Flashing Swords! 5: Demons and Daggers
Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers is an American anthology of fantasy stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in December 1981 as a selection in its Science Fiction Book Club, and in paperback by Dell Books simultaneously.[1]
 Cover art from the first paperback edition. | |
| Editor | Lin Carter |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Ron Miller (hardcover) Richard Corben (paperback) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Flashing Swords! |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Publisher | Nelson Doubleday |
Publication date | 1981 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | viii, 184 |
| Preceded by | Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians |
The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), an informal literary group of fantasy authors active from the 1960s to the 1980s, of which Carter was also a member and guiding force, together with a general introduction and introductions to the individual stories by the editor.
Contents
- "Introduction: Where Magic Reigns" by Lin Carter
- "Tower of Ice" (Dilvish) by Roger Zelazny
- "A Thief in Korianth" by C. J. Cherryh
- "Parting Gifts" by Diane Duane
- "A Dealing with Demons" (Ebenezum) by Craig Shaw Gardner
- "The Dry Season" by Tanith Lee
Notes
- Flashing Swords! 5: Demons and Daggers title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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