Sword & Sorcery Bibliography: 1967

1967

The bibliographical entries below detail novels, fixup novels, novellas, novelettes, short
stories, collections, and anthologies of sword & sorcery published in 1967 across sixteen entries. They break down thusly:
 

·      Original short stories and novelettes by living authors: 2

·      Original novellas and novels and fixup novels by living authors: 3

·      Translations first appearing in English for the first time: 1

·      Reprinted fiction originally written in English of any length by authors still living and active: 8

·      Short stories and novelettes with first appearances in 1967, but which did not appear in the author’s lifetime: 10

·      Short stories and novelettes that did not appear in the author’s lifetime and were completed and edited by other hands: 13

·      Works of pastiche: 1

·      Fiction of any length featuring the character Conan, by any hand: 19

·      Non-Conan fiction of any length either written by Robert E. Howard or based upon his work: 15

Perhaps it is inevitable, in a genre that looks to history (or at least glances at it) for part of its inspiration, that sword & sorcery tales often look to the past of the genre itself. We will shortly see an explosion of original material (perhaps original should be within quotation marks), but in 1967, what was old was, if not presented as new, likely new to many readers.

This is, of course, in no way a bad thing. If sword & sorcery was to survive, and it has, it had to exist in some easily purchasable form. Readers in the late sixties and early seventies would, as stated, soon be exposed to a great swath of newly produced material. 1967, though, was the Year of Conan, whose creator had been dead for thirty years.

The first reintroduction of Howard’s greatest hero actually occurred almost twenty years earlier, when L. Sprague de Camp first embarked on his long journey from appreciation to exploitation. He was heavily involved in the hardcover series of Conan stories presented by Gnome Press, the specialty small publisher founded in 1948 by New York City science fiction fans Martin Greenberg (not be confused with the prolific anthologist Martin H. Greenberg) and David A. Kyle. That series caused some controversy, as it included among Howard’s stories a novel written by a fan and one story apparently wholly written by de Camp. Then, as in the sixties and seventies, de Camp arranged for the printing of some Conan material in magazines, appearing before or nearly simultaneously with the publication of the books. This presents some bibliographical complexities in terms of order of appearance.

 

The lengthy series of Conan stories this year (and those of King Kull, Howard’s first sword & sorcery character) may be best understood by simply looking over the entries below. But there was more to read than just the Cimmerian, and some of that was to be found in the work of the sparkling wunderkind, Michael Moorcock.

 

It was in 1967 that Moorcock’s first full-length book about the brooding, doomed character Elric of Melniboné appeared in American bookstores. Conceived as an “anti-Conan,” Moorcock began Elric’s long career in the June 1961 issue of the British magazine Science Fantasy, a career which, remarkably, continues over 60 years later, with the most recent Elric story appearing in the Fall 2023 issue of New Edge Sword & Sorcery. The sublime first four

novelettes detailing Elric’s adventures had been collected in hardcover in 1963 by the London-based (later Suffolk) publishing company of Neville Spearman. Though sword & sorcery aficionados in America were well aware of the stories (perhaps through specialty book and magazine importers), it was not until 1965 that Elric made his official American debut in L. Sprague de Camp’s second Pyramid Books anthology, The Spell of Seven. It was also in 1965 that Herbert Jenkins, Ltd published Stormbringer, which fixed up and abridged the early Science Fantasy stories. The first Elric book published in the US was a Lancer Books reprint of Stormbringer, which appeared in the year we are reviewing. It was also Lancer, again, who published in 1967 the first of Moorcock’s Dorian Hawkmoon novels, The Jewel in the Skull.

 

Another important book in 1967 was the fifth of Andre Norton’s long-running series of novels and stories set in her Witch World, a vital setting even into the 21^st century owing to reprints and sequels by other hands. Norton was the most active woman writer in this early cresting of the Second Wave of sword & sorcery. She cannot be said to owe much, in her prose and ideation, to the first great woman writer of the genre, C.L. Moore, but that is only because her world and characters were quite unique to her (though they would not remain so). She was not merely asserting herself as a skilled writer, she was establishing a sprawling empire that would long outlive her, as did Howard. We will soon see another woman loom large in the genre, C.J. Cherryh, but among women writing sword & sorcery in the sixties, Norton reigned supreme. 

 

But perhaps we should end by mentioning a story that very few people likely read then, or have read in the intervening decades.

