Tales From the Vulgar Unicorn by Robert Lynn Asprin

'To Guard the Guardians' by Robert Lynn Asprin Zalbar, Captain of the Prince's Bodyguard, teams with the crime lord Jubal to defeat an old foe.Įssay: 'The Lighter Side of Sanctuary' by Robert Lynn Asprin Offutt Hanse ( Shadowspawn) hunts a fearsome magical weapon which brings out a victim's deepest terror.

'Vashanka's Minion' by Janet Morris Tempus challenges the war-god Vashanka by destroying the deity's temple of magic weapons which is corrupting the citizens of Sanctuary. van Vogt Searching for his father's murderer, healer Alten Stulwig becomes entangled in a game between war-god Vashanka and his lover Azyuna. 'The Fruit of Enlibar' by Lynn Abbey Illyra, the half S'danzo seer, aids her half-brother Walegrin's search for fabled Enlibar steel to rebuild the army under his command. 'Goddess' by David Drake Cirdonian nobleman Samlor takes revenge on the demon Dyareela, who caused the death of his sister, and destroys the Temple of Heqt in the center of Sanctuary. 'Spiders of the Purple Mage' by Philip José Farmer Midwife Masha zil-Ineel must penetrate the island defenses of the Purple Mage to save her family. Hakiem the storyteller observes the decline of the Vulgar Unicorn tavern since One-Thumb's disappearance. It is the second in the Thieves' World series, featuring stories by a variety of authors with the common setting of Sanctuary, a city at the far southern corner of the empire where all the less-than-law-abiding citizens of the world tend to congregate. Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn is an anthology of fantasy stories edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and published in 1980. In some ways, it provides an anticipatory, even direct, model for the grimdark of the nineties which would follow.Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn (Original Printing) Many elements which will be exploited to huge degree and cast a huge shadow over later pages are introduced here for the first time. . . . “It’s the best kind of sequel, the kind which was not meticulously planned from the start, unlike the deliberate megafranchises being created today, which may be plotted out for a decade in advance of the launch. . . . Offutt, and Robert Lynn Asprin, you’ll revisit the nefarious characters of Sanctuary, including One-Thumb, the proprietor of the Vulgar Unicorn Regli, a nobleman Illyra, the seer Hanes, the thief the crime lord, Jubal and introducing Tempus Thales, the immortal mercenary. Via contributions from Philip José Farmer, David Drake, Lynn Abbey, A.E. In the second shared-world anthology of the Thieves’ World® series, we see “the gods themselves taking a hand in the fight for the hearts, minds and souls of the citizens of Sanctuary” (Fantasy-Faction). Belly up to Thieves’ World® ’s favorite bar for tales told by such fantasy stars as Philip José Farmer, David Drake, Janet Morris, and others.

Tales From the Vulgar Unicorn by Robert Lynn Asprin