Renegade Swords
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Cover artist | |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Fantasy |
Publisher | DMR Books |
Publication date | 2020 |
Media type | Print (paperback) and ebook |
Pages | 196 |
ISBN | 978-1-73340-864-6 |
Followed by | Renegade Swords II |
Renegade Swords is an anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by . It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by DMR Books in March 2020.[1]
Summary[]
The book collects eight classic sword and sorcery short stories and novelettes, all characterized as "obscure or overlooked in some way," together with an introduction by the editor.[2]
Contents[]
- "Introduction" ()
- "The House of Arabu" (from Avon Fantasy Reader no. 18, 1952) (Robert E. Howard)
- "Necromancy in Naat" (from Weird Tales, July 1936) (Clark Ashton Smith)
- "The Woman of the Wood" (from Weird Tales, Aug. 1926) (A. Merritt)
- "The Slaughter of the Gods" (from Heroic Visions II, Jul. 1986) (Manly Wade Wellman)
- "People of the Dragon" (from Fantastic, Feb. 1976) (Lin Carter)
- "The Pillars of Hell" (from Fantastic, Dec. 1977) (Lin Carter)
- "The Rune-Sword of Jotunheim" (from Fantasy Book, Mar. 1985) ( and Richard L. Tierney)
- "Princess of Chaos" (from Planet Stories, Spring 1947) (Bryce Walton)
Notes[]
- ^ Renegade Swords title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Ritzlin, D. M., ed. Renegade Swords, DMR Books, 2020, p. 5.
Categories:
- 2020 short story collections
- Fantasy anthologies