Three new pieces of short fiction set in the Lost Lands: In Through the Out Door by Kevin Wright, One Last Commission by Jeff Provine, and Mrs. O’Neal by John Bennett
In Through the Out Door by Kevin Wright
“In Through the Out Door” touches upon two major events in the history of the
city of Bard’s Gate: the destruction of the Gray Deacons thieves’ guild and the
subsequent rise to power of Duloth Armitage over the Wheelwrights Guild. More
importantly, the story reveals the connection between both, in the form of the highly
secretive and manipulative consortium of vampires known as the Underguild,
including the introduction of perhaps its most infamous member, the vampiress
Felicity Bigh.
One Last Commission by Jeff Provine
“One Last Commission” tells the story of the final commission taken on by Gray
Deacons guildmember Vaccol Quagmolder, trapbuilder extraordinaire, before his
retirement from field work.
Mrs. O’Neal by John Bennett
“Mrs. O’Neal” gives the backstory behind the moderately infamous Bard’s Gate
inn, the Quiet Woman, located in the district of The Hill. The inn is known for its
fine-if-modest accommodations and its resident ghost, but most people have no
idea of why the ghost haunts the place.