title: Swords Against Darkness
text: # Swords Against Darkness
  
  Swords Against Darkness is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Andrew J. Offutt. It was first published in paperback by Zebra Books in February 1977.
  
  ## Summary
  
  The book collects nine short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with a foreword by Offutt. It is the first in a series of five anthologies by the same name.
  
  ## Contents
  
  * "Foreword" (Andrew J. Offutt)
  * "Nekht Semerkeht" (Robert E. Howard and Andrew J. Offutt)
  * "The Tale of Hauk" (Poul Anderson)
  * "The Smile of Oisia" (George W. Proctor)
  * "Pride of the Fleet" (Bruce Jones)
  * "Straggler from Atlantis" (Manly Wade Wellman)
  * "The Ring of Set" (Richard L. Tierney)
  * "Largarut's Bane" (Raul Garcia Capella)
  * "Dragons' Teeth" (David Drake)
  * "The Sustenance of Hoak" (Ramsey Campbell)
  