 

In June of 1966, science fiction fan Gordon Linzner, while still in high school, founded what eventually became a semi-professional magazine called Space & Time. The magazine maintains a presence in genre publishing even today, with its most recent issue, the 146^th, having appeared with a Spring/Summer 2024 cover date. Longevity seems to be a characteristic in the world of science fiction and fantasy (including especially sword &

sorcery). In the second issue, dated Fall 1967 and appearing in September, an almost unutterably bad but genuinely charming sword & sorcery story titled “Valgart of Zantar” was published. It was written by one of Linzner’s friends, a young man seemingly completely unpossessed of guile, named Willie White. A novelette, it would be concluded in the next issue. White seems to never have published another word. Perhaps he might have, if Linzner had received what the author said, in his single-spaced three plus page afterword, was needed to ensure that the series continue, “forty to fifty letters.”

Howard, Moorcock, and Norton are all names to conjure with (as is that of Fritz Leiber, whose Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser appeared in a single reprint in 1967), but I like to think that they each would have treated White as a colleague.

 

Cheers, Willie.

 

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1.     Fantastic [Volume 16 Number 3, January 1967] edited by Joseph Ross (50¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Frank R. Paul)

p. 28 • The People of the Black Circle [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novella • first appeared as a serial in Weird Tales [Volume 24 Number 3, September 1934; Volume 24 Number 4, October 1934; and Volume 24 Number 5, November 1934]

2.     The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [Volume 32 Number 2, February 1967] edited by Edward L. Ferman (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Chesley Bonestell)

p. 4 • “The Hall of the Dead [Conan] • L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appearance

3.     Great Science Fiction Magazine [#6, 1967] edited by Sol Cohen (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ed Valigursky from Fantastic March 1959)

p. 4 • “Lean Times in Lankhmar” [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber • novelette • first appeared in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories [Volume 8 Number 11, November 1959]

 

4.     The Fantastic Swordsmen • edited by L. Sprague de Camp • mixed reprint/original anthology [1^st ed., Pyramid R-1621, May 1967] (¢50, 204pp, pb, cover by Jack Gaughan, interior maps by Gaughan and James Cawthorn)

p. 9 • Tellers of Tales • L. Sprague de Camp • essay

p. 13 • “Black Lotus” • Robert Bloch • short story • first appeared in Unusual Stories [Volume 1 Number 2, Winter 1935]

p. 23 • “The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth” • Lord Dunsany • short story • first appeared in The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories [Lord Dunsany • collection, George Allen & Sons • 1908]

p. 41 • “Drums of Tombalku” [Conan] • L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Conan the Adventurer [L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard • collection • Lancer Books • 1966]

p. 87 • “The Girl in the Gem” [Brak] • John Jakes • short story • first appeared in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination [Volume 14 Number 1, January 1965]

p. 107 • “Dragon Moon” [Elak] • Henry Kuttner • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 35 Number 7, January 1941]

p. 149 • “The Other Gods” [Dream Cycle] • H. P. Lovecraft • short story • first appeared in The Fantasy Fan [Volume 1 Number 3, November 1933]

p. 157 • “The Singing Citadel” [Elric] • (1967) • novelette by Michael Moorcock • first appearance

p. 193 • “The Tower” • (trans. by de Camp of Il mago, la torre e il cavaliere 1966) • Luigi De Pascalis • short story • first appears in English here

p. 203 • Afterword (“The Tower”) • Luigi De Pascalis • essay

5.     The Magazine of Horror [Volume 3 Number 3, Spring 1967] edited by Robert A. W. Lowndes (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Virgil Vinlay)

p. 48 • “The Vale of Lost Women” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

6.     Michael Moorcock • Stormbringer [Elric] • abridged fixup novel [1^st ed. thus, Lancer 73-579, 1967] (60¢, 191pp, pb, cover artist Jack Gaughan)

Abridges and fixes up the novellas Sad Giant’s Shield [Science Fantasy, Volume 21, Number 63, February 1964], Doomed Lord’s Passing [Science Fantasy, Volume 22 Number 64, April 1964], Dead God’s Homecoming [Science Fantasy, Volume 20 Number 59, June 1963], and Black Sword’s Brothers [Science Fantasy, Volume 21 Number 61, October 1963]

