The Curious Quests of Brigadier Ffellowes

Cover of The Curious Quests of Brigadier Ffellowes
Author	Sterling E. Lanier
Illustrator	Ned Dameron
Cover artist	Ned Dameron
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Brigadier Ffellowes
Genre	Fantasy
Publisher	Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Publication date	1986
Media type	Print (hardback)
Pages	254
ISBN	0-937986-89-5
OCLC	15626832
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3562.A52 C8 1986
Preceded by	The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes

The Curious Quests of Brigadier Ffellowes is a collection of fantasy short stories by American writer Sterling E. Lanier. 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 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

• "The Curious Quests of Brigadier Ffellowes" (Ned Dameron)
• "Introduction" (Donald M. Grant)
• "Fore/Thought/Word"
• "Ghost of a Crown" (1976)
• "And the Voice of the Turtle ..." (1972)
• "A Father's Tale" (1974)
• "Commander in the Mist" (1982)
• "Thinking of the Unthinkable" (1973)
• "The Brigadier in Check — and Mate"

Sources

• Brown, Charles N.; William G. Contento (2007-11-20). "The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)". Retrieved 2008-06-07.
• Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 332.