The Hungry Hercynian

"The Hungry Hercynian" is a fantasy short story by American writer L. Sprague de Camp, part of his Pusadian series. It was first published in the magazine Universe Science Fiction for December, 1953, and first appeared in book form in the anthology The Spell of Seven, edited by de Camp. It has also been translated into German, and was first brought together with other works of de Camp in the German collection Die Chronik von Poseidonis.