Anthology of fantasy short stories edited by Peter Haining
The Barbarian Swordsmen
Cover of first edition
Editor
Sean Richards
Cover artist
Gino D'Achillle
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre
Fantasy
Publisher
Star Books
Publication date
1981
Media type
Print (paperback)
Pages
172
ISBN
978-0-352-30831-3
The Barbarian Swordsmen is an anthology of sword and sorcery stories edited by Peter Haining under the pseudonym of Sean Richards, cover-billed as "the original sword and sorcery adventures." It was first published in paperback by Star Books in 1981.[1]
The book collects eight novelettes and short stories by various early authors of sword and sorcery or pre-sword and sorcery, together with an introduction by the editor and a concluding letter from Robert E. Howard to H. P. Lovecraft of June 1934, recast as an essay.
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