7.     Conan [Lancer/Ace Conan #1] • Lin Carter, L. Sprague de Camp, and Robert E. Howard • collection [1^st thus, Lancer Books 73-695, 1967] (60¢, 221 pp, pb, cover artist Frank Frazetta)

p. 9 • Introduction • L. Sprague de Camp • essay

p. 16 • Letter to P. Schuyler Miller, March 10, 1936 ("Dear Mr. Miller: / I feel indeed honored...") • Robert E. Howard • letter • 1958

p. 21 • “The Hyborian Age, Part 1” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • fictional essay (variant of “The Hyborian Age” • 1938)

p. 34 • “The Thing in the Crypt” [Conan] • Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp • short story • first appears here

p. 51 • “The Tower of the Elephant” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 21 Number 3, March 1933]

p. 81 • “The Hall of the Dead” [Conan] • L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [Volume 32 Number 2, February 1967]

p. 107 • “The God in the Bowl” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appeared in Space Science Fiction [Volume 1 Number 2, September 1952] 

p. 131 • “Rogues in the House” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 23 Number 1, January 1934] 

p. 162 • “The Hand of Nergal” [Conan] • Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appears here

p. 189 • “The City of Skulls” [Conan] • Lin Carter and L. Sprague de Camp • novelette • first appears here

8.     Conan the Warrior [Lancer/Ace Conan #7] • Robert E. Howard • collection [1^st thus, Lancer Books 73-549, 1967] (¢60, 222pp, pb. cover by Frank Frazetta)

p. 9 • Introduction” • L. Sprague de Camp • essay

p. 11 • Red Nails [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novella • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 28 Number 1, July 1936]

p. 105 • “Jewels of Gwahlur” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 25 Number 3, March 1935]

p. 157 • Beyond the Black River [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novella • first appeared in Weird Tales [serialized in Volume 25 Number 5, May 1935 and Volume 25 Number 6, June 1935]

9.     The Jewel in the Skull [History of the Runestaff #1] • Michael Moorcock • novel [1^st thus, Lancer Books 73-688, 1967] (¢60, 175pp, pb, cover artist Gray Morrow)

10.  Conan the Usurper [Lancer/Ace Conan #8] • Robert E. Howard • collection [Lancer Books 73-599, 1967] (¢60, 256pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta)

p. 9 • Introduction • L. Sprague de Camp • essay

p. 13 • The Treasure of Tranicos [Conan] • L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard • novella • first appeared in Fantasy Magazine (as The Black Stranger) [Volume 1 Number 1, March 1953]

p. 119 • “Wolves Beyond the Border” [Conan] • L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appears here

p. 173 • “The Phoenix on the Sword” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 20 Number 6, December 1932]

p. 205 • “The Scarlet Citadel” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 21 Number 1, January 1933]

11.  Warlock of the Witch World [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel [Ace Books G-630, 1967] (50¢, 222pp, pb, cover and interiors artist Jack Gaughan)

12.  King Kull [Kull] • Robert E. Howard and Lin Carter • collection [1^st thus, Lancer Books 73-650, September 1967] (¢60, 223pp, pb, cover by Roy G. Krenkel)

p. 9 • “Prolog” [Kull] • Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard • short fiction • first appears here

p. 11 • “Exile of Atlantis” [Kull] • Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

p. 21 • “The Shadow Kingdom” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 14 Number 2, August 1929]

p. 56 • “The Altar and the Scorpion” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

p. 61 • “Black Abyss” [Kull] • Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

p. 76 • “Delcardes' Cat” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appears here

p. 103 • “The Skull of Silence” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

p. 112 • “Riders Beyond the Sunrise” [Kull] • Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

p. 138 • “By This Ax I Rule!” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

p. 160 • “The Striking of the Gong” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

p. 167 • “Swords of the Purple Kingdom” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appears here

p. 196 • “Wizard and Warrior” [Kull] • Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard • short story • first appears here

p. 204 • “The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 14 Number 3, September 1929]

p. 215 • “The King and the Oak” [Kull] • Robert E. Howard • poem • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 33 Number 2, February 1939]

p. 217 • “Epilog” [Kull] • “Prolog” [Kull] • Lin Carter and Robert E. Howard • short fiction • first appears here

13.  Space and Time [#2, Fall 1967] edited by Gordon Linzner (35¢, large e/s, cover by Alex Saviuk)

p. 28 • “Valgart of Zantar” [Part 1 of 2] • Willie White • novelette

14. Thongor Against the Gods [Thongor #3] • Lin Carter • novel • [Paperback Library 52-586, November 1967] (¢50, 157pp, pb, cover artist Frank Frazetta)

