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Charles R. Saunders

Dr. Saunders.was kind enough to send me his bibliography, then updated to February 1979, if I recall correctly. This current listing has been updated by Morgan Holmes, Dale Ripke and myself.

 

Fiction

 

Agbewe’s Sword [Dossouye of the Brown Spider Clan]

            Amazons!, DAW, 1979

                        Edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

 

Amma [non-series Nyumbani]

            Beyond the Fields We Know, Fall 1978

            The Year’s Best Horror Stories VII, DAW, 1978

                        Edited by Gerald W. Page

 

Betrayal in Belverus [for Robert e. Howard round-robin novel]

            Fantasy Crossroads #12, November 1977

            Ghor, Kin-Slayer, Necronomicon Press, 1997

 

Blacksmith and the Bambuti, The [non-series Nyumbani – features Pomphus]

            Escape! #1, Fall 1977

 

Bwala li Mwesu (The Moon Pool) [Imaro]

            Dark Fantasy #8, May 1976

            The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories 3, DAW, 1977

                        Edited by Lin Carter (Donald A. Wollheim); the story is retitled “The Pool of the Moon”

 

Cats in the Cellar [non-series]

            Astral Dimensions #5, January 1977

 

City of Mists, The [co-written with Kenneth Huff]

            Weird Adventures #2, 1978

 

Curse of the Bana-Gui, The [Imaro]

            Fantasy Crosroads #14, September 1978

            Imaro II: The Quest for Cush, DAW, 1984

                        As “In Bana-Gui

 

Death Castle of Djenne [non-series Nyumbani]

            Black Lite #2, October 1976

 

Death in Jukun [Imaro]

            Heroic Fantasy, DAW, 1979

                        Edited by Gerald W. Page

 

Death’s Friend [Imaro]

            Weirdbook 22, 1987

            The Year’s Best Horror Stories ?

            Horrorstory, Vol. 3, 1992 – I think this would have been the right collection

 

Drum Magic [Imaro – chronologically last]

            Argonaut #14 (circa 1988)

 

Gimmile’s Songs [Dossouye of the Brown Spider Clan]

            Sword and Sorceress, DAW, 1984

                        Edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley

            Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora, Aspect, 2000

                        Edited by Sheree R. Thomas

 

Horror in the Black Hills [Imaro]

            Dark Fantasy #14, September 1977

            Imaro, DAW, 1981

 

Imaro and the White Queen [Imaro]

                        Place of actual publication questionable

            Escape! #2 ?

 

In Cush [Imaro]

            Imaro II: The Quest for Cush, DAW, 1984

 

In the Red Dawn [Co-written with Howard Eugene (Gene) Day]

            Dark Fantasy #?

 

Ishu’s Gift [non-series]

            Liavek: The Players of Luck, Ace 1986

                        Original fantasy anthology set in exotic Liavek, #2 in the shared-world series

 

Ishigbi [non-series Nyumbani]

            Hecate’s Cauldron, October 1976

 

Katisa [non-series Nyumbani – about Imaro’s mother]

            Forbidden Worlds of Fantasy

 

Khodumodumo [non-series Nyumbani]

            Stardock #1, Summer 1977

 

Kibanda ya Kufa (The Hut of Death) [Imaro]

            Dark Fantasy #7, September 1975

            Skelos #1 (?)

            The Chronicler of Cross Plains #1, Fall 1978

 

Last Round, The [non-series]

            Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone Magazine, June 1988

 

Luendi [non-series]

            The Diversifier #22, September 1977

 

Mai-Kulala [Imaro]

            Space and Time #45, November 1977

            Swords Against Darkness, IV, Zerba, 1979

                        Edited by Andrew J. Offutt

 

Marwe’s Forest [Dossouye of the Brown Spider Clan]

            Sword and Sorceress III, DAW, 1986

                        Edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley

 

Mbodze [non-series Nyumbani]

            Stardock #2, Winter 1978

 

M’ji ya Wazimi, the City of Madness [Imaro]

            Dark Fantasy #4, July 1974

            The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories, DAW, 1975

                        Edited by Lin Carter; the story is retitled “The City of Madness”

            Imaro, DAW, 1981

 

Mwanza [Imaro]

            Night Voyages #6, Summer 1980

            Imaro, DAW, 1981

                        As “Prologue”

 

Mzee [Imaro]

            Dragon #86, June 1984

 

N'Tu Nusu Ya Chikanda (The Half-Men of Chikanda) [Imaro]

            Fantasy Crossroads #9, August 1976

            Imaro II: The Quest for Cush, DAW, 1984

                        As “In Mwenni

 

Nunda, The [non-series Nyumbani]

            The Diversifier #16, September 1976

 

Okosene Alakun and the Magic Guinea-Fowl [non-series Nyumbani]

            Weirdbook #13, March 1978

 

On the Bahari Mashiriki [Imaro]

            Imaro II: The Quest for Cush, DAW, 1984

 

Out-SteppinFetchit [non-series]

            Masques #2, 1987

            Best of Masques, 1988

 

Place of Stones, The [Imaro]

            Phantasy Digest #1, Fall 1976

            Imaro, DAW, 1981

 

Return of the Sundiata, The [non-series Nyumbani]

            Equinox #5

            Cascade #1, Winter 1982

                        The story is retitledSundiata’s Return”

 

Scorpio Sand [Imaro]

                        Place of publication is unknown

 

Shimenege’s Mask [Dossouye of the Brown Spider Clan]

