Sword and Sorceress

Sword and Sorceress: An Anthology of Heroic Fantasy, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley, is the first in the 19-volume Sword and Sorceress anthology series. It included early publications from numerous writers who would go on to have illustrious SF careers.

Editions

• 1984: Daw Books, New York, NY. ISBN 0-88677-359-8

Contents

• "Introduction: The Heroic Image of Women: Woman as Wizard and Warrior" by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
• "The Garnet and the Glory" by Phyllis Ann Karr;
• "Severed Heads" by Glen Cook;
• "Taking Heart" by Stephen L. Burns;
• "The Rending Dark" by Emma Bull;
• "Gimmile's Songs" by Charles R. Saunders;
• "The Valley of the Troll" by Charles de Lint;
• "Imperatrix" by Deborah Wheeler;
• "Blood of Sorcery" by Jennifer Roberson;
• "With Four Lean Hounds" by Pat Murphy;
• "House in the Forest" by Anodea Judith;
• "Sword of Yraine" by Diana L. Paxson;
• "Daton and the Dead Things" by Michael Ward;
• "Gate of the Damned" by Janet Fox;
• "Child of Orcus" by Robin W. Bailey;
• "Things Come in Threes" by Dorothy J. Heydt.