Fritz Leiber

Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr (24 December 1910–5 September 1992) was a science-fiction, horror, and fantasy writer. Among his more notable creations are Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, of whose adventures there are seven books.

Works:

Stories:

In approximate order of publication:

• 1939
  • Two Sought Adventure (Unknown, August 1939)
• 1940
  • The Automatic Pistol (Weird Tales, May 1940)
  • The Bleak Shore (Unknown Fantasy Fiction, November 1940)
• 1941
  • The Howling Tower (Unknown Fantasy Fiction, June 1941)
  • They Never Come Back (Future Fiction, August 1941)
  • Smoke Ghost (Unknown Worlds, October 1941)
• 1942
  • The Power of the Puppets (Thrilling Mystery, January 1942)
  • The Phantom Slayer (Weird Tales, January 1942)
  • The Sunken Land (Unknown Worlds, February 1942)
  • The Hill and the Hole (Unknown Worlds, August 1942)
  • Spider Mansion (Weird Tales, September 1942)
  • The Hound (Weird Tales, November 1942)
• 1943
  • Thieves' House (Unknown Worlds, February 1943)
  • Conjure Wife (Unknown Worlds, April 1943)
  • Gather, Darkness! (Astounding Science Fiction, 3 parts: May - July 1943)
  • The Mutant's Brother (Astounding Science Fiction, August 1943)
  • To Make a Roman Holiday (Esquire, October 1943)
• 1944
  • Taboo (Astounding Science Fiction, February 1944)
  • Sanity (Astounding Science Fiction, April 1944)
  • Thought (Astounding Science Fiction, July 1944)
  • Business of Killing (Astounding Science Fiction, September 1944)
• 1945
  • Wanted - An Enemy (Astounding Science Fiction, February 1945)
  • Destiny Times Three (Astounding Science Fiction, 2 parts: March - April 1945)
  • The Dreams of Albert Moreland (The Acolyte, Spring 1945)
• 1946
  • Mr. Bauer and the Atoms (Weird Tales, January 1946)
  • Alice and the Allergy (Weird Tales, September 1946)
• 1947
  • Diary in the Snow (in Night's Black Agents)
  • The Man Who Never Grew Young (in Night's Black Agents)
  • Adept's Gambit (in Night's Black Agents)
• 1949
  • The Girl with the Hungry Eyes (in The Girl with the Hungry Eyes, and Other Stories, edited anonymously, Avon, #184)
  • In the X-Ray (Weird Tales, July 1949)
• 1950
  • Let Freedom Ring (Amazing Stories, April 1950)
  • The Black Ewe (Startling Stories, May 1950)
  • You're All Alone (Fantastic Adventures, July 1950)
  • Martians, Keep Out! (Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories, July/August 1950)
  • The Lion and the Lamb (Astounding Science Fiction, September 1950)
  • The Ship Sails at Midnight (Fantastic Adventures, September 1950)
  • The Enchanted Forest (Astounding Science Fiction, October 1950)
  • Later Than You Think (Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1950)
  • Coming Attraction (Galaxy Science Fiction, November 1950)
  • The Dead Man (Weird Tales, November 1950)
• 1951
  • Cry Witch! (10 Story Fantasy, Spring 1951, edited by Donald A. Wollheim)
  • Nice Girl with Five Husbands (Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1951)
  • Appointment in Tomorrow (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1951)
  • Dark Vengeance (Suspense, Fall 1951)
  • A Pail of Air (Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1951)
  • When the Last Gods Die (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1951)
• 1952
  • Dr. Kometevsky's Day (Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1952)
  • The Moon Is Green (Galaxy Science Fiction, April 1952)
  • The Foxholes of Mars (Thrilling Wonder Stories, June 1952)
  • Yesterday House (Galaxy Science Fiction, August 1952)
  • I'm Looking For "Jeff" (Fantastic, Fall 1952)
• 1953
  • The Big Holiday (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1953)
  • The Night He Cried (Star Science Fiction Stories, February 1953)
  • The Seven Black Priests (Other Worlds Science Stories, May 1953)
  • A Bad Day for Sales (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1953)
• 1954
  • The Silence Game (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1954)
  • The Mechanical Bride (Science Fiction Thinking Machines, edited by Groff Conklin, May 1954)
• 1957
  • Induction (in Two Sought Adventure, 1957)
  • Last (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1957)
  • Time Fighter (Fantastic Universe, March 1957)
  • Friends and Enemies (Infinity Science Fiction, April 1957)
  • Time in the Round (Galaxy Science Fiction, May 1957)
  • Femmequin 973 (Science Fiction Stories, July 1957)
  • The Big Trek (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1957)
  • What's He Doing in There? (Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1957)
• 1958
  • Bread Overhead (Galaxy Science Fiction, February 1958)
  • Try and Change the Past (Astounding Science Fiction, March 1958)
  • The Big Time (Galaxy Magazine, 2 parts: March - April 1958) Hugo award-winner
  • A Deskful of Girls (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1958)
  • Rump-Titty-Titty-Tum-TAH-Tee (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1958)
  • The Last Letter (Galaxy Science Fiction, June 1958)
  • Bullet With His Name (Galaxy Science Fiction, July 1958)
  • Space-Time for Springers (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4, November 1958, edited by Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, #272K)
  • Little Old Miss Macbeth (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1958)
  • The Number of the Beast (Galaxy Magazine, December 1958)
• 1959
