Fritz Leiber

Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr. (December 24, 1910-Sepember 5, 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)
• 1945
  • Destiny Times Three (Astounding Science Fiction, 2 parts: March - April 1945)
• 1947
  • Adept's Gambit (in Night's Black Agents)
• 1950
  • You're All Alone (Fantastic Adventures, July 1950)
• 1951
  • Dark Vengeance (Suspense, Fall 1951)
• 1952
  • I'm Looking For Jeff (Fantastic, Fall 1952)
• 1953
  • The Seven Black Priests (Other Worlds Science Stories, May 1953)
• 1957
  • Induction (in Two Sought Adventure)
• 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)
  • Space-Time for Springers (Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4, Nov 1958, edited by Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, #272K)
  • The Number of the Beast (Galaxy Magazine, December 1958)
• 1959
  • Pipe Dream (If, February 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)
• 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)
• 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 Big Time (translated by Vanna Lombardi as Il grande tempo, Galaxy (Italian edition), 4 parts: November 1961 - February 1962)
• 1962
  • The Unholy Grail (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, October 1962)
• 1963
  • The Cloud of Hate (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, May 1963)
  • Bazaar of the Bizarre (Fantastic Stories of Imagination, August 1963)
  • No Great Magic (Galaxy Magazine, December 1963)
• 1964
  • 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)
• 1965
  • Far Reach to Cygnus (Amazing Stories, February 1965)
  • Stardock (abridged by the author) (Fantastic, September 1965)
  • Knight's Move (?)
• 1967
  • Black Corridor (Galaxy Magazine, December 1967)
• 1968
  • Their Mistress, the Sea (in Swords in the Mist)
  • The Wrong Branch (in Swords in the Mist)
  • A Specter is Haunting Texas (Galaxy Magazine, 3 parts: July - September 1968)
  • The Two Best Thieves in Lankhmar (Fantastic, August 1968)
  • In the Witch's Tent (in Swords Against Wizardry)
• 1970
  • The Circle Curse (in Swords Against Death)
  • The Snow Women (Fantastic, April 1970)
  • Ill Met In Lankhmar (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1970)
• 1971
  • The Price of Pain-Ease (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1971)
  • The Sadness of the Executioner (Flashing Swords! 1, 1973, edited by Lin Carter)
  • Trapped in the Shadowland (Fantastic, November 1973)
  • The Bait (Whispers #2, December 1973)
• 1974
  • Beauty and the Beasts (The Book of Fritz Leiber, January 1974)
• 1975
  • Under the Thumbs of the Gods (Fantastic, April 1975)
  • Trapped in the Sea of Stars ('The Second Book of Fritz Leiber, September 1975)
• 1976
  • The Frost Monstreme (Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards, August 1976, edited by Lin Carter, Dell, #2579)
• 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)
  • Sea Magic (The Dragon Magazine, December 1977 - Issue #11)
• 1978
  • The Mer She (Heroes and Horrors, December 1978)
• 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)
• 1987
  • The Mouser Goes Below (excerpt) (Whispers #23-24, October 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)

Still a work in progress, but starting to take shape. Bear with me, I have only limited time to work on this.)

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
• 1997
  • The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich (Novella in the style of H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1936 and lost for decades)

Work in progress.