Tag: Rab Foster
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The Fleet of Lamvula
by Rab Foster in Issue 144, January 2024 A wind sighed over the Sea of Quan. When they came in sight of the fleet, that wind seemed to raise a low mist. From their position to where the ships huddled on the horizon, the sea looked like it was smoldering – exuding huge, flat streams…
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The Gibbeting of Azmyre
by Rab Foster in Issue 138, July 2023 The man carried the stench of magic. Had it been a real stench, Shathsprey wouldn’t have smelt it. That was the one benefit of the polar temperatures and the freezing wind and snow assailing the city. They neutralised its rancid odours. Even the reek of the underground…
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The Pyre of Larros
by Rab Foster in Issue 133, February 2023 The road started to descend. By the time it reached Ketaxos, the town overlooking the escarpment, its incline was considerable. Indeed, the base of the town’s eastern wall, through which the road entered, was higher than the top of its western wall, through which the road left…
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The Library of Vadargarn
by Rab Foster in Issue 127, August 2022 Jaydar Skenthorpe gawped at the tabletop. Though the men swigging furtively at the tavern’s other tables were unlikely to see it in the smoky candlelight, he couldn’t believe what his companion had placed in front of him. A book. Hoarsely, he demanded, “You want me to transport…