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'''Fritz Reuter Leiber Jr.'''  (December 24, 1910-Sepember 5, 1992) was a [[Science fiction|science-fiction]], horror and fantasy writer. Among his more notable creations are [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]], of whose adventures there are seven books.
'''Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr'''  (24 December 1910–5 September 1992) was a [[Science fiction|science-fiction]], horror, and fantasy writer. Among his more notable creations are [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]], of whose adventures there are seven books.


== Works: ==
== Works: ==
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* 1959
* 1959
** ''The Silver Eggheads'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', January 1959)
** ''The Silver Eggheads'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', January 1959)
** ''Pipe Dream'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine|If]]'', February 1959)
** ''Pipe Dream'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine)|If]]'', February 1959)
** ''MS. Found in a Maelstrom'' (''[[Short Stories for Men]]'', April 1959)
** ''MS. Found in a Maelstrom'' (''[[Short Stories for Men]]'', April 1959)
** ''Psychosis from Space'' (''[[Satellite Science Fiction]]'', April 1959)
** ''Psychosis from Space'' (''[[Satellite Science Fiction]]'', April 1959)
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** ''A Bit of the Dark World'' (''[[Fantastic Stories of Imagination]]'', February 1962)
** ''A Bit of the Dark World'' (''[[Fantastic Stories of Imagination]]'', February 1962)
** ''The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', March 1962)
** ''The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', March 1962)
** ''The 64-Square Madhouse'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine|If]]'', May 1962)
** ''The 64-Square Madhouse'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine)|If]]'', May 1962)
** ''The Secret Songs'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', August 1962)
** ''The Secret Songs'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', August 1962)
** ''The Snowbank Orbit'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine|If]]'', September 1962)
** ''The Snowbank Orbit'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine)|If]]'', September 1962)
** ''[[The Unholy Grail]]'' (''[[Fantastic Stories of Imagination]]'', October 1962)
** ''[[The Unholy Grail]]'' (''[[Fantastic Stories of Imagination]]'', October 1962)
** ''The Creature from Cleveland Depths'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1962)
** ''The Creature from Cleveland Depths'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1962)
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** ''Four Ghosts in Hamlet'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', January 1965)
** ''Four Ghosts in Hamlet'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', January 1965)
** ''Far Reach to Cygnus'' (''[[Amazing Stories]]'', February 1965)
** ''Far Reach to Cygnus'' (''[[Amazing Stories]]'', February 1965)
** ''Moon Duel'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine|If]]'', September 1965)
** ''Moon Duel'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine)|If]]'', September 1965)
** ''[[Stardock]]'' (abridged by the author) (''[[Fantastic (Fantasy Fiction Magazine)|Fantastic]]'', September 1965)
** ''[[Stardock]]'' (abridged by the author) (''[[Fantastic (Fantasy Fiction Magazine)|Fantastic]]'', September 1965)
** ''Cyclops'' (''[[Worlds of Tomorrow]]'', September 1965)
** ''Cyclops'' (''[[Worlds of Tomorrow]]'', September 1965)
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** ''Gonna Roll the Bones'' ([[Dangerous Visions]], October 1967, edited by [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Doubleday]])
** ''Gonna Roll the Bones'' ([[Dangerous Visions]], October 1967, edited by [[Harlan Ellison]], [[Doubleday]])
** ''The Winter Flies'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', October 1967)
** ''The Winter Flies'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', October 1967)
** ''Answering Service'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine|If]]'', December 1967)
** ''Answering Service'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine)|If]]'', December 1967)
** ''Black Corridor'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1967)
** ''Black Corridor'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', December 1967)
* 1968
* 1968
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* 1969
* 1969
