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S-J-Fujimoto
Since: Dec, 2018

I remember reading a fantasy anthology book in my middle school library in either 1999 or 2000. The book was brand new so I assume it was published around that time. The cover had a heavily stylized dragon or sea serpent framed by a white border. I remember the first story being about a knight approaching a witch that turns out to be his childhood friend to request a weapon to destroy the armies of an enemy kingdom and is granted an evil black sword that causes the Earth to swallow people alive. I can't remember the other stories now.