title: The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes
text: # The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes
  
  The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes is a collection of fantasy short stories by Sterling E. Lanier. The stories take the form of tall tales told in a bar or club, similar to the Jorkens stories of Lord Dunsany. It was first published in New York by Walker in 1971, and in London by Sidgwick & Jackson in 1977. The English edition includes an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. The collection was also published together with John Morressy's Frostworld and Dreamfire as the Sidgwick & Jackson double Science Fiction Special 35 in 1981. The stories originally appeared in issues of the Fantasy and Science Fiction between August, 1968 and July, 1970.
  
  ## Contents
  
  * "Introduction" (Arthur C. Clarke) (English edition and later American edition only)
  * "His Only Safari" (1970)
  * "The Kings of the Sea" (1968)
  * "His Coat So Gay" (1965)
  * "The Leftovers" (1969)
  * "A Feminine Jurisdiction" (1969)
  * "Fraternity Brother" (1969)
  * "Soldier Key" (1968)
  