A collection selected by Lin Carter as the best fantasy stories, primarily from stories published in 1974.
Contents:
* "The Year in Fantasy" (Lin Carter)
* "The Jewel of Arwen" (Marion Zimmer Bradley)
* "The Sword Dyrnwyn" (Lloyd Alexander)
* "The Temple of Abomination" (Robert E. Howard)
* "The Double Tower" (Clark Ashton Smith and Lin Carter)
* "Trapped in the Shadowland" (Fritz Leiber)
* "Black Hawk of Valkarth" (Lin Carter)
* "Jewel Quest" (Hannes Bok)
* "The Emperor's Fan" (L. Sprague de Camp)
* "Falcon's Mate" (Pat McIntosh)
* "The City of Madness" (Charles R. Saunders)
* "The Seventeen Virgins" (Jack Vance)
* "The Year's Best Fantasy Books" (Lin Carter)

Covert art by George Barr.