List of complete works by American fantasy fiction author

Glen Cook Glen Charles Cook (born July 9, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, known for ''The Black Company'' and '' Garrett P.I.'' fantasy series. Biography Cook was born in New York City.epic fantasy High fantasy, or epic fantasy, is a subgenre of fantasy defined by the epic nature of its setting or by the epic stature of its characters, themes, or plot.Brian Stableford, ''The A to Z of Fantasy Literature'', (p. 198), Scarecrow Press, ...

series features a band of mercenaries known as the Black Company. * Books of the North: # ''

The Black Company ''The Black Company'' is a series of dark fantasy books written by American author Glen Cook. The series combines elements of epic fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, the Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximat ...

'' (May 1984) # '' Shadows Linger'' (October 1984) # ''

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'' (April 1985) * Spin-off novels # ''Port of Shadows'' (September 2018). An

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set between ''The Black Company'' and ''Shadows Linger'' though it is intended to be read after ''Soldiers Live'' # '' The Silver Spike'' (September 1989). Takes place concurrently with ''Shadow Games'' *Books of the South: # '' Shadow Games'' (June 1989) # '' Dreams of Steel'' (April 1990) * Books of the Glittering Stone: # '' Bleak Seasons'' (April 1996) # '' She Is the Darkness'' (September 1997) # '' Water Sleeps'' (March 1999) # '' Soldiers Live'' (July 2000) * Not yet published: # ''A Pitiless Rain'' (TBA) *

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hardcover omnibus editions: # ''Annals of the Black Company'' (collects ''The Black Company'', ''Shadows Linger'', and ''The White Rose'') # ''The Black Company Goes South'' (collects ''The Silver Spike'', ''Shadow Games'', and ''Dreams of Steel'') # ''The Black Company: Glittering Stone I'' (collects ''Bleak Seasons'' and ''She Is the Darkness'') # ''The Black Company: Glittering Stone II'' (collects ''Water Sleeps'' and ''Soldiers Live'') * Tor Fiction softcover omnibus editions: # ''The Chronicles of The Black Company'' (collects ''The Black Company'', ''Shadows Linger'', and ''The White Rose'') (November 2007) # ''The Books of the South'' (collects ''Shadow Games'', ''Dreams of Steel'', and ''The Silver Spike'') (June 2008) # ''The Return of The Black Company'' (collects ''Bleak Seasons'', and ''She Is the Darkness'') (September 2009) # ''The Many Deaths of the Black Company'' (collects ''Water Sleeps'' and ''Soldiers Live'') (January 2010) * Short stories ** ''On The Long Run'' story arc **# "Shaggy Dog Bridge"—first appeared in ''Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy'' edited by

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, published by

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(2013); later reprinted in ''The Best of Glen Cook'' **# "Bone Eaters"—first appeared in ''Operation Arcana'' edited by John Joseph Adams, published by Baen (2015); later reprinted in ''The Best of Glen Cook'' **# "Chasing Midnight"—first appeared in ''The Best of Glen Cook: 18 Stories from the Author of The Black Company and The Dread Empire'', published by Night Shade Books (2019) **# "Cranky Bitch"—appeared in ''Songs of Valor'' edited by Chris Kennedy & Rob Howell, published by New Mythology Press (2021) **# "Leta of the Thousand Sorrows"—appeared in ''Keen Edge of Valor'', edited by Chris Kennedy & Rob Howell, published by New Mythology Press (2022) ** Pre-pub novel excerpts **# "Raker"—appeared in ''

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...

'' (August 1982). A trimmed and edited version of this story would become chapter 3 of 1984's ''The Black Company''. **# "Tides Elba"—appeared in ''Swords & Dark Magic'' edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders, published by Eos (2010). This became chapter 3 of 2018's ''Port of Shadows''. **# "Smelling Danger"—appeared in the Subterranean Press anthology, ''Tales of Dark Fantasy 2'', edited by William Schafer (2011). This became chapter 6 of ''Port of Shadows''. **# "Bone Candy"—appeared in ''Shattered Shields'' edited by

Jennifer Brozek Jennifer Brozek (born December 9, 1970) is an American freelance author, game design writer, editor, and small press publisher. Career Before becoming a full-time writer, Brozek was a software QA engineer working on a wide range of projects, inc ...