15.  Conan the Conqueror [Conan] (Lancer/Ace Conan #9) • Robert E. Howard • novel • [1^st thus, Lancer Books 73-572, 1967] (¢60, 224pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta) • variant title of The Hour of the Dragon, first appeared in serialized form in Weird Tales [December 1935-April 1936]

16.  New Worlds of Fantasy • edited by Terry Carr • reprint anthology [1^st ed, Ace Books A-12, 1967] (¢75, 253pp, pb, cover and interior artist Frank Kelly Freas)

p. 18 • “Break the Door of Hell” [Traveller in Black] • John Brunner • novelette • first appeared in Impulse [Volume 1 Number 2, April 1966]

 

Sword & Sorcery Bibliography: 1966

1966 would prove the last year (in the 20^th Century, at least) in which most of the published sword & sorcery tales, of whatever length, appeared in the magazines. Roger Zelazny added another Dilvish story to the series in Joseph Ross’ Fantastic he had started the previous year, while across the Atlantic, Kyril Bonfiglioli softened the hardline editorial stance against fantasy he’d set forth in his first issues editing Science Fantasy by publishing one of John Brunner’s Traveller in Black pieces in that magazine’s successor publication, Impulse. The May issue of Fantastic saw Avram Davidson debuting his Virgil character in a novella, The Phoenix and the Mirror, which we will see expanded to novel length in two years’ time. Edward L. Ferman, having taken the editorial reigns at The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction from his father Joseph, threw the barn doors wide open for Jack Vance, publishing no fewer than four Cugel the Clever stories set in the future Grand Master’s seminal Dying Earth setting.

Vance would go on to collect those four Cugel stories listed below, along with the one that had been published in F&SF in December 1965 and one new tale, into a fixup novel from Ace Books titled The Eyes of the Overworld. The dating is unclear, so we do not know, at this point, whether he had used stories written specifically for the book in the fixup, or if he had placed the individual pieces as a sort of advertisement for The Eyes of the Overworld, the latter being a common practice of the time.

By way of contrast, just one original novel appeared, this being the second entry in Lin Carter’s publisher-hopping series featuring Thongor, perhaps the most famous of the so-called “Clonans.”

 

But the event that would have the most impact on the genre, and on the wider world of genre fiction publishing in general, was the appearance of a slim paperback featuring a striking cover that would go on to become one of the most famous images in the history of fantasy art. A grim, raven-haired warrior stands atop a pile of bodies and blades, the text beneath proclaiming him “The World’s Greatest Fantasy Hero.” The painting was by the great Frank Frazetta, whose career would be intertwined forever more with that hero, who was, of course, Robert E. Howard’s most remembered creation, Conan.

 

Conan the Adventurer was labelled “Volume One of the Complete Conan,” which has confused casual collectors for decades, because it would ultimately be numbered fifth in the legendary Lancer/Ace paperbacks collecting the Cimmerian’s adventures (not all of them by Howard, but certainly all of the good ones). The series would be released piecemeal, in an almost chaotic fashion that surely frustrated L. Sprague de Camp, the man who either rescued the character from relative obscurity or perpetrated literary manslaughter upon him, depending on whom one asks.

What is indisputable, though, is that a wind was rising that we’ll find blowing a gale in 1967. Hurricane Conan had turned to shore.

An earlier version of this post omitted listing The Eyes of the Overworld, by Jack Vance.

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1.     The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [Volume 30 Number 2, February 1966] edited by Edward L. Ferman (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by George Salter)

p. 102 • “The Mountains of Magnatz” [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • novelette

2.     Fantastic [Volume 15 Number 4, March 1966] edited by Joseph Ross (50¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Frank R. Paul)

p. 6 • “The Bells of Shoredan” [Dilvish] • Roger Zelazny • short story; illustrated by Gray Morrow

3.     Impulse [Volume 1 Number 2, April 1966] edited by Kyril Bonfiglioli (3/6, 160pp, pb, cover Keith Roberts)

p. 61 • “Break the Door of Hell” [Traveller in Black] • John Brunner • novelette

4.     The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [Volume 30 Number 4, April 1966] edited by Edward L. Ferman (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Jack Gaughan illustrating “The Sorcerer Pharesm”)

p. 79 • “The Sorcerer Pharesm” [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • novelette

