An anthology containing from Ballantine Books containing THE VALLEY OF THE WORM. Cover painting by Sheryl Slavitt. 

Contents

• 1 • Diana’s Foresters • essay by Lin Carter
• 8 • Rapunzel • (1858) • poem by William Morris
• 22 • The Sword of Welleran • (1908) • short story by Lord Dunsany
• 39 • In Valhalla (excerpt) • (1926) • short fiction by E. R. Eddison
• 45 • The Way of Ecben • [Biography of the Life of Manuel • 4.2] • (1929) • novelette by James Branch Cabell (variant of The Way of Ecben: A Comedietta Involving a Gentleman 1928)
• 86 • The Quest of Iranon • [Dream Cycle] • (1935) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 96 • The Cats of Ulthar • [Dream Cycle] • (1920) • short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• 101 • The Maze of Maal Dweb • [Maal Dweb] • (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 121 • The Whelming of Oom • short story by Lin Carter
• 126 • Through the Dragon Glass • (1917) • short story by A. Merritt
• 144 • The Valley of the Worm • [James Allison] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 170 • Heldendämmerung • (1964) • poem by L. Sprague de Camp
• 172 • Cursed Be the City • [Prince Raynor] • (1939) • novelette by Henry Kuttner
• 202 • Ka the Appalling • [Pusadian] • (1958) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 203 • Turjan of Miir • [Dying Earth] • (1950) • short story by Jack Vance
• 249 • Narnian Suite • (1953) • poem by C. S. Lewis
• 254 • Once Upon a Time • (1965) • poem by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 257 • The Dragon’s Visit • (1937) • poem by J. R. R. Tolkien
• 263 • Azlon (from Khymyrium, a work in progress) • [Khymyrium] • short fiction by Lin Carter
• 276 • A Basic Reading List of Modern Heroic Fantasy • essay by Lin Carter

Notes

Edited by Lin Carter
A book in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy Series

First Printing: October, 1969; no number line
“Cover Painting: Sheryl Slavitt” on copyright page, no visible signature on the artwork
Printed in the US
ISBN derived from partial SBN on spine (345·01730·095)

There was a “second” printing of this in March 1971: “First United Kingdom Printing: March, 1971”.