The Spell of Seven

The Spell of Seven

File:The Spell of Seven.jpg Cover of The Spell of Seven
Author	edited by L. Sprague de Camp
Illustrator	Virgil Finlay
Cover artist	Virgil Finlay
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy short stories
Publisher	Pyramid Books
Publication date	1965
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Pages	192 pp
Preceded by	Swords and Sorcery
Followed by	The Fantastic Swordsmen

The Spell of Seven is a 1965 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by L. Sprague de Camp and illustrated by Virgil Finlay. It was first published in paperback by Pyramid Books. It was the second such anthology assembled by de Camp, following his pioneering Swords and Sorcery (1963).

The book collects seven sword and sorcery tales by various authors, with an overall introduction by de Camp.

Contents

• "Introduction: Wizards and Warriors" (L. Sprague de Camp)
• "Bazaar of the Bizarre" (Fritz Leiber)
• "The Dark Eidolon" (Clark Ashton Smith)
• "The Hoard of the Gibbelins" (Lord Dunsany)
• "The Hungry Hercynian" (L. Sprague de Camp)
• "Kings in Darkness" (Michael Moorcock)
• "Mazirian the Magician" (Jack Vance)
• "Shadows in Zamboula" (Robert E. Howard)