Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! 7

{{Short description|2023 anthology edited by Robert Price}}

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| name = Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #7

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| image = Flashing Swords 7.jpg

| caption = Cover of first edition

| editor = Robert M. Price

| cover_artist = Regis Moulon

| country = United States

| language = English

| series = Flashing Swords!

| genre = Fantasy

| publisher = Ramble House

| release_date = 2023

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| media_type = Print (paperback), ebook

| pages = 200

| isbn = 9798399463155

| preceded_by = Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #6

| followed_by = Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #8

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Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #7 is an anthology of fantasy stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Robert M. Price. It was first published in trade paperback and ebook by Ramble House in June 2023.{{isfdb title|id=3210293}}[http://www.ramblehouse.com/FlashingSwords7.htm Lin Carter's Flashing Swords! #7] - title listing at Ramble House website.

Summary

The book collects eleven stories, ten original and one previously published, by nine authors, together with an introduction by Price; the Hinkle piece is a graphic novella.

Contents

  • "Introduction: Feasting in the Hall of Heroes" (Robert M. Price)
  • "For the Blood is the Life" (Lin Carter) (from Risque Stories no. 1, March 1984)
  • "Kothar and the Goddess in Amber" (Wayne Judge)
  • "Exiles from Valhalla" (Robert M. Price)
  • "Prey of the Sorcerer" (Charles Garofalo)
  • "A Tyranny in Poseidonis" (PIerre Comtois)
  • "The Priory of the Black Templars" (Glen M. Usher)
  • "The Cult of the Castrators" (Robert M. Price)
  • "The Valley of Krothero" (Glen M. Usher)
  • "Dawn of the Iconoclasts" (Glynn Owen Barrass)
  • "The Pirate, The Monster, and The Sea" (Clayton Hinkle)
  • "In the Company of Battered Women" (Mike Jansen)

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