** ''Richmond, Late September, 1849'' (''[[Fantastic (Fantasy Fiction Magazine)|Fantastic]]'', February 1969)
** ''Richmond, Late September, 1849'' (''[[Fantastic (Fantasy Fiction Magazine)|Fantastic]]'', February 1969)
** ''Endfray of the Ofay'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine|If]]'', March 1969)
** ''Endfray of the Ofay'' (''[[If (Science Fiction Magazine)|If]]'', March 1969)
** ''Ship of Shadows'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', July 1969)
** ''Ship of Shadows'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', July 1969)
** ''When They Openly Walk'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', August 1969)
** ''When They Openly Walk'' (''[[Galaxy Magazine]]'', August 1969)
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** ''[[Ill Met in Lankhmar]]'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', April 1970)
** ''[[Ill Met in Lankhmar]]'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', April 1970)
* 1971
* 1971
** ''Gold, Black, and Silver'' (''[[Quark (Science Fiction Anthology)|Quark/2]], edited by [[Marilyn Hacker]] and [[Samuel R. Delany]], February 1971)
** ''Gold, Black, and Silver'' (''[[Quark (Science Fiction Anthology)|Quark/2]]'', edited by [[Marilyn Hacker]] and [[Samuel R. Delany]], February 1971)
** ''[[The Price of Pain-Ease]]'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', November 1971)
** ''[[The Price of Pain-Ease]]'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', November 1971)
* 1972
* 1972
** ''The Lotus Eaters'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', October 1972)
** ''The Lotus Eaters'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', October 1972)
** ''Another Cask of Wine'' (''[[Infinity (Science Fiction Anthology)|Infinity Four]], edited by [[Robert Hoskins]], Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
** ''Another Cask of Wine'' (''[[Infinity (Science Fiction Anthology)|Infinity Four]]'', edited by [[Robert Hoskins]], Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
** ''Day Dark, Night Bright'' (''[[Infinity (Science Fiction Anthology)|Infinity Four]], edited by [[Robert Hoskins]], Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
** ''Day Dark, Night Bright'' (''[[Infinity (Science Fiction Anthology)|Infinity Four]]'', edited by [[Robert Hoskins]], Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
** ''The Bump'' (''[[Infinity (Science Fiction Anthology)|Infinity Four]], edited by [[Robert Hoskins]], Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
** ''The Bump'' (''[[Infinity (Science Fiction Anthology)|Infinity Four]]'', edited by [[Robert Hoskins]], Lancer, #447-75397-095, November 1972)
* 1973
* 1973
** ''[[The Sadness of the Executioner]]'' (''[[Flashing Swords!|Flashing Swords! 1]]'', 1973, edited by [[Lin Carter]])
** ''[[The Sadness of the Executioner]]'' (''[[Flashing Swords!|Flashing Swords! 1]]'', 1973, edited by [[Lin Carter]])
** ''Cat Three'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', October 1973)
** ''Cat Three'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', October 1973)
** ''[[Trapped in the Shadowland]]'' (''[[Fantastic (Fantasy Fiction Magazine)|Fantastic]]'', November 1973)
** ''[[Trapped in the Shadowland]]'' (''[[Fantastic (Fantasy Fiction Magazine)|Fantastic]]'', November 1973)
** ''[[The Bait]]'' (''[[Whispers (Fantasy Fiction Anthology)|Whispers #2]]'', December 1973)
** ''[[The Bait]]'' (''[[Whispers (Fantasy Fiction Anthology)|Whispers #2]]'', edited by [[Stuart David Schiff]], December 1973)
* 1974
* 1974
** ''Waif'' (''[[The Far Side of Time: Thirteen Original Stories]]'', edited by [[Roger Elwood]] Dodd, Mead, 0-396-06857-X'', 1974)
** ''Cat's Cradle'' (''[[The Book of Fritz Leiber]]'', January 1974)
** ''[[Beauty and the Beasts]]'' (''[[The Book of Fritz Leiber]]'', January 1974)
** ''[[Beauty and the Beasts]]'' (''[[The Book of Fritz Leiber]]'', January 1974)
** ''Midnight by the Morphy Watch'' (''[[Worlds of If]]'', July-August 1974)
** ''Do You Know Dave Wenzel?'' (''[[Fellowship of the Stars]]'', edited by [[Terry Carr]]; Simon & Schuster, 0-671-21881-6, November 1974)
** ''Mysterious Doings in the Metropolitan Museum'' (''[[Universe (Science Fiction Anthology)|Universe 5]]'', edited by [[Terry Carr]],  Random House, 0-394-48562-9, November 1974)
* 1975
* 1975
** ''Catch That Zeppelin!'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', March 1975)
** ''[[Under the Thumbs of the Gods]]'' (''[[Fantastic (Fantasy Fiction Magazine)|Fantastic]]'', April 1975)
** ''[[Under the Thumbs of the Gods]]'' (''[[Fantastic (Fantasy Fiction Magazine)|Fantastic]]'', April 1975)
** ''The Glove'' (''[[Whispers (Fantasy Fiction Anthology)|Whispers #6-7]]'', edited by [[Stuart David Schiff]], June 1975)
** ''Night Passage'' (''[[Gnostica]]'', July 1975)
** ''[[Trapped in the Sea of Stars]]'' (''[[The Second Book of Fritz Leiber]]'', September 1975)
** ''[[Trapped in the Sea of Stars]]'' (''[[The Second Book of Fritz Leiber]]'', September 1975)
** ''Belsen Express'' (''[[The Second Book of Fritz Leiber]]'', September 1975)
* 1976
* 1976
