
5. “Kings in Darkness” by Michael Moorcock
6. “Mazirian the Magician” by Jack Vance
7. “Shadows in Zamboula” by Robert E. Howard
The Fantastic Swordsmen (1967) edited by L. Sprague de Camp
1. “Black Lotus” by Robert Bloch
2. “The Fortress Unvanquishable Save for Sacnoth” by Lord Dunsany
3. “Drums of Tombalku” by Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp
4. “The Girl in the Gem” by John W. Jakes
5. “Dragon Moon” by Henry Kuttner
6. “The Other Gods” by H. P. Lovecraft
7. “The Singing Citadel” by Michael Moorcock
8. “The Tower” by Luigi de Pascalis
The Mighty Barbarians: Great Sword and Sorcery Heroes (1969) edited by Hans Stefan Santesson
1. “When the Sea-King’s Away” by Fritz Leiber
2. “The Stronger Spell” by L. Sprague de Camp
3. “Dragon Moon” by Henry Kuttner
4. “Thieves of Zangabal” by Lin Carter
5. “A Witch Shall Be Born” by Robert E. Howard
The Mighty Swordsmen (1970) edited by Hans Stefan Santesson
1. “Keeper of the Emerald Flame” by Lin Carter
2. “The Bells of Shoredan” by Roger Zelazny
3. “Break the Door of Hell” by John Brunner
4. “The People of the Summit” by Bjorn Nyberg
5. “The Flame Bringers” by Michael Moorcock
6. “Beyond the Black River” by Robert E. Howard
Swords Against Tomorrow (1970) edited by Robert Hoskins
1. “Demon Journey” by Poul Anderson
2. “Bazaar of the Bizarre” by Fritz Leiber
3. “Vault of Silence” by Lin Carter
4. “Devils in the Walls” by John Jakes
5. “Citadel of Lost Ships” by Leigh Brackett
Warlocks and Warriors (1971) edited by L. Sprague de Camp
1. “Turutal” by Ray Capella
2. “The Gods of Niom Parma” by Lin Carter
3. “The Hills of the Dead” by Robert E. Howard
4. “Thunder in the Dawn” by Henry Kuttner
5. “Thieves’ House” by Fritz Leiber
6. “Black God’s Kiss” by C. L. Moore
7. “Chu-Bu and Sheemish” by Lord Dunsany
8. “The Master of the Crabs” by Clark Ashton Smith
9. “The Valley of the Spiders” by H. G. Wells
10. “The Bells of Shoredan” by Roger Zelazny
Warlocks and Warriors (1971)
1. “Introduction” by Douglas Hill
2. “The Sleeping Sorceress” by Michael Moorcock
3. “The Curse of the Monolith” by Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp
4. “The Ogyr of the Snows” by Martin Hillman
5. “The Wager Lost by Winning” by John Brunner
6. “The Wreck of the Kissing Bitch” by Keith Roberts
7. “The Unholy Grail” by Fritz Leiber
Flashing Swords! 1 (1973) edited by Lin Carter
1. “The Sadness of the Executioner” by Fritz Leiber
2. “Morreion” by Jack Vance
3. “The Merman’s Children” by Poul Anderson
4. “The Higher Heresies of Oolimar” by Lin Carter
Flashing Swords! 2 (1973) edited by Lin Carter
1. “The Rug and the Bull” by L. Sprague de Camp
2. “The Jade Man’s Eyes” by Michael Moorcock
3. “Toads of Grimmerdale” by Andre Norton
4. “Ghoul’s Garden” by John W. Jakes
The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories (1975) by Lin Carter
1. “The Year in Fantasy” by Lin Carter
2. “The Jewel of Arwen” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
3. “The Sword Dyrnwyn” by Lloyd Alexander
4. “The Temple of Abomination” by Robert E. Howard
5. “The Double Tower” by Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter
6.”Trapped in the Shadowland” by Fritz Leiber
7. “Black Hawk of Valkarth” by Lin Carter
8. “Jewel Quest” by Hannes Bok
9. “The Emperor’s Fan” by L. Sprague de Camp
10. “Falcon’s Mate” by Pat McIntosh
11. “The City of Madness” by Charles R. Saunders
12. “The Seventeen Virgins” by Jack Vance