  • The Silver Eggheads (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1959)
  • Pipe Dream (If, February 1959)
  • MS. Found in a Maelstrom (Short Stories for Men, April 1959)
  • Psychosis from Space (Satellite Science Fiction, April 1959)
  • The House of Mrs. Delgato (Rogue, May 1959)
  • Damnation Morning (Fantastic, August 1959)
  • Lean Times in Lankhmar (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, November 1959)
  • The Mind Spider (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, November 1959)
  • The Improper Authorities (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, November 1959)
  • Tranquility, Or Else! (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, November 1959)
  • Our Saucer Vacation (Fantastic Universe, December 1959)
• 1960
  • The Night of the Long Knives (Amazing Science Fiction Stories, January 1960)
  • Mariana (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, February 1960)
  • Schizo Jimmie (The Saint Detective Magazine, February 1960)
  • The Oldest Soldier (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1960)
  • When the Sea-King's Away... (Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, May 1960)
  • Rats of Limbo (The Saint Detective Magazine, August 1960)
  • Deadly Moon (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, November 1960)
• 1961
  • While Set Fled (Amra #15, 1961)
  • All the Weed in the World (Playboy, January 1961)
  • Scream Wolf (Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, February 1961)
  • Kreativity for Kats (Galaxy Magazine, April 1961)
  • Scylla's Daughter (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1961)
  • The Goggles of Dr. Dragonet (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, July 1961)
  • The Beat Cluster (Galaxy Magazine, October 1961)
  • Hatchery of Dreams (Fantastic Stories, October 1961)
  • The Big Time (translated by Vanna Lombardi as Il grande tempo, Galaxy (Italian edition), 4 parts: November 1961 - February 1962)
  • A Visitor from Back East (Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, December 1961)
• 1962
  • The Thirteenth Step (The Fiend in You, 1962, edited by Charles Beaumont)
  • The Big Engine (Galaxy Magazine, February 1962)
  • A Bit of the Dark World (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, February 1962)
  • The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1962)
  • The 64-Square Madhouse (If, May 1962)
  • The Secret Songs (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1962)
  • The Snowbank Orbit (If, September 1962)
  • The Unholy Grail (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, October 1962)
  • The Creature from Cleveland Depths (Galaxy Magazine, December 1962)
• 1963
  • The Spider (Rogue, January 1963)
  • Dr. Adams' Garden of Evil (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, February 1963)
  • Game for Motel Room (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1963)
  • X Marks the Pedwalk (Worlds of Tomorrow, April 1963)
  • The Casket-Demon (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, April 1963)
  • Kindergarten (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1963)
  • The Cloud of Hate (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1963)
  • Success (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1963)
  • Crimes Against Passion (Gamma 1, edited by Charles E. Fritch, July 1963)
  • A Hitch in Space (Worlds of Tomorrow, August 1963)
  • Bazaar of the Bizarre (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, August 1963)
  • 237 Talking Statues, Etc. (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, September 1963)
  • No Great Magic (Galaxy Magazine, December 1963)
• 1964
  • The Black Gondolier (Over the Edge, 1964, edited by August Derleth)
  • Lie Still, Snow White (Taboo, 1964, edited anonymously)
  • The Wanderer (1964, Ballantine, #U6010)
  • The Lords of Quarmall (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, 2 parts: January - February 1964) (with Harry Fischer)
  • Adept's Gambit (abridged by the author) (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1964)
  • When the Change-Winds Blow (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1964)
  • Be of Good Cheer (Galaxy Magazine, October 1964)
  • Midnight in the Mirror World (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, October 1964)
• 1965
  • Mirror (Fortune, ? 1965)
  • Knight's Move (?)
  • Four Ghosts in Hamlet (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1965)
  • Far Reach to Cygnus (Amazing Stories, February 1965)
  • Moon Duel (If, September 1965)
  • Stardock (abridged by the author) (Fantastic, September 1965)
  • Cyclops (Worlds of Tomorrow, September 1965)
  • The Good New Days (Galaxy Magazine, October 1965)
• 1966
  • To Arkham and the Stars (The Dark Brotherhood and Other Pieces, 1966, edited by August Derleth, Arkham House)
  • Sunk Without Trace (Worlds of Tomorrow, January 1966)
  • The Crystal Prison (Galaxy Magazine, April 1966)
• 1967
  • Gonna Roll the Bones (Dangerous Visions, October 1967, edited by Harlan Ellison, Doubleday)
  • The Winter Flies (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1967)
  • Answering Service (If, December 1967)
  • Black Corridor (Galaxy Magazine, December 1967)
• 1968
  • The Turned-off Heads (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, January 1968)
  • When Brahma Wakes (Fantastic, January 1968)
  • Crazy Annaoj (Galaxy Magazine, February 1968)
  • The Square Root of Brain (New Worlds, February 1968)