** ''Dark Wings'' (''[[Superhorror]]'', edited by [[Ramsey Campbell]], W. H. Allen, 0-491-01876-2, 1976)
** ''The Death of Princes'' (''[[Amazing Science Fiction]]'', June 1976)
** ''[[The Frost Monstreme]]'' (''[[Flashing Swords!|Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards]]'', August 1976, edited by [[Lin Carter]], Dell, #2579)
** ''[[The Frost Monstreme]]'' (''[[Flashing Swords!|Flashing Swords! #3: Warriors and Wizards]]'', August 1976, edited by [[Lin Carter]], Dell, #2579)
** ''The Eeriest Ruined Dawn World'' (''[[The Ides of Tomorrow]]'', edited by [[Terry Carr]], Little, Brown, 0-316-12970-4, October 1976)
** ''The Terror from the Depths'' (''[[The Disciples of Cthulhu]]'', edited by [[Edward P. Berglund]], DAW Books, #UW1258, October 1976)
* 1977
* 1977
** ''A Rite of Spring'' (''[[Universe (Science Fiction Anthology)|Universe 7]]'', edited by [[Terry Carr]], Doubleday, 0-385-11414-1, January 1977)
** ''The Pale Brown Thing'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', 2 parts: January - February 1977)
** ''The Pale Brown Thing'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', 2 parts: January - February 1977)
** ''[[Rime Isle]]'' (''[[Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine]]'', 2 parts: May 1977 and July 1977)
** ''[[Rime Isle]]'' (''[[Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine]]'', 2 parts: May 1977 and July 1977)
** ''[[Sea Magic]]'' (''[[The Dragon Magazine]]'', December 1977 - Issue #11)
** ''The Princess in the Tower 250,000 Miles High'' (''[[New Dimensions Science Fiction|New Dimensions Science Fiction Number 7]]'', edited by [[Robert Silverberg]], Harper & Row, 0-06-013862-9, April 1977)
** ''[[Sea Magic]]'' (''[[The Dragon Magazine]]'' Issue #11, December 1977)
* 1978
* 1978
** ''Black Glass'' (''[[Andromeda (Science Fiction Anthology)|Andromeda 3]]'', edited by [[Peter Weston]],  Orbit, 0-7088-8032-0, 1978)
** ''[[The Mer She]]'' (''Heroes and Horrors'', December 1978)
** ''[[The Mer She]]'' (''Heroes and Horrors'', December 1978)
* 1979
** ''The Man Who Was Married to Space and Time'' (''[[Seacon|Seacon '79 Programme Book]]'', 1979)
** ''The Button Molder'' (''[[Whispers (Fantasy Fiction Anthology)|Whispers #13-14]]'', edited by [[Stuart David Schiff]], October 1979)
* 1980
** ''The Repair People'' (?)
* 1981
** ''The Great San Francisco Glacier'' (''A Fantasy Reader'', [[World Fantasy Convention|Seventh World Fantasy Convention]]'', 1981)
* 1982
** ''Horrible Imaginings'' (''[[Death (Horror Anthology)|Death]]'', edited by [[Stuart David Schiff]], August 1982)
** ''The Moon Porthole'' (''[[Elsewhere (Fantasy Fiction Anthology)|Elsewhere, Vol. II]]'', edited by [[Terri Windling]] and [[Mark Alan Arnold]], November 1982)
* 1983
* 1983
** ''[[The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars]]'' (''Heroic Visions'', March 1983, edited by [[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]])
** ''[[The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars]]'' (''Heroic Visions'', March 1983, edited by [[Jessica Amanda Salmonson]])
** ''The Cat Hotel'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', October 1983)
** ''The Cat Hotel'' (''[[The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction]]'', October 1983)
* 1984
** ''The Ghost Light'' (''[[The Ghost Light]]'', edited by [[Fritz Leiber]], April 1984)
** ''Black Has Its Charms'' (''[[Whispers (Fantasy Fiction Anthology)|Whispers #21-22]]'', edited by [[Stuart David Schiff]], December 1984)
* 1987
* 1987
** ''[[The Mouser Goes Below]]'' (excerpt) (''[[Whispers (Fantasy Fiction Anthology)|Whispers #23-24]], October 1987)
** ''[[The Mouser Goes Below]]'' (excerpt) (''[[Whispers (Fantasy Fiction Anthology)|Whispers #23-24]], edited by [[Stuart David Schiff]], September 1987)
* 1988
* 1988
** ''[[Slack Lankhmar Afternoon Featuring Hisvet]]'' (excerpt from ''The Mouser Goes Below'') (''Terry's Universe'', June 1988, edited by [[Beth Meacham]], Tor, 0-312-93058-5)
** ''[[Slack Lankhmar Afternoon Featuring Hisvet]]'' (excerpt from ''The Mouser Goes Below'') (''Terry's Universe'', June 1988, edited by [[Beth Meacham]], Tor, 0-312-93058-5)
** ''[[The Mouser Goes Below]]'' (''The Knight and Knave of Swords'', December 1978)
** ''[[The Mouser Goes Below]]'' (''The Knight and Knave of Swords'', December 1978)
* 1990
** ''Replacement for Wilmer: A Ghost Story'' (''[[Philcon (Science Fiction Convention)|Philcon 1990 Program Book]]'', 1990)
* 1992
** ''Thrice the Brinded Cat'' (in ''[[Gummitch and Friends]]'', 1992)
== Posthumously published works ==
* 1996
** ''The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich'' (''[[Omni|Omni Online]]'', February 1996) (Novella in the style of [[H. P. Lovecraft]], written in 1936 and lost for decades)
* 1997
** ''The Communicants'' (Fragment) (''[[The New York Review of Science Fiction]]'', November 1997)
* 2002
** ''The Enormous Bedroom'' (''in [[Smoke Ghost & Other Apparitions]]'', January 2002)
* 2004
** ''Skinny's Wonderful'' (''in [[Horrible Imaginings]]'', 2004)