13. “The Year’s Best Fantasy Books” by Lin Carter
Flashing Swords! 3 Warriors and Wizards (1976) edited by Lin Carter
1. “Two Yards of Dragon” by L. Sprague de Camp
2. “The Frost Monstreme” by Fritz Leiber
3. “Spider Silk” by Andre Norton
4. “The Curious Custom of the Turjan Seraad” by Lin Carter
5. “Caravan to Illiel” by Avram Davidson
Kingdoms of Sorcery (1976) edited by Lin Carter
1. “The History of Babouc the Scythian” by Voltaire
2. “The Palace of Subterranean Fire” (Vathek) by William Beckford
3. “The Witch Woman” (Lilith) by George Macdonald
4. “The Folk of the Mountain Door” by William Morris
5. “A Night-Piece on Ambremerine” (Mistress of Mistresses) by E. R. Eddison
6. “Dr. Meliboë the Enchanter” (The Well of the Unicorn) by Fletcher Pratt
7. “The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar” (Swords Against Wizardry) by Fritz Leiber
8. “Shadow and Silence” by Edgar Allan Poe
9. “Fables from the Edge of Night” by Clark Ashton Smith
10. “The Tomb of the God” by Robert H. Barlow
11. “Merlyn Vs. Madame Mim” (The Sword in the Stone) by T. H. White
12. “The Owl and the Ape” by L. Sprague de Camp
13. “The Twelve Wizards of Ong” by Lin Carter
14. “Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time” (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) by C. S. Lewis
15. “The Bridge of Khazad-Dûm” (The Fellowship of the Ring) by J. R. R. Tolkien
16. “The Story of the Blessing of El-Ahrairah” (Watership Down) by Richard Adams
17. “More Magic Casements. Suggestions for Further Reading”
The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 2 (1976) by Lin Carter
1. “The Year in Fantasy” by Lin Carter
2. “The Demoness” by Tanith Lee
3. “The Night of the Unicorn” by Thomas Burnett Swann
4. “Cry Wolf” by Pat McIntosh
5. “Under the Thumbs of the Gods” by Fritz Leiber
6. “The Guardian of the Vault” by Paul Spencer
7. “The Lamp from Atlantis” by L. Sprague de Camp
8. “Xiurhn” by Gary Myers
9. “The City in the Jewel” by Lin Carter
10. “In ‘Ygiroth” by Walter C. DeBill, Jr.
11. “The Scroll of Morloc” by Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter
12. “Payment in Kind” by Caradoc A. Cador
13. “Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard” by Avram Davidson
14. “The Year’s Best Fantasy Books” by Lin Carter
Flashing Swords! 4 Barbarians and Black Magicians (1977) edited by Lin Carter
1. ” The Bagful of Dreams” by Jack Vance
2. “The Tupilak” by Poul Anderson
3. “Storm in a Bottle” by John W. Jakes
4. “Swords Against the Marluk” by Katherine Kurtz
5. “The Lands Beyond the World” by Michael Moorcock
Savage Heroes (1977) edited by Eric Pendragon
1. “Jirel Meets Magic” by C. L. Moore
2. “The Spawn of Dagon” by Henry Kuttner
3. “Necromancy in Naat” by Clark Ashton Smith
4. “The Thief of Forthe” by Clifford Ball
5. “The Song at the Hub of the Garden” by Ramsey Campbell
6. “Alma Mater” by Daphne Castell
7. “In the Lair of Yslsl” by Karl Edward Wagner
8. ” The Barrow Troll” by David Drake
9. “The Temple of Abomination” by Robert E. Howard
Swords Against Darkness (1977) edited by Andrew J Offutt
1. “Foreword” by Andrew J. Offutt
2. “Nekht Semerkeht” by Robert E. Howard and Andrew J. Offutt
3. “The Tale of Hauk” by Poul Anderson
4. “The Smile of Oisia” by George W. Proctor
5. “Pride of the Fleet” by Bruce Jones
6. “Straggler from Atlantis” by Manly Wade Wellman
7. “The Ring of Set” by Richard L. Tierney
8. “Largarut’s Bane” by Raul Garcia Capella
