In the city of Ethshar by the Rocks, the best supplier of materials for wizard spells is Gresh, whose worldwide network of contacts, friends, and trade secrets has give him the reputation as a man who can find anything a … Continue reading
Lucy Trenton leads a complicated life. A member of the Rampling family, which rules the powerful harbor city of Crosspointe, she works as a customs inspector, responsible for overseeing so much of the trade which flows through the city. What … Continue reading
Welcome to Ohndarien, the so-called Jewel of the Known World. A vital cog in the shipping and trade industries, it sits between the Summer Seas and the Great Ocean, connecting the two bodies of water and their respective inhabitants. It … Continue reading
Some goblins just don’t have any luck. And others, like Jig “The Dragonslayer”, have way too much of the wrong sort of luck. Short, scrawny, weak, nearsighted and generally unimpressive, even for his already much-maligned (and deservedly so) race, Jig … Continue reading
You know, it sucks to be a goblin. Small, not all that bright, pretty much condemned to live underground, and nothing but cannon fodder for every Tom, Dick, and Arthur Adventurer that comes questing for treasure and glory. It sucks … Continue reading
Jig the goblin is back, and this time he’s getting a little hell from his . . . well, goblins don’t have friends. Let’s call them allies. If allies are prone to stabbing you in the back, or shoving you … Continue reading
If someone were to assign awards to the roundup of Year’s Best books that invariably grace the shelves during the middle of each year, those volumes edited by Silverberg or Hartwell or Datlow and Windling or other sundry people, then … Continue reading
As I may have noted before, to put together a collection of stories, or what have you, and call it the best, you’re really making a certain subjective statement. Everyone’s opinion about the best differs. Some of the most critically … Continue reading
“Good evening, Ms. Datlow, Ms. Windling. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to compile a volume dealing with the best of the fantasy and horror genres for the year 1999. Not only must you pick out the … Continue reading
In the god-touched, sundrenched land of Terre d’Ange, where people “love as thou wilt,” there is no one person with as significant a heritage, or as portentious a destiny as Imriel de la Courcel. His parents were the greatest traitors … Continue reading
