Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser

Night Shade Books has announced the publication in April 15, 2010 of The Best of Fritz Leiber, a 400-page hardcover.

Here’s the blurb:

Fritz Leiber’s work bridges the gap between the pulp era of H. P. Lovecraft and the Paperback era of P. K. Dick, and arguably, is as influential as both these authors. From a historical context, Leiber in fact knew both of the authors, and his work can be seen as a bridge connecting the many different flavors of genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Edited by award-winning editors Jonathan Strahan and Charles Brown, this new collection of the grand master’s fiction covers all facets of his work, and features an Introduction by Neil Gaiman and an Afterword by Michael Chabon.

Its table of contents:

Fritz Leiber

Smoke Ghost
The Girl with the Hungry Eyes
Coming Attraction
A Pail of Air
A Deskful of Girls
Space Time for Springers
Bazaar of the Bizarre
Four Ghosts in Hamlet
Gonna Roll the Bones
The Inner Circles (aka The Winter Flies)
America the Beautiful
Ill Met in Lankhmar
Midnight by the Morphy Watch
Belsen Express
Catch That Zeppelin!
Horrible Imaginings
The Curse of the Smalls and the Stars

Neil Gaiman, who seems dedicated to promoting Leiber’s writings, does the introduction, just as he did for the Lankhmar series Audiobooks. Michael Chabon provides an afterword.