New Worlds for Old Author:Lin Carter (Editor) New Worlds for Old is an anthology of fantasy short stories, edited by American writer Lin Carter. The thirty-fifth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series. It was the fourth such anthology assembled by Carter for the series. The book collects fifteen fantasy tales and poems by various authors, with an overall introd... more »uction and individual introductions to each piece by Carter. Lin Carter known pseudonyms include H. P. Lowcraft (for an H. P. Lovecraft parody) and Grail Undwin.
Contents:
Makers of Worlds (1971) • essay by Lin Carter
Zulkaïs and Kalilah (1909) / novella by William Beckford
Silence: A Fable [Tales of the Folio Club] (1838) / short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Siope-A Fable)
The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris (1879) / novelette by George MacDonald (variant of The History of Photogen and Nycteris: A Day and Night Mährchen)
The Sphinx (1894) • poem by Oscar Wilde
The Fall of Babbulkund (1907) / short story by Lord Dunsany
The Green Meadow (1918) / short story by Winifred V. Jackson and H. P. Lovecraft [as by H. P. Lovecraft and Elizabeth Berkeley]
The Feast in the House of the Worm (1970) / short story by Gary Myers (variant of The House of the Worm)
Zingazar (1971) / short story by Lin Carter
A Wine of Wizardry (1907) • poem by George Sterling
The Garden of Fear [James Allison] (1934) / novelette by Robert E. Howard
Jirel Meets Magic [Jirel of Joiry] (1935) / novelette by C. L. Moore
Duar the Accursed (1937) / novelette by Clifford Ball
The Hashish-Eater (1947) • poem by Clark Ashton Smith (variant of The Hashish-Eater: or, The Apocalypse of Evil 1922)
The Party at Lady Cusp-Canine's (1969) / short story by Mervyn Peake
The Sword of Power (Excerpt from Khymyrium) (1971) / short fiction by Lin Carter