  • A Specter is Haunting Texas (Galaxy Magazine, 3 parts: July - September 1968)
  • The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar (Fantastic, August 1968)
  • One Station of the Way (Galaxy Magazine, December 1968)
  • Their Mistress, The Sea (in Swords in the Mist)
  • The Wrong Branch (in Swords in the Mist)
  • In the Witch's Tent (in Swords Against Wizardry)
• 1969
  • Richmond, Late September, 1849 (Fantastic, February 1969)
  • Endfray of the Ofay (If, March 1969)
  • Ship of Shadows (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1969)
  • When They Openly Walk (Galaxy Magazine, August 1969)
• 1970
  • The Circle Curse (in Swords Against Death)
  • America the Beautiful (The Year 2000, edited by Harry Harrison, Doubleday, March 1970)
  • The Snow Women (Fantastic, April 1970)
  • Ill Met in Lankhmar (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1970)
• 1971
  • Gold, Black, and Silver (Quark/2, edited by Marilyn Hacker and Samuel R. Delany, February 1971)
  • The Price of Pain-Ease (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1971)
• 1972
  • The Lotus Eaters (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1972)
  • Another Cask of Wine (Infinity Four, edited by Robert Hoskins, Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
  • Day Dark, Night Bright (Infinity Four, edited by Robert Hoskins, Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
  • The Bump (Infinity Four, edited by Robert Hoskins, Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
• 1973
  • The Sadness of the Executioner (Flashing Swords! 1, 1973, edited by Lin Carter)
  • Cat Three (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1973)
  • Trapped in the Shadowland (Fantastic, November 1973)
  • The Bait (Whispers #2, edited by Stuart David Schiff, December 1973)
• 1974
  • Waif (The Far Side of Time: Thirteen Original Stories, edited by Roger Elwood Dodd, Mead, 0-396-06857-X, 1974)
  • Cat's Cradle (The Book of Fritz Leiber, January 1974)
  • Beauty and the Beasts (The Book of Fritz Leiber, January 1974)
  • Midnight by the Morphy Watch (Worlds of If, July-August 1974)
  • Do You Know Dave Wenzel? (Fellowship of the Stars, edited by Terry Carr; Simon & Schuster, 0-671-21881-6, November 1974)
  • Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum (Universe 5, edited by Terry Carr, Random House, 0-394-48562-9, November 1974)
• 1975
  • Catch That Zeppelin! (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1975)
  • Under the Thumbs of the Gods (Fantastic, April 1975)
  • The Glove (Whispers #6-7, edited by Stuart David Schiff, June 1975)
  • Night Passage (Gnostica, July 1975)
  • Trapped in the Sea of Stars (The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, September 1975)
  • Belsen Express (The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, September 1975)
• 1976
  • Dark Wings (Superhorror, edited by Ramsey Campbell, W. H. Allen, 0-491-01876-2, 1976)
  • The Death of Princes (Amazing Science Fiction, June 1976)
  • The Frost Monstreme (Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards, August 1976, edited by Lin Carter, Dell, #2579)
  • The Eeriest Ruined Dawn World (The Ides of Tomorrow, edited by Terry Carr, Little, Brown, 0-316-12970-4, October 1976)
  • The Terror from the Depths (The Disciples of Cthulhu, edited by Edward P. Berglund, DAW Books, #UW1258, October 1976)
• 1977
  • A Rite of Spring (Universe 7, edited by Terry Carr, Doubleday, 0-385-11414-1, January 1977)
  • The Pale Brown Thing (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, 2 parts: January - February 1977)
  • Rime Isle (Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, 2 parts: May 1977 and July 1977)
  • The Princess in the Tower 250,000 Miles High (New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 7, edited by Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 0-06-013862-9, April 1977)
  • Sea Magic (The Dragon Magazine Issue #11, December 1977)
• 1978
  • Black Glass (Andromeda 3, edited by Peter Weston, Orbit, 0-7088-8032-0, 1978)
  • The Mer She (Heroes and Horrors, December 1978)
• 1979
  • The Man Who Was Married to Space and Time (Seacon '79 Programme Book, 1979)
  • The Button Molder (Whispers #13-14, edited by Stuart David Schiff, October 1979)
• 1980
  • The Repair People (?)
• 1981
  • The Great San Francisco Glacier (A Fantasy Reader, Seventh World Fantasy Convention, 1981)
• 1982
  • Horrible Imaginings (Death, edited by Stuart David Schiff, August 1982)
  • The Moon Porthole (Elsewhere, Vol. II, edited by Terri Windling and Mark Alan Arnold, November 1982)
• 1983
  • The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars (Heroic Visions, March 1983, edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson)
  • The Cat Hotel (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1983)
• 1984
  • The Ghost Light (The Ghost Light, edited by Fritz Leiber, April 1984)
  • Black Has Its Charms (Whispers #21-22, edited by Stuart David Schiff, December 1984)
• 1987
  • The Mouser Goes Below (excerpt) (Whispers #23-24, edited by Stuart David Schiff, September 1987)
• 1988
  • Slack Lankhmar Afternoon Featuring Hisvet (excerpt from The Mouser Goes Below) (Terry's Universe, June 1988, edited by Beth Meacham, Tor, 0-312-93058-5)
  • The Mouser Goes Below (The Knight and Knave of Swords, December 1978)
• 1990
  • Replacement for Wilmer: A Ghost Story (Philcon 1990 Program Book, 1990)
• 1992
  • Thrice the Brinded Cat (in Gummitch and Friends, 1992)

