Isaac Asimov’s Magical
Worlds of Fantasy (9 Vols.): Wizards; Witches; Cosmic Knights; Spells; Giants;
Mythical Beasties; Magical Wishes; Devils; Atlantis
Lin Carter Presents the
Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 6
The Year’s Finest Fantasy;
The Year’s Finest Fantasy Vol. 2 … Terry Carr
Don’t Open This Book! … Marvin Kaye (ed.)
Wandering Stars … Jack Dann
(ed.)
Unicorns! … Jack Dann &
Gardner Dozois
Sorcerers! … Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois
Wizards and Warriors:
Flashing Swords #3 … Lin Carter (ed.)
Alchemy and Academe … Anne McCaffrey
In one of these anthologies was a short story, by Lin Carter I believe (or possibly L. Sprague de Camp), in which two sorcerers exchange letters. I cannot remember the title of the story either, or which anthology it was (I lean toward one of the Carters, or Carrs, or even the McCaffrey). Anyway, it was the inspiration for an effort between John and me to write a series of short stories in the form of letters between two wizards, John Craft and Scramasax. A few of these tales survive.
I found the short story, just today, Feb. 17, 2023. It was in "Lin Carter Presents the Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 6" and was titled 'Cryptically Yours' and was by Brian Lumley. Located it purely by chance while looking at another blog.
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