It was first published in paperback by Zebra Books in March 1978.

[1] The book collects thirteen short stories and novelettes, one poem and one essay by various fantasy authors, together with a foreword by Offutt.

The anthology was reviewed by Darrell Schweitzer in Science Fiction Review, July 1978, Mark Mansell in Science Fiction Review, November/December 1978, and Lin Carter in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 5 (1980).

[1] The book placed tenth in the 1979 Locus Poll Award for Best Anthology.

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