Posthumously published works

• 1996
  • The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich (Omni Online, February 1996) (Novella in the style of H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1936 and lost for decades)
• 1997
  • The Communicants (Fragment) (The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1997)
• 2002
  • The Enormous Bedroom (in Smoke Ghost & Other Apparitions, January 2002)
• 2004
  • Skinny's Wonderful (in Horrible Imaginings, 2004)

Books:

• 1943
  • Conjure Wife (originally appeared in Unknown Worlds, April 1943)
  • Gather, Darkness! (serialized in Astounding Science Fiction, May, June, and July 1943)
• 1945
  • Destiny Times Three (? 1945, Wildside Press, 1-4344-9868-9)
• 1950
  • Gather, Darkness! (1950, Pellegrini & Cudahy)
• 1953
  • The Sinful Ones (rewrite of You're All Alone, an abbreviated version of which appeared in 1950 Fantastic Adventures)
  • Conjure Wife, (Lion Books, #179)
  • The Green Millennium (1953, Abelard Press)
• 1957
  • Two Sought Adventure (Gnome Press), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
• 1961
  • The Big Time (expanded from the version serialized in Galaxy Science Fiction, March and April 1958), part of the Change War series
  • The Big Time / The Mind Spider and Other Stories (Ace Double, #D-491)
• 1962
  • The Silver Eggheads, (Jan 1962, Ballantine, #F561)
• 1964
  • The Wanderer (1964, Ballantine, #U6010)
• 1966
  • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (Apr 1966, Ballantine, #U6125) (novelisation of a screenplay by Clair Huffaker)
• 1968
  • Swords in the Mist (Ace, 0-441-79185-9), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
  • Swords Against Wizardry (Ace, #H-73), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
  • The Swords of Lankhmar (? 1968, Ace, #79222), Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser novel, including Scylla's Daughter (1961)
• 1969
  • A Specter is Haunting Texas
• 1970
  • Swords and Deviltry (? 1970, Ace, 0-441-79191-3), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
  • Swords Against Death (Ace, #79152), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
• 1974
  • The Book of Fritz Leiber, (DAW Books, #UQ1091, Jan 1974)
• 1975
  • The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW Books, #UY1195, September 1975)
• 1977
  • Our Lady of Darkness (Feb 1977, Berkley/Putnam, 0-399-11872-1) (expanded version of The Pale Brown Thing)
  • Rime Isle (Whispers Press, 0-918372-01-1), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
  • Swords and Ice Magic (? 1977, Ace, 0-441-79167-0), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
• 1978
  • Bazaar of the Bizarre, collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
  • The Change War (December 1978, Gregg Press, 0-8398-2493-9)
  • Heroes and Horrors (December 1978, Whispers Press, 0-918372-03-8)
• 1980
  • A rewritten version of The Sinful Ones
• 1983
  • Changewar (May 1983, Ace, 0-441-10259-X) (a different collection from The Change War)
• 1988
  • The Knight and Knave of Swords (December 1988, Fritz Leiber, William Morrow, 0-688-08530-X), final collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories

Work in progress.