5.     Fantastic [Volume 15 Number 5, May 1966] edited by Joseph Ross (50¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Frank R. Paul)

p. 6 • The Phoenix and the Mirror [Virgil] • Avram Davidson • novella; illustrated by Gray Morrow

6.     The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [Volume 30 Number 6, June 1966] edited by Edward L. Ferman (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by H. Castellon)

p. 96 • “The Pilgrims” [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • novelette

 

7.     The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [Volume 30, Number 1, July 1966] edited by Edward L. Ferman (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Chesley Bonestell)

p. 102 • “The Manse of Iucounu” [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance · novelette

8. The Eyes of the Overworld [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • fixup novel [1st ed, Ace Books M-149, 1966] (¢45, 189pp, pb, cover artist Gray Morrow)

• “The Overworld” [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • novelette first appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (Volume 29 Number 6, December 1965)   

• “The Cave in the Forest [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • short story

• See above for details of the other four stories in this volume

9.     Thongor of Lemuria [Thongor #2] • Lin Carter • novel • [1^st ed, Ace Books F-383, 1966] (¢40, 127 pp, pb, cover artist Gray Morrow)

10.     Conan the Adventurer [Lancer/Ace Conan #5] • Robert E. Howard and L. Sprague de Camp • collection [1^st thus, Lancer Books 73-526, 1966] (50¢, 224 pp, pb, cover artist Frank Frazetta)

p. 9 • Introduction • L. Sprague de Camp • essay

p. 13 • The People of the Black Circle [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novella • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 24 Number 3, September 1934]

p. 103 • “The Slithering Shadow” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 22 Number 3, September 1933]

p. 141 • “Drums of Tombalku” [Conan] • L. Sprague de Camp and Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appears here

p. 191 • “The Pool of the Black One” [Conan] • (1933) • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 22 Number 4, October 1933] 

Sword & Sorcery Bibliography: 1963-1965

If you were a reader in 1963 who decided you wanted to read every bit of sword & sorcery literature available, these thirty-six items would have been available to you in 1963, 1964, and 1965. Additions and corrections are solicited. Most of these are readable at archive.org or the Luminist Archive.

Last updated 10th March 2025.

Thanks to the community of readers for continuing to offer suggestions.

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1963

1. Science Fantasy [Volume 20, Number 58, April 1963] edited by John Carnell (2/6d, 112 pp+, digest, cover: [photo] by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures Ltd)

p. 2 • The Greater Conqueror • Michael Moorcock • novella

2. The Unknown • D.R. Benson, editor • anthology [1st ed., Pyramid R-851, April 1963] (50¢, 192pp, pb, cover artist John Schoenherr)

p. 85 • “The Bleak Shore” [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • short story • Fritz Leiber • first appeared in Unknown Fantasy Fiction [Volume 4 Number 3, November 1940]

3. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 12 Number 5, May 1963] edited by Cele Goldsmith (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Vernon Kramer illustrating “Devils in the Walls”)

p. 6 • “Devils in the Walls” [Brak] • John Jakes • short story; illustrated by Vernon Kramer

p. 21 • “The Cloud of Hate” [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber • short story; illustrated by Leo R. Summers

4. Science Fantasy [Volume 20, Number 59, June 1963] edited by John Carnell (2/6d, 112 pp+, digest, cover by Gerald Quinn)

p. 2 • Dead God’s Homecoming [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • novella

5. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 12 Number 8, August 1963] edited by Cele Goldsmith (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Vernon Kramer illustrating “Bazaar of the Bizarre”)

p. 6 • “Bazaar of the Bizarre” [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber • novelette; illustrated by George Schelling

6. Science Fantasy [Volume 21, Number 61, October 1963] edited by John Carnell (3/-, 112pp+, digest, cover [photo] by Columbia Pictures)

p. 2 • Black Sword’s Brother [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • novella

7. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 12 Number 11, November 1963] edited by Cele Goldsmith (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg)

p. 68 • Witch of the Four Winds [Part 1 of 2; Brak] • John Jakes • novel; illustrated by Virgil Finlay

8. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 12 Number 12, December 1963] edited by Cele Goldsmith (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Paul F. Wenzel)

p. 71 • Witch of the Four Winds [Part 2 of 2; Brak] • John Jakes • novel; illustrated by Virgil Finlay

