Swords Against Darkness

Swords Against Darkness is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Andrew J. Offutt, the first in a series of five anthologies of the same name. It was first published in paperback by Zebra Books in February 1977, and reprinted by the same publisher in April 1990.^[1]

Swords Against Darkness

Cover of Swords Against Darkness
Author	edited by Andrew J. Offutt
Cover artist	Frank Frazetta
Language	English
Series	Swords Against Darkness
Genre	Fantasy short stories
Publisher	Zebra Books
Publication date	1977
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	288 pp.
ISBN	0-89083-293-5
OCLC	3595933
Followed by	Swords Against Darkness II

Summary

The book collects nine short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with a foreword by Offutt.

Contents

• "Foreword" (Andrew J. Offutt)
• "Nekht Semerkeht" (Robert E. Howard and Andrew J. Offutt)
• "The Tale of Hauk" (Poul Anderson)
• "The Smile of Oisia" (George W. Proctor)
• "Pride of the Fleet" (Bruce Jones)
• "Straggler from Atlantis" (Manly Wade Wellman)
• "The Ring of Set" (Richard L. Tierney)
• "Largarut's Bane" (Raul Garcia Capella)
• "Dragons' Teeth" (David Drake)
• "The Sustenance of Hoak" (Ramsey Campbell)

Reception

The anthology was reviewed by Lin Carter in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 4 (1978), and by Beatrice Gemignani in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1991.^[1]