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Bryan Thomas Schmidt Bryan Thomas Schmidt (born February 13, 1969) is an American science fiction author and editor. He has edited (or co-edited) fifteen anthologies, a space opera trilogy, and an ongoing, near-future police procedural series set in Kansas City, Mi ...

, published by Baen (2014). This became chapter 9 of ''Port of Shadows''.

Garrett P.I.

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series features Garrett, a freelance

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in a world where magic works all too well, and where humans co-exist uneasily with numerous other intelligent species and halfbreeds. #'' Sweet Silver Blues'' (1987) #'' Bitter Gold Hearts'' (1988) #'' Cold Copper Tears'' (1988) #'' Old Tin Sorrows'' (1989) #'' Dread Brass Shadows'' (1990) #'' Red Iron Nights'' (1991) #'' Deadly Quicksilver Lies'' (1994) #'' Petty Pewter Gods'' (1995) #'' Faded Steel Heat'' (1999) #'' Angry Lead Skies'' (2002) #'' Whispering Nickel Idols'' (2005) #''

Cruel Zinc Melodies ''Cruel Zinc Melodies'' is a fantasy novel by American writer Glen Cook, the twelfth novel in his ongoing Garrett P.I. series. The series combines elements of mystery and fantasy as it follows the adventures of private investigator Garrett. Pl ...

'' (2008) #'' Gilded Latten Bones'' (2010) #'' Wicked Bronze Ambition'' (2013) *

omnibus editions: # ''The Garrett Files'' (collects ''Sweet Silver Blues'', ''Bitter Gold Hearts'', and ''Cold Copper Tears''; 2003) # ''Garrett, P.I.'' (collects ''Old Tin Sorrows'', ''Dread Brass Shadows'', and ''Red Iron Nights''; 2003) # ''Garrett Investigates'' (collects ''Deadly Quicksilver Lies'', ''Petty Pewter Gods'', and ''Faded Steel Heat''; 2004) # ''Garrett on the Case'' (collects'' Angry Lead Skies'', ''Whispering Nickel Idols''; 2005) *Roc Trade softcover omnibus editions: # ''Introducing Garrett, P.I.'' (collects ''Sweet Silver Blues'', ''Bitter Gold Hearts'', and ''Cold Copper Tears''; 2011) # ''Garrett Takes the Case'' (collects ''Old Tin Sorrows'', ''Dread Brass Shadows'', and ''Red Iron Nights''; 2012) # ''Garrett for Hire'' (collects ''Deadly Quicksilver Lies'', ''Petty Pewter Gods'', and ''Faded Steel Heat''; 2013) *Short Story # "Shadow Thieves"—appeared in ''Down These Strange Streets'' (2011)

Dread Empire

*Main Sequence *#'' A Shadow of All Night Falling'' (1979) *#'' October's Baby'' (1980) *#'' All Darkness Met'' (1980) *Prequels *#''The Fire in His Hands'' (1984) *#''With Mercy Toward None'' (1985) *Sequels *#''Reap the East Wind'' (1987) *#''An Ill Fate Marshalling'' (1988) *#''A Path to Coldness of Heart'' (2012) :::Replaces ''The Wrath of Kings'', whose manuscript was

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, and also encompasses plot from three more titles Cook had originally planned for the main sequence. Cook speaks extensively of this in the citation interview: *Omnibus volumes (reprinted by Night Shade Books): **''A Cruel Wind: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire'', an omnibus of the three main sequence novels (2006) **''A Fortress in Shadow: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire'', an omnibus of the two prequels (2007) **''An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire'', a collection of short fiction set in the Dread Empire (2008) **''Wrath of Kings: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire'', an omnibus of the three sequel novels (2018) * Short Stories ** "The Nights of Dreadful Silence"—appeared in ''

