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, 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)

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