<P> The Witcher short stories were first published in Fantastyka , a Polish science fiction and fantasy magazine , beginning in the mid-1980s . The first short story , `` Wiedźmin '' ( `` The Witcher '' ) ( 1986 ) , was written for a contest held by the magazine and won third place . The first four stories dealing with the witcher Geralt were originally featured in a 1990 short - story collection entitled Wiedźmin -- now out of print -- with `` Droga , z której się nie wraca '' ( `` The Road With No Return '' ) , which is set in the world before the Witcher stories and features Geralt 's mother to be . </P>
<P> The Witcher short stories were first published in Fantastyka , a Polish science fiction and fantasy magazine , beginning in the mid-1980s . The first short story , `` Wiedźmin '' ( `` The Witcher '' ) ( 1986 ) , was written for a contest held by the magazine and won third place . The first four stories dealing with the witcher Geralt were originally featured in a 1990 short - story collection entitled Wiedźmin -- now out of print -- with `` Droga , z której się nie wraca '' ( `` The Road With No Return '' ) , which is set in the world before the Witcher stories and features Geralt 's mother to be . </P>
when did the first witcher book come out
when did the first witcher book come out
1990
1990