The Mighty Swordsmen is a 1970 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in December 1970 and was a follow-up to the earlier Lancer anthology The Mighty Barbarians. Robert M. Price edited a later-day homage to both anthologies called The Mighty Warriors (2018).

It contains Howard’s BEYOND THE BLACK RIVER and a Conan pastiche by Björn Nyberg titled “The People of the Summit”. The latter story was also reprinted in Conan the Swordsman.

Contents

• 7 • Introduction (The Mighty Swordsmen) • essay by Hans Stefan Santesson
• 11 • Keeper of the Emerald Flame • [Thongor] • (1970) • novella by Lin Carter
• 65 • The Bells of Shoredan • [Dilvish] • (1966) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 86 • Break the Door of Hell • [Traveller in Black] • (1966) • novelette by John Brunner
• 133 • The People of the Summit • short story by Björn Nyberg
• 149 • The Flame Bringers • [The Elric Saga] • (1962) • novelette by Michael Moorcock
• 187 • Beyond the Black River • [Conan] • (1935) • novella by Robert E. Howard

Notes

Not dated.
Month of publication from William J. Denholm III’s Lancer Checklist (Megavore #10, 1980).
Cover artist’s signature is visible on the lower left of the back cover.
Printed in the US