New Treasures: Swords Against Darkness edited by Paula Guran
I’ve been anticipating Paula Guran’s monumental Swords Against Darkness anthology for over a year, ever since word started to leak out about the massive amount of research she was doing to make her selections (including reading every issue of Black Gate). The book was finally released this summer, but it wasn’t until last weekend that I was able to settle in with it. And so far, it’s been a delight. It’s divided into three sections: Forging and Shaping, covering the…