Print & Ebook Release of “The Beast of Saltern” and “Seven Diamonds for Soqqith”

I received some very good, very unexpected news last night: FoxFireFiction has released two collections of short stories and novellas set in their world of Talmenor, which include my contributions “The Beast of Saltern” and “Seven Diamonds for Soqqith”!

Previously, these two were only available on FoxFireFiction’s website, and all the stories published there become paywalled within a few weeks of their release. Now, you can finally get your hands on ebooks and paperbacks!

Even better, the ebook editions of both collections are available via Kindle Unlimited, so if your book budget is tight, you still have some options.

Talmenor is a pseudo-medieval fantasy world and TTRPG setting created and owned by FoxFireFiction. These two stories were my first experience with tie-in fiction, and I couldn’t be happier to have contributed. Both turned out wonderfully. “The Beast of Saltern”–collected in Volume 1–sees ranger-archetype Sir Owen Gibbs hunt a man-eating monstrosity plaguing the isolated village of Saltern, inspired hunter Jim Corbett’s fantastic memoirs of his own hunts in Man-Eaters of Kumaon. Meanwhile, “Seven Diamonds for Soqqith” follows the warlock-esque former adventurer Hawwa bint Huda el-Zaidi as she strives to fulfill a deal with her shadowy patron and become a mother once more. If you loved Fjord’s character arc in Campaign 2 of Critical Role, I’m sure you’ll enjoy getting to know Hawwa.

I’ll do separate, more detailed posts for each collection later this week, but for now, you can check out both of them with the buttons below:

Tales of Talmenor: Volume 1Tales of Talmenor: Volume 2