Hey, everyone. I was a subscriber to Dragon in the past, and I was going through my old issues drawing inspiration for a new campaign I'm working on. In the process, I found one of the short stories J. Gregory Keyes had written, and I sat down a read it again, reliving all the enjoyment.
What I'd like to do is come up with a list of all the issues of Dragon in which Keyes' Fool Wolf stories have appeared. I flipped through my stack of Dragons to come up with a starter list, but I'd love it if you guys could help me index the rest (that way I can buy those back issues). Thanks!
Bronswen
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#261: "The Fallen God"
#268: "The Python King's Treasure"
#272: "The Skin Witch"
#279: "The Sleeping Tide"
#280: "The Opal of Nah"
#281: "The Hounds of Ash"
Hey, everyone. I was a subscriber to Dragon in the past, and I was going through my old issues drawing inspiration for a new campaign I'm working on. In the process, I found one of the short stories J. Gregory Keyes had written, and I sat down a read it again, reliving all the enjoyment.
What I'd like to do is come up with a list of all the issues of Dragon in which Keyes' Fool Wolf stories have appeared. I flipped through my stack of Dragons to come up with a starter list, but I'd love it if you guys could help me index the rest (that way I can buy those back issues). Thanks!
Bronswen
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#261: "The Fallen God"
#268: "The Python King's Treasure"
#272: "The Skin Witch"
#279: "The Sleeping Tide"
#280: "The Opal of Nah"
#281: "The Hounds of Ash"
That may be all of them, Bronswen. I think I've read each one and I think "The Hounds of Ash" brought an end to the Fool Wolf stories. Have you read The Waterborn and The Blackgod? I thought the novels were excellent as well as the short stories and I have toyed around with the idea of using a setting similar to the one he uses for those stories. Probably one of my favorite fantasy authors.
There is at least one story before those, as I haven't read any of those stories (I had a gap in my Dragon reading around between 250-300) but I have read one Keyes story in Dragon...which was so great that I read Waterborn and that Newton series. Which I like too.
There is at least one story before those.
Yep, I missed one when I was listing them. I haven't read Waterborn or Blackgod—always thought about it, but never got around to picking them up. Which is a shame, really, since I enjoy Keyes's shorts so much.
Thanks for the help so far!
Bronswen
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#249: "Wakes the Narrow Forest"
#261: "The Fallen God"
#268: "The Python King's Treasure"
#272: "The Skin Witch"
#279: "The Sleeping Tide"
#280: "The Opal of Nah"
#281: "The Hounds of Ash"
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Bronswen, If you have the opportunity I highly recommend reading Waterborn and Blackgod. I had read the shorts in Dragon and loved them. When I was in a bookstore and ran across copies of his books (in remainder, before the paperbacks even came out!), I had to get them.
The world he creates is so unique and yet so accessible, I just cannot recommend them enough. I am still not sure how to make a D&D campaign out of them, however, if there is a ruleset that would work it is 3.5.
I just found a couple places online that said Keyes sold his Fool Wolf stories to be published as a collection in book form. I'll definitely keep my eyes open for that.
Links are below for more info.
Bronswen
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http://sfscope.com/2007/02/greg-keyes-collection-sold-to.html
http://www.curtisagency.com/news.php
For anyone who's interested, Keyes's collection of Fool Wolf stories is now listed on Amazon. It's entitled "The Hounds of Ash: and Other Tales of Fool Wolf." Comes out next year.
Bronswen
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http://www.amazon.com/Hounds-Ash-other-Tales-Fool/dp/1894063090/ref=sr_1_1? ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1195929018&sr=1-1
YES!
Oh, awesome. I'm a little disappointed that they didn't go with the Justin Sweet illustrations for the cover, but I can live with it.
Thanks for the tip! I always skipped the fiction on Dragon and considered it largely a waste of space because I don't like pure D&D genre fiction, but I read the first paragraph of the first Keyes story and was hooked; read the rest, read the two books, whole nine yards. Best stories in there for my money.
I love the setting, but the thing that really made me love these stories is Keyes' characterization. The young hero archetype character actually feels like a young person; brash, headstrong and prejudiced but also brave and loyal to friends. He's not afraid to give his characters real flaws and I think that's a step in the right direction for the genre.
Keyes writes anything but D&D genre fiction, don't worry about that. :D
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Hey... I know this is a dead thread, but having been a huge Fool Wolf fan (I got the collection for my Birthday after waiting what has been literally years!) and just finishing Waterborn (holy crud, that is one of the best fantasy novels i have ever read, I have been thinking of running a campaign in that setting, but wanted to see if anyone else had already done it.
How far did you get Bronswen?