A series of adventures framed by the digressions of the chronicler, Shag Margold. His introductions serve to set the scene as to where the story will take place, and what is going on, as well as taking the piss. Sword and Sorcery thievery and trouble follows.
Nifft the Lean : Come Then Mortal We Will Seek Her Soul - Michael Shea
Nifft the Lean : The Pearls of the Vampire Queen - Michael Shea
Nifft the Lean : The Fishing of the Demon-Sea - Michael Shea
Nifft the Lean : The Goddess in Glass - Michael Shea
Ghost guides, ghost women, lizard demons and big apes.
3.5 out of 5
"You might pay me high and press me hard, but I couldn't say which was worse-killing a lurk in a lagoon with a seven-foot spear, or hunting a ghul in the black hills west of the swamps. We had to do both."
3.5 out of 5
In return for not being nastily executed by being torn to bits, Nifft agrees to an expedition. Demons such as this are just the beginning "Her mouth gaped-displaying not teeth but black barbs-and she paid out an endless red tongue that dangled to her wounded throat and licked it caressingly. Then, in a gurgling whisper, she said: "I'm going to lick your face clean off your skull. Slowly, thoroughly, lick it entirely off."
3.5 out of 5
A flock of problems.
3 out of 5
4 out of 5
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
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