Ill Met in Lankhmar

{{Short description|Novella by Fritz Leiber}}

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"Ill Met in Lankhmar" is a sword and sorcery novella by American writer Fritz Leiber, recounting the meeting and teaming-up of his adventurous duo, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser.

First published in 1970 in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, it is a prequel, as Leiber had by that time been chronicling the pair's adventures for thirty years. The story forms part four of the collection Swords and Deviltry.

It was awarded the 1970 Nebula Award for Best Novella[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Nebula1971.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423172143/http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Nebula1971.html |date=April 23, 2014 }} and the 1971 Hugo Award for Best Novella.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1971-hugo-awards/|title=1971 Hugo Awards|work=The Hugo Awards|access-date=7 December 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164616/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1971-hugo-awards/|archive-date=7 May 2011}}