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Sword Against Darkness is an anthology series edited by Andrew Offutt featuring stories primarily in the heroic or sword & sorcery school of fantasy. They're sort of a follow up to Lin Carter's Flashing Swords anthologies, though I feel they have a more of a propensity to expose new voices in the genre. So far the instalments had been quite enjoyable, each with a solid table of contents, and this one looked to offer up the same level quality. I've reviewed each story individually in order of the
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A lot of anthology series lose momentum after a while but I didn't think this happened with the Swords Against Darkness series. This one is strong, and has a great Charles Saunders tale in it.
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