Swords Against Darkness is an anthology of fantasy stories, edited by Andrew J. Offutt, the first in a series of five anthologies of the same name.

It was first published in paperback by Zebra Books in February 1977, and reprinted by the same publisher in April 1990.

[1] The book collects nine short stories and novelettes by various fantasy authors, with a foreword by Offutt.

The anthology was reviewed by Lin Carter in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 4 (1978), and by Beatrice Gemignani in Science Fiction Review, Summer 1991.

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