            Sword and Sorceress II, DAW, 1985

                        Edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley

 

Silent Ghosts, The [non-series Nyumbani]

            Space and Time #63, 1982

 

Singing Drum, The [non-series Nyumbani]

            Windhaven #2, Summer 1977

 

Skeleton Coast, The [Imaro]

            Dark Fantasy #18, December 1978

 

Slaves of the Giant Kings [Imaro]

            Slaves of the Giant Kings, Hall Publications

            Imaro, DAW, 1981

 

Through the Dark Past [co-written by Howard Eugene (Gene) Day]

            Space and Time #46, January 1978

 

Trail of Bohu, The [Imaro]

            Imaro III: The Trail of Bohu, DAW, 1985

 

Turlhana Knives [Imaro]

            Dragonbane #1, February 1978

            Imaro, DAW, 1981

 

Two Rogues [non-series Nyumbani]

            Weirdbook 11, March 1977

 

Drama

 

Amazons [Screenplay]

            Roger Corman, Executive Producer; Frank K. Isaac, Co-Producer; Hector Olivera, Producer

            Directed by Alex Sessa, 1986

 

Sam Langford Story, The [radio play]

            1987.

 

Stormquest [movie script]

            Hector Olivera, Producer

            Directed by Alex Sessa, 1988.

 

Fiction edited by Dr. Saunders

 

Balik and the Sirens of Alcathoe (Book 2) [written by Clifford W. Bird]

            Balik #2, February 1977

 

Non-Fiction

 

About the Artist

            Beyond Crimson Dreams [a Gene Day Portfolio]

 

Al Manachino: A True Original [foreword]

            Noctet, Argo Press, 1997

 

Black & Bluenose: The Contemporary History of a Community

            Black & Bluenose: The Contemporary History of a Community, Pottersfied Press, 1999 – or 2002?

 

Blackelven

            Wax Dragon #?

 

Boxes, Bricks and Other Tricks: The Surreal World of Al Manachino [introduction]

            The Box-Hunter and Others, Potboiler, 1985

 

Broken Hills and Diamond Valleys

            Fantasy Crossroads #12, November 1977

 

Die Black Dog! A Look at Racism in Fantasy

            Toadstool Wine, Fall 1975

 

Editorial

            Stardock #1, Summer 1977

 

Editorial

            Stardock #2, Winter 1978

 

Epoch of Kush, The

            Balik #2, February 1977

 

Fantasy: An International Genre

            World Fantasy Convention ’84, 1984

 

Fantasy Superfight: Who Would Win In a Fight Conan or Tarzan?

            Sorcerer’s Apprentice #6, Spring 1980

 

Farmer: A Mixed Harvest [book review]

            The Diversifier #19, March 1977

 

Gods of Africa, The

            Wax Dragon #1, Winter 1977

 

Imaginary Beasts of Africa

            Forum on Fantasy #4, April 1976

            Simba #1, September 1976

 

Imaginary Fight Stories [ran in Boxing Illustrated]

            ???

 

In Remembrance of David Madison

            Dragonfields #3, Summer 1980

 

Iron Man by Robert E. Howard, The [book review]

            Fantasy Crosswinds #3, February 1977

 

Kioga of the Wilderness [book review]

            The Diversifier #?

 

More Imaginary Beasts of Africa

            Simba #2

 

Mouthful of Feathers, A

            The Chronicler of Cross Plains #1, Fall 1978

 

Of Chocolate-Covered Conans and Pompous Pygmies

            New Fantasy Journal #1, summer 1976

 

Out of Africa

            Dragon #122, June 1987

 

Out to Launch: 1950s Nostalgia

            Dark Fantasy #10, December 1976

 

Progeny of Conan, The

            Unpublished ???

 

Race and Fantasy: A Personal Perspective

            Sexism, Racism, and SF/Fantasy, T-K Graphics

                        Edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson

 

R’Leyh Redux

            Copper Toadstool #3

 

Robert E. Howard: Adventure Unlimited: A Biographical Sketch

            Beyond Crimson Dreams [a gene Day portfolio]

 

Share & Care: The Story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children.
            Share & Care: The Story of the Nova Scotia Home for Colored Children, Nimbus Publishing, 1994
 
Spirit of Africville
            Spirit of Africville, Formac Publishing Company Limited, 1992
 
Storm Lord by Tanith Lee, The [book review]
            The Diversifier #17, November 1976
 
Sweat and Soul: The Saga of Black Boxers from the Halifax Forum to Caesars Palace
            Sweat and Soul: The Saga of Black Boxers from the Halifax Forum to Caesars Palace, Lancelot Press, 1990
 
Three African Superheroes
            New Fantasy Journal #2, May 1977
 
To Kush and Beyond: The Black Kingdoms of the Hyborian Age
            The Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian #56, September 1980
 
Where Did Those Names Come From
            Drums of Nyumbani #1, Winter 1978
 
Why Blacks Don't Read Science Fiction
            Windhaven #5
            Brave New Universe: Testing the Values of Science in Society
 
Why Blacks Should Read Science Fiction

            Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction From the African Diaspora, edited by Sheree R. Thomas, Aspect, 2000

 

Published Correspondence

 

Untitled (“I’m sure the Swahili-speaking …”)

            Fantasy Crossroads #10/11, March 1977

 

Untitled (“Well, on the heels of Roots you go and …”)

            Phantasy Digest #3, 1977

 

Contents Uncertain

 

Beyond the Northern Lights
            Charles R. Saunders Compendium, The, Triskell Press, 1978