9. “Dragons’ Teeth” by David Drake
10. “The Sustenance of Hoak” by Ramsey Campbell
Swords Against Darkness II (1977) edited by Andrew J Offutt
1. “Call It What You Will” by Andrew J. Offutt
2. “Sword of Unbelief” by Andre Norton
3. “The Changer of Names” by Ramsey Campbell
4. “The Dweller in the Temple” by Manly Wade Wellman
5. “The Coming of Age in Zamora” by David M. Harris
6. “The Scroll of Thoth” by Richard L. Tierney
7. “Odds Against the Gods” by Tanith Lee
8. “On Skellig Michael” by Dennis More (Keith Taylor)
9. “Last Quest” by Andrew J. Offutt
The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 3 (1977) by Lin Carter
1. “The Year in Fantasy” by Lin Carter
2. “Eudoric’s Unicorn” by L. Sprague de Camp
3. “Shadow of a Demon” by Gardner F. Fox
4. “Ring of Black Stone” by Pat McIntosh
5. “The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr” by George R. R. Martin
6. “Two Suns Setting” by Karl Edward Wagner
7. “The Stairs in the Crypt” by Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter
8. “The Goblin Blade” by Raul Garcia Capella
9. “The Dark King” by C. J. Cherryh
10. “Black Moonlight” by Lin Carter
11. “The Snout in the Alcove” by Gary Myers
12. “The Pool of the Moon” by Charles R. Saunders
13. “The Year’s Best Fantasy Books” by Lin Carter
Swords Against Darkness III (1978) edited by Andrew J Offutt
1. “Foreword” by Andrew J. Offutt
2. “The Pit of Wings” by Ramsey Campbell
3. “The Sword of Spartacus” by Richard L. Tierney
4. “Servitude” by Wayne Hooks
5. “Descales’ Skull” vy David C. Smith
6. “In the Balance” by Tanith Lee
7. “Tower of Darkness” by David Madison
8. “The Mantichore” by David Drake
9. “Revenant”by Kathleen Resch
10. “Rite of Kings” by Jon DeCles
11. “The Mating Web” by Robert E. Vardeman
12. “The Guest of Dzinganji” by Manly Wade Wellman
13. “The Hag” by Darrell Schweitzer
14. “A Kingdom Won” by George W. Proctor
15. “Swordslinger” by M. A. Wahil
16. “On Thud and Blunder” by Poul Anderson
The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 4 (1978) by Lin Carter
1. “The Year in Fantasy” by Lin Carter
2. “The Tale of Hauk” by Poul Anderson
3. “A Farmer on the Clyde” by Grail Undwin
4. “Prince Alcouz and the Magician” by Clark Ashton Smith
5. “Nekht Semerkeht” by Robert E. Howard and Andrew J. Offutt
6. “The Pillars of Hell” by Lin Carter
7. “Lok the Depressor” by Philip Coakley
8. “‘Hark! Was That the Squeal of an Angry Thoat?'” by Avram Davidson
9. “The Cloak of Dreams” by Pat McIntosh
10. “The Land of Sorrow” by Phyllis Eisenstein
11. “Odds Against the Gods” by Tanith Lee
12. “The Changer of Names” by Ramsey Campbell
13. “The Year’s Best Fantasy Books” by Lin Carter
Amazons! (1979) edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
1. “The Dreamstone” by C. J. Cherryh
2. “Wolves of Nakesht” by Janrae Frank
3. “Woman of the White Waste” by T. J. Morgan
4. “Morrien’s Bitch” by Janet Fox
5. “Agbewe’s Sword” by Charles R. Saunders
6. “Jane Saint’s Travails” by Josephine Saxton
7. “The Sorrows of Witches” by Margaret St. Clair
8. “Falcon Blood” by Andre Norton
9. “The Rape Patrol” by Michele Belling
10. “Bones for Dulath” by Megan Lindholm
11. “Northern Chess” by Tanith Lee
12. “The Woman Who Loved the Moon” by Elizabeth A. Lynn
Heroic Fantasy (1979) edited by Gerald W. Page and Hank Reinhardt
1. “Sand Sister by Andre Norton
2. “The Valley of the Sorrows” by Galad Elflandsson
3. ” Ghoul’s Head” by Donald J. WalshJr.
