The Fortunes of Brak
{{Short description|1980 collection of short stories by John Jakes}}
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| name = The Fortunes of Brak
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| image = The Fortunes of Brak.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = John Jakes
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| cover_artist = George Bush
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Brak series
| genre = Fantasy
| published = 1980 (Dell Books)
| media_type = Print (paperback)
| pages = 255
| isbn = 0-440-12787-4
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| preceded_by = When the Idols Walked
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The Fortunes of Brak is a collection of fantasy short stories by American writer John Jakes featuring his sword and sorcery hero Brak the Barbarian. It includes all Brak stories not previously gathered into the earlier books in the series.
Publication history
File:Fantastic 196305.jpg in 1963]]
The individual pieces were originally published in various magazines and anthologies. The collection as a whole was first published in paperback by Dell Books in January 1980, and reprinted in 1985.{{ISFDB title|id=28665}} Its first two stories were later gathered together with Brak the Barbarian and The Mark of the Demons into the omnibus collection Brak the Barbarian / Mark of the Demons,[https://www.amazon.com/Brak-Barbarian-Mark-Demons-Jakes-ebook/dp/B008LPB4I8 Brak the Barbarian / Mark of the Demons ebook, 2012] while its last two stories were combined with Witch of the Four Winds and When the Idols Walked into the omnibus collection Witch of the Four Winds / When the Idols Walked, both published as ebooks by Open Road Integrated Media in July 2012.[https://www.amazon.com/Witch-Four-Winds-Idols-Walked-ebook/dp/B008LPB3ZM Witch of the Four Winds / When the Idols Walked ebook, 2012] The third story was left out of both omnibuses.
Contents
- "Devils in the Walls" (from Fantastic Stories of Imagination v. 12, no. 5, May 1963, which featured the story in its title illustration)
- "Ghoul's Garden" (from Flashing Swords! #2, Sep. 1973)
- "The Girl in the Gem" (from Fantastic Stories of Imagination v. 14, no. 1, Jan. 1965, which featured the story in its title illustration)
- "Brak in Chains" (originally "Storm in a Bottle," from Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians, Spring 1977)
- "The Mirror of Wizardry" (from Worlds of Fantasy v. 1, no. 1, Sep. 1968)
Notes
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Category:1980 short story collections
Category:Fantasy short story collections
Category:American short story collections
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