9. Swords & Sorcery: Stories of Heroic Fantasy • edited by L. Sprague de Camp • reprint anthology [1st ed., Pyramid R-950, December 1963] (50¢, 186pp, pb, cover artist Virgil Finlay)

p. 7 • Introduction: Heroic Fantasy • essay • L. Sprague de Camp

p. 11 • “The Valor of Cappen Varra” [Cappen Varra] • Poul Anderson • short story •  first appeared in Fantastic Universe [Volume 7 Number 1, January 1957]

p. 27 • “Distressing Tale of Thangobrind the Jeweller” • Lord Dunsany • short story • first appeared in The Sketch [Volume 73 Number 937, January 11, 1911]

p. 33 • “Shadows in the Moonlight” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novelette •  first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 23 Number 4, April 1934]

p. 67 • “The Citadel of Darkness” [Prince Raynor] • Henry Kuttner • novelette • first appeared in Strange Stories [Volume 2 Number 1, August 1938]

p. 97 • “When the Sea King's Away” [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber • novelette •  variant of “When the Sea-King's Away,” first appeared in Fantastic Science Fiction Stories [Volume 9 Number 5, May 1960]

p. 123 • “The Doom That Came to Sarnath” [Dream Cycle] H. P. Lovecraft • short story •  first appeared in The Scot [Number 44, June 1920]

p. 133 • “Hellsgarde” • [Jirel of Joiry] C. L. Moore • novelette •  first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 33 Number 4, April 1939]

p. 169 • “The Testament of Athammaus” [Hyperborea] Clark Ashton Smith • short story • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 20 Number 4, October 1932]

10. Witch World [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel • [1st ed, Ace Books F-197, 1963] (¢40, 222 pp, pb, cover and interior artist Jack Gaughan)

11.     The Dark Man and Others • Robert E. Howard • collection • [1^st ed, Arkham House, 1963] ($5.00, 284 pp, hc)

p. 68 • “The Gods of Bal-Sagoth,” [Turlogh O’Brien] • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 18 Number 5, December 1931]

12.     The Stealer of Souls and Other Stories [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • collection • [Neville Spearman, 1963] (15/-, 215 pp, hc, cover by Guy Nicholls)

• “The Dreaming City” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 16 Number 47, June 1961]

• “While the Gods Laugh” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 17 Number 49, October 1961]

• “The Stealer of Souls” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 17 Number 51, February 1962]

• “Kings in Darkness” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 18 Number 54, August 1962]

• “The Flame Bringers” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 19 Number 55, October 1962]

1964

13. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 13 Number 1, January 1964] edited by Cele Goldsmith (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller illustrating The Lords of Quarmall)

p. 6 • The Lords of Quarmall, Part 1 of 2 [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber & Harry Fischer • novella; illustrated by Ed Emshwiller

14. Science Fantasy [Volume 21, Number 63, February 1964] edited by John Carnell (3/-, 112pp+, digest, cover by J. Cawthorn)

p. 35 • Sad Giant’s Shield [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • novella

15. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 13 Number 2, February 1964] edited by Cele Goldsmith (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller illustrating The Lords of Quarmall)

p. 52 • The Lords of Quarmall, Part 2 of 2 [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber & Harry Fischer • novella; illustrated by Ed Emshwiller

16. Science Fantasy [Volume 22, Number 64, April 1964] edited by John Carnell (3/-, 124pp+, digest)

p. 2 • Doomed Lord’s Passing [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • novella

17. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 13 Number 5, May 1964] edited by Cele Goldsmith (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller illustrating Adept’s Gambit)

p. 6 • Adept's Gambit [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber • novella; illustrated by Ed Emshwiller • first appeared in Night's Black Agents, collection by Fritz Leiber, Jr., Arkham House, 1947

 p. 72 • “Masters of Chaos” [Earl Aubec] • Michael Moorcock • short story; illustrated by Virgil Finlay 

 

18. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 12 Number 8, August 1964] edited by Cele G. Lalli (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller illustrating When the Idols Walked)

p. 6 • When the Idols Walked, Part 1 of 2 [Brak] • John Jakes • novel; illustrated by Ed Emshwiller

19. The Reign of Wizardry • Jack Williamson • novel [1st ed. thus, Lancer 72-761, 1964] (50¢, 142pp, pb, cover artist Frank Frazetta) • first appeared as a serial in Unknown Fantasy Fiction [Volume 3 Number 1, March 1940; Volume 3 Number 2, April 1940; and Volume 3 Number 3, May 1940]

20. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 13 Number 9, September 1964] edited by Cele G. Lalli (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Robert Adragna)

p. 50 • When the Idols Walked, Part 2 of 2 [Brak] • John Jakes • novel; illustrated by Ed Emshwiller

21. Web of the Witch World [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel • [1st ed, Ace Books F-263, 1964] (¢40, 192 pp, pb, cover and interior artist Jack Gaughan)

1965

22. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 14 Number 1, January 1965] edited by Cele G. Lalli (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Ed Emshwiller illustrating “The Girl in the Gem”)

p. 6 • “The Girl in the Gem” [Brak] · John Jakes · short story; illustrated by Ed Emshwiller 

23. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 14 Number 2, February 1965] edited by Cele G. Lalli (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Heidi Coquette)

p. 49 • “Passage to Dilfar” [Dilvish] • Roger Zelazny • short story

24. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 14 Number 3, March 1965] edited by Cele G. Lalli (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Gray Morrow illustrating “The Pillars of Chambalor”)

p. 6 • “The Pillars of Chambalor” [Brak] • John Jakes • short story; illustrated by Gray Morrow

25. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 14 Number 4, April 1965] edited by Cele G. Lalli (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Gray Morrow)

p. 101 • “The Silk of Shaitan” [Brak] • John Jakes • short story

26. The Spell of Seven • edited by L. Sprague de Camp • anthology [1st ed., Pyramid R-1192, June 1965] (50¢, 192pp, pb, cover and interior artist Virgil Finlay)

p. 7 • Introduction: Wizards and Warriors • essay • L. Sprague de Camp

p. 13 • “Bazaar of the Bizarre” [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber • novelette • first appeared in Fantastic Stories of the Imagination [Volume 12 Number 8, August 1963]

p. 41 • “The Dark Eidolon” [Zothique] Clark Ashton Smith • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 25 Number 1, January 1935]

p. 71 • “The Hoard of the Gibbelins” • Lord Dunsany • short story •  first appeared in The Sketch [Volume 73 Number 939, January 25, 1911]

p. 79 • “The Hungry Hercynian” [Pusadian] • L. Sprague de Camp • novelette • first appeared in Universe Science Fiction [Number 3, December 1953]

p. 109 • “Kings in Darkness” [Elric] • James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock [as by Michael Moorcock] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 18 Number 54, August 1962]

p. 141 • “Mazirian the Magician” [Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • short story • first appeared in The Dying Earth, collection by Jack Vance [1950]

p. 161 • “Shadows in Zamboula” [Conan] • Robert E. Howard • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 26 Number 5, November 1935]

27. Fantastic Stories of Imagination [Volume 14 Number 6, June 1965] edited by Cele G. Lalli (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Gray Morrow)

p. 5 • “Thelinde’s Song” [Dilvish] • Roger Zelazny • short story

28. Magazine of Horror [Volume 2 Number 3, June 1965] edited by Robert A. W. Lowndes (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Fred Wolters)

p. 28 • “Skulls in the Stars” [Solomon Kane] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 13 Number 1, January 1929]

29. Fantastic [Volume 15 Number 1, September 1965] edited by Joseph Ross (50¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Frank R. Paul)

p. 6 • Stardock [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber • novella

30. Now Then! • John Brunner • collection • [Mayflower-Dell 6500, October 1965] (3/6, 143pp, pb, cover by Jeff Jacks)

p. 60 • “Imprint of Chaos” [Traveller in Black] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 14 Number 42, August 1960]

31. The Wizard of Lemuria [Thongor #1] • Lin Carter • novel • [1st ed, Ace Books F-336, 1965] (¢40, 127pp, pb, cover artist Gray Morrow)

32. Fantastic [Volume 15 Number 2, November 1965] edited by Joseph Ross (50¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Julian S. Krupa)

p. 108 • “The Eye of Tandyla” [Pusadian] • L. Sprague de Camp • novelette • first appeared in Fantastic Adventures [Volume 13 Number 5, May 1951] 

33. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [Volume 29 Number 6, December 1965] edited by Edward L. Ferman (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Bert Tanner)

p. 108 • “The Overworld” [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • novelette

34. Three Against the Witch World [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel • [1st ed thus, Ace Books F-332, 1965] (¢40, 189 pp, pb, cover and interior artist Jack Gaughan)

35. Year of the Unicorn [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel • [1st ed, Ace Books F-357, 1965] (¢40, 224 pp, pb, cover and interior artist Jack Gaughan)

