Table of Contents
Introduction Peter Bebergal vii
Key to Upper Level
1 How Sargoth Lay Siege to Zaremm Lin Carter 3
2 Tale of Hauk Poul Anderson 7
3 Jewels in the Forest Fritz Leiber 31
4 Empire of the Necromancers Clark Ashton Smith 71
5 Turjan of Miir Jack Vance 81
6 A Hero at the Gates Tanith Lee 99
7 Tower of the Elephant Robert E. Howard 115
Secret Chamber
8 Song of Swords Fred Saberhagen 145
Key to Lower Level
9 Dreaming City by Michael Moorcock 151
10 The Doom that Came to Sarnath H. P. Lovecraft 185
11 Tower of Darkness David Madison 193
12 Straggler from Atlantis Manly Wade Wellman 217
13 The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles Margaret St. Clair 245
14 Pit of Wings Ramsey Campbell 251
15 Black God's Kiss C. L. Moore 267
16 The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth Lord Dunsany 299
Key to Secret Passage
17 Sword of Dragonus Frank Brunner 319
Afterword Ann VanderMeer 327
Notes on the Stories 331
Appendix N: Inspirational and Educational Reading 335
Acknowledgements 337