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Nightscapes: Tales of the Ominous and Magical

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Nightscapes: Tales of
the Ominous and Magical
Cover of Nightscapes: Tales of
the Ominous and Magical
AuthorDarrell Schweitzer
IllustratorJason Van Hollander
Cover artistJason Van Hollander
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy
PublisherWildside Press
Publication date
2000
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages220
ISBN978-1-58715-060-9
OCLC70136682

Nightscapes: Tales of the Ominous and Magical is a collection of dark fantasy short stories by American writer Darrell Schweitzer. It was first published in hardcover and trade paperback by Wildside Press in April 2000.[1]

Summary

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The collection consists of seventeen early works of the author, including one of his tales about the legendary madman Tom O'Bedlam. The pieces were originally published from 1973-1999 in various speculative fiction magazines and anthologies.

Contents

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  • "A Servant of Satan" (from Interzone no. 136, Oct. 1998)
  • "Adam" (from Cemetery Dance no. 24, Sum. 1996)
  • "The Liar's Mouth" (from Cemetery Dance no. 16, Sum. 1993)
  • "The Voice of Bel-Hemad" (from Fantasy Book v. 5, no. 3, Sep. 1986)
  • "Bitter Chivalry" (from Realms of Fantasy v. 5, no. 3, Feb. 1999)
  • "Caliban's Revenge" (from Weirdbook no. 13, May 1978)
  • "In the Evening of Dreams" (from Weirdbook no. 6, Jan. 1973)
  • "The Witch of the World's End" (from 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, 1995)
  • "On the Holy Mountain" (from Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine no. 25, Fall 1994)
  • "Smart Guy" (from Dante's Disciples, Feb. 1996)
  • "Return from Exile" (from Terra Incognita no. 3, Sum. 1998)
  • "Kvetchula" (from Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine no. 36, Sum. 1997)
  • "The Silence in Kandretiphon" (from Adventures in Sword & Sorcery no. 3, 1996)
  • "Running to Camelot" (from Marion Zimmer Bradley's Fantasy Magazine no. 40, Sum. 1998)
  • "Told by Moonlight" (from The Camelot Chronicles, Aug. 1992)
  • "The Epilogue of the Sword" (from Excalibur, May 1995)
  • "Time Enough for Lunacy" (from Weirdbook no. 25, Aut. 1990)

Reception

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The collection was reviewed by Chris Gilmore in Interzone no. 160, October 2000, Paul Di Filippo in Asimov's Science Fiction, February 2001, and Nick Gevers in Nova Express, Spring/Summer 2001.[1]

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