| The Fantastic Swordsmen | |
| Editor: | L. Sprague de Camp |
| Cover Artist: | Jack Gaughan |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher: | Pyramid Books |
| Release Date: | 1967 |
| Media Type: | Print (paperback) |
| Pages: | 204 |
| Preceded By: | The Spell of Seven |
| Followed By: | Warlocks and Warriors |
The Fantastic Swordsmen is a 1967 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in paperback by Pyramid Books.[1] It was the third such anthology assembled by de Camp, following his earlier Swords and Sorcery (1963) and The Spell of Seven (1965). It has also been translated into German.[1]
The book collects eight sword and sorcery tales by various authors, with an overall introduction by de Camp. Each story is accompanied by a map illustrating its setting (a feature repeated in the next volume in the anthology series, Warlocks and Warriors). Most of the maps are by cover artist Jack Gaughan, though the map of Moorcock's "Young Kingdoms" is by James Cawthorn.