of the January issue with a painting by Ron Walotsky. Fritz Leiber maintained that the two texts "should be regarded as the same story told at different times." The Pale Brown Thing was reissued by Swan River Press in 2016 as a limited edition hardback. The cover by Jason Zerrillo is an homage to Walotsky's original artwork for F&SF. The volume includes an introduction by Leiber's friend, the San Francisco poet Donald Sidney-Fryer, who was the basis for the character of Jaime Donaldus Byers. It also includes a reprint of an essay by John Howard, "Story-telling Wonder-questing, Mortal Me: The Transformation of The Pale Brown Thing into Our Lady of Darkness", which examines the differences between The Pale Brown Thing and its later, lengthier incarnation. Reception Fritz Leiber won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1978 for Our Lady of Darkness. Richard A. Lupoff praised Our Lady of Darkness as "one of the scariest, most original, and most damnably convincing fantasy notions I've ever come across." See also False document Fritz Leiber Kult, a role playing game with some similar ideas on the quirks of big cities Geomancy References External links "Fritz Leiber Reading an Extract from Our Lady of Darkness" "Fritz Leiber Discussing the Composition and Background of The Pale Brown Thing" "The Power of Friendship: An Interview with Donald Sidney-Fryer" Perry Lake, "Stalking Our Lady of Darkness" Rosemary Pardoe, "Our Lady of Darkness: A Jamesian Classic" 1977 American novels 1977 fantasy novels Novels by Fritz Leiber Berkley Books books Novels set in San Francisco World Fantasy Award for Best Novel-winning works