TOC: Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders
Lou Anders has posted the table of contents for Swords & Dark Magic: The New Sword and Sorcery, the anthology he co-edited with Jonathan Strahan, which will be available June 22, 2010 from Harper Eos:
- Introduction: Check Your Dark Lord at the Door by Lou Anders & Jonathan Strahan
- “Goats of Glory” by Steven Erikson
- “Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company” by Glen Cook
- “Bloodsport” by Gene Wolfe
- “The Singing Spear” by James Enge
- “A Wizard of Wiscezan” by C.J. Cherryh
- “A Rich Full Week” by K. J. Parker
- “A Suitable Present for a Sorcerous Puppet” by Garth Nix
- “Red Pearls: An Elric Story” by Michael Moorcock
- “The Deification of Dal Bamore” by Tim Lebbon
- “Dark Times at the Midnight Market” by Robert Silverberg
- “The Undefiled” by Greg Keyes
- “Hew the Tint Master” by Michael Shea
- “In the Stacks” by Scott Lynch
- “Two Lions, A Witch, and the War-Robe” by Tanith Lee
- “The Sea Troll’s Daughter” by Caitlin R Kiernan
- “Thieves of Daring” by Bill Willingham
- “The Fool Jobs” by Joe Abercrombie
The list of authors looks beautiful!
Agreed.
Lou Anders also points out that: “…these are all original stories, no reprints. Also, the Moorcock is a new Elric story, the Silverberg a new Majipoor, the Cook a new Black Company, the Enge a Morlock tale, the Keyes a Fool Wolf tale, the Abercrombie featuring characters from his next work…”