A man kills a bat in Gavagan's Bar and a wizard curses him, unmooring his feet in time.
—Dave Hook

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  1. “The Untimely Toper: A Gavagan’s Bar Story” by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1953.
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by L. Sprague de Camp
    Fletcher Pratt
  2. alternate title.
    “The Untimely Toper” by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, in The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, vol. 3, edited by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas (Doubleday, August 1954).
    3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by L. Sprague de Camp
    Fletcher Pratt

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  1. German.
    “Der ungebetene Zecher,” as by Lyon Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, in Geschichten aus Gavagans Bar (Heyne, May 1982).
    2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . written by L. Sprague de Camp as by Lyon Sprague de Camp
    Fletcher Pratt
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . translated by Hilde Linnert