They had done well at Baharna, selling many of the wares they had brought from Dylath-Leen: bolts of multi-colored cloth woven of Ulthar wool, iridescent textiles from Hatheg, apples from Sinara and Jaren, Dylath-Leen’s own rubies and more, traded for the fragrant resins of Oriab’s inner groves, the delicate porcelain fired by the artists of […]
Chapter 1 “Come in, come in,” welcomed Chóng, inviting Donn and Hakim in with a wave of his hand. “Sit; let me pour you some tea.” “Thank you, Factor,” said Donn, taking the bench to one side as Hakim sat on the other. Chóng got out two more blue porcelain cups and filled them with […]
Donn first appeared in the Book of Richard, where so many of my stories canbe traced back to. His early years are mentioned in passing, but the first story (so far) takes place when he is already an independent merchant, traveling the Western Continent, The stories are all tagged with “Book of Donn” and have […]
Bent over under the punishing weight of the basket on her back, Lara paused as the sun was just breaking over the mountains. She needed to reach the market and set up her stall before the first customers came, and before the sun got too hot… the sun would spoil her fresh corn. Her basket […]
The village of Rashahan returned to normal, except for a few people: Hafez, heartbroken by the death of his only son so soon after the death of his wife, abandoned his farm. He sold his livestock and his farm, and was last seen walking east, toward Karida. Rumor had it he was journeying to far […]
Thibby bent over until his cheek touched the dirt, carefully checking the alignment of his thumb and the red marble. With his left hand he reached out and pushed a tiny fragment of something out of the way, then lifted his head again. He straightened up, steadied himself with his left hand and both knees, […]
The concept of the Dreamlands fascinated me when I first encountered it some time in the late 1960s, although I’d already run into similar ideas from a vast range of other fantasy authors. Like so many Cthulhu Mythos readers I immediately began plotting stories set there, or set in the broader Mythos background. Some of […]