Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! 8
Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #8 is an anthology of fantasy stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Robert M. Price. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by Cushing Publishing in December 2023.[1][2]
Summary
The book collects eleven stories by eight authors, together with an introduction by the editor; the Hinkle piece is a graphic novella. The stories feature sword and sorcery protagonists Thongor of Valkarth, Simon of Gitta, Duar the Accursed, Ki-Gor, White Lord of the Jungle, Kothar of the Magic Sword, Boscastle the Huguenot swordsman, Elak of Atlantis, Tara of the Twilight, Ansell of the Dreamlands, Varla of Valkarth, and Tonga of Lost Lemuria.[2] The Hinkle piece is a graphic novella.
Contents
- "Introduction: The Past Returns with a Vengeance" (Robert M. Price)
- "A Witch King is Born" (Michael A. Turton)
- "The Love of the Sea" (Lin Carter) (from Risque Stories no. 2, October 1984)
- "Thongor on Callisto" (Robert M. Price)
- "Manticora" (Glynn Owen Barrass)
- "Dark Continent" (Wayne Judge)
- "The Garden of Xylom Phom" (Glen M. Usher)
- "The Tomb of the Titan" (Robert M. Price)
- "Black Snow" (Pierre Comtois)
- "Demon's Lover" (Wayne Judge)
- "The City Without Name" (Glen M. Usher)
- "Gladiator Days" (Clayton Hinkle)
Notes
- ^ Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #8 - title listing on Amazon.com.
- ^ a b Robert M. Price - author listing at Cushing Publishing website.
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- Jandar of Callisto (1972)
- Black Legion of Callisto (1972)
- Sky Pirates of Callisto (1973)
- Mad Empress of Callisto (1975)
- Mind Wizards of Callisto (1975)
- Lankar of Callisto (1975)
- Ylana of Callisto (1977)
- Renegade of Callisto (1978)
- Under the Green Star (1972)
- When the Green Star Calls (1973)
- By the Light of the Green Star (1974)
- As the Green Star Rises (1975)
- In the Green Star's Glow (1976)
- The Flame of Iridar (1967)
- "The Martian El Dorado of Parker Wintley" (1976)
- The Valley Where Time Stood Still (1974)
- The City Outside the World (1977)
- Down to a Sunless Sea (1984)
- The Man Who Loved Mars (1973)
- The Nemesis of Evil (1975)
- Invisible Death (1975)
- The Volcano Ogre (1976)
- The Earth-Shaker (1982)
- Horror Wears Blue (1987)
- Journey to the Underground World (1979)
- Zanthodon (1980)
- Hurok of the Stone Age (1981)
- Darya of the Bronze Age (1981)
- Eric of Zanthodon (1982)
- The Wizard of Lemuria (1965/69)
- Thongor and the Dragon City (1966/70)
- Thongor Against the Gods (1967)
- Thongor in the City of Magicians (1968)
- Thongor at the End of Time (1968)
- Thongor Fights the Pirates of Tarakus (1970)
- Young Thongor (2012)
- The Sword of Thongor (Robert M. Price) (2016)
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- "Exile of Atlantis" (1967)
- King Kull (1967)
- The Warrior of World's End (1974)
- The Enchantress of World's End (1975)
- The Immortal of World's End (1976)
- The Barbarian of World's End (1977)
- The Pirate of World's End (1978)
- Giant of World's End (1969)
- Kesrick (1982)
- Dragonrouge (1984)
- Mandricardo (1987)
- Callipygia (1988)
- The Quest of Kadji (1971)
- The Wizard of Zao (1978)
- Kellory the Warlock (1984)
- Tara of the Twilight (1979)
- The Tired Tailor of Oz (2001)
- The Merry Mountaineer of Oz (2004)
- Beyond the Gates of Dream (1969)
- Lost Worlds (1980)
- The Xothic Legend Cycle: The Complete Mythos Fiction of Lin Carter (1997)
- Lin Carter's Simrana Cycle (2018)
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BAFS and Doubleday anthologies |
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Flashing Swords! |
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Year's Best Fantasy |
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Weird Tales |
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Other |
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- Tolkien: A Look Behind "The Lord of the Rings" (1969)
- Lovecraft: A Look Behind the "Cthulhu Mythos" (1972)
- Imaginary Worlds (1973)
- Sandalwood and Jade (1951)
- Galleon of Dream (1953)
- Letter to Judith (1959)
- Dreams from R'lyeh (1975)