4. “Astral Stray” by Adrian Cole
5. “Blood in the Mist” by E. C. Tubb
6. “The Murderous Dove” by Tanith Lee
7. “Death in Jukun” by Charles R. Saunders
8. “The De Pertriche Ring” by H. Warner Munn
9. “The Hero Who Returned” by Gerald W. Page
10. “The Riddle of the Horn” by Darrell Schweitzer
11. “The Age of the Warrior” by Hank Reinhardt
12. “The Mistaken Oracle” by A. E. Silas
13. “Demonsong” by F. Paul Wilson
14. “The Seeker in the Fortress” by Manly Wade Wellman
Other Worlds (1979) edited by Roy Torgeson
1. “Fire from the Wine-Dark Sea” by Somtow Sucharitkul
2. “The Birdchaser” by James E. Thompson
3. “The Pavilion Where All Times Meet” by Jayge Carr
4. “The Bully and the Beast” by Orson Scott Card
5. “Hideout” by Steve Rasnic Tem
6. “The Last Performance of Kobo Daishi” by Alan Ryan
7. “Miss Notworthy and the Aliens” by Sharon Webb
8. “Water Kwatz, or More Bible Suckers” by Ronald Anthony Cross
9. “The Dragon That Lived in the Sea” by Elizabeth A. Lynn
10. “The Painters Are Coming Today” by Steve Rasnic Tem
11. “Perfect Balance” by Steve Perry
12. “The Character Assassin” by Paul H. Cook
13. from The Last Viking: The Saga of Harald Hardrede by Poul Anderson
Swords Against Darkness IV (1979) edited by Andrew J Offutt
1. “Foreword – In Two Parts” by Andrew J. Offutt
2. “Mai-Kulala” by Charles R. Saunders
3. “At the Sign of the Brass Breast” by Jeff P. Swycaffer
4. “The Reaping” by Ardath Mayhar
5. “The Ballad of Borrell” by Gordon Linzner
6. “Deux Amours d’une Sorciere” by Tanith Lee
7. “Of PIGS and MEN” by Poul Anderson
8. “Cryptically Yours” by Brian Lumley
9. “Dedication: A Special Word” by Andrew J. Offutt
10. “The Dark Mother” by Diana L. Paxson
11. “Wooden Crate of Violent Death” by Joey Froehlich
12. “The Fane of the Grey Rose” by Charles de Lint
13. “Sandmagic” by Orson Scott Card
14. “The Edge of the World” by Manly Wade Wellman
Swords Against Darkness V (1979) edited by Andrew J Offutt
1. “Foreword to the Fifth Volume of Swords Against Darkness” by Andrew J. Offutt
2. “The Mouths of Light” by Ramsey Campbell
3. “Perfidious Amber” by Tanith Lee
4. “Awake, Awake, Ye Northern Winds” by Simon Green
5. “Rats” by Robert Fester
6. “The Forging” by Robin Kincaid
7. “Hungry Grass” by Keith Taylor
8. “The Tale of the Cat, the Mouse, the Sorcerer, and the Children” by Edward DeGeorge
9. “Golden Vanity” by James Anderson
10. “The Castle of Kites and Crows” by Darrell Schweitzer
11. “The Scream of the Rose” by Paul McGuire
12. “Joni” by Gordon Linzner
13. “Druin’s Heritage” by Richard K. Lyon
Thieves’ World (1979) edited by Robert Lynn Asprin
1. “Introduction” by Robert Lynn Asprin
2. “Sentences of Death” by John Brunner
3. “The Face of Chaos” by Lynn Abbey
4. “The Gate of the Flying Knives” by Poul Anderson
5. “Shadowspawn” by Andrew J. Offutt
6. “The Price of Doing Business” by Robert Lynn Asprin
7. “Blood Brothers” by Joe W. Haldeman
8. “Myrtis” by Christine DeWees
9. “The Secret of the Blue Star” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
10. “The Making of Thieves’ World” by Robert Lynn Asprin
The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 5 (1979) by Lin Carter
1. “The Year in Fantasy” by Lin Carter
2. “The Troll” by T. H. White
3. “In the Balance” by Tanith Lee
4. “The Gem in the Tower” by L. Sprague de Camp and Lin Carter
