''Unknown'' is an

anthology In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs or excerpts by different authors. In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...

of fantasy fiction short stories edited by

Stanley Schmidt Stanley Albert Schmidt (born March 7, 1944) is an American science fiction author and editor. Between 1978 and 2012 he served as editor of ''Analog Science Fiction and Fact'' magazine. Biography Schmidt was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and graduate ...

, the fifth of a number of anthologies drawing their contents from the classic magazine '' Unknown'' of the 1930s-1940s. It was first published in paperback by Baen Books in October 1988. The book collects nine tales by various authors, together with an introduction by the editor.

* "Introduction" (

) * " The Compleat Werewolf" ( Anthony Boucher (''Unknown Worlds'', Apr. 1942) * "The Coppersmith" ( Lester del Rey (''Unknown'', Sep. 1939) * "A God in a Garden" ( Theodore Sturgeon (''Unknown'', Oct. 1939) * "Even the Angels" ( Malcolm Jameson (''Unknown Fantasy Fiction'', Aug. 1941) * "Smoke Ghost" ( Fritz Leiber (''Unknown Worlds'', Oct. 1941) * " Nothing in the Rules" ( L. Sprague de Camp ((''Unknown'', Jul. 1939) * "A Good Knight's Work" (

Robert Bloch Robert Albert Bloch (; April 5, 1917September 23, 1994) was an American fiction writer, primarily of crime, psychological horror and fantasy, much of which has been dramatized for radio, cinema and television. He also wrote a relatively small ...

(''Unknown Worlds'', Oct. 1941) * "The Devil We Know" (

Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (April 7, 1915 – February 3, 1958) was an American author of science fiction, fantasy and horror. Early life Henry Kuttner was born in Los Angeles, California in 1915. Kuttner (1829–1903) and Amelia Bush (c. 1834–1911), the ...

(''Unknown Fantasy Fiction'', Aug. 1941) * "The Angelic Angleworm" ( Fredric Brown (''Unknown Worlds'', Feb. 1943)

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{{reflist 1988 books Fantasy anthologies Stanley Schmidt anthologies Works originally published in Unknown (magazine)

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