The Curious Quests of Brigadier Ffellowes is a collection of fantasy short stories

Short Stories

Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...

 by Sterling E. Lanier

Sterling E. Lanier

Sterling Edmund Lanier was an American editor, science fiction author and sculptor who published as both Sterling Lanier and Sterling E. Lanier. He is perhaps known best as the editor who championed the publication of Frank Herbert’s bestselling novel Dune.-Life:Lanier was born in New York City...

. The stories take the form of tall tales told in a bar or club, similar to the Jorkens stories of Lord Dunsany. It was first published in 1986

1986 in literature

The year 1986 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-Events:*Michael Grade. Controller of BBC One, axes plans to televise Ian Curteis's The Falklands Play.-New books:*Kingsley Amis - The Old Devils...

 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,200 copies, all of which were signed by the author and artist. The last story is original to this collection. The other stories first appeared in the magazine Fantasy and Science Fiction.

Contents

• Introduction, by Donald M. Grant
  Donald M. Grant
  Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. is a fantasy and science fiction small press publisher in New Hampshire that was founded in 1964. It is notable for publishing fantasy and horror novels with lavish illustrations, most notably Stephen King's The Dark Tower series and the King/Peter Straub novel The...
  
  
• Fore/Thought/Word
• "Ghost of a Crown"
• "And the Voice of the Turtle..."
• "A Father’s Tale"
• "Commander in the Mist"
• "Thinking of the Unthinkable"
• "The Brigadier in Check — and Mate"

External links

• Brigadier Ffellowes movie adaptation