5. “Above Ker-Is” by Evangeline Walton
6. “Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin” by Marvin Kaye
7. “Rhian and Garanhir” by Grail Undwin
8. “Lord of the Dead” by Robert E. Howard
9. “Child of Air” by Pat McIntosh
10. “A Malady of Magicks” by Craig Shaw Gardner
11. “St. George” by David Mallory
12. “Astral Stray” by Adrian Cole
13. “Demon and Demoiselle” by Janet Fox
14. “The Year’s Best Fantasy Books” by Lin Carter
Other Worlds 2 (1980) by Roy Torgeson
1. “The Man Who Lived in Kaleidoscope Glass” by James Tucker
2. “The Places of Aache” by Roger Zelazny
3. “Since Tommy Came” by Spencer Chilton Manrodt
4. “One Night of the Year” by Tanith Lee
5. “A Frenzied Beat of Wings” by C. Bruce Hunter
6. “The Sparrow and the Wizard” by John P. Boyd
7. “A World Beyond Our Dreams” by Bill Pronzini
8. “A Form That Fetters” by Keith Allen Daniels
9. “Don’t Look Back” by Pat Murphy
10. “There Beneath the Silky-Trees and Whelmed in Deeper Gulphs Than Me” by Avram Davidson
11. from The Last Viking by Poul Anderson
Thieves’ World: Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn (1980) edited by Robert Lynn Asprin
1. “Introduction” by Robert Lynn Asprin
2. “Spiders of the Purple Mage” by Philip José Farmer
3. “Goddess” by David Drake
4. “The Fruit of Enlibar” by Lynn Abbey
5. “The Dream of the Sorceress” by A. E. van Vogt
6. “Vashanka’s Minion” by Janet Morris
7. “Shadow’s Pawn” by Andrew J. Offutt
8. “To Guard the Guardians” by Robert Lynn Asprin
9. “Essay: The Lighter Side of Sanctuary” by Robert Lynn Asprin
The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 6 (1980) by Lin Carter
1. “The Year in Fantasy” by Lin Carter
2. “Garden of Blood” by Roger Zelazny
3. “The Character Assassin” by Paul H. Cook
4. “The Things That Are Gods” by John Brunner
5. “Zurvan’s Saint” by Grail Undwin
6. “Perfidious Amber” by Tanith Lee
7. “The Mer She” by Fritz Leiber
8. “Demon of the Snows” by Lin Carter
9. “The Pavilion Where All Times Meet” by Jayge Carr
10. “Cryptically Yours” by Brian Lumley
11. “Red as Blood” by Tanith Lee
12. “Sandmagic” by Orson Scott Card
13. “The Year’s Best Fantasy Books” by Lin Carter
Flashing Swords! 5 Demons and Daggers (1981) edited by Lin Carter
1. “Tower of Ice” by Roger Zelazny
2. “A Thief in Korianth” by C. J. Cherryh
3. “Parting Gifts” by Diane Duane
4. “A Dealing with Demons” by Craig Shaw Gardner
5. “The Dry Season” by Tanith Lee
The Barbarian Swordsmen (1981) edited by Sean Richards (Peter Haining)
- Introduction
- “The War of Fire” by J. H. Rosny
- “The Tower of the Elephant” by Robert E. Howard
- “Brachan the Kelt” by Robert E. Howard
- “Jirel Meets Magic” by C. L. Moore
- “Spawn of Dagon” by Henry Kuttner
- “The Thief of Forthe” by Clifford Ball
- “The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar’ by Fritz Leiber
- “The Man Who Influenced Robert E. Howard” by Robert E. Howard
Thieves’ World: Shadows of Sanctuary (1981) edited by Robert Lynn Asprin
1. “Introduction” by Robert Lynn Asprin
2. “Looking for Satan” by Vonda N. McIntyre
3. “Ischade” by C. J. Cherryh
4. “A Gift in Parting” by Robert Lynn Asprin
5. “The Vivisectionist” by Andrew J. Offutt
6. “The Rhinoceros and the Unicorn” by Diana L. Paxson ·
7. “Then Azyuna Danced” by Lynn Abbey
8. “A Man and His God” by Janet Morris
