A review by wmhenrymorris
Swords & Dark Magic by Michael Shea, C.J. Cherryh, Garth Nix, K.J. Parker, Michael Moorcock, Jonathan Strahan, Greg Keyes, Bill Willingham, Scott Lynch, Gene Wolfe, Caitlín R. Kiernan, James Enge, Steven Erikson, Robert Silverberg, Tanith Lee, Tim Lebbon, Glen Cook, Joe Abercrombie

Very solid anthology with no egregious groaners and some really fun stories and a lot of variety. Plus you get a Black Company and an Elric story. What keeps this from garnering four stars from me is that fact that several of the stories have weak endings. I guess that part of that may be that the stories tie in to rest of the author's oeuvre so you have a sense of what comes next (or what came before), but if you are unaware of those ties, some of the endings seem quite abrupt or premature or just lazy.

Highlight: There are a lot of good stories, but Scott Lynch's story is particularly cool and fun.