36. Stormbringer [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • abridged fixup novel • [Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1965] (12/6, 192 pp, hc, cover by James Cawthorn)

Abridges and fixes up the novellas Sad Giant’s Shield [Science Fantasy, Volume 21 Number 63, February 1964], Doomed Lord’s Passing [Science Fantasy, Volume 22 Number 64, April 1964], Dead God’s Homecoming [Science Fantasy, Volume 20 Number 59, June 1963], and Black Sword’s Brothers [Science Fantasy, Volume 21 Number 61, October 1963]

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Additions of 8th March 2025:

Science Fantasy [Volume 20, Number 58, April 1963] edited by John Carnell (2/6d, 112 pp+, digest, cover: [photo] by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Pictures Ltd)

p. 2 • The Greater Conqueror • Michael Moorcock • novella

The Unknown • edited by D.R. Benson • reprint anthology [1st ed., Pyramid R-851, April 1963] (50¢, 192pp, pb, cover artist John Schoenherr)

p. 85 • “The Bleak Shore” [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • Fritz Leiber • short story • first appeared in Unknown Fantasy Fiction [Volume 4 Number 3, November 1940]

Science Fantasy [Volume 20, Number 59, June 1963] edited by John Carnell (2/6d, 112 pp+, digest, cover by Gerald Quinn)

p. 2 • Dead God’s Homecoming [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • novella

Science Fantasy [Volume 21, Number 61, October 1963] edited by John Carnell (3/-, 112pp+, digest, cover [photo] by Columbia Pictures)

p. 2 • Black Sword’s Brother [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • novella

Witch World [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel • [1st ed, Ace Books F-197, 1963] (¢40, 222 pp, pb, cover and interior artist Jack Gaughan)

Science Fantasy [Volume 21, Number 63, February 1964] edited by John Carnell (3/-, 112pp+, digest, cover by J. Cawthorn)

p. 35 • Sad Giant’s Shield [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • novella

Science Fantasy [Volume 22, Number 64, April 1964] edited by John Carnell (3/-, 124pp+, digest)

p. 2 • Doomed Lord’s Passing [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • novella

Web of the Witch World [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel • [1st ed, Ace Books F-263, 1964] (¢40, 192 pp, pb, cover and interior artist Jack Gaughan)

Magazine of Horror [Volume 2 Number 3, June 1965] edited by Robert A. W. Lowndes (50¢, 132pp, digest s/s, cover by Fred Wolters)

p. 28 • “Skulls in the Stars” [Solomon Kane] • Robert E. Howard • short story • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 13 Number 1, January 1929]

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [Volume 29 Number 6, December 1965] edited by Edward L. Ferman (50¢, 132pp, digest, cover by Bert Tanner)

p. 108 • “The Overworld” [Cugel; Dying Earth] • Jack Vance • novelette

Three Against the Witch World [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel • [1st ed thus, Ace Books F-332, 1965] (¢40, 189 pp, pb, cover and interior artist Jack Gaughan)

Year of the Unicorn [Witch World] • Andre Norton • novel • [1st ed, Ace Books F-357, 1965] (¢40, 224 pp, pb, cover and interior artist Jack Gaughan)

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Additions of 10th March 2025:

 The Dark Man and Others • Robert E. Howard • collection • [1^st ed, Arkham House, 1963] ($5.00, 284 pp, hc)

p. 68 • “The Gods of Bal-Sagoth,” [Turlogh O’Brien] • novelette • first appeared in Weird Tales [Volume 18 Number 5, December 1931]

The Stealer of Souls and Other Stories [Elric] • Michael Moorcock • collection • [Neville Spearman, 1963] (15/-, 215 pp, hc, cover by Guy Nicholls)

• “The Dreaming City” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 16 Number 47, June 1961]

• “While the Gods Laugh” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 17 Number 49, October 1961]

• “The Stealer of Souls” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 17 Number 51, February 1962]

• “Kings in Darkness” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 18 Number 54, August 1962]

• “The Flame Bringers” [Elric] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 19 Number 55, October 1962]

Now Then! • John Brunner • collection • [Mayflower-Dell 6500, October 1965] (3/6, 143pp, pb, cover by Jeff Jacks)

p. 60 • “Imprint of Chaos” [Traveller in Black] • novelette • first appeared in Science Fantasy [Volume 14 Number 42, August 1960]