9. “Essay: Things the Editor Never Told Me” by Lynn Abbey
Amazons II (1982) edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
1. “For a Daughter” by F. M. Busby
2. “The Battle Crow’s Daughter” by Gillian Fitzgerald
3. ” Southern Lights” by Tanith Lee
4. “Zroya’s Trizub” by Gordon Derevanchuk
5. “The Robber Girl” by Phyllis Ann Karr
6. “Lady of the Forest End” by Gael Baudino
7. “The Ivory Comb” by Eleanor Arnason
8. “The Borders of Sabazel” by Lillian Stewart Carl
9. “Who Courts a Reluctant Maiden” by Ardath Mayhar
10. “The Soul Slayer” by Lee Killough
11. “Nightwork” by Jo Clayton
12. “In the Lost Lands” by George R. R. Martin
Heroic Visions (1983) edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
1. “The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars” by Fritz Leiber
2. “Sister Light Sister Dark” by Jane Yolen
3. “Tales Told to a Toymaker” by Phyllis Ann Karr
4. “Prophecy of the Dragon” by Charles E. Karpuk
5. “Before the Seas Came” by F. M. Busby
6. “Thunder Mother” by Alan Dean Foster
7. “Dancers in the Time-Flux” by Robert Silverberg
8. “Sword Blades and Poppy Seed” by Joanna Russ
9. “The Nun and the Demon” by Grania Davis
10. “Vovko” by Gordon Derevanchuk
11. “The Monkey’s Bride” by Michael Bishop
Thieves’ World: Storm Season (1982) edited by Robert Lynn Asprin
1. ” Editor’s Note” by Robert Lynn Asprin
2. “Storm Season Introduction” by Robert Lynn Asprin
3. “Exercise in Pain” by Robert Lynn Asprin
4. “Downwind” by C. J. Cherryh
5. “A Fugitive Art” by Diana L. Paxson
6. “Steel” by Lynn Abbey
7. “Wizard Weather” by Janet Morris
8. “Godson” by Andrew J. Offutt
9. “Epilog” by Robert Lynn Asprin
Thieves’ World: The Face of Chaos (1983) edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey
43. ” Introduction” by Robert Lynn Asprin
44. “High Moon” by Janet Morris
45. “Necromant” by C. J. Cherryh
46. “The Art of Alliance” by Robert Lynn Asprin
47. “The Corners of Memory” by Lynn Abbey
48. “Votary” by David Drake
49. “Mirror Image” by Diana L. Paxson
Sword & Sorceress (1984) edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
1. ” The Heroic Image of Women: Woman as Wizard and Warrior” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
2. “The Garnet and the Glory” by Phyllis Ann Karr
3. “Severed Heads” by Glen Cook
4. “Taking Heart” by Stephen L. Burns
5. “The Rending Dark” by Emma Bull
6. “Gimmile’s Songs” by Charles R. Saunders
7. “The Valley of the” Troll by Charles de Lint
8. “Imperatrix” by Deborah Wheeler
9. “Blood of Sorcery” by Jennifer Roberson
10. “With Four Lean Hounds” by Pat Murphy
11. “House in the Forest” by Anodea Judith
12. “Sword of Yraine” by Diana L. Paxson
13. “Daton and the Dead Things” by Michael Ward
14. “Gate of the Damned” by Janet Fox
15. “Child of Orcus” by Robin W. Bailey
16. “Things Come in Threes” by Dorothy J. Heydt
Thieves’ World: Wings of Omen (1984) edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey
1. ” Introduction” by Robert Lynn Asprin
2. “What Women Do Best” by Chris & Janet Morris
3. “Daughter of the Sun” by Robin Wayne Bailey
4. “A Breath of Power” by Diana L. Paxson
5. “The Hand That Feeds You” by Diane E. Duane
6. “Witching Hour” by C. J. Cherryh
7. “Rebels aren’t Born in Palaces” by Andrew J. Offutt
8. “Gyskouras” by Lynn Abbey
9. “A Fish Without Feathers Is Out of His Depth” by Robert Lynn Asprin
