This morning, Bleeding Cool ran the news that the foreword by Robert M Price, as partially seen in an Amazon.com preview, to the revival of the classic fantasy anthology, Lin Carter's Flashing Swords #6, had caused considerable concern by a number of the included authors.
It has come to my attention that in the introduction to the book Flashing Swords #6, Editor Robert M.
I have requested that my name and story be removed from the anthology, and I cannot recommend that anyone buy the book.
I apologize to anyone who may have already purchased the book at my earlier recommendation.
RETRACTION: Earlier today I recommended and spoke of how proud I was in seeing my first published Sword and Sorcery story in the returning anthology series, Flashing Swords.
I wrote and requested my name and story be removed from the book as well as the book that followed.
RETRACTION: It has come to my attention that in the introduction to the book FLASHING SWORDS.
I have requested that my name and story be removed from the anthology.
I apologize to anyone who may have already purchased the book at my earlier recommendation.
(I am not the only author who has expressed these concerns to Robert M. Price, but I will let those other authors speak for themselves.).
When Bob Price sent me the manuscript, I assumed that he had shared his introduction with the authors, given the controversial content!
I don't agree with much of anything in that introduction, but I also don't like to censor other viewpoints – so, on the assumption that all the authors were on board, I published the book.
Price, Carter's literary executor, sought to revive the series with Lin Carter's Flashing Swords #6, to be published in August