Still a work in progress, but starting to take shape. Bear with me, I have only limited time to work on this.)


=== Books: ===
=== Books: ===
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* 1988
* 1988
** ''The Knight and Knave of Swords'' (December 1988, Fritz Leiber, William Morrow, 0-688-08530-X), final collection of [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]] stories
** ''The Knight and Knave of Swords'' (December 1988, Fritz Leiber, William Morrow, 0-688-08530-X), final collection of [[Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser]] stories
* 1997
** ''The Dealings of Daniel Kesserich'' (Novella in the style of [[H. P. Lovecraft]], written in 1936 and lost for decades)


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Work in progress.

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Fritz Reuter Leiber, Jr (24 December 1910–5 September 1992) was a science-fiction, horror, and fantasy writer. Among his more notable creations are Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, of whose adventures there are seven books.

Works:

Stories:

In approximate order of publication:


Posthumously published works


Books:

  • 1943
  • 1945
    • Destiny Times Three (? 1945, Wildside Press, 1-4344-9868-9)
  • 1950
    • Gather, Darkness! (1950, Pellegrini & Cudahy)
  • 1953
    • The Sinful Ones (rewrite of You're All Alone, an abbreviated version of which appeared in 1950 Fantastic Adventures)
    • Conjure Wife, (Lion Books, #179)
    • The Green Millennium (1953, Abelard Press)
  • 1957
  • 1961
  • 1962
    • The Silver Eggheads, (Jan 1962, Ballantine, #F561)
  • 1964
    • The Wanderer (1964, Ballantine, #U6010)
  • 1966
    • Tarzan and the Valley of Gold (Apr 1966, Ballantine, #U6125) (novelisation of a screenplay by Clair Huffaker)
  • 1968
  • 1969
    • A Specter is Haunting Texas
  • 1970
  • 1974
    • The Book of Fritz Leiber, (DAW Books, #UQ1091, Jan 1974)
  • 1975
    • The Second Book of Fritz Leiber (DAW Books, #UY1195, September 1975)
  • 1977
    • Our Lady of Darkness (Feb 1977, Berkley/Putnam, 0-399-11872-1) (expanded version of The Pale Brown Thing)
    • Rime Isle (Whispers Press, 0-918372-01-1), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
    • Swords and Ice Magic (? 1977, Ace, 0-441-79167-0), collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
  • 1978
    • Bazaar of the Bizarre, collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories
    • The Change War (December 1978, Gregg Press, 0-8398-2493-9)
    • Heroes and Horrors (December 1978, Whispers Press, 0-918372-03-8)
  • 1980
    • A rewritten version of The Sinful Ones
  • 1983
    • Changewar (May 1983, Ace, 0-441-10259-X) (a different collection from The Change War)
  • 1988
    • The Knight and Knave of Swords (December 1988, Fritz Leiber, William Morrow, 0-688-08530-X), final collection of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories

Work in progress.