10. “A Special Note from the Editors” by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey
Liavek (1985) edited by Will Shetterly & Emma Bull
1. ” Badu’s Luck” by Emma Bull
2. “The Green Rabbit from S’Rian” by Gene Wolfe
3. “Ancient Curses” by Patricia C. Wrede
4. “Birth Luck” by Nancy Kress
5. “An Act of Contrition” by Steven Brust
6. “The Inn of the Demon Camel” by Jane Yolen
7. “The Hands of the Artist” by Kara Dalkey
8. “The Green Cat” by Pamela Dean
9. “A Coincidence of Birth” by Megan Lindholm
10. “Bound Things” by Will Shetterly
11. “The Fortune Maker” by Barry B. Longyear
Magic in Ithkar (1985) edited by Andre Norton & Robert Adams
1. “Prologue” by Robert Adams
2. “The Goblinry of Ais” by Lin Carter
3. “To Take a Thief” by C. J. Cherryh
4. “Jezeri and Her Beast Go to the Fair and Find More Excitement Than They Want” by Jo Clayton
5. “Fletcher Found” by Morgan Llywelyn
6. “Well Met in Ithkar” by Patricia Mathews
7. “Esmene’s Eyes” by Ardath Mayhar
8. “Swamp Dweller” by Andre Norton
9. “Qazia and a Ferret-Fetch” by Judith Sampson
10. “For Lovers Only” by Roger C. Schlobin
11. “Dragon’s Horn” by J. W. Schutz
12. “Homecoming” by Susan M. Shwartz
13. “The Prince Out of the Past” by Nancy Springer
14. “Cold Spell” by Elisabeth Waters
Magic in Ithkar 2 (1985) edited by Andre Norton & Robert Adams
1. “Prologue” by Robert Adams
2. “Flux of Fortune” by Mildred Downey Broxon
3. “Geydelle’s Protective” by Lin Carter
4. “If There Be Magic” by Marylois Dunn
5. “Babes on Bawd Way” by George Alec Effinger
6. “Sardofa’s Horseshoes” by Gregory Frost
7. “The Ruby Wand of Asrazel” by Joseph Green
8. “Bird of Paradise” by Linda Haldeman
9. “Flaming-Arrow” by R. A. Lafferty
10. “The Shaman Flute” byShariann Lewitt
11. “Shadow Quest” by Brad Linaweaver
12. “Kissmeowt and the Healing Friar” by A. R. Major
13. “The Cards of Eldrianza” by Mary H. Schaub
14. “The Marbled Horn” by Lynn Ward
Sword & Sorceress II (1985) edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley
1. “Introduction” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
2. A Night at Two Inns” by Phyllis Ann Karr
3. “The Red Guild” by Rachel Pollock
4. “Shadow Wood” by Diana L. Paxson
5. “Unicorn’s Blood” by Bruce D. Arthurs
6. “The Unshadowed Land” by C. J. Cherryh
7. “Shimenege’s Mask” by Charles R. Saunders
8. “The Black Tower” by Stephen Burns
9. “The Lady and the Tiger” by Jennifer Roberson
10. “Fireweb” by Deborah Wheeler
11. “Cold Blows the Wind” by Charles de Lint
12. “Sword of the Mother” by Dana Kramer-Rolls
13. “Hunger” by Russ Garrison
14. “On First Looking into Bradley’s Guidelines” by Elizabeth Thompson
15. “The Chosen Maiden” by Raul Reyes
16. “Red Pearls” by Richard Corwin
17. “Wound on the Moon” by Vera Nazarian
Thieves’ World: The Dead of Winter (1985) edited by Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey
1. “Introduction” by Robert Lynn Asprin
2. “Hell to Pay” by Janet Morris
3. “The Veiled Lady, or A Look at the Normal Folk” by Andrew J. Offutt
4. “The God-Chosen” by Lynn Abbey
5. “Keeping Promises” by Robin Wayne Bailey
6. “Armies of the Night” by C. J. Cherryh
7. “Down by the Riverside” by Diane Duane
8. ” When the Spirit Moves You” by Robert Lynn Asprin
9. “The Color of Magic” by Diana L. Paxson
10. “Afterword” by Andrew J. Offutt
