The Dark King

Overview:

• Title: The Dark King
• Author: C. J. Cherryh
• Year: 1977
• Type: Short Fiction

Notes:

First appearance in The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3 (1977) edited by Lin Carter. (Source: Acknowledgments section of The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh. Note that this acknowledgments says the copyright is 1982 by DAW and it's not clear if that's an error or if the story was revised as The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3 was published in November 1977.)

Editions/Publications:

• 1977. The Year's Best Fantasy Stories: 3 (1977, Lin Carter DAW, ISBN-10: 0879973382, $1.50, 237 pages, Paperback, Anthology)
• 1984. The John W. Campbell Awards, Volume 5 (January 1984, George R. R. Martin St. Martin's, ISBN-10: 0312942524, $7.95, 238 pages, Trade, Anthology)
• 1987. Glass and Amber (1987, C. J. Cherryh NESFA, ISBN-10: 091536834X, Hardcover, Collection)
• 2004. The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh (February 2004, C. J. Cherryh DAW Books, ISBN-10: 0756402174, $23.95, 642 pages, Hardcover, Collection)
• 2005. The Collected Short Fiction of C. J. Cherryh (February 2005, C. J. Cherryh DAW Books, ISBN-10: 0756402565, $15.95, 642 pages, Trade, Collection)

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