Here are links to the posts I've composed that focus on each story in the anthology, Swords and Dark Magic (edited by Jonathan Strahan and Lou Anders).
Post 1 Swords and Dark Magic: Setting Aside the Road Map and Risky Reading
Post 2 Swords and Dark Magic: Steve Erikson's "Goats of Glory" (Story rating: 4.5/5)
Post 3 Swords and Dark Magic: Glen Cook's "Tides Elba: A Tale of the Black Company" and Secondary World as Distraction (Story rating: 2.5/5)
Post 4 Swords and Dark Magic: Gene Wolfe's "Bloodsport" and Showing versus Telling and Narrative Pace (Story rating: 3/5)
Post 5 Swords and Dark Magic: James Enge's "The Singing Spear" and the Flatness and Roundess of Characters (Story rating: 4.5/5)
Post 6 Swords and Dark Magic: C.J. Cherryh's "A Wizard of Wiscezan" and the Narrative Capacities of Short Fiction (Story rating: 2/5)
Post 7 Swords and Dark Magic: K.J. Parker's "A Rich Full Week," and the Health Benefits of Reading Bad Fiction (Story rating: 4.5/5)

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