A READER'S GUIDE TO
SWORD & SORCERY,
SWORD & PLANET,
AND
SWASHBUCKLER Anthologies   
by Andy Beau, Howard Andrew Jones, and GW Thomas.
(Revised by Flashing Swords staff) 


Anthologies Worthy of Note


Robert Adams

• Barbarians (1986)–with Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh
• Barbarians II (1988)–with Pamela Crippen Adams and Martin H. Greenberg


Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey

(The Thieves’ World Series has some S&S in it.) (12 volumes)
• Thieves’World (1979)
• Tales From the Vulgar Unicorn (1980)
• Shadows of Sanctuary (1981)
• Storm Season (1982)
• The Face of Chaos (1983)
• Wings of Omen (1984)
• Dead of Winter (1985)
• Soul of the City (1986)
• Blood Ties (1986)
• Aftermath (1987)
• Uneasy Alliances (1988)
• Stealer’s Sky (1989)
• Sanctuary (1982) -omnibus
• Cross Currents (1984) - omnibus
• The Shattered Sphere (1986) - omnibus
• Price of Victory (1990) - omnibus

Other Related Thieves’ World Volumes
• Jamie the Red (1984) by Gordon R. Dickson and Roland Green)
• Lythande (1986) by Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Shadowspawn (1987) by Andrew J. Offutt
• Dagger (1988) by David A. Drake

Tempus Series by Janet Morris
1. Beyond Sanctuary (1985)
2. Beyond the Veil (1985)
3. Beyond Wizardwall (1986)
4. Tempus (1987)
5. City at the Edge of Time (1988)–with Chris Morris
6. Tempus Unbound (1989)–with Chris Morris
7. Storm Seed (1990)–with Chris Morris

Daniel E. Blackston
• Lords of Swords (2005)



Lin Carter

      The Years Best Fantasy Stories - (6 volumes)(1975-1980)

          The Years Best Fantasy Stories: 1 (1975) {11 stories}
               THE TEMPLE OF ABOMINATION [CORMAC MAC ART] • s&s •
                    Robert E. Howard (completed by Richard L. Tierney) • 1st pub here
               TRAPPED IN THE SHADOWLAND
                     [FAFHRD & THE GRAY MOUSER] • s&s • Fritz Leiber •
                     Fantastic Stories 1973
               BLACK HAWK OF VALKARTH [THONGOR] • s&s •
                     Lin Carter • Fantastic Stories 1974
               THE CITY OF MADNESS [IMARO]  • s&s •
                     Charles R. Saunders • Dark Fantasy 1974

          The Years Best Fantasy Stories: 2 (1976) {12 stories}
               UNDER THE THUMBS OF THE GODS
                    [FAFHRD & THE GRAY MOUSER] • s&s • Fritz Leiber •
                    Fantastic 1975
               THE GUARDIAN OF THE VAULT • s&s •
                    Paul Spencer • 1st pub here
               THE CITY IN THE JEWEL [THONGOR] • s&s •
                    Lin Carter • Fantastic 1975

          The Years Best Fantasy Stories: 3 (1977) {11 stories}
               SHADOW OF A DEMON • s&s •
                    Gardner F. Fox • The Dragon 1976
               TWO SUNS SETTING [KANE] • s&s •
                    Karl Edward Wagner • Fantastic 1976
               THE GOBLIN BLADE • s&s •
                    Raul Garcia Capella • 1st pub here
               BLACK MOONLIGHT [THONGOR] • s&s •
                    Lin Carter • Fantastic 1976
               THE POOL IN THE MOON [IMARO]  • s&s •
                    Charles R. Saunders • Dark Fantasy #8 1976

          The Years Best Fantasy Stories: 4 (1978) {11 stories}
               NEKHT SEMERKEHT • s&s •
                    Robert E. Howard (completed by Andrew Offutt) • 1st pub here
               THE CHANGER OF NAMES • s&s •
                    Ramsey Campbell • 1st pub here

