Quote:SWORDS AGAINST DARKNESS sheds its steely light on wizards, knights, rogues, and even a vampire!
David C. Smith offers a gory tale of sorcery with a moral: before you make a wish, make sure you really want what you're asking for.
Manly Wade Wellman pits the last survivor of Atlantis against a very generous host who asks only one favor of his guests: a glass or two of their blood .
Tanith Lee weaves a "yarnlet" of good and evil with a magical, classical twist.
And a first for S.A.D. fans: A germane and witty article from Poul Anderson on the feats and foibles of heroic fantasy-what it can and can't do, and what it could be doing better.
PLUS eleven other original stories by such "mad" geniuses of the genre as Richard L. Tierney, Geo. W. Proctor, Ramsey Campbell and John DeCles that make VOLUME III the best one yet!

✔Foreword (Swords Against Darkness III) • essay by Andrew J. Offutt
✔The Pit of Wings • [Ryre] • short story by Ramsey Campbell
✔The Sword of Spartacus • [Simon of Gitta] • novelette by Richard L. Tierney
✔Servitude • (1976) • short story by Wayne Hooks
✔Descales' Skull • (1973) • short story by David C. Smith
✔In the Balance • short story by Tanith Lee
✔Tower of Darkness • [Marcus & Diana] • (1975) • novelette by David Madison
✔The Mantichore • short story by David Drake
✔Revenant • poem by Kathleen Resch
✔Rite of Kings • short story by Jon DeCles
✔The Mating Web • short story by Robert E. Vardeman
✔The Guest of Dzinganji • [Kardios] • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
✔The Hag • [Julian • 2] • short story by Darrell Schweitzer
✔A Kingdom Won • [Nalcon] • novelette by Geo. W. Proctor
✔Swordslinger • short story by M. A. Wahil
✔On Thud and Blunder • essay by Poul Anderson