Heroes and Horrors
Author | Fritz Leiber |
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Cover artist | Tim Kirk |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | |
Publication date | 1978 |
Media type | Print (hardcover) |
Pages | 237 |
ISBN | 0-918372-03-8 |
Heroes and Horrors is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories by American writer Fritz Leiber, edited by and illustrated by Tim Kirk. It was first published in hardcover in December 1978 by , and in paperback in August 1980 by Pocket Books. The paperback edition omits the illustrations.
The book collects nine short stories and novelettes by the author, together with an introduction by and an essay by John Jakes. The first two stories (the second original to the collection) showcase Leiber's Sword and Sorcery heroes Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. The other pieces originally were published in the magazines The Dragon Magazine for December 1977 and Fantastic Stories of Imagination for February 1962 and October 1964, the collection The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (1975), the magazines Fantastic for February 1969 and Worlds of If for August 1974, and the anthologies The Disciples of Cthulhu (1976) and (1976).
Contents[]
- "Preface" ()
- "Fritz Leiber: An Appreciation" (John Jakes)
- "" (1977)
- "" (1978)
- "" (1962)
- "Belsen Express" (1975)
- "" (1964)
- "" (1969)
- "Midnight by the Morphy Watch" (1974)
- "The Terror from the Depths" (1976)
- "" (1976)
Reception[]
Richard A. Lupoff described Heroes and Horrors as "a lovingly crafted production [including] a wealth of fantasy and horror material ranging from the modern, gritty, psychological variety . . . to the all-out Lovecraftian slithering-monstrosity variety."[1]
Awards[]
Heroes and Horrors was nominated for the 1979 World Fantasy Award for Best Anthology/Collection. The story "Midnight by the Morphy Watch" was nominated for the 1975 Hugo Award for Best Novelette.
References[]
- ^ ""Lupoff's Book Week," Starship 35, 1979, p.73.
- Heroes and Horrors title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
External links[]
- 1978 short story collections
- Fantasy short story collections
- Single-writer short story collections