          The Years Best Fantasy Stories: 6 (1980) {11 stories}
               GARDEN OF BLOOD [DILVISH THE DAMNED] • s&p •
                    Roger Zelazny • Sorcerer’s Apprentice #3 Summer 1979
               THE MER SHE [FAFHRD & THE GRAY MOUSER] •
                    s&s • Fritz Leiber • Heroes and Horrors 1979
               DEMON OF THE SNOWS [THONGOR] • swh •
                    Lin Carter • 1st pub here
               THE PAVILLION WHERE ALL TIMES MEET • s&s •
                    Margery Krueger (as by Jayge Carr) • Other Worlds I 1979
               SAND MAGIC • s&s • Orson Scott Card •
                    Swords Against Darkness IV 1979



• The Ballantine Fantasy Series–See Appendix 5
        We Check books for 1 or 2 S&S tales.
        Only S&S book is New Worlds For Old, mentioned below.


• Flashing Swords (5 volumes)(1973-1981):
1. Flashing Swords #1 (1973)
2. Flashing Swords #2 (1973)
3. Flashing Swords #3: Warriors & Wizards (1976)
4. Flashing Swords #4: Barbarians & Black Magicians (1977)
5. Flashing Swords #5: Demons & Daggers (1981)

• New Worlds For Old  (7 of 11 stories are Sword & Sorcery) (1971)

Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling
• Year’s Best Fantasy (2 volumes)(1988-1989)
• Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror (3 volumes)(1990-1992)

L. Sprague de Camp
• Swords & Sorcery (1963)
• The Spell Of Seven (1965)
• The Fantastic Swordsmen (1967)
• Warlocks And Warriors (1970) {10 stories}
* Turutal [Arquel] • s&s • Ray Capella • Amra Vol 2, no. 32, 1965
* The Hills of the Dead [Solomon Kane] • s&s • Robert E. Howard •
       Weird Tales Aug 1930
* Thunder in the Dawn [Elak] • s&s • Henry Kuttner •
       Weird Tales May & Jun 1938
* Thieves’ House [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] • s&s • Fritz Leiber •
       Unknown Worlds Feb 1943
* Black God’s Kiss [Jirel of Joiry] • s&s • C. L. Moore •
       Weird Tales Oct 1934
* The Bells of Shoredan [Dilvish the Damned] • s&s •
      Roger Zelazny • Fantastic May 1966

Robert Hoskins
• Swords Against Tomorrow (1970)

REH Anthologies From Unknown Editors
• The Sowers Of The Thunder (1973 Hardcover, 1975 Paperback)
      Swashbucklers -

• The Sword Woman (1977) - Swashbucklers -
• The Road of Azrael (1980) - Swashbucklers -

Glenn Lord
• The Book Of Robert E. Howard (1976) - Prose and Poetry -
       10 Swashbucklers, 3 Sword & Sorcery
• The Second Book Of Robert E. Howard (1976) - Prose and Poetry -
       10 Swashbucklers, 3 Sword & Sorcery

Andre Norton and Robert Adams
• Magic in Ithkar  (4 volumes)(1985-1987)

Andrew Offutt
• Swords Against Darkness (5 volumes)(1977-1979)

Eric Pandragon (Michel Parry)
• Savage Heroes (1975)

Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt
• Heroic Fantasy (1979)

Arthur W. Saha
• Year’s Best Fantasy (8 volumes)(1981-1988)
      Each volume has 1-2,

Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• Amazons (2 volumes)(1979/1982)
• Heroic Visions (2 volumes)(1983/1986)

Hans Stefan Santesson
• The Mighty Barbarians (1969)
• The Mighty Swordsmen (1970)

Karl Edward Wagner
• Echoes of Valor (3 volumes)(1987-1991)

Donald A. Wollheim
• Swordsmen In The Sky (1964) A Sword & Planet anthology

Daniel E. Blackston (Ed.)
• Swords and Sages (2006) Pitch-Black Books, available at Amazon.com

Gordon Van Gelder (Ed.)
• In Lands that Never Were (2004) Thunder's Mouth Press, available at Amazon.com

Marion Zimmer Bradley
• Sword and Sorceress, (22 volumes) (DAW, 1984-2006; Norilana Books, 2007)
• Spells of Wonder, (DAW, 1989)