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'' (September 1973) ** "Ghost Stalk"—appeared in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (May 1978) ** "Castle of Tears"—appeared in '' Whispers'' (October 1979) ** "Call for the Dead"—appeared in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (July 1980) ** "Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat"—appeared in ''The Berkley Showcase'', Vol. 2 (August 1980) ** "Filed Teeth"—appeared in ''Dragons of Darkness'' (October 1981) ** "Severed Heads"—appeared in ''Sword and Sorceress 1'' (May 1984) **"Finding Svale’s Daughter"—previously unpublished, appeared in ''An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire'' (2008) **"Silverheels"—originally a standalone story which was later retrofitted into the Dread Empire series. Altered version appeared in ''An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire'' (2008) **"Hell’s Forge"—previously unpublished, appeared in ''An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire'' (2008)

Instrumentalities of the Night

Epic fantasy in a reinterpreted version of 13th century Europe and Western Asia. #''The Tyranny of the Night'' (2005) #''Lord of the Silent Kingdom'' (2007) #''Surrender to the Will of the Night'' (2010) #''Working God's Mischief'' (March 2014)

Starfishers

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submarine warfare. # ''Shadowline'' (1982) # ''Starfishers'' (1982) # ''Star's End'' (1982) * Related # ''Passage at Arms'' (1985) * Short stories # "And Dragons in the Sky"—appeared in ''Clarion II'' (June 1972). Later expanded and rewritten as the novel ''Starfishers.'' # "Sunrise"—appeared in ''

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'' (1973) # "In the Wind"—appeared in ''Tomorrow Today'' (1975) and ''Space Dogfights'' (1992) # "The Recruiter"—appeared in ''

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'' (March 1977) # "Quiet Sea"—appeared in ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (December 1978)

Darkwar

Marika, a ''meth'' pup growing up in a matriarchal tribal society, loses her mother and nearly all of her pack in an attack by nomads, driven southwards by a severe winter and led by a rogue male. She is taken in by the ''silth'', ''meth'' females who rule the world with their mental powers, because they have detected in her the talent to become a powerful ''silth'' herself. As she grows and develops, she proceeds to shake ''meth'' society to its very roots. #''Doomstalker'' (1985) #''Warlock'' (1985) #''Ceremony'' (1986) *Short story #"Darkwar"—appeared in ''

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'' (December 1982)

Standalone novels

*''The Swap Academy'' (1970) (written as "Greg Stevens") *''The Heirs of Babylon'' (1972) *''The Swordbearer'' (1982) *'' A Matter of Time'' (1985) *''The Dragon Never Sleeps'' (1988) *''The Tower of Fear'' (1989) *''Sung in Blood'' (1992)

Standalone short stories

*"Silverheels"—originally appeared in ''Witchcraft and Sorcery'' #6 (May 1971) a slightly altered version appeared in ''An Empire Unacquainted with Defeat: A Chronicle of the Dread Empire'' (2008) *"Song from a Forgotten Hill"—appeared in ''Clarion'' (June 1971) *"Appointment in Samarkand"—appeared in ''Witchcraft and Sorcery'' #7 (November 1972) *"The Devil's Tooth"—appeared in ''Literary Magazine of Fantasy and Terror'', Volume 1, #5 (1974) *"The Seventh Fool"—appeared in ''

'' (March 1978) *"Ponce"—appeared in ''Amazing Stories'' (November 1978) *"Enemy Territory"—appeared in ''Night Voyages'' #9 (Spring 1983) * "Winter's Dream"—appeared in ''The BSFAN—Balticon 31 Program Book'' (1997) * "The Good Magician"—appeared in '' Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance'' edited by

George R.R. Martin George Raymond Richard Martin (born George Raymond Martin; September 20, 1948), also known as GRRM, is an American novelist, screenwriter, television producer and short story writer. He is the author of the series of epic fantasy novels '' A So ...

Gardner Dozois Gardner Raymond Dozois ( ; July 23, 1947 – May 27, 2018) was an American science fiction author and editor. He was the founding editor of ''The Year's Best Science Fiction'' anthologies (1984–2018) and was editor of '' Asimov's Science Fictio ...

, Tor Books (2010)

Short story collections

*''Winter’s Dreams'' (2012) *''The Best of Glen Cook: 18 Stories from the Author of The Black Company and The Dread Empire'' (2019)

References

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