| Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians | |
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Cover art from the first paperback edition |
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| Author(s) | Lin Carter (editor) |
| Cover artist | Gary Viskupic |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Flashing Swords! |
| Genre(s) | Fantasy short stories |
| Publisher | Nelson Doubleday |
| Publication date | 1977 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Preceded by | Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards |
| Followed by | Flashing Swords! #5: Demons and Daggers |
Flashing Swords! #4: Barbarians and Black Magicians is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Lin Carter. It was first published in hardcover by Nelson Doubleday in 1977 as a selection in its Science Fiction Book Club, and in paperback by Dell Books in November 1977.
The book collects five heroic fantasy novelettes by members of the Swordsmen and Sorcerers' Guild of America (SAGA), a somewhat informal literary group of fantasy authors active from the 1960s to the 1980s, of which Carter was also a member and guiding force, together with a general